Family Matters by Rohinton Mistry My rating: 5 of 5 stars The heart has its reasons which reason knows nothing of. Flipping through the pages, my heart leaped many times; those waves bearing the ring of countenance were from still stream but the ones with ripples of accusation roared thunder. Accusation? Accusation hurled towards whom? … More Book Review: Family Matters by Rohinton Mistry (2001)
Three Tales by Gustave Flaubert My rating: 3 of 5 stars Ever wondered if stark realities of life were humans, how would they converse? What would death reveal to Satan which may surprise agony? What may joy surmise on pain that might recall God’s support? What might greed and insanity bring to table worthy of … More Book Review: Three Tales by Gustave Flaubert (1876)
Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys My rating: 2 of 5 stars A few years ago, I happened to have a chat with an old friend. We were catching up after a long time and like most friends do, we picked up our favorite teen (innocent) crimes to gorge on. One of our best memoirs … More Book Review: Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys (1966)
Bonsaï by Alejandro Zambra My rating: 4 of 5 stars What does a resonating journal do? Arrest us in the powerful aura of words? Dispatch us to the comforting cocoon of our memories? Render a blanket of dignity to our failures? Exhort our fledgling dreams to a palpable fruition? Cast a succor net on our … More Book Review: Bonsaï by Alejandro Zambra (2006)
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 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)
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)
My Rating: 5 of 5 || My Review on Goodreads || More About The Book || About The Author LOVE. ABSENCE. Two words. Short but Strong. Both are trend-setters, albeit of different kind. Both have their own, absolute meanings; their legion of fans swear by it. Those under their hypnotic spell can hardly belong elsewhere. … More Book Review – Journey Into The Past by Stefan Zweig (1987)
My Rating : 5 of 5 || My Review on Goodreads || More About The Book || About The Author Push me not, not right now, Frozen feet is all I have; Shine me not, not right now, Calming dark is all I have; Correct me not, not right now, Impelling doubt is all I have; Wake me … More Book Review – If On A Winter’s Night A Traveller by Italo Calvino (1979)
My Rating: 5 of 5 || My Review on Goodreads || More About The Book || Author’s Website Hi. || Hi. || Is it you? || Yes, I am. || You look different. || Should I have been same? || Mmm… I don’t know. But you have my color. || In setting auburn, yes. || … More Book Review – The Waves by Virginia Woolf (1931)
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