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Book Review: Get Lost Dirty Covid 19 by Madalsa and Zuivere

'Get Lost Dirty Covid 19' by Madalsa and Zuivere is a very terrific yet emotive book. This book is written by mother and daughter: providing different perspectives on the same subject ‘Corona Pandemic’. The book captures emotions and pain and fear of the people caught in a storm called Covid 19.


It’s a brilliant read. The book surely touches upon many aspects pertaining to Covid and its allied effects. The book deeply touches those who got suffered by this pandemic and got no opportunity to bid farewell to their loved ones.

It certainly evokes a gamut of emotions from elders to children to lonely housewives. Throughout the collection, the pain and fear and abuse is evident that many must have gone through. My personal favourite section is fear and pain. In this part, the authors painted the grim reality of jobless fathers, sobbing mothers, and kids bereaved of school – their favourite home away from home.

There is nothing much to say about this collection. The reason is that it is self-explanatory and evident in its stance. The subject of the book is one: Covid 19. As it is written by mother and daughter team, the topics that surface in the book are different. They are rather spiraled from their separate memories and family allegiance and life’s experiences.

This is one such powerful and poignant poetry book that throws one into the deep chasm of cogitation. Nevertheless, it is also high on entertainment and aptly describes the situations it presents. I am short of words to praise this novel. But still I can include some of the lines from this wonderful collection to keep your heart revving.

I can see the sky clearing,

Clearing its curtain of grey.

Yes, I can see the sky clearing,

Revealing a golden ray.

 

So now, to the Lord I pray.

If I never see New York, I don’t care,

But please return glory to that place,

I want to live a hundred years healthy and safe.

 

You have a penny to spare

On your expensive beer,

But not a penny to feed your

Child sitting in the dark,

And your wife who is sobbing tears.


The book grabbed so much popularity that first it was published by Trentwell in Australia, and now it is published by BookMedia in India. Poems are heart touching and beyond the vista of normalcy. So nicely woven as I felt that I am reading accounts of people suffered by dirty Covid pandemic.

This is the first poetry collection I ever came across that grabs 5 out of 5. Believe it or not – I read some of the poems every day. It has got me under its influence. Both the authors – mother Zuivere and daughter Madalsa – are terrific with their poetic point of view on Covid. Heartily congratulations to both of them for making this poetry collection as relevant as hope.

Buy the book from Amazon.

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