Perpetually confused: Links to the other two parts of the write up by Arun Shourie

The unbearable lightness of being by Milan Kundera

The Unbearable Lightness of Being’ though published some years back continues to be read and pondered upon for its philosophical speculations on post World war II anxieties in Eastern Europe. The book though a work of fiction underlines the absurdities of life and gives us a clear cut glimpse in the life of the author himself. What is extremely fascinating about Kundera is his belief that a person can write only about himself, hence making all his books his different autobiographies
to read a short review log on to http://www.artconcerns.net/2007May/html/bookReview_milanKundera.htm

Dom Casmurro by J M Machado de Assis trans by John Gledson

I have never read anything as charming as this book. Written in such lighthearted vein yet so well articulated and presented. Though it’s a translation I read but the essential charm has been very well maintained and no where the actual idea or the thought is compromised.A simple work set in a town in Brazil with hardly any big words or big events. The author manages to floor the reader by simple and mundane events treated in a beautiful manner. The average chapter consists of just one page and the narrative style is so communicative that you almost feel the presence of the author..right there ..whispering the story in your ears…the sudden turn of events in the last part of the book though comes as a surprise adds to the entire charm…a must and refreshing read for those who are fed up of reading repeated stuff on identity crisis, religious politics and caste wars

The Enchantress of Florence

Recently read this wonderful book by The Story Teller of our time..Salman Rushdie. The book is about a part ficticious daring woman of the Moghul family who dares to defy her so called destiny for a totally unknown world. The parallel drawn between the Moghul court and the Florentine one is simply marverlous and speaks of the terrific understanding of history and intrigues of these courts. I for one enjoyed reading about Medicis and 'il machias'

His sense of humor is simply fabulous..here is one of my favorite sentences,

"We are the Emperor of India, Bhakti Ram Jain
but we can't write our own damn name"

Polo Khoresh: A collection of persian short stories by Hoshang Moradi Kermani

When i saw this book for the first time i thought its a cookery book as both the title and coverpage picture suggest. Hence didn't bother to give it a second look. I was surprised when the stall owner looking at the books i had selected picked this book and asked me to definitely buy it.
And he wasn't wrong. Stories narrated here are simple but yet so profound..many a times open ended too..leaving lot of scope for interpretation. The subtle sense of humour and sensitive handling of the emotions is refreshingly fresh. Though i love all the stories 'thokhm-e-morgh' tends to remain my favorite...will surely look for more stuff by the author

One Hundred Years of Solitude........last line

"....Before reaching the final line, however, he had already understood that he would never leave that room, for it was foreseen that the city of mirrors (or mirages) would be wiped out by the wind and exiled from the memory of men at the precise moment when Aureliano Babilonia would finish deciphering the parchmemts, and that everything written on them was unrepeatable since time immemorial and forever more, because races condemned to one hundred years of solitude did not have a second oppurtunity on earth." IF THE TRANSLATION HAS SUCH AN IMPACT WONDER HOW IT WOULD FEEL TO READ THE ORIGINAL

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Sunday, December 30, 2007

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