A First review of the new anthology from Goa "Appetite" published by Penguin
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Selma Carvalho
Jan 14, 2026, 10:51:19 AM (3 days ago) Jan 14
to The Third Thursday Goa Book Club, Goa Writers
This moveable feast of Goan writing has so many delectable offerings, each one a quiet revelation into Goa’s collective zeitgeist. In the first section, titled “Stories,” “The Bull,” by Gouthami was a story I was viscerally drawn to. It begins like a beacon, “Somewhere in this wide and varied land, there is the concept of the saand—the lone bull in each village, valued for its virility.” You know, without knowing how that the bull is Picasso’s metaphor, Hemmingway’s catharsis. Who is this bull? How is he going to be sacrificed? In this world of internet romance scams and insatiable hook-up sex, the bull has his comeuppance in the most unexpected way.
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Selma Carvalho
Author of "Sisterhood of Swans" and "Notes on a Marriage" both published by Speaking Tiger, India.
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