Violating the power of love

In ‘Love and Rain’, Carmela Circelli explores the complex emotions of love and betrayal, weaving a narrative that spans generations and political landscapes.

Carmela Circelli’s ‘Love and Rain’ is a gorgeous novel, so much so that critiquing it from a literary point of view feels like violating its beauty. Circelli has packed and unpacked much in this novel—history, entangled relationships, human fragility, love and relationships, beauty and resilience.