Publisher's Synopsis
Come tigers with your paws
I have my thorns.
Wander into a dark and wondrous world of emotions in Rafaa Dalvi's flash fiction collection - Chasing Nirvana.
His stories are soothing, yet scintillating, motivational and magical, explore the macabre and the supernatural, with a gentle mix of the common and the special.
Witness the rise and fall of a rock legend, a cat-and-mouse game between a cop and a serial killer, and the last meeting between two lovers.
How far would a person go to understand a criminal's psyche?
Can someone find their soulmate through a one-night stand?
What plan does an author hatch to punish the literary agent who rejected his manuscript?
In this book are stories for every season and every reason. The heady mix of human depravity, humour, satire, tragedy, revenge and drama makes these stories an essential cocktail of emotions.
Review:
"Breezy, Flippant, Poignant... Tales of pleasurable wickedness."
-Salil Desai, author of Inspector Saralkar Mystery Series
"Although not all sugar and sunshine, Dalvi's voice is an important one, because he chooses to tell stories that others would normally shy away from. There's a serene resignation in his tales, one that is completely devoid of both hope as well as regret. I thoroughly enjoyed the stories."
-Bhaskar Chattopadhyay, author of Patang, Penumbra, Here Falls the Shadow, The Disappearance of Sally Sequeira and Best Served Cold
"Gripping short-stories by Rafaa Dalvi. I am both intrigued and scared by his plot-twists. Thrilled to have read this book."
-Sanhita Baruah, author of The Art of Letting Go and The Art of Healing
"Some of the best stories I have read so far. Rafaa has a gift of telling complex stories in a very intuitive and straightforward and are easy to read. This book is the best thing that has come out during these current circumstances."
-S. G. Kabe, author of Everything is Normal
"Rafaa Dalvi is a flash fiction expert."
-T.F. Carthick, author of Carthick's Unfairy Tales and More Unfairy Tales
"Taut, propulsive and riveting, Rafaa's mesmerising stories pack a big punch. Chasing Nirvana has been carefully crafted for maximum impact. A highly compelling read."
-Vivek Banerjee, author of 'The Long Road' and 'The Other Side'
Rafaa Dalvi escapes the mundane with words and contemplates befriending the voices in his head. He dreams about changing the world, one chuckle at a time.
Already published numerous times, his stories can be read in the anthologies - Curtain Call (editor), Kaleidoscope, Myriad Tales and many more. He has written three volumes of 'Small is Big', which is a collection of 100 micro tales. He has also written a flash fiction collection titled 'Chasing Nirvana'. He's the recipient of the Indian Bloggers League Booker Prize 2013. His book 'Small is Big - Volume 3' was awarded the Runners-up in the short-format category of Amazon KDP Pen to Publish Contest, 2019 edition.
