Book Review: So Many Hungers!

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 …

Book Review: The Catcher in the Rye

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 …

Book Review: Metamorphosis

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 …

Book Review: The Power and the Glory

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 …

Book Review: The English Teacher

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. ... …