The Road
byCormac McCarthy is not one of my favorite writers. A couple of years back,I had read No Country for Old Men, and found it…
Literary Fiction
7.2 Art, Obsession, and Mystery in The Swan Thieves
byWhat I feared would happen has happened. I have finished The Swan Thieves, which I had expressly picked up for the flight, even before…
The Story Of Edgar Sawtelle: Reviewing David Wroblewski’s Masterpiece
byFinally finished this behemoth of a book. Whew! I am now struggling to come to terms with the book as well as decide how…
Peony in Love
byPeony in Love is an example of awe-inspiring yet utterly readable historical fiction/mythology. It is based in 16-17th century China just after the downfall…
9 A Thousand Splendid Suns
byKhaled Hosseini’s second novel, A Thousand Splendid Suns, is a story of two women and their lives in Afghanistan over the past 30 years…
8.3 The Bad Girl – A Book Review (Warning: Spoilers Ahead)
bySome men equate love with pain, craving love that brings them misery and unhappiness. The Bad Girl by Mario Vargas Llosa is the story…
Yesterday’s Weather
byI really wanted to love this one. I mean really wanted to. How could you not love a book when the author Anne Enright…
And Yet Another Man Booker Reading List
byKrishna from S.Krishna’s Books, and Nidhi and Veens over at Giving…Reading a Chance have compiled a nice list of Booker award winners and nominees…
My Man Booker 2009 Reading List
byThe Man Booker 2009 shortlist was announced on 8th September, so this post is a little outdated. But for those who haven’t been following…
6.8 Fragments of India: Between the Assassinations
byThere is a general consensus among reviewers that Indian writing is depressing. Well, there is plenty of pretty upbeat Indian writing out there these…