Title: Missing Author: Sumana Roy Publisher: Aleph Book Company Pages: 265 ISBN: 978-9386021991 Source: Publisher Missing is an account of 7 days in the life of a blind poet, named Nayan, while his wife goes missing. Set in Bengal, Missing is a study of the relationships and the society that is constituted of these relationships. … Continue reading Book Review: Missing
Title: Strange Heart Beating Author: Eli Goldstone Publisher: Granta Books Pages: 196 ISBN: 978-1783783502 Source: Publisher Strange Heart Beating is about a man called Seb and his attempts to find out more about his wife after her death. In his quest for the past life of his late wife, Leda, Seb encounters such aspects of … Continue reading Book Review: Strange Heart Beating
Title: Census Author: Jesse Ball Publisher: Granta Books Pages: 256 ISBN: 978-1783783755 Source: Publisher 'Census' by Jesse Ball is a novel about life. It follows the journey of a father, as a census taker, along with his son from the town of A to the town of Z. As they move towards the town of … Continue reading Book Review: Census
Title: Sing, Unburied, Sing Author: Jesmyn Ward Publisher: Bloomsbury Circus Pages: 285 ISBN: 978-1408891032 Source: Publisher "Sing, Unburied, Sing" is a family saga set in Mississippi. It is the story of a thirteen year old boy, Jojo and his baby sister, Kayla. It is the story of their nigger mother, Leonie and her white husband, … Continue reading Book Review: Sing, Unburied, Sing
Title: The Gospel of Yudas Author: K.R. Meera (Translated by: Rajesh Rajamohan) Publisher: Hamish Hamilton- Penguin Books Pages: 158 ISBN: 978-0670088584 Source: Personal Copy 'The Gospel of Yudas' is a tale of longing and redemption. Set in Kerala, the book presents the curious story of a young girl, Prema and the enigmatic, Das aka Yudas- … Continue reading Book Review: The Gospel of Yudas
Title: So Many Hungers! Author: Bhabhani Bhattacharya Publisher: Orient Paperbacks Pages: 205 ISBN: 9788122205824 Source: Personal Copy So Many Hungers is a modern Indian classic that depicts a dreadful picture of the Bengal Famine of 1943. Along with the famine and the pathos of the sufferers, the novel brings forth the spirit of nationalism and … Continue reading Book Review: So Many Hungers!
Title: The Catcher in the Rye Author: J. D. Salinger Publisher: Penguin Books Pages: 230 ISBN: 9780241950425 Source: Borrowed Copy 'The Catcher in the Rye' is a modern classic based on the estranged feelings that the teenagers have. The protagonist of the novel is an ‘icon for teenage rebellion’. The novel has been listed as … Continue reading Book Review: The Catcher in the Rye
Title: Metamorphosis Author: Franz Kafka Publisher: Fingerprint Classics (An Imprint of Prakash Books India Pvt. Ltd.) ... cited as one of the seminal works of fiction of the twentieth century. A story of Gregor Samsa, a travelling salesman, who wakes up one day to discover that he has metamorphosed into a bug. The Metamorphosis is … Continue reading Book Review: Metamorphosis
Title: The Power and the Glory Author: Graham Greene The Power and the Glory is a Catholic Novel by Graham Greene. The novel is based in the Mexican state in 1930s- the time when the Catholic Church was being suppressed by the government.We have an unnamed priest, whom Greene calls the whisky priest, who is trying … Continue reading Book Review: The Power and the Glory
Title: The English Teacher Author: R. K. Narayan Publisher: Indian Thought Publications While Krishna teaches at the Albert Mission College his wife and daughter live some distance away with his parents-in-law. But a move to a small rented house soon permits the couple to enjoy a life of marital bliss. Yet paradise is short-lived. ... … Continue reading Book Review: The English Teacher
