Tag: fiction

Book Review: Satantango by László Krasznahorkai (1985)

January 6, 2016

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)

Book Review: The Complete Short Stories of Marcel Proust by Marcel Proust (2001)

January 1, 2016

The Complete Short Stories of Marcel Proust by Marcel Proust My Rating: 4 of 5 stars   Mezzanine. That is where my soul lies right now. Elevated, with the soft avalanche of rippling visions, erupting from the nubile eyes of a young Proust, from a lowly level that seethed with diminished dignity and blackened clarity … More Book Review: The Complete Short Stories of Marcel Proust by Marcel Proust (2001)

Book Review: The Bookshop by Penelope Fitzgerald (1978)

December 30, 2015

The Bookshop by Penelope Fitzgerald My Rating: 4 of 5 stars On an unusually upbeat evening, I was winding up from work. The recently bought, crisp, intense 300-pages long fictional drama, that I had left, tantalizingly, at the 273rd page the previous night, was softly tip-toeing in front of my eyes. The unread pages were … More Book Review: The Bookshop by Penelope Fitzgerald (1978)

Book Review: Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke (1929)

December 28, 2015

Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke My Rating: 5 of 5 stars Dear Mr. Rilke, Assuming it to be a frequent phenomenon with you, I partake in pleasure and liberty of appointing you the receiver of yet another letter, from a besotted admirer of your wisdom and expression. You see I have … More Book Review: Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke (1929)

Book Review: Love In The Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez (1985)

December 8, 2015

Love In The Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Márquez My Rating: 5 of 5 stars   When glistening drops of dew swivelled across the leaves, When hazy films of sun lifted their candid veils; When morning spring walked the aisle of the autumn road, I saw a face whose reflection, since years, I have behold. In envious … More Book Review: Love In The Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez (1985)

Book Review: Chess Story by Stefan Zweig (1941)

November 28, 2015

Chess Story by Stefan Zweig My Rating: 5 of 5 stars “Wanting to play chess against yourself is a paradox, like jumping over your own shadow.” But what fun is life if words like manic, insanity, paradox and contradiction are not put to test once in a while? Even at the cost of years of discipline and rationality? … More Book Review: Chess Story by Stefan Zweig (1941)

Book Review: Family Matters by Rohinton Mistry (2001)

November 27, 2015

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)

Book Review: Three Tales by Gustave Flaubert (1876)

November 22, 2015

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)