Eternal Love And Transcending Age Contstraints - That Summer In Paris By Abha Dawesar

Abstract

Life history theory developed in 1950 explains that individuals have to divide energy and resources between activities which is shaped by natural selection. The theory correlates with Abha Dawesar's novel "That Summer in Paris" is woven around an intricate love relationship of an aging author with a budding young writer who share their passion for love as art and creativity. Prem Rustum is an Indian born Nobel laureate fictional author for whom Maya a twenty five year old young writer is quite passionate. She is a budding writer and wishes to earn a name in the field of writing and for her Prem Rustm is an epitome who she worships and adores no less than God. Maya had a disastrous past and had undergone break up in her former relationship. Her soul is restless and looks for completeness in herself and her relationships and in such moments the novels of Prem provide her emotional and mental support as if they truly understood what she underwent in her life. Maya finds recluse in the works of Prem and is deeply obsessed with his writings. The scholarly works of Prem interwoven with a deep understanding of human behaviour and emotions provide a human company to lonely Maya who finds herself in the stories, plots and characters of Prem's novels. The relationship of Maya and Rustum is not of the bodies but beyond that it is a connection of two artistic souls who are dedicated to the art and creativity and thus for them age is just a number.