Book: Poonachi Author: Perumal Murugan Publication: Context Pages: 184 Price: Click the link Review Rate: 5 Introduction: \”How long can an untold story rest in deep slumber within the dormant seed? I am fearful of writing about humans; … Let me write about animals.\” Perumal Murugan is a celebrated name in Tamil Literature. His every […]
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Book: Despite Stolen Dream Author: Anita Krishnan Publication: Fingerprint Publication Pages: 304 Price: Click the link Introduction: \” No one seemed to notice the solitary man with his face half-hidden behind the raised collar of his jacket braving the piercing wind and walking through the Avenue of trees as if he had no care
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Book Review, Social IssuesBook: The Thousand Faces of Night Author: Githa Hariharan Publication: Penguin India Pages: 144 Price: Click the link Introduction: \”Her hand seemed to turn me away from the indecisive confusion of my last months in Amery; she seemed to have silently articulated the pattern she had perceived in the jigsaw puzzle that confronted me.”
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Book Review, Classic Novels, Social IssuesBook: White Noise Author: Shruti Upadhaya Publication: BEE Speed Reads Pages: 140 Price: Click the link “I hold the pen,but they control the writing.White Noise happened to me.I didn’t create my characters,My characters created themselves.”(From author’s blog: thestorytellersparadise.wordpress.com) Introduction: \”I wanted to trust him. I really wish he would let me.\” In 2019 there was
The Poison of Love By K.R. Meera Publication: Penguin Random House India Introduction: K. R. Meera, an eminent Indian author and journalist who writes in Malayalam and is known for such famous novels as The Gospel of Yudas, Hangwoman etc, is again sparkling with unique vivacity in The Poison of Love. Translated by MINISTHYS,
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Book Review, Love Story, Macabre ThrillerBook: The Bear and the Nightingale Author: Katherine Arden Publication: Random House UK Pages: 464 Price: Click the link Author: She is the fantasy creator, mystery maker. Katherine Arden, born in 1987 is an American novelist, applauded for her Winternight trilogy. The Bear and the Nightingale is the first among these trilogies. Introduction: When I
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Book: Adultery Author: Paulo Coelho Publication: Vintage Pages: 300 Price: Click the link Author: The Brazilian author and lyricist Paulo Coelho was born in 1947 in Rio de Janeiro. Some of his masterpieces are The Pilgrimage, The Alchemist, Brida, The Witch of Portobello, The Spy, Adultery etc. Introduction: \”Some people say that as
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The Night of Broken Glass (2018) Author: Feroz Rather Publisher: HarperCollins India, Pages: 222 Price: Click the link Author: A Kashmiri novelist as well as a doctoral student in creative writing at Florida State University. The debut novel of Feroz Rather\’s, The Night of Broken Glass, scatters the splinter of glasses all through
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Book ReviewBook: tales told by mystics Author: Manoj Das Publication: Sahitya Akademi Pages: 298 Price: Click the link Introduction: Very recently, we lost Manoj Das on 27th April 2021. Being a bilingual author, Manoj Das proves his ambidextrous potency in both English and Odia. Born in Balasore, Odisha, 1934, British India, Manoj Das is an
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The Forgotten Daughter By Renita D\’Silva Publication: Fingerprint! Publication Pages: 276 Price: Click the link Introduction: The novels of Renita D’Silva, a British Indian author, with their exquisite settings, vivid portrayal of human lives fraught with conflict and crisis, aligned at a perfect natural background of both rural and metropolitan is always worth reading. The
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