A Triptych presents three intense narratives set in the distinctly
diverse yet paradoxically convergent worlds. Tailing the trajectory of some
very unusual bonds: a scavenger, living off the street, rejoicing in his dark
life, covertly watching from his post a desolate painter whose life is no more
than a blank canvas. Their lives are connected by a common fascination
for the unknown, and there are startling secrets waiting to be unmasked…;
a young girl, city-bred girl on a visit to her native village to finalise
the sale of common ancestral property is drawn to a neglected ’statue’
staring unblinkingly at the horizon, perhaps astigmatic like Van Gogh,
perhaps an artist and a philosopher slowly defining the vision…; a little boy
from a sleepy hamlet with a disturbing past and an insignificant present
discovers an unusual and enigmatic visitor, who he ‘adopts’ as his own,
courting some unforgettable experiences that distill haunting memories for a
lifetime…
What
makes this collection of three novellas a triptych is the intriguing carry
over, from one narrative to another, of an intense mystery that not only
negotiates unexpected twists, but defies the reader’s imagination, each time,
wits atypical denounement.