Showing posts with label india. Show all posts
Showing posts with label india. Show all posts
Wednesday, May 5, 2021

The Anarchy by William Dalrymple

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  Occasionally, quite rarely, in fact, one reads a book so powerful that it is impossible to review, at least until the dust its disturbance...
Monday, February 1, 2021

Quichotte by Salman Rushdie

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I heard an author interviewed on the radio. He described a character he had invented, a fellow called Quichotte (that’s key-shot, by the way...
Tuesday, December 15, 2020

The Anarchy by William Dalrymple

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Occasionally, quite rarely, in fact, one reads a book so powerful that it is impossible to review, at least until the dust its disturbance h...
Tuesday, March 13, 2012

The Great Railway Bazaar by Paul Theroux

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When, some thirty years later, Paul Theroux repeated the journey that he had described in The Great Railway Bazaar, he declared travel writi...
Thursday, March 8, 2012

A Division of the Spoils by Paul Scott

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Start with two major religions, Islam and Hinduism. To a history of one ruling the other, add the complication of a determinedly, in part ev...
Friday, February 24, 2012

The Towers Of Silence by Paul Scott

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The Towers Of Silence, the third of Paul Scott’s Raj Quartet, is very much a novel about women. Set in India in the 1940s, the war impinges ...
Friday, February 17, 2012

The Day of The Scorpion by Paul Scott

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Just as history can’t be undone, innocence, once lost, can’t be retrieved. If history would allow, I would dearly love to read Paul Scott’s ...
Wednesday, February 15, 2012

The Jewel In The Crown by Paul Scott

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Paul Scott’s The Jewel In The Crown is the first of his tetralogy of novels on British India. These really were the last days of the Raj. An...
Wednesday, October 12, 2011

The Impressionist by Hari Kunzru

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In his impressive and successful novel, Hari Kunzru explores the nature of identity. For some people a sense of belonging is very strong, wh...
Wednesday, September 7, 2011

Between The Assassinations by Aravind Adiga

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Aravind Adiga’s White Tiger won the Booker Prize and was notable for its intriguing form. I thought it would be a hard act to follow. It wou...
Thursday, May 26, 2011

The Enchantress Of Florence by Salman Rushdie

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The Enchantress Of Florence by Salman Rushdie is a thoroughly entertaining read. It’s a super-real experience, so vivid and sharp that the f...
Monday, November 8, 2010

East West by Salman Rushdie

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East West is a short collection of short stories by Salman Rushdie. But there is nothing small or even limited about the themes they cover, ...
Thursday, June 18, 2009

The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga

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In his Booker Prize winning novel, The White Tiger, Aravind Adiga has achieved success where other illustrious writers have fallen short in ...
Saturday, July 12, 2008

The Inheritance Of Loss by Kiran Desai

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The Inheritance Of Loss by Kiran Desai is a magnificent, impressive novel that ultimately is disappointing. As a process, the book is almost...
Thursday, February 28, 2008

The Colonel’s Last Wicket by G V Rama Rao

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The Colonel’s Last Wicket by G V Rama Rao is a delightful novel that uses scenarios and technicalities drawn from cricket to add poignancy t...
Saturday, February 23, 2008

Fasting, Feasting by Anita Desai

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In her novel, Fasting, Feasting, Anita Desai eventually accomplishes what many writers attempt and then fail to achieve. She uses light touc...
Saturday, July 14, 2007

A review of Arthur and George by Julian Barnes

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George Edalji (that’s Ay-dal-ji, by the way, since Parsee names are always stressed on the first syllable) is the son of a Staffordshire vic...