Spotlight: Small Is Big by Rafaa Dalvi

April 03, 2018

SMALL IS BIG:

A Collection of 100 Micro Tales

Rafaa Dalvi

Blurb

Have you always wanted to read more, but you could never finish that one book?

You kept putting it off, hoping you would find some free time, only to find out that months or even years went by and you saw little progress.

That’s about to change!

With Small is Big, Rafaa Dalvi has created a potpourri of 100 diverse micro tales (140 characters or less) that will provide you a rich experience in easy-to-digest fragments and urge you to read one page after another before you finally finish the book.

And the best part is that there’s a story for everyone, including YOU!

If you’re a romantic at heart, this micro tale is for you-

She kissed his cheek as he smiled back. Nothing had changed much since two decades.

Her husband called her.

She hid the photo in the closet.

If you love happy endings, this micro tale is for you-

You rested on my lap, opened yourself before me and shared your fantasies with me.

Then the stories ended and you turned back into a book.

If you are a big fan of word play, this micro tale is for you-

They’re lying in bed.

“You’re the one,” he says; he’s lying.

“I never doubted it,” she says; she’s lying.

They’re lying in bed.

And if you like thrillers, this micro tale is for you-

There were two of us and one vacant position.

He would die for this job and I would kill for it.

No wonder it worked out just fine for me.

In fact, there are 100 such small tales that will have a big impact on you.

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About the author

Rafaa Dalvi, 26, is a vibrant mess of innumerable thoughts, quotes and movie dialogues who tries to escape from the mundane with words. He dreams about changing the world, one smile at a time. When he’s not busy befriending the voices in his head, he can be found in cosy corners, sipping green tea from a wine glass. As for everything else in between, there is food.

An alumnus of NMIMS Mumbai, he wants to be a versatile writer following in the footsteps of his role models Michael Crichton, Charles Dickens and Roald Dahl.

Already published numerous times, his stories can be read in the anthologies – Curtain Call (editor), Terribly Tiny Tales Volume 1, Kaleidoscope, Myriad Tales and Her Story. His first solo book ‘Small is Big’ is a collection of 100 micro tales. He’s the recipient of Indian Bloggers League Booker Prize 2013, the winner of Melonade 5 and a Select Writer at Terribly Tiny Tales.