(A review by Sidharth Vardhanof ‘Jane Eyre’ by Charlotte BronteNovel first published in 1847Review first written on May 12, 2014) Initially published under the pseudonym Currer Bell in 1847, Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre tells story of its titular character. “Do you never laugh, Miss Eyre?” Charlotte Bronte Something that is… Read More »Jane Eyre review
“…because love is continual interrogation. I don’t know of a better definition of love.” Milan Kundera This won’t be the Kundera book I would recommend to a reader new to him. Not that it is bad – it still has all the interesting psychology (he dislikes the word), philosophy (he… Read More »Book of laughter and forgetting – review
*spoilers ahead. Proceed with caution.* Laura’s character was what put life into this book for most part before the big twist in the end blurred it a great deal. Except for that, there were lots of themes – the old feminist theme of bored, depressed wife, the war, the novel… Read More »The Blind Assassin – review
(A review by Sidharth Vardhan of Little Eyes / Kentukis (2018) by Samanta Schweblin. Review first published on July 22, 2020) Kentukis are toys – toys that look like animal toys except with a camera fitted in them. This camera automatically connects to a random person from elsewhere in the… Read More »Pervy Little Eyes – a review of Samanta Schweblin
(A review of‘The Interpretation Of Dreams’ (1899)by Sigmund Freud,First written on July 16, 2020) A detailed investigation of dreams in which Freud discovered a way of exploring the unconscious, recognized that dreams, like neurotic symptoms, are products of a conflict and compromise between conscious and unconscious impulses and was able to… Read More »Dreams and Perversions
(A review by Sidharth Vardhanof ‘A Tale of Two Cities (1859) by Charles DickensFirst written on September 9, 2015) After eighteen years as a political prisoner in the Bastille, the ageing Doctor Manette is finally released and reunited with his daughter in England. There the lives of two very different… Read More »A Tale of Two Cities – Review
(Sidharth Vardhan’s review of‘A pale view of hills’ a novel by 2017 Nobel laureate Kazuo Ishiguru (1954-)The novel first published in 1982Review first written on March 26, 2018) In his highly acclaimed debut, A Pale View of Hills, Kazuo Ishiguro tells the story of Etsuko, a Japanese woman now living… Read More »A pale view of hills – a review of Ishiguru’s book
(A review of ‘Breakfast at Tiffany’s’ (1958)by Truman Capote (1924-1984)First written on ) In this seductive, wistful masterpiece, Truman Capote created a woman whose name has entered the American idiom and whose style is a part of the literary landscape. Holly Golightly knows that nothing bad can ever happen to… Read More »Wild Things and Breakfast at Tiffany’s
(Sidharth Vardhan’s review of‘Never let me go’ a novel by 2017 Nobel laureate Kazuo Ishiguru (1954-)The novel first published in 2005Review first written on April 18, 2017 ) Hailsham seems like a pleasant English boarding school, far from the influences of the city. Its students are well tended and supported,… Read More »‘Never let me go’ – a review of Ishiguru
(Sidharth Vardhan’s review of ‘Memory Police’ (1994) a novel by Yoko Ogawa Long listed for 2020 International booker [Usr 3]) Summary Hat, ribbon, bird, rose. To the people on the island, a disappeared thing no longer has any meaning. It can be burned in the garden, thrown in the river… Read More »Memory Police – Forgettable book about forgetting