Go ahead - spend some time on this amazing work

From the moment I began the first chapter until I reached the final page, this book never ceased to fascinate me. The book itself is full of contradictions, bot...read more

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Ms.Woolf would be proud of this effort !

Michael Cunningham has written a beautiful modern version of Virginia Woolf's classic ''Mrs. Dalloway,'' managing to capture the complexities of the original an...read more

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Mesmerizing !

In Frank McCourt's childhood memoir, Angela's Ashes, the writing so clearly depicts his emotions from his past that is amazing what great detail is captivated i...read more

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The Spirit of Romanticism.....

Perhaps the most common indictment made about any of Graham's works is that they are too philosophical and complex--so complex that they distance themselves fro...read more

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THE HEAT OF THE ROMANCE...THE DUST OF ITS ASHES...

Ruth Prawer Jhabvala's powerful and beautifully written novel of an ''outrageous'' Anglo-Indian romance in 1920s Khatm and Satipur, Heat and Dust,won the Booker...read more

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Sorry people .... poetic but an immature effort!

I remember an unusually well-read American friend of mine telling me that this book has been a revealation to him about the qualities of indo-english writers an...read more

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Anticipation was and wasn't rewarded

The pivotal plot in ''Amsterdam'', not much critically examined by other reviewers here, is a story about two not really successful people at the midlife crisis...read more

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Marvellous stuff !!

The cover copy of my version of ''The English Patient'' indicates that the book within is ''A rare and spellbinding web of dreams.'' Even though I'm not sure wh...read more

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Every fan needs to have this !

This book can only be described as beautiful. It's content, the pictures, everything is a true dedication to the work of Jonathan Larson. The book begins as a b...read more

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A postmodern, postcritical reintegration of the st

When I first heard about God: A Biography, I was put off by what I considered a ''cutesy'' title. Mentally, I catalogued the book with efforts along the lines o...read more

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Seeds Appear Not to Be Sown in Naipaul's Misbegott

The title of V.S. Naipaul's new novel refers to the beginning of the revolution by the guerilla fighters his main character, Wllie Chandran, meets in India. It ...read more

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A mesmerizing, comic tale of post-colonial Mr Bisw

V. S. Naipaul's A House for Mr. Biswas is an exotic novel. He writes about Indians in Trinidad; his acute observations and fantastic skill at capturing each ele...read more

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Its good , definitely not THE best !

Five reasons why Hari, Ryan and Alok's lives are in a complete mess:

1. They've messed up their grades big time.
2. Alok and Ryan can't stop bickering with each oth...read more
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