Jonakir Rong by Sayak Aman [Paperback]

"Truth stands opposite to lies. But you wouldn’t lie to me, would you? You’d tell me a story instead… But then, what stands opposite to a story?"

"True… What does stand opposite to a story?"

"What if it’s fireflies?"

"You tell me real stories, one by one, and I’ll walk on the other side—finding fireflies along the way. How about that?"

Writer-turned-storyteller Shatarup Ghosh receives a strange proposal. He must tell stories—for a hefty price. But there’s only one listener. The job isn’t too difficult, almost like writing a novel.

Deep within the dense forests of North Bengal, an abandoned, crumbling temple bears an engraving of Ixtab, the Mayan goddess of suicide. But why?

Why can no one hold Bini’s gaze for too long? Does she truly possess the power of natural healing? And Ellora… did she really come from another world beyond Earth?

Aren’t all suicide notes, in a way, love letters to death?

Perhaps this is one such love letter—only shaped like a novel.