Book Review: ‘Obsession: The Eternal Stories of Life and Death’ by Various Authors
Publisher: Tara India Research Press Genre: Fiction ISBN: 978-81-8386-124-3 Pages: 259 Price: INR 299 Obsession as, “(n.) the domination of one’s thoughts or feelings by a persistent idea, image, desire etc.” We infer it to be a strong emotion, that can lead a person to do many things that are away from their normal nature....
Book Review: ‘The Uncommon Memories of Zeenat Qureishi’ by Veena Nagpal
Format: Paperback Language: English Publisher: Tara – India Research Press ISBN: 9788183861199 Pages: 478 Price: INR 299 A book on communal violence is never easy to write. And even more so if it is of a time that is written about a million times, in this case the partition. It is tough to preach love...
Book Review: ‘Shalimar the Clown’ by Salman Rushdie
Format: Paperback Language: English Publisher: Vintage ISBN: 9780099498094 Pages: 649 Price: INR 237 Awards: Vodafone Crossword Book Award for Fiction (2005) I’ve been a reader for some time now & I’ve read a few good books but none of them have made me realise the power of fiction. Until now. Until I picked up ‘Shalimar...
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Book Review: ‘Soccer in Sun and Shadow’ by Eduardo Galeano [translated by Mark Fried]
Format: Kindle Edition Language: English Publisher: Byliner ISBN: 9781614520771 Pages: 380 Price: INR 831 “Some people think that football is a matter of life and death. I assure you, it’s much more serious than that.” Bill Shankly, the legendary Liverpool manager & an immortal figure in footballing history, was not much off the mark with...
Book News: A futuristic science fiction of Rama’s legend as ‘The Crystal Guardian Series’
~ The first book – ‘The Exiled Prince‘ will be launched in January 2014 ~ ‘The Exiled Prince‘ is a unique tale that blends fast action, futuristic science, and magical adventure into a different telling on the Legend of Ramayana and narrated by the protagonist himself. At the core of ‘The Crystal Guardian‘ trilogy is...
Book Review: ‘The Ocean at the end of the lane’ by Neil Gaiman
Language: English Format: Paperback ISBN: 9781472200327 Pages: 192 Price: 399 INR “His prose is simple but poetic, his world strange but utterly believable – if he was South American we would call this magic realism rather than fantasy” – Times London I had been awaiting Neil Gaiman’s new book as an Alice would await her...
Book Review: ‘Lajwanti and other stories’ by Mulk Raj Anand
Language: English Format: Paperback ISBN: 8122202349 Pages: 118 Price: Rs 110 Having lived through almost the entire 20th century (from 1905 to 2004), Mulk Raj Anand had been an active observer of the myriad changes taking place in social, cultural, political and economic landscape of pre and post-independent India. His short stories sketch the deep-rooted...
Book Review: ‘The Wind-up Bird Chronicle’ by Haruki Murakami
Language: English Format: Paperback ISBN: 9780099448792 Pages: 607 Price: Rs 450 Last year, when I decided to give Murakami a try, the curiousness was to find out why Murakami is what Murakami is. I have read a lot of writers’ works, but never did anyone create as much positive hype and adulation as Haruki managed...
Book Review: ‘The Bat’ by Jo Nesbo
Pages: 374 Format: Paperback Language: English ISBN: 9781846556005 This is chilling, spectacular stuff, and anyone looking for serious and seriously compelling crime writing need look no further. -Mark Billingham With over 14 million books sold worldwide, ‘The Bat’ is Jo Nesbo’s first Harry Hole thriller and has been translated from the Norwegian by Don Bartlett. Published...
Book Review: ‘Mission to Kabul’ by Ronken H. Lynton
Format: Paperback Language: English ISBN: 9781890206956 Pages: 320 When I found this book, I was intrigued by the description. A witty Muslim man’s mission to Kabul to meet the Great Shah to give a mysterious message when India was very much under the colonial powers. An interesting mix for a great conspiracy indeed, and on...
Book Review: ‘Memoirs of a Geisha’ by Arthur Golden
Format: Paperback Language: English ISBN: 9780679781585 Pages: 448 The mysticism of the East is a curious thing – it draws you in wholly, bowls you over with its seductive and glittering character and yet when you leave it, you are just as clueless as when you started. In his brilliant debut, Arthur Golden attempts to demystify the ancient...
Book Review: ‘Life of Pi’ by Yann Martel
ISBN: 9780143028482 Language: English Binding: Paperback Pages: 336 Awards: The Man Booker Prize Winner ‘Life of Pi’ by Yann Martel claims that it will turn you into a believer of the Almighty. With a young boy stranded at sea with a Bengal Tiger on board, the book can swing from wonderfully good to horribly bad. Thankfully for...