We read so many books in our life time and many of them make an impact on us and we feel like sharing our thoughts on those books with others ...I like reading other peoples virews and reviews on books since it gives me a clear idea as to what is in store and helps in making a decision while buying books.
I thought of starting this thread with the idea od writing a little about the books that we have read and liked. this will help others get an insight about different kind of books...
The Palace Of Illusion
I am starting the thread with one of my own favorite books The Palace of Illusions written by Indian author Chitra Banerjee Devkaruni, who also wrote The Mistress of spices,!
The Palace of Illusions is a simple tale Narrated by Draupadi the wife of the five Panadava brothers . The book gives a woman's take or perspective on the timeless tale - The Mahabharata. The book traces Panchaali's life from her birth, lonely childhood , marriage, motherhood and her own role in the Kurukshetra war. It is the story of a woman born into a man's world , and her struggle to maintain her dignity and self respect.
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I would like to write about another novel that is really absorbing and makes an impact on the readers - The City Of Joy written by Dominique Lapierre a French born Author , who has written ' Is Paris Burning? ' and 'Is Newyork Burning' both critically acclaimed as great fiction.
City of Joy was written based on the experiences of the author during his frequent stays in Calcutta.
The author wrote the story based on three years of extensive research in Calcutta and various areas in Bengal.It is basically the story of Stephan Kovalski , a polish Catholic priest who wants to make a home to care for the poorest of the poor among the slum dwellers of Calcutta and finds life tough at the same time develops a love for the people and the dignity with which they led their lives amidst poverty..
In my opinion , one of the best books ever written on India that is realistic and hard hitting but not judgmental !
City of Joy was written based on the experiences of the author during his frequent stays in Calcutta.
The author wrote the story based on three years of extensive research in Calcutta and various areas in Bengal.It is basically the story of Stephan Kovalski , a polish Catholic priest who wants to make a home to care for the poorest of the poor among the slum dwellers of Calcutta and finds life tough at the same time develops a love for the people and the dignity with which they led their lives amidst poverty..
In my opinion , one of the best books ever written on India that is realistic and hard hitting but not judgmental !
I would like to write about another novel that is really absorbing and makes an impact on the readers - The City Of Joy written by Dominique Lapierre a French born Author , who has written ' Is Paris Burning? ' and 'Is Newyork Burning' both critically acclaimed as great fiction.
City of Joy was written based on the experiences of the author during his frequent stays in Calcutta.
The author wrote the story based on three years of extensive research in Calcutta and various areas in Bengal.It is basically the story of Stephan Kovalski , a polish Catholic priest who wants to make a home to care for the poorest of the poor among the slum dwellers of Calcutta and finds life tough at the same time develops a love for the people and the dignity with which they led their lives amidst poverty..
In my opinion , one of the best books ever written on India that is realistic and hard hitting but not judgmental ![/quote
I read all the Books by Dominique Lapierre. His first book"Freedom at Midnight" written jointly with Larry Collins .It describes the events in the Indian independence movement in 1947-48,
His other books you mentioned are quite absorbing and unputdownable. Yes. these Books are some of the best ever written on India..
I would like to write about another novel that is really absorbing and makes an impact on the readers - The City Of Joy written by Dominique Lapierre a French born Author , who has written ' Is Paris Burning? ' and 'Is Newyork Burning' both critically acclaimed as great fiction.
City of Joy was written based on the experiences of the author during his frequent stays in Calcutta.
The author wrote the story based on three years of extensive research in Calcutta and various areas in Bengal.It is basically the story of Stephan Kovalski , a polish Catholic priest who wants to make a home to care for the poorest of the poor among the slum dwellers of Calcutta and finds life tough at the same time develops a love for the people and the dignity with which they led their lives amidst poverty..
In my opinion , one of the best books ever written on India that is realistic and hard hitting but not judgmental !
I read all the Books by Dominique Lapierre. His first book"Freedom at Midnight" written jointly with Larry Collins .It describes the events in the Indian independence movement in 1947-48,
His other books you mentioned are quite absorbing and unputdownable. Yes. these Books are some of the best ever written on India..
I too have read Freedom at midnight which I think he wrote jointly with his wife....His approach to the subject is very straight forward and that is his strong point since it comes without any frills..
I would like to write about another novel that is really absorbing and makes an impact on the readers - The City Of Joy written by Dominique Lapierre a French born Author , who has written ' Is Paris Burning? ' and 'Is Newyork Burning' both critically acclaimed as great fiction.
