Book Review

Anon By Bhavani Iyer

Anon by Bhavani Iyer Book: Anon Author:  Bhavani Iyer Publication:  Fingerprint Publishing Pages: 312 Price: Click the link Synopsis of Today\’s Discussion: Author Introduction Anon by Bhavani Iyer  Storyline Literature and Critical Analysis The smell of books Urbish and Debottam Best quotes Alvina\’s Verdict Author Introduction: Bhavani Iyer is a screenwriter who has screened Bollywood […]

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Book Review

Utopia by Sir Thomas More (1478–1535)

Utopia by Sir Thomas More, (1478–1535) Type of Work: Humanistic treatise Author: Sir Thomas More (1478-1535) Time: Reign of Henry VII of England Locale: Antwerp, England, Utopia First published: 1516    Principal characters:  Thomas More: He is the author of this book. He is a writer, lawyer, philosopher, politician, and catholic saint. Peter Giles: He

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Book Review, English Literature

Laburnum for My Head – a short story collection by Temsula Ao

Book: Laburnum for My Head Author: Temsula Ao Publication: Penguin India Pages: 120 Price: Click the link Introduction: Dr. Temsula Ao (1945-), Nagaland\’s most eminent contemporary folklorist, academic and author was born in Jorhat, Assam, British India. She is a poet as well as a short story writer. She collected Naga folklores and gave them

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Book Review, Short Story Collection

Three Women by Lisa Taddeo

Book: Three Women Author: Lisa Taddeo Publication:  Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster Pages: 320 Price: Click the link   Author Introduction: Lisa Taddeo is an American writer. She is the two-time recipient of the Pushcart Prize, for her short story collection \”42 (2017)\”, Her works are translated into many languages- German, Hungarian, Italian, Portuguese,

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Book Review, Psychologiacl Novel

Whereabouts by Jhumpa Lahiri

Book: Whereabouts (Dove Mitrovo) Author: Jhumpa Lahiri Publication: Knopf Pages: 176 Price: Click the link       The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros Book Review Author Introduction   Jhumpa Lahiri Nilanjana Sudeshna alias Jhumpa Lahiri is an American author of versatile faculty. She has received numerous awards: the Pulitzer Prize, the Hemingway

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Book Review

Silver Sparrow by Tayari Jones

  Book: Silver Sparrow Author: Tayari Jones Publication: Algonquin Pages: 368 Price: Click the link   Introduction: Silver Sparrow is the third novel by the American author Tayari Jones, which was first published in 2011. Tayari Jones (born November 30, 1970) is an American author. An American Marriage is her best-known work The book opens  with

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Book Review, Social Issues

Arranged Marriage by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

Book: Arranged Marriage Author: Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni Publication: RHUK Pages: 320 Price: Click the Link                   Author Introduction: Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, an Indian American author and poet, started her writing career with her lyric pen. But her unique potency unfurls in her fiction. Today’s topic, \”Arranged Marriage”,

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Book Review, Short Story Collection