Tag: Culture
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
YASHODHARA- BOOK REVIEW
Author: Volga
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Publishing Date: 31 May 2019
Language: Telegu
Pages: 176
Translator: P.S.V. Prasad
Country: India
Rating: 3.5/5
"I must set abalze his passion for knowledge. I can't become...
THE BLUE LOTUS: MYTHS AND FOLKTALES OF INDIA- BOOK REVIEW
Author: Meena Arora Nayak
Publisher: Aleph Book Company
Date of Publication: 20 October 2018
Pages: 586
Language: English
Country: India
Rating: 5/5
Myths, stories, folktales and music are traditions of Indian...
THE COURTESAN, THE MAHATMA AND THE ITALIAN BRAHMIN – BOOK REVIEW
Author: Manu S. Pillai
Publisher: Context
Publishing Date: 24th June 2019
Pages: 394 pages
Language: English
Country: India
Rating: 5/5
One of the most wonderful things about Manu S. Pillai's books...