It's the first novel by the author.It's an interesting book, though small. Goes just like letters between 2 friends a man and a young girl. There's an element of romantic love there but not expressed or defined well. And from these letters their life and backgrounds appear as though in paintings. There are some pages which don't belong to these letters and where the story of the childhood of the girl is given in detail and here tragic days as a child and later as an adolescent is given. There are many characters there whose stories also develop through these letters. The contrast between the rich and the poor is presented. I enjoyed reading this as it has a different structure altogether!