What’s all this about word count?
Put A Love Story by Eric Segal beside War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy and the argument does not stand. But I am not thinking about selling, for a change; I am thinking about determining the volume of your book accurately.
I read somewhere an easy way to do it. If you divide your book into [...]
Women in Love by D.H. Lawrence
I wrote this book review for a website on 26th May, 2004. Yesterday I retrieved the copy of it from underneath the earth It still has my views intact so I thought I would share it here with you. Here is the review of one of the most loved books by Lawrence: [...]
Midnight’s Children by Salman Rushdie
I wrote this book review for a website on 26th May, 2004. Yesterday I retrieved the copy of it from underneath the earth It still has my views intact so I thought I would share it here with you.
The novel disturbed my sense of synchronization when I first started reading it. Having mostly [...]
Life of Pi by Yann Martel
Life of Pi by Yann Martel is an exciting and highly adventurous tale of a young boy named Piscine Molitor Patel nicknamed Pi. The novel first deals with Pi’s childhood where we are introduced to his family, a mamaji (uncle) and his classmates. Pi’s father runs a zoo, his mother is a housewife and his [...]
The Collected Short Stories of Roald Dahl
Roald Dahl is mostly known as an author of children’s books, but his short story collection dilutes that impression. It is a treat for anybody who is looking for mystery, adventure, twist-in-the-tale and unique ideas. The collection of his short stories includes Kiss Kiss, Someone Like You, Switch Bitch, Over to You etc.
Shakespeare’s Daughter and Other Plays by C.D. Sidhu
Dr. C.D. Sidhu’s collection of plays has the rare quality of clarity, sincerity and honesty in presenting life as he sees it; brutal, evasive and filled with hypocrisy. The collection includes plays such as Bhajno, Baba Bantu, The College Will Remain Closed Tomorrow, Shakespeare’s Daughter, and Indumati and Satyadev. The plays are translated from Punjabi.
Shalimar the Clown by Salman Rushdie
Salman Rushdie’s lastest novel, Shalimar the Clown, is the story of love, betrayal and revenge. The book is divided into four parts, each part telling the story of a major character. The protagonist of the story is Shalimar Noman alias Shalimar the Clown, an actor in a group of bhand players. He falls in love [...]
The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
The debut novel by Arundhati Roy revolves around the relationships of different characters, their predicaments, their search for an identity, the conflicts in society which they face everyday. The setting of the novel is in Kerela, India where different religions and cultures coexist, sometimes leading to conflicts and sometimes peace and brotherhood. The characters, quite [...]
Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
I read this book when I was in the first year of graduation and it instantly gripped my imagination. The turbulent yet stable relationship of Catherine and Heathcliff, like the ocean on a stormy night, violent and destructive on the surface but secure beneath, is as true as nature itself.
The Good Earth by Pearl. S. Buck
Pearl. S. Buck’s second novel The Good Earth is set in China and revolves around the life of a Chinese farmer named Wang Lung. The story starts with his youth and covers various phases of his life, through which he faces poverty, starvation, jealousy, ambition, opulence, lust, guilt, success and failure; to his old age [...]
