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Book Review: 'To Kill a Mockingbird' by Harper Lee

Book Review: ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ by Harper Lee

Language: English Format: Paperback ISBN: 9780099549482 Pages: 320 Price: 350 INR Of the all the American Literature that I have read, I would say Harper Lee’s ‘To Kill A Mockingbird‘ tops the list. It is a surprisingly light-read classic which speaks volumes of the condition of the African Americans during the Great Depression and their...
Book Review: 'Luka and the Fire of Life' by Salman Rushdie

Book Review: ‘Luka and the Fire of Life’ by Salman Rushdie

Language: English Format: Paperback ISBN: 9780099555322 Pages: 240 Price: 221 INR Luka and the Fire of Life, a novel by Salman Rushdie, is a sequel to his 1990 novel Haroun and the Sea of Stories (it is a phantasmagorical story that begins in a city so old and ruinous that it has forgotten its name)....
Book Review: 'Hayavadana' by Girish Karnad

Book Review: ‘Hayavadana’ by Girish Karnad

Language: English Format: Paperback ISBN: 9780195603828 Pages: 82 Price: 56.0 INR Hayavadana is a 1971 play written by play write, actor and director Girish Karnad which drew thematic influences from Thomas Mann’s 1940 novella ‘The Transposed Heads.’ Karnad has skillfully adapted the thematic plot to the Indian context using the eleventh-century book of Indian legends, the Kathasaritsagara....
Book Review: 'The Strange Case of Billy Biswas' by Arun Joshi

Book Review: ‘The Strange Case of Billy Biswas’ by Arun Joshi

Language: English Format: Paperback ISBN: 9788122204674 Pages: 176 Price: 225 INR The novel, ‘The Strange Case of Billy Biswas’ by Arun Joshi is unlike any other Indian Novel written in English in various ways. Some of them, I would say are the strangely captivating named title, engaging storyline and of course, the added mystery of...