Shadow and SoulShadow and Soul is a beautiful novel about dejection, rejection, desperation, loneliness and ultimately, the discovery of passion, love and happiness from the most unexpected source.A romantic novel at its core, this book deals with the complex issues of marriage and mature love. Centered around the older and much-married Devika and a handsome younger filmmaker, Shaurjyo. The narrative moves back and forth in time is in the form of memoirs of Devika and Shaurjyo, giving the reader a complex yet extremely engaging picture of the life of the protagonists and how their love sustains itself and evolves over the years. This is a matured and complex tangle of human feelings and emotions against the backdrop of the large and imposing mansion in Sonarpur, in West Bengal, that is Devika’s refuge.