Mistress by Anita NairMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
Adultery is one topic which I despise the most. "Adultery, I assumed, dragged itself into murky places. Hotel rooms and box beds, bathrooms with dripping faucets and bed linens that wore bleached spots of previous assignations. Stolen kisses and clandestine couplings. Cars with tinted, rolled-up windows and dingy movie theatres." Instead, what this novel portrays is love. Love which cannot be "dismissed as squalid or vile".
This is the second novel by Anita Nair which I read, after 'Ladies Coupé.' And I am spellbound. The author's take on art and relationships, and life in general, is full of insights. Nair's language is lucid, almost lyrical at places.
Five on five, as I can't rate it higher!
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