Friday, June 29, 2007

Red Hot Chile Writing

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An edited version of a review that appeared in the June 29 issue of TimeOut Mumbai . THE SAVAGE DETECTIVES Roberto Bolano Translated from t...

Song Of The Last Resort

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An edited version of a review that appeared in the June 29 issue of TimeOut Mumbai . THE GARDENER’S SONG Kalpana Swaminathan It’s time to be...
Wednesday, June 27, 2007

Out Of Place, Again

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KARMA AND OTHER STORIES Rishi Reddi To an audience weaned on the immigrant fictions of Jhumpa Lahiri, Tanuja Hidier and Bharati Mukherjee, ...
Tuesday, June 26, 2007

The Good Doctor

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BETTER: A SURGEON'S NOTES ON PERFORMANCE Atul Gawande With Complications , Boston-based surgeon and New Yorker writer Atul Gawande joi...
Friday, June 22, 2007

Not Midnight's Children

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While I'm waiting for the reviews of the books mentioned in the last post to be published so I can post them here, here's a little d...
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Monday, June 18, 2007

Watch This Space

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Coming soon: Assessments of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Half of a Yellow Sun (remarkable and moving), Woody Allen's Mere Anarchy (h...
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Sunday, June 17, 2007

Falling Down

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A condensed version of a review that appeared in today's Hindustan Times . FALLING MAN Don DeLillo The sense of being let down by Falli...
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Monday, June 11, 2007

Immigrant Song

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TWO CARAVANS Marina Lewycka In this follow-up to the charming A Short History of Tractors in Ukranian , Marina Lewycka takes the same theme...
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Monday, June 4, 2007

9 To 5 To Eternity

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THEN WE CAME TO THE END Joshua Ferris Considering that most of us spend most of our time in cubicles, it’s surprising there aren’t more nov...
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Friday, June 1, 2007

Refreshing Rereading

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READING LIFE: BOOKS FOR THE AGES Sven Birkerts If I’ve been tardy about replenishing this blog of late, blame it on Sven Birkerts. In this ...
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