Dive into the captivating world of the best works of Amitav Ghosh. Discover why his enchanting narratives and rich storytelling make him a must-read author. Imagine a master navigator weaving tales of ancient Egypt with whispers of climate change, stitching together historical epics with threads of migration and displacement. Welcome to the literary world of…
Let’s begin January 2024 with the top 10 new book releases that you must add to your TBR right away! Happy New Year, Readers! What were your top reads of 2023? And your favorite genres? Well, if you have as many books as us on your TBR this month and don’t know where to start,…
A Dictator Calls (2023) by Ismail Kadare: Milan Kundera wrote in his seminal work ‘The Book of Laughter and Forgetting’ that ‘the struggle of man against power is the struggle of memory against forgetting’. Treading on this dangerous lane, Ismail Kadare, the leading novelist of Albania, draws a fine line between the treacherous historical truth…
In Les Misérables, the beginning isn’t the beginning. It’s a digression from a digression. In this review, the author considers the ideas generated by the novel, which are, otherwise, difficult to narrow down into specific themes. Victor Hugo’s Les Misérables, affectionately called The Brick by fans, was first published in 1862. Widely considered to be…
Mohammed Hanif deftly sculpts the contours of conspiracy theories in his novel ‘A Case of the Exploding Mangoes,’ molding them into a tantalizingly explosive narrative. About the Author Mohammed Hanif (1964 – ) is a British Pakistani journalist and writer. His opinion pieces in the New York Times are just as famous as the body…
At Night All Blood is Black – Originally published: 16 August 2018 About the Author David Diop is the head of the Department of the Arts, Languages, and Literature at the University of Pau in southwest France. His area of specialization as an academic includes French and Francophone African literature from the 18th century. His research…