City of Joy was written based on the experiences of the author during his frequent stays in Calcutta.
The author wrote the story based on three years of extensive research in Calcutta and various areas in Bengal.It is basically the story of Stephan Kovalski , a polish Catholic priest who wants to make a home to care for the poorest of the poor among the slum dwellers of Calcutta and finds life tough at the same time develops a love for the people and the dignity with which they led their lives amidst poverty..
In my opinion , one of the best books ever written on India that is realistic and hard hitting but not judgmental !
I read all the Books by Dominique Lapierre. His first book"Freedom at Midnight" written jointly with Larry Collins .It describes the events in the Indian independence movement in 1947-48,
His other books you mentioned are quite absorbing and unputdownable. Yes. these Books are some of the best ever written on India..
I too have read Freedom at midnight which I think he wrote jointly with his wife....His approach to the subject is very straight forward and that is his strong point since it comes without any frills..
Yes simplicity is the strength of this Book. The pace makes you breathless.
Larry Collins is the coauthor of Freedom at Midnight.
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/35332.Larry_Collins
I would like to write about another novel that is really absorbing and makes an impact on the readers - The City Of Joy written by Dominique Lapierre a French born Author , who has written ' Is Paris Burning? ' and 'Is Newyork Burning' both critically acclaimed as great fiction.
City of Joy was written based on the experiences of the author during his frequent stays in Calcutta.
The author wrote the story based on three years of extensive research in Calcutta and various areas in Bengal.It is basically the story of Stephan Kovalski , a polish Catholic priest who wants to make a home to care for the poorest of the poor among the slum dwellers of Calcutta and finds life tough at the same time develops a love for the people and the dignity with which they led their lives amidst poverty..
In my opinion , one of the best books ever written on India that is realistic and hard hitting but not judgmental !
I read all the Books by Dominique Lapierre. His first book"Freedom at Midnight" written jointly with Larry Collins .It describes the events in the Indian independence movement in 1947-48,
His other books you mentioned are quite absorbing and unputdownable. Yes. these Books are some of the best ever written on India..
I too have read Freedom at midnight which I think he wrote jointly with his wife....His approach to the subject is very straight forward and that is his strong point since it comes without any frills..
Yes simplicity is the strength of this Book. The pace makes you breathless.
Larry Collins is the coauthor of Freedom at Midnight.
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/35332.Larry_Collins
Yes thats right , jis wife was involved in reserach work for al his books esp The city of Joy...
I am reading The Man Who knew Infinity' by Robert Kanigel. it is the life story or biography of the mathematical genius Srinivasa Ramanujan. The story is told in simple manner and is very touching esp the relation he had with the English mathematician Hardy and the faith he has in his family goddess Yallama. Worth reading
I am reading The Man Who knew Infinity' by Robert Kanigel. it is the life story or biography of the mathematical genius Srinivasa Ramanujan. The story is told in simple manner and is very touching esp the relation he had with the English mathematician Hardy and the faith he has in his family goddess Yallama. Worth reading
I too have heard about this book, will add on to my list, ..Incidentally the author Robert Kanigel has written very interesting biographies !
House of leaves by Danielewski is a novel with significant given to semantics, the way it is explained show the strong strength of author with vocab. Tha man comes with his family to a newly bought house and find it haunted and the way words are explained in this novel shows how a single word can be written for more than 20 pages with different connotations.
I would like to write about another novel that is really absorbing and makes an impact on the readers - The City Of Joy written by Dominique Lapierre a French born Author , who has written ' Is Paris Burning? ' and 'Is Newyork Burning' both critically acclaimed as great fiction.
City of Joy was written based on the experiences of the author during his frequent stays in Calcutta.
The author wrote the story based on three years of extensive research in Calcutta and various areas in Bengal.It is basically the story of Stephan Kovalski , a polish Catholic priest who wants to make a home to care for the poorest of the poor among the slum dwellers of Calcutta and finds life tough at the same time develops a love for the people and the dignity with which they led their lives amidst poverty..
In my opinion , one of the best books ever written on India that is realistic and hard hitting but not judgmental !
I had totally forgotten this one but thanks for the reminder. Yes, it is totally great book and like you said, truly realistic and nonjudgmental book written by a foreigner.
I would like to write about another novel that is really absorbing and makes an impact on the readers - The City Of Joy written by Dominique Lapierre a French born Author , who has written ' Is Paris Burning? ' and 'Is Newyork Burning' both critically acclaimed as great fiction.
