Phenomenal Dilemmas

About the Book

Once in every lifetime there comes a time when one’s mind begins to shed from the cocoon of childish innocence, and the untainted being inside is vulnerable to the ugly twists and turns of life. Within these pages is a gist of this wordsmith’s struggle through such troubled times of unfathomable dilemmas on the way to self-discovery. As the persona faces one challenge after another in his not-so-ordinary life, he expresses these experiences in the form of poems, as one would depict in their journal of life. Reflections of a young mind in the face of rejection, disappointment, sympathy, love, injustice and fear are captured in lyrics of poetry.

About the Author

Ashweein Narayanan, the youngest son out of three, was born in Perak, Malaysia. He spent his early childhood mostly in the fields behind the hospital quarters where his mother worked. He moved to Sarawak, East Malaysia for most of his teenage life. Whilst writing short stories and poems for his school magazine, he kept a collection of poetic pieces in a personal blog with the idea of publishing them one day. After continuous pestering and encouragement from his relatives and his friends, he worked with Xlibris Publications to publish this compilation of poems. He is currently studying in Nottingham University, pursuing a degree in Mechanical Engineering. His major inspirations are life happenings and occurrences in the 19 years of his less than perfect life, jotted down in a journal which transformed into this poetry book.