The term 'Anthology' originates from the Greek word anthologia, meaning a collection of flowers. In the world of literature, an anthology is a collection or a compilation of essays or stories or poems or plays or narrations or any other work of literature. It can also be said; an anthology is an ala-carte of great works brought into one book. In the modern world, an anthology of feature films and movies is also a known craft.
As an anthology is a collection of works from different authors and writers, the readers get a chance to know and read works of many authors at once. Well, there are pros and cons to the art of anthology.
It is unlikely that al the stories or essays or whichever works form gathered from many authors will allure and entertain the readers. There may be disappointments as well as surprises for the readers.
In this connection, talking about this book, ' Ways of dying ', it is an interesting anthology. The ten stories present in the book are about ten different ways of death. Suppose one chapter talks about the assassination of a famous person, others talk about a personal loss.
Moreover, the mindset, the thought process and the psyche of a person who witnesses or hears the death of a person is very well captured and presented in the individual stories.
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'Ways of dying', it is an interesting anthology. The ten stories present in the book are about ten different ways of death.
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