Book: The Midnight Library Author: Matt Haig Publication: Canongate Pages: 304 Price: Click the link to buy the book Introduction: Born in 1975, Matt Haig is a modern-day English novelist and journalist. He proves his prowess in writing both fiction and non-fiction. The Midnight Library by him is a heart-touching fictional journey with the […]
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Book Review, Classic Novels, Motivational BooksBook: The Shadow Lines Author: Amitabh Ghosh Publication: Penguin India Pages: 288 Price: Click the link Author: Born in 1956, Calcutta, Amitav Ghosh’s novels never detached themselves from their search for national identity. As he moved with his family to different places due to his father’s job as a diplomat, his novels capture all the
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Book Review, Classic Novels, Political NovelBook: The Pakistani Bride Author: Bapsi Sidhwa Publication: Penguin India Pages: 248Political Price: Click the link to buy it Introduction: Bapsi Sidhwa is a post-modern diasporic feminist writer from Pakistan who lives in the USA. Her pen exposes her rightful experience and concern with the Indian panorama of social dichotomy and women\’s oppression. In
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Book Review, Classic Novels, Political Novel, Social IssuesBook: My Name is Red Author: Orhan Pamuk Publisher: Faber and Faber Pages: 688 Price: Click the link Introduction : Nobel winner (2006) Turkish writer Orhan Pamuk\’s (born 1952) novel My Name is Red is a brilliant mash-up of myth, murder and mystery. This book is translated into more than 60 different languages. Summary:
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Book Review, Classic NovelsBook: Tuesdays with Morrie Author: Mitch Albom Publication: Sphere Pages:208 Price: Click the link Introduction: The book Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom, an American Author, starts with \”The Curriculum\” and follows with \”The Syllabus\”, \”The Students\”, \” The Orientation\”, \”The Classroom\”,\” Taking Attendance\”. The book weaves the bonding between a student and a teacher
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Book Review, Classic Novels, Motivational BooksThe Bet Author Introduction: Anton Chekhov, (1860-1904) was a Russian playwright as well as a short story writer. In his writing style, he is always unique and distinct with profound competency in dealing with human behaviour and psychology as well as nature…vast panoramic, wonderful Russian landscape. Writing Style: There is no complex plot with
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Book Review, Classic Novels, Short Story CollectionBook: The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly Author: Sun-Mi Hwang Pages: 144 Publication – Penguin USA Price: Click the link Introduction: The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly is a novel by Sun-Mi Hwang, an eminent writer of South Korea. The book written in a fairy tale style is an adroit paean of freedom,
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Book Review, Classic Novels, Social IssuesBook: The Autumn of the Patriarch Author: Gabriel Garcia Marquez Publication: Jonathan Cape Ltd Pages:229 Price: Click the Link Author: Gabo alias Gabriel Garcia Marquez ( 1927-2014), one of the most significant authors of the 20th c. was a Colombian novelist, short story writer, screenwriter, and a versatile genius. He won the 1982 Novel Prize
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Book Review, Classic Novels, SatireBook Name: Invisible Man Author: Ralph Ellison Publication: Penguin Pages: 608 Price: Click the link Author: Afro-American novelist and literary polymath Ralph Waldo Ellison (1914-1994) is best known for his novel Invisible Man. It was published by Random House in 1952. For this book, he won The National Book Award in 1953. Introduction: ‘I
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Book Review, Classic Novels, Social IssuesBook: The Five People You Meet in Heaven Author: Mitch Albom Publisher: Sphere Pages: 240 Price: Click the link Introduction: Everyone is born, lives and dies, and in this eternal cycle of birth and death our lives demand the only answer- \” Is it worth living?\” In search of that philosophical answer I get the
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