Book Review: “Brida” by Paulo Coelho
Brida is a captivating novel about a young Irish woman on a quest for knowledge and self-discovery. The novel explores themes of love, fear, and the quest for meaning.
Book Reviews
This sub-category contains all books: fiction and non-fiction, that are reviewed by authors.
Fire on the Ganges Life among the Dead in Banaras
Despite the book’s length due to its page count, it reads smoothly enough to be finished in one sitting. Without overlapping them, the author has skilfully combined and depicted the characters’ entwined stories in her work.
‘Perceptual Experience’ by Christopher Hill
The strength of the book lies in its ability to present a unified perspective on perception, from its foundational aspects to the way full-fledged perceptual experiences provide epistemic justification for perceptual beliefs.
The political sense behind the non sense: Deciphering Abol Tabol
Abol Tabol is a great show of the author Sukumar Ray’s craft where otherwise non-sensical text appears meaningful when read together with illustrations.
Tomb of Sand – Painting the trivial from a palette of extraordinary colors
“Tomb of Sand” gives us a genuine, realistic resolution in the author’s distinctive manner, in contrast to most novels that purport to have a realistic touch with fantasy-like endings
THE RETURN OF GAIA IN OUR TIMES
Book- The Nutmeg’s Curse (Parables for a Planet in Crisis) Author- Amitav Ghosh Publisher- Penguin Random House, India Although the name of Amitav Ghosh evokes memories of surreal novels like The Glass Palace or the renowned Ibis Trilogy, yet The Nutmeg’s Curse brings in a box full of surprise for Ghosh’s fans. Here, Ghosh takes…
‘1Q84’ is a Surrealist Advocate of Dissent
There can never truly be an ‘escape’ from the worlds we create for ourselves, and perhaps, it is fate that controls our exercise of free will as well.
Book Review: My Life As A Rat
“It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.” This quote by Albus Dumbledore is from the first Harry Potter book- The Philosopher’s Stone, wherein he recognises Neville Longbottom‘s courage and ability to stand up to the trio. I was recently,…
Nadia Murad’s The Last Girl
What is extraordinary about Nadia is that she refused to accept her circumstances and she rose like a phoenix.
Book Review: A Thousand Splendid Suns
The book is about the lives and unlikely friendship between two women, generations apart, in the changing landscape of Afghanistan.
Friendship and Atonement: Khaled Hosseini’s The Kite Runner
The situations and experiences of The Kite Runner look real, the reactions look natural and the consequences look authentic.
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