A Triptych

A Triptych presents three intense narratives set in distinctly diverse yet paradoxically convergent worlds, tailing the trajectory of some very unusual bonds: a scavenger, living off the street rejoices 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, 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 his 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, with its atypical denouement.