City of Joy was written based on the experiences of the author during his frequent stays in Calcutta.
The author wrote the story based on three years of extensive research in Calcutta and various areas in Bengal.It is basically the story of Stephan Kovalski , a polish Catholic priest who wants to make a home to care for the poorest of the poor among the slum dwellers of Calcutta and finds life tough at the same time develops a love for the people and the dignity with which they led their lives amidst poverty..
In my opinion , one of the best books ever written on India that is realistic and hard hitting but not judgmental !
I had totally forgotten this one but thanks for the reminder. Yes, it is totally great book and like you said, truly realistic and nonjudgmental book written by a foreigner.
"Time Machine" by H G Wells is a very small book but with a loud message.
I would like to write about another novel that is really absorbing and makes an impact on the readers - The City Of Joy written by Dominique Lapierre a French born Author , who has written ' Is Paris Burning? ' and 'Is Newyork Burning' both critically acclaimed as great fiction.
City of Joy was written based on the experiences of the author during his frequent stays in Calcutta.
The author wrote the story based on three years of extensive research in Calcutta and various areas in Bengal.It is basically the story of Stephan Kovalski , a polish Catholic priest who wants to make a home to care for the poorest of the poor among the slum dwellers of Calcutta and finds life tough at the same time develops a love for the people and the dignity with which they led their lives amidst poverty..
In my opinion , one of the best books ever written on India that is realistic and hard hitting but not judgmental !
I had totally forgotten this one but thanks for the reminder. Yes, it is totally great book and like you said, truly realistic and nonjudgmental book written by a foreigner.
"Time Machine" by H G Wells is a very small book but with a loud message.
Time Machine, was the book ,I inherited from my father's library when I was very young. Though I could not understand it fully at that tender age,later I found it to be absorbing.
I would like to write about another novel that is really absorbing and makes an impact on the readers - The City Of Joy written by Dominique Lapierre a French born Author , who has written ' Is Paris Burning? ' and 'Is Newyork Burning' both critically acclaimed as great fiction.
City of Joy was written based on the experiences of the author during his frequent stays in Calcutta.
The author wrote the story based on three years of extensive research in Calcutta and various areas in Bengal.It is basically the story of Stephan Kovalski , a polish Catholic priest who wants to make a home to care for the poorest of the poor among the slum dwellers of Calcutta and finds life tough at the same time develops a love for the people and the dignity with which they led their lives amidst poverty..
In my opinion , one of the best books ever written on India that is realistic and hard hitting but not judgmental !
I had totally forgotten this one but thanks for the reminder. Yes, it is totally great book and like you said, truly realistic and nonjudgmental book written by a foreigner.
"Time Machine" by H G Wells is a very small book but with a loud message.
Time Machine, was the book ,I inherited from my father's library when I was very young. Though I could not understand it fully at that tender age,later I found it to be absorbing.
These days they do not write books like Leon Uris novels especially like Mila 18, full of reseach and written with compassion.
I would like to write about another novel that is really absorbing and makes an impact on the readers - The City Of Joy written by Dominique Lapierre a French born Author , who has written ' Is Paris Burning? ' and 'Is Newyork Burning' both critically acclaimed as great fiction.
City of Joy was written based on the experiences of the author during his frequent stays in Calcutta.
The author wrote the story based on three years of extensive research in Calcutta and various areas in Bengal.It is basically the story of Stephan Kovalski , a polish Catholic priest who wants to make a home to care for the poorest of the poor among the slum dwellers of Calcutta and finds life tough at the same time develops a love for the people and the dignity with which they led their lives amidst poverty..
In my opinion , one of the best books ever written on India that is realistic and hard hitting but not judgmental !
I had totally forgotten this one but thanks for the reminder. Yes, it is totally great book and like you said, truly realistic and nonjudgmental book written by a foreigner.
"Time Machine" by H G Wells is a very small book but with a loud message.
Time Machine, was the book ,I inherited from my father's library when I was very young. Though I could not understand it fully at that tender age,later I found it to be absorbing.
These days they do not write books like Leon Uris novels especially like Mila 18, full of reseach and written with compassion.
It's not that good books are not being written, For an avid reader,with a thirst for reading, they are there always.
