The Paintbrush by Krishnasish Jana (signed copy)

“What is the exact measure of sorrow that can actually break an artist?” Growing up in a slum in one of the neglected corners of Bhalar, Raman is the gifted kid whose fingers can weave magic on paper. One night, with his mother’s help, he escapes from the hell hole and startsa new life, just like a new sketch, in a town far away.He starts building his little home, burying the old one, the darker one, under its bricks. He is finally free. But he is too young to know that fatenever runs out of ugly surprises. Amidst all the pains, including the disastrous flood, the betrayal of a God-like man, and the death of people he cares for the most, the artist in Raman grows old. And one day he realises he has to search for his masterpiece through the eyes of his daughter.Battling the agonising losses, along with the suppressed fire in the heart of an artist and thepains of a single father, Raman eventually sees a new face of art, and the troubled soul of an old artist finally finds his masterpiece – in the most beautiful and inexplicable form.