“One always feels Pakistan before one sees it.” I was curious about how the writer would address the subject of blasphemy in his debut novel, ‘The Verdict.’ He’s done it well through the vehicle of ...
Things Fall Apart is a classic story about the African experience, both before and during colonialism in the village of Umuofia and its surrounding villages. For the greater part of the novel, the story is ...
How does one review a book like War and Peace knowing one can’t possibly cover every facet of a great classic. The term ‘masterpiece’ would suffice but it’s not enough given that I have spent ...
15Shares“The only hope was that the outbreak would die a natural death; it certainly wouldn’t be arrested by the measures the authorities had so far devised.” My introduction to Albert Camus’s book “The Plague” happened ...
23Shares“I proudly call myself a tribal woman, and I carry with me hundreds of stories that have shaped and enriched my life and connected me to every single woman in my country” At its heart, ...
‘History has failed us, but no matter.’ As the opening line for a long story it sets the tone quite accurately. In spite of the myriad of challenges the characters face in this multigenerational novel, ...
77SharesHistory has shown charm to be the final ambition of the leisure class.- Ignatov The age of nobility has given way to the age of the common man.- Nina I had not heard of ...
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