Eleven girls scattered in many places, one milkshake shop, and one confident young girl determined to unite them all – Ricky, a young aspiring writer begins to search for her friends lost through the years of adulthood. On June 16th, twenty years ago, Ricky and her friends swore they would meet again in two decades in…
Category: Books
Analysing various forms of literature and talking about what impacted me.
THE UMBRELLA MAN- SIDDHARTHA GIGOO (2015)
A thing which had been discarded and, instead of having been disposed off with the other useless things, had found refuge in the solitary ward of Number 7. It was the most beautiful thing in the entire asylum, more beautiful than the bed of wild flowers along the wall of the compound.
THE BELL JAR- SYLVIA PLATH (1963)
“I took a deep breath and listened to the old bray of my heart: I am, I am, I am.” The Bell Jar is an unusual novel bottled with every emotion you can think of.
The Little Match Girl- Hans Christian Andersen (1845)
This short story by Danish poet and author, Hans Christian Anderson is one of the most heart wrenching and dark fairy tales in literature. The holiday season cannot be complete without revisiting this classic fairy tale.
THINGS FALL APART- CHINUA ACHEBE (1958)
Turning and turning in the widening gyre The falcon cannot hear the falconer; Things Fall Apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world. -W.B. Yeats, “The Second Coming” A detailed insight into pre and post colonial life in late 19th century Nigeria,
APPRENTICED TO A HIMALAYAN MASTER- SRI M (2010)
The Himalayas with their lush green forests, the fresh scent of pine and cedars, the Himalayas with their snow-capped magnificent mountains, the Himalayas with their meandering roads and unfrequented valleys, the Himalayas, the locus origins of yoga itself, have often attracted curious travellers, adventurers, nature-enthusiasts and most of all, the spiritually inclined souls.
A very important party and several stories told in 24 hours- Mrs. Dalloway
Mrs. Dalloway said she would buy the flowers herself. A book taking us into one day in the life of a woman is what it says it is but Mrs. Dalloway is anything but simple. It is set at a time post World War 1 in London.
THE BLUEST EYE- TONI MORRISON (1970)
“ My eyes. My blue eyes. Let me look again See how pretty they are. Yes. They get prettier each time I look at them. They are the prettiest I’ve ever seen Really ? Oh, yes. Prettier than the sky? Oh, yes. Much prettier than the sky. …
The Spy- Paulo Coelho (2016)
The voice of Mata Hari speaks through Paulo Coelho’s book, “The Spy”, revealing a version of her most of us have never seen…
THE YELLOW WALLPAPER- CHARLOTTE PERKINS GILMAN (1892)
“It is the strangest yellow, that wallpaper! It makes me think of all the yellow things I ever saw- not beautiful ones like buttercups, but old foul, bad yellow things.” A 19th century psychological Gothic horror story, without any actual ghosts, The Yellow Wallpaper invokes very despairing fright in the minds of the readers. The…
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