Book Review: A Schoolboy’s Diary and Other Stories by Robert Walser (2013)

A Schoolboy’s Diary and Other Stories by Robert Walser My Rating: 3 of 5 stars That is the most useful thing about school: It tires you out, upsets you, gets you going, it nourishes the imagination, it is the anteroom, the waiting room as it were, of life. Neat Poster. And a far neater mind … More Book Review: A Schoolboy’s Diary and Other Stories by Robert Walser (2013)

Book Review: A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce (1914)

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce My Rating: 5 of 5 stars APRIL 19 (Evening): Alright. This is insane. It has been almost eighteen, 18 (has more impact) hours since I sat down to scribble something about what is going on in my mind but the right words are … More Book Review: A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce (1914)

Book Review: The Loser by Thomas Bernhard (1983)

The Loser by Thomas Bernhard My Rating: 3 of 5 stars Grey – The color that most of the characters created during large part of twentieth century and whole of twenty-first century till date, are painted in. Cruelly banishing the evergreen Black and all-star White to secondary positions,Grey has risen in ranks to be the … More Book Review: The Loser by Thomas Bernhard (1983)

Book Review: The Waste Land and Other Poems by T S Eliot (1922)

The Waste Land and Other Poems by T S Eliot My Rating: 4 of 5 stars Thomas Stearns Eliot. A lot is hidden between those three words. A whole world perhaps. A depth measured by many oceans, a mystery viewed from bewitching lenses, a song marrying numerous notes, a candle thriving on inexhaustible wax. During … More Book Review: The Waste Land and Other Poems by T S Eliot (1922)

Book Review: Faces in the Crowd by Valeria Luiselli (2011)

Faces in the Crowd by Valeria Luiselli My Rating: 3 of 5 stars   Like Valeria, I stare at the faces in the crowd; the crowd of short paragraphs hurrying across the surface of this book, intermingling with the innate desire to escape the mound without any considerable collision. Like each paragraph, I anoint a … More Book Review: Faces in the Crowd by Valeria Luiselli (2011)

Book Review: Pnin by Vladimir Nabokov (1953)

Pnin by Vladimir Nabokov My Rating: 4 of 5 stars   The evening lessons were always the most difficult. Drained of ambulating the willing grey cells throughout the carnage of day classes, the young readers, almost resignedly, filled the quiet room at the end of the corridor. A subdued tête-à-tête, almost at once, broke into … More Book Review: Pnin by Vladimir Nabokov (1953)

Book Review: Satantango by László Krasznahorkai (1985)

Satantango by László Krasznahorkai My Rating: 5 of 5 stars For a rainbow-chaser and flower-collector, satan-tango is not exactly the kind of event to spend an many evenings on. The brightness is pleasing odour and the not-so-brightness is forever under verdict. But there I stayed; lurking under the disturbing, frequently tingling, always jagging edges of … More Book Review: Satantango by László Krasznahorkai (1985)