I would like to write about another novel that is really absorbing and makes an impact on the readers - The City Of Joy written by Dominique Lapierre a French born Author , who has written ' Is Paris Burning? ' and 'Is Newyork Burning' both critically acclaimed as great fiction.
City of Joy was written based on the experiences of the author during his frequent stays in Calcutta.
The author wrote the story based on three years of extensive research in Calcutta and various areas in Bengal.It is basically the story of Stephan Kovalski , a polish Catholic priest who wants to make a home to care for the poorest of the poor among the slum dwellers of Calcutta and finds life tough at the same time develops a love for the people and the dignity with which they led their lives amidst poverty..
In my opinion , one of the best books ever written on India that is realistic and hard hitting but not judgmental !
I had totally forgotten this one but thanks for the reminder. Yes, it is totally great book and like you said, truly realistic and nonjudgmental book written by a foreigner.
"Time Machine" by H G Wells is a very small book but with a loud message.
Time Machine, was the book ,I inherited from my father's library when I was very young. Though I could not understand it fully at that tender age,later I found it to be absorbing.
These days they do not write books like Leon Uris novels especially like Mila 18, full of reseach and written with compassion.
It's not that good books are not being written, For an avid reader,with a thirst for reading, they are there always.
Could you suggest some for consideration.
I would like to write about another novel that is really absorbing and makes an impact on the readers - The City Of Joy written by Dominique Lapierre a French born Author , who has written ' Is Paris Burning? ' and 'Is Newyork Burning' both critically acclaimed as great fiction.
City of Joy was written based on the experiences of the author during his frequent stays in Calcutta.
The author wrote the story based on three years of extensive research in Calcutta and various areas in Bengal.It is basically the story of Stephan Kovalski , a polish Catholic priest who wants to make a home to care for the poorest of the poor among the slum dwellers of Calcutta and finds life tough at the same time develops a love for the people and the dignity with which they led their lives amidst poverty..
In my opinion , one of the best books ever written on India that is realistic and hard hitting but not judgmental !
I had totally forgotten this one but thanks for the reminder. Yes, it is totally great book and like you said, truly realistic and nonjudgmental book written by a foreigner.
"Time Machine" by H G Wells is a very small book but with a loud message.
Time Machine, was the book ,I inherited from my father's library when I was very young. Though I could not understand it fully at that tender age,later I found it to be absorbing.
These days they do not write books like Leon Uris novels especially like Mila 18, full of reseach and written with compassion.
It's not that good books are not being written, For an avid reader,with a thirst for reading, they are there always.
Could you suggest some for consideration.
The story of my Marriage by Chetan Bhagat. 3 Mistakes of my life by the same author to name a few.
This book is available for free as e book in project Gutenberg and it is a trend setter as this author focuses mostly on time travel through machines. His books mostly on scientific romance with mixture of fiction and fantasy.I would like to write about another novel that is really absorbing and makes an impact on the readers - The City Of Joy written by Dominique Lapierre a French born Author , who has written ' Is Paris Burning? ' and 'Is Newyork Burning' both critically acclaimed as great fiction.
City of Joy was written based on the experiences of the author during his frequent stays in Calcutta.
The author wrote the story based on three years of extensive research in Calcutta and various areas in Bengal.It is basically the story of Stephan Kovalski , a polish Catholic priest who wants to make a home to care for the poorest of the poor among the slum dwellers of Calcutta and finds life tough at the same time develops a love for the people and the dignity with which they led their lives amidst poverty..
In my opinion , one of the best books ever written on India that is realistic and hard hitting but not judgmental !
I had totally forgotten this one but thanks for the reminder. Yes, it is totally great book and like you said, truly realistic and nonjudgmental book written by a foreigner.
"Time Machine" by H G Wells is a very small book but with a loud message.
I would like to write about another novel that is really absorbing and makes an impact on the readers - The City Of Joy written by Dominique Lapierre a French born Author , who has written ' Is Paris Burning? ' and 'Is Newyork Burning' both critically acclaimed as great fiction.
City of Joy was written based on the experiences of the author during his frequent stays in Calcutta.
The author wrote the story based on three years of extensive research in Calcutta and various areas in Bengal.It is basically the story of Stephan Kovalski , a polish Catholic priest who wants to make a home to care for the poorest of the poor among the slum dwellers of Calcutta and finds life tough at the same time develops a love for the people and the dignity with which they led their lives amidst poverty..
In my opinion , one of the best books ever written on India that is realistic and hard hitting but not judgmental !
