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The Pakistani Bride by Bapsi Sidhwa

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Book: 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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A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara

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Book: A Little Life Author: Hanya Yanagihara Publication: Doubleday Pages: 736 Price: Click the link     Introduction: American novelist, editor, travel writer Hanya Yanagihara\’s A Little Life (2015) is a modern-day classic tale of despair and brooding sadness. Yes…it is also a telltale story of relationships…male relationships…complicated and intricately cordial. Summary of the novel:

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Ghachar Ghochar, Vivek Shanbhag

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Book Name: Ghachar Ghochar Author: Vivek Shanbhag Publishing House: Harper Perennial Page: 128 Price: Click the link   Introduction: It\’s a wonderful journey to read Vivek Shanbhag\’s debut novel, Ghachar Ghochar (2015). Written in Kannada, this novel is translated into English by Srinath Perur. Set in the busy city of Bangalore, India, Ghachar Ghochor, is

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The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly, Sun-Mi Hwang

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Book: 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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The Dark Room, R.K.Narayan

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Book: The Dark Room   Author: R.K.Narayan Publication: Indian Thought Pub. Pages: 162 Price: Click the Link   Author: R.K. Narayan (1906-2001), born in Madras, is one of the most prolific Indian writers whose name is well known for his extraordinary competency in drawing the simple legends of everyday Indian life. Introduction: His novel, The

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Animal Farm, George Orwell

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Book: Animal Farm Author: George Orwell Publication: Penguin India Pages: 104 Price: Click the link Author: George Orwell alias Eric Arthur Blair (1903-1950) is an illustrious name in the history of English literature. Generally speaking, his creations are unique and oblique with a deep-rooted tone of satire as well as a protest against totalitarianism and

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Invisible Man Ralph Ellison

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Book 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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White as Milk and Rice, Nidhi Dugar Kundalia

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White as Milk and Rice Stories of India\’s Isolated Tribes By nidhi dugar kundalia Publication: Penguin Random House Pages:256 Price: Click the link Review Rate: 4 Introduction: Author of \”The Lost Generation:  Chronicling India\’s Dying Profession\”, Nidhi Dugar Kundalia always raises her voice on social, cultural issues, meticulously documenting human lives and struggles. Therefore her

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The Grass is Singing, Doris Lessing

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Book: The Grass is Singing Author: Doris Lessing Publication: Fourth Estate; New edition (1 March 2013) Pages: 208 Price: Click the link  Introduction: The Grass is Singing by Doris Lessing is set at the backdrop of Southern Rhodesia, South Africa torn up in racial Politics of White V/S Black Though there was no mystery in

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