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Book Review: Arthur & Sarah by Amar B. Singh

Arthur & Sarah by Amar B. Singh is an extraordinary book that takes stance on infatuation, love, marriage, and what causes disharmony for a married couple. The focal conflicting point of marriage is explained with the concept of anti-gravity. According to the author, things in our life are smooth and seamless when going according to gravity. When events transform from mind to heart – the ways are in sync with gravity – smooth. And its opposite is anti-gravity – when things aren’t that smooth, falling from heart to mind. The key point to notice is that it’s our mind that stirs our decisions and smear judgment with ego. Unlike mind, heart is benign and innocent, it works without conditions. But whenever mind overwhelms, ego is bound to ruin the rudimentary scaffold of many things, and marriage is no exception.


In particular, this book has two opposite genders of the planet ‘man and woman’ as its protagonist and antagonist. The book is socially vulnerable and its course of events runs through infatuation, love, lust for body, and marriage. The book is divided into three parts and discusses the entire equation of man and woman relationship phase. To keep everything docile and easy-to-comprehend, the book is narrated through free-flowing verse pattern.

The protagonists are Sarah and Arthur, and with them we explore the possibilities that arise in an institution called marriage. They are childhood friends, attend the same school, the pair is comfortable and impressive.

They like and love each other. Well, when Sarah goes away for a long time, even then their love remains true to their promise of childhood days. They get married, things begin to change gradually. The ego of the man and the compromise of the woman are taken into account to scrutinize the universal conflict of interest.

Relationships work in an anti-gravity field, nothing is sorted out properly, and there are many obstacles, thus, one cannot expect things in gravity. Abstractions, distractions, and influence of external factors take a keen observation as the story chugs ahead in three parts. The first part is about infatuation and love and marriage. The second part is about penance – which is lengthy enough to discuss a gamut of relationship complexities and hardcore facts. The last, third part, is short. It transports readers to the old age of the couple and how they see their deeds and misdeeds when they were young.

Though the book is a serious contemplation of portraying the intricacies of one couple, yet, it is spiritual in many ways. The author has discussed chakras and tantras to grasp the inherent nature of a human soul. In every essence, it’s very good book with serious content. The author tried a different narrative tone to delve in the matters of our society and marriage.

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