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Chronicle of a Past Forgotten-Amitav Ghosh’s The Glass Palace

July 29th, 2008 · No Comments

I am still hooked on to Amitav Ghosh, and took up The Glass Palace again. In this brilliant and universally acclaimed novel, the author captures the forgotten memories of our past and present in a fine balance that reflects his meticulous research and carries the cadence of evocative lyricism. The Glass Palace captures the mood, [...]

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The Past as Anguish—”Half of Yellow Sun”

July 22nd, 2008 · No Comments

It is review time again folks, and I am a day behind schedule this time. Partly because I couldn’t tear myself away from Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Half of a Yellow Sun, a novel about love, relationships, heartbreak, and agony, but primarily about war and what it does to people and societies. As Adichie says, it [...]

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Andromache—Unrequited Passion

July 14th, 2008 · No Comments

Andromache—Unrequited Love
Its book review day again and this week I am in the mood for some nostalgia, especially for the classics. Sifting among my books, I came across Jean Racine’s Andromache in the English translation by R.C. Knight, and that’s what triggered the sentimentality. The smell of old books reminds one of old friends you [...]

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