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The Sound Of The Mountain by Yasunari Kawabata

BOOK REVIEW: THE SOUND OF THE MOUNTAIN

Author: Yasunari Kawabata Translator: Edward G. Seidensticker Publisher: Penguin UK Publishing Date: 6 January 2011 Pages: 224 Languages: Japanese and English Country: Japan Rating: 4.5/5 “It's remarkable how we go on year after year, doing the same old things. We get tired...
The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa

BOOK REVIEW: THE MEMORY POLICE

Author: Yoko Ogawa Publisher: Vintage Publishing Date: 1 August 2020 Pages: 288 Language: Japanese and English Translator: Stephen Snyder Country: Japan Rating: 4.5/5 “My memories don’t feel as though they’ve been pulled up by the root. Even if they fade, something remains....
How To Tell The Story Of An Insurgency by Aruni Kashyap

BOOK REVIEW: HOW TO TELL THE STORY OF AN INSURGENCY

Editor: Aruni Kashyap Publisher: HarperCollins India Publishing Date: 25 February 2020 Pages: 248 Language: Assamese, Bodo and English Country: India Rating: 3.5/5 "The curtain is open and, in the open window, the moon is framed. Why does the sight of the...
Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

BOOK REVIEW: MEXICAN GOTHIC

Author: Silvia Moreno-Garcia Publisher: Jo Fletcher Books Publishing Date: 30 June 2020 Pages: 276 Language: English Country: Mexico Rating: 3.5/5 “It was the house that disfigured the land.” I must confess I read Mexican Gothic purely because of it's cover. Yes, I...
Moonflower Murders by Anthony Horowitz

BOOK REVIEW: MOONFLOWER MURDERS

Author: Anthony Horowitz Publisher: Century Publishing Date: 15 September 2020 Pages: 608 Language: English Country: Greece/ England Rating: 4.5/5 “Everything in life has a pattern and a coincidence is simply the moment when the pattern becomes briefly visible.” I was extremely excited...
Lost Loves: Exploring Rama's Anguish by Arshia Sattar

BOOK REVIEW: LOST LOVES: EXPLORING RAMA’S ANGUISH

Author: Arshia Sattar Publisher: HarperCollins Publishing Date: 5 October 2019 Language: English Pages: 145 Country: India Rating: 4/5 "A God who can forget his divinity in order to show us the enormously tragic consequences of our frailties is surely far more...
The Last Nizam by John Zubrzycki

BOOK REVIEW: THE LAST NIZAM

Author: John Zubrzycki Publisher: Picador Publishing Date: 30 January 2012 Language: English Pages: 400 Country: India I had an interest in reading The Last Nizam due to my connection with Hyderabad. If you are following me on Instagram you might...
The Hunting Party by Lucy Foley

BOOK REVIEW: THE HUNTING PARTY

Author: Lucy Foley Publisher: HarperCollins Publishing Date: 15 February 2019 Pages: 400 Language: English Country: Scotland Rating: 4.5/5 “Some people, given just the right amount of pressure, taken out of their usual, comfortable environments, don’t need much encouragement at all to...
Killings at Kingfisher Hill by Sophie Hannah

BOOK REVIEW: KILLINGS AT KINGFISHER HILL

Author: Sophie Hannah Publisher: Harper Collins Publishing Date: 20 August 2020 Language: English Pages: 352 Country: England Rating: 3/5 Hercule Poirot is perhaps the world’s most beloved detective. Agatha Christie detested the eccentric Belgian detective but Poirot has a place of...
lLove and Lust: Stories and Essays

LOVE AND LUST: STORIES AND ESSAYS – BOOK REVIEW

Author: Vikram Seth and others Publisher: Aleph Book Company Publishing Date: 20 April 2019 Language: English Pages: 152 Country: India Rating: 3.5/5 Love and Lust: Stories and Essays is a part of Aleph Book Company's Olio series. The word 'Olio' means...