I had totally forgotten this one but thanks for the reminder. Yes, it is totally great book and like you said, truly realistic and nonjudgmental book written by a foreigner.
"Time Machine" by H G Wells is a very small book but with a loud message.
Time Machine, was the book ,I inherited from my father's library when I was very young. Though I could not understand it fully at that tender age,later I found it to be absorbing.
These days they do not write books like Leon Uris novels especially like Mila 18, full of reseach and written with compassion.
It's not that good books are not being written, For an avid reader,with a thirst for reading, they are there always.
Could you suggest some for consideration.
The story of my Marriage by Chetan Bhagat. 3 Mistakes of my life by the same author to name a few.
They are good books and light to read, but they are not in the class of books by authors like Leon Uris or Irving Wallace whose one book you are currently reading which are well researched. Bhagat's books are not researched but are immensely popular and one reason is their very low price which is a good marketing technique.
I would like to write about another novel that is really absorbing and makes an impact on the readers - The City Of Joy written by Dominique Lapierre a French born Author , who has written ' Is Paris Burning? ' and 'Is Newyork Burning' both critically acclaimed as great fiction.
City of Joy was written based on the experiences of the author during his frequent stays in Calcutta.
The author wrote the story based on three years of extensive research in Calcutta and various areas in Bengal.It is basically the story of Stephan Kovalski , a polish Catholic priest who wants to make a home to care for the poorest of the poor among the slum dwellers of Calcutta and finds life tough at the same time develops a love for the people and the dignity with which they led their lives amidst poverty..
In my opinion , one of the best books ever written on India that is realistic and hard hitting but not judgmental !
I had totally forgotten this one but thanks for the reminder. Yes, it is totally great book and like you said, truly realistic and nonjudgmental book written by a foreigner.
"Time Machine" by H G Wells is a very small book but with a loud message.
Time Machine, was the book ,I inherited from my father's library when I was very young. Though I could not understand it fully at that tender age,later I found it to be absorbing.
These days they do not write books like Leon Uris novels especially like Mila 18, full of reseach and written with compassion.
It's not that good books are not being written, For an avid reader,with a thirst for reading, they are there always.
Could you suggest some for consideration.
The story of my Marriage by Chetan Bhagat. 3 Mistakes of my life by the same author to name a few.
They are good books and light to read, but they are not in the class of books by authors like Leon Uris or Irving Wallace whose one book you are currently reading which are well researched. Bhagat's books are not researched but are immensely popular and one reason is their very low price which is a good marketing technique.
We are talking about Books Of your Choice. Not class or Mass books. These are my choice Books.
I would like to write about another novel that is really absorbing and makes an impact on the readers - The City Of Joy written by Dominique Lapierre a French born Author , who has written ' Is Paris Burning? ' and 'Is Newyork Burning' both critically acclaimed as great fiction.
City of Joy was written based on the experiences of the author during his frequent stays in Calcutta.
The author wrote the story based on three years of extensive research in Calcutta and various areas in Bengal.It is basically the story of Stephan Kovalski , a polish Catholic priest who wants to make a home to care for the poorest of the poor among the slum dwellers of Calcutta and finds life tough at the same time develops a love for the people and the dignity with which they led their lives amidst poverty..
In my opinion , one of the best books ever written on India that is realistic and hard hitting but not judgmental !
I had totally forgotten this one but thanks for the reminder. Yes, it is totally great book and like you said, truly realistic and nonjudgmental book written by a foreigner.
"Time Machine" by H G Wells is a very small book but with a loud message.
Time Machine, was the book ,I inherited from my father's library when I was very young. Though I could not understand it fully at that tender age,later I found it to be absorbing.
These days they do not write books like Leon Uris novels especially like Mila 18, full of reseach and written with compassion.
It's not that good books are not being written, For an avid reader,with a thirst for reading, they are there always.
Could you suggest some for consideration.
The story of my Marriage by Chetan Bhagat. 3 Mistakes of my life by the same author to name a few.
They are good books and light to read, but they are not in the class of books by authors like Leon Uris or Irving Wallace whose one book you are currently reading which are well researched. Bhagat's books are not researched but are immensely popular and one reason is their very low price which is a good marketing technique.
We are talking about Books Of your Choice. Not class or Mass books. These are my choice Books.
I respect your choice. I was only trying to bring out that some authors write with lot of research and their books become a far more pleasure to read and leave an impression on one's mind. This does not devalue other authors or their lovers in any way.
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