Book Review: Quichotte

Title: Quichotte Author: Salman Rushdie Publisher: Hamish Hamilton- Penguin Pages: 390 ISBN: 978-0670092796 Source: Publisher Salman Rushdie's Quichotte is an account of a postmodern man standing at the brink of the collapse of civilization staring at his own reflection. The man is the author Sam DuChamp and his reflection is the character that he creates, …

Book Review: You will be Safe here

Title: You will be Safe here Author: Damian Barr Publisher: Bloomsbury Pages: 346 ISBN: 978-1526608734 Source: Publsiher You will be Safe here tells two stirring and connected stories spanning over a century.  Set in South Africa and told in three parts, the events in the novel take place in 1901 during the second Boer War …

Book Review: Missing

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. …

Book Review: Strange Heart Beating

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 …

Book Review: Census

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 …

Book Review: Sing, Unburied, Sing

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, …

Book Review: The Gospel of Yudas

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- …

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 …