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reading notes
Mar. 27th, 2009 08:35 pm+ Twilight in Delhi - Ahmed Ali. Had been looking for this book for a while now (it was out of print and unavailable even in libraries), was v. delighted to learn that Rupa had brought out a new edition. That said, the book itself is only moderalately interesting: sentimental to the point of being unbearable. Worth a read only for its representation of life in the Walled City of yore, with lovely images of the pigeon fliers and dust storms and so on.
+ The Dark is Rising - Susan Cooper. Apparently I should've read that other book whose name I can't remember first? Oh well. I liked it, nonetheless.
+ Persepolis - Marjane Satrapi. Stark, funny and painful - if rambling at places. Definitely worth a read.
+ Reading Lolita in Tehran - Azar Nafisi. Another book about Iran. I read this right after Persepolis, and was a bit irritated by it's... literariness (as opposed to the raw honesty of Persepolis) in the beginning, but then the narrative sucked me in. Again, very highly recommended.
+ A Thousand Splendid Suns - Khaled Hosseini. So I cried. Shut up. I was a bit surprised by my reaction, honestly, given how much I disliked The Kite Runner, and I still think Hosseini is a bit too mellifluous in places and emotionally manipulative on occasions. But that said, he does have a way with words, and did I mention I cried?
+ The Dark is Rising - Susan Cooper. Apparently I should've read that other book whose name I can't remember first? Oh well. I liked it, nonetheless.
+ Persepolis - Marjane Satrapi. Stark, funny and painful - if rambling at places. Definitely worth a read.
+ Reading Lolita in Tehran - Azar Nafisi. Another book about Iran. I read this right after Persepolis, and was a bit irritated by it's... literariness (as opposed to the raw honesty of Persepolis) in the beginning, but then the narrative sucked me in. Again, very highly recommended.
+ A Thousand Splendid Suns - Khaled Hosseini. So I cried. Shut up. I was a bit surprised by my reaction, honestly, given how much I disliked The Kite Runner, and I still think Hosseini is a bit too mellifluous in places and emotionally manipulative on occasions. But that said, he does have a way with words, and did I mention I cried?
