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Final Analysis: A recommended gift to young readers. Not particularly for science fiction fans. Too simple for that.
Favourite Quote: None
Final Analysis: A recommended gift to young readers. Not particularly for science fiction fans. Too simple for that.
Name: Pinjar (Hindi)Author: Amrita PritamReading Time: 10 metro rides (only partly read in the metro) About the Book:The book is set around the time of the India-Pakistan partition and is about various issues. It talks of family rivalries, religion, relationships and family ties. The strongest issue discussed throughout the book is that of the role…
Birthday Stories Haruki Murakami 2006 Vintage Books pp. 207 Birthday stories is an anthology of stories written on the theme of birthdays. Most stories are snippets from a single day or at most a few days. The short stories, I am ashamed to admit, are mostly by writers I have never read before. Murakami is…
KRISHNA: The Sovereign of 2050: A Sci-fi Adventure of a GodA Nolan2018AmazonKindle edition The story revolves around what it would be if Lord Krishna was our future, instead of our past. The concept is great. There is science fiction mixed with environmental concerns and some futurism. It is The story has tremendous potential, sadly the…
Unladylike: A Memoir Radhika Vaz 2015 Aleph pp. 217 Unladylike, like the name suggests, is a memoir of Radhika Vaz. The title couldn’t be more apt, given the way she is living her life. Unladylike breaks away from stereotypes. But on a deeper reading you would feel that almost every girl and woman in India…
The Strange Library Haruki Murakami 2014 Harvill Secker pp. 88 (Audio book 1 hour) The Strange Library describes a young man’s experiences at a library which he visits to return books, and gets entrapped into reading thick books. The book is absurd with a surreal touch to it. It leaves you with a sense of…
name: the tales of beedle the bardauthor: j k rowlingreading time: 2 metro rides the tales of beedle the bard is a very thin book… as is evident from the time taken to read it… i bought it from the book fair this year at an almost 85% discount… i should have known then that…