The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon My rating: 4 of 5 stars Muted – I am in an alien way, Post – reading this weird novel about a Horn – that despite many mouths, remains Muted – across the Post – offices of circuitous US lands although the blare of this Horn – is audible to a secretive group … More Book Review: The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon (1966)
The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera My rating: 4 of 5 stars It’s rare that I come across a title and intuitively tag it as an oxymoron; rarer still, I continue to silently contemplate the space lying between the duo. Unbearable Lightness. How is lightness, unbearable? Isn’t it the right of heaviness for … More Book Review: The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera (1981)
Vertigo by W.G. Sebald My rating: 5 of 5 stars I take refuge in prose as one might in a boat. Laughter erupted from the adjacent table. A middle-aged lady chided a young man for his deteriorating writing skills. The young man shifted in his chair with a sheepish grin, nudging a tiny vial of … More Book Review: Vertigo by W G Sebald (1990)
Pereira Maintains by Antonio Tabucchi My rating: 3 of 5 stars It was one of those days when I had a good meal; the fresh herbs, the right salt, the approachable variety, the generous portions, the nice host. I walked back home with a content smile. Upon unlocking the door, a whiff of scented potpourri … More Book Review: Pereira Maintains by Antonio Tabucchi (1994)
The Letter Killers Club by Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky My rating: 5 of 5 stars Stop! Yes, You! Stop! Don’t Read Any Further! No, I’m serious! Like SERIOUS! STOP! I’m not going to repeat! STOP, RIGHT, HERE! Ha, you didn’t listen, did you? Well then, be prepared to sever ties with only ever thing that made your enriching circle of reading, comprehending, … More Book Review: The Letter Killers Club by Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky (1976)
Snow Country by Yasunari Kawabata My rating: 4 of 5 stars I am white, mostly. And cold. And occasionally, weeping. But you don’t see my tears, for they run down the stream and lose their essence at the prolonged kiss of the first sun. But I do not mind. I come alive to die; I … More Book Review: Snow Country by Yasunari Kawabata (1935)
My Rating: 5 of 5 || My Review on Goodreads || More About The Book || About The Author The silence about me was heavy as the sea. Sitting by the sea, I am trying hard to evade the embrace of camphoric memories that hover schemingly, stroked by the amorous waves. Often this colossal sapphire … More Book Review – The Sea by John Banville (2005)
My Rating: 4 of 5 || My Review on Goodreads || More About The Book || About The Author They walk under its shadow. And it feels forever. They breathe their warm heart out under its all-pervasive blanket for so many countless instants (sometimes their entire lives) that the line drawing its glistening touch and … More Book Review – The Autumn Of The Patriarch by Gabriel García Márquez (1975)
Hunger by Knut Hamsun My rating: 5 of 5 stars A review of this book from my pen is akin to injustice. After all, what do I know of hunger? Something that loses its meaning with a hop to the kitchen? A need that vanishes with the stair-climbing to the canteen? A routine that knocks … More Book Review – Hunger by Knut Hamsun (1890)
My Rating: 4 of 5 || My Review on Goodreads || More About The Book || About The Author || Author’s Website I scribbled on my notepad, random words, stared at them, struck them and occasionally, tore the page to reveal a new one. The overcast sky was teetering at the rain’s behest and the … More Book Review – Notes From Underground by Fyodor Dostoyevsky (1864)
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