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Very interesting discussion here about literature, a rare thread but with fulll of knowledge.

Very interesting discussion here about literature, a rare thread but with fulll of knowledge.

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@ Anshu - The Shiva trilogy series that include "The Immortals of Meluha", "Secret of the Nagas" and "Oath of the Vayuputras" are also quite interesting if one has an interest for mythology written with a modern mindset. The three books written by Amish Tripathi are worth a read.

That sounds interesting,..we have many writers in India coming up with really good novels these days ...

Rebecca is a nice novel and so far am yet to solve its mystery.

You have not read the last pages of Rebecca ? the mystery is solved in the court case where you know the entire thing, as for the haunting it is supposed to be psychological ...

is it psychological or real still shrouds in mystery, I think but am not sure about it. Most of time, while reading I felt presence of Rebecca there but sometimes it moves to psychological angle.

One of the book which really left a long lasting impression on my mind is" Of mice and men" by John Steinbeck. I read it a long time back but still I can recollect the scenes as it really moved me. Its a story about two friends who worked together in a farm. One of them had brute strength but had a mind of a child and oft did not realise what he was doing. The other friend was always concerned about his getting into trouble and tried to protect him in whatever ways he can. But he got into trouble unknowingly and his friend was at last forced to kill him in order to save him from more cruel death.

Usha, the palace of illusion is really a nice novel. I too enjoyed reading it as the characterization of Draupadi was done beautifully

@ Anshu,
I felt that the immortals of meluha was more interesting than the second part" the secrets of nagas' which became more like a typical hindi movies halfway. After reading the second part, I didn't feel like going through the third part

Jabeen, I too have read Of Mice and men and liked it a lot..I have also read his Totilla flat which was complicated and about a group of friends who go through ups and downs of life during world war 1, a bit depressing !...There are so many good books that one can read, not enough time to read ...

I have read only a couple of Steinbeck's novel including The Grapes of Wrath, Of Mice and Men seems to be quite interesting. Usha, it is true what you said, there are so many books to be read and not enough time!

Other books that I have read and found to be extremely beautiful are Boris Pasternak's Dr. Zhivago, Margaret Mitchell's Gone With The Wind and Pearl Buck's The Good Earth. Although they are set in countries different from our own, the books do have a universal and timeless appeal!

One of the book which really left a long lasting impression on my mind is" Of mice and men" by John Steinbeck. I read it a long time back but still I can recollect the scenes as it really moved me. Its a story about two friends who worked together in a farm. One of them had brute strength but had a mind of a child and oft did not realise what he was doing. The other friend was always concerned about his getting into trouble and tried to protect him in whatever ways he can. But he got into trouble unknowingly and his friend was at last forced to kill him in order to save him from more cruel death.

Usha, the palace of illusion is really a nice novel. I too enjoyed reading it as the characterization of Draupadi was done beautifully

@ Anshu,
I felt that the immortals of meluha was more interesting than the second part" the secrets of nagas' which became more like a typical hindi movies halfway. After reading the second part, I didn't feel like going through the third part

Jabeen, I too have read Of Mice and men and liked it a lot..I have also read his Totilla flat which was complicated and about a group of friends who go through ups and downs of life during world war 1, a bit depressing !...There are so many good books that one can read, not enough time to read ...

I have read only a couple of Steinbeck's novel including The Grapes of Wrath, Of Mice and Men seems to be quite interesting. Usha, it is true what you said, there are so many books to be read and not enough time!

Other books that I have read and found to be extremely beautiful are Boris Pasternak's Dr. Zhivago, Margaret Mitchell's Gone With The Wind and Pearl Buck's The Good Earth. Although they are set in countries different from our own, the books do have a universal and timeless appeal!

Though I have not yet read Dr Zhivago, I have read the other two that you have mentioned and found both of them interesting. In fact, Gone with the Wind is one of my favourite book. Even its sequel ' Scarlett" is equally good.

One of the book which really left a long lasting impression on my mind is" Of mice and men" by John Steinbeck. I read it a long time back but still I can recollect the scenes as it really moved me. Its a story about two friends who worked together in a farm. One of them had brute strength but had a mind of a child and oft did not realise what he was doing. The other friend was always concerned about his getting into trouble and tried to protect him in whatever ways he can. But he got into trouble unknowingly and his friend was at last forced to kill him in order to save him from more cruel death.

Usha, the palace of illusion is really a nice novel. I too enjoyed reading it as the characterization of Draupadi was done beautifully

@ Anshu,
I felt that the immortals of meluha was more interesting than the second part" the secrets of nagas' which became more like a typical hindi movies halfway. After reading the second part, I didn't feel like going through the third part

Jabeen, I too have read Of Mice and men and liked it a lot..I have also read his Totilla flat which was complicated and about a group of friends who go through ups and downs of life during world war 1, a bit depressing !...There are so many good books that one can read, not enough time to read ...

I have read only a couple of Steinbeck's novel including The Grapes of Wrath, Of Mice and Men seems to be quite interesting. Usha, it is true what you said, there are so many books to be read and not enough time!

Other books that I have read and found to be extremely beautiful are Boris Pasternak's Dr. Zhivago, Margaret Mitchell's Gone With The Wind and Pearl Buck's The Good Earth. Although they are set in countries different from our own, the books do have a universal and timeless appeal!

I have read Russian author Maxim Gorky's "Mother" and it is a moving story set in the period around the Russian Revolution in 1917. I wonder if anyone in the forum has read it?

@ Anshu - The Shiva trilogy series that include "The Immortals of Meluha", "Secret of the Nagas" and "Oath of the Vayuputras" are also quite interesting if one has an interest for mythology written with a modern mindset. The three books written by Amish Tripathi are worth a read.

That sounds interesting,..we have many writers in India coming up with really good novels these days ...

Rebecca is a nice novel and so far am yet to solve its mystery.

You have not read the last pages of Rebecca ? the mystery is solved in the court case where you know the entire thing, as for the haunting it is supposed to be psychological ...

is it psychological or real still shrouds in mystery, I think but am not sure about it. Most of time, while reading I felt presence of Rebecca there but sometimes it moves to psychological angle.

It is more to do with Mrs De Winter's state of mind since , she is obsessed with thoughts of Rebecca who is supposed to be not just beautiful but perfect in every way...So she fantasises her presence all over the house ! You know in the entire book we never come to know the second wife's name, she is just referred to as Mrs De Winter ...

@ Anshu - The Shiva trilogy series that include "The Immortals of Meluha", "Secret of the Nagas" and "Oath of the Vayuputras" are also quite interesting if one has an interest for mythology written with a modern mindset. The three books written by Amish Tripathi are worth a read.

That sounds interesting,..we have many writers in India coming up with really good novels these days ...

Rebecca is a nice novel and so far am yet to solve its mystery.

You have not read the last pages of Rebecca ? the mystery is solved in the court case where you know the entire thing, as for the haunting it is supposed to be psychological ...

is it psychological or real still shrouds in mystery, I think but am not sure about it. Most of time, while reading I felt presence of Rebecca there but sometimes it moves to psychological angle.

It is more to do with Mrs De Winter's state of mind since , she is obsessed with thoughts of Rebecca who is supposed to be not just beautiful but perfect in every way...So she fantasises her presence all over the house ! You know in the entire book we never come to know the second wife's name, she is just referred to as Mrs De Winter ...

Rebecca became nameless throughout the novel. There are many unasered questions of how she died and whether it was suicide or murder.

@ Anshu - The Shiva trilogy series that include "The Immortals of Meluha", "Secret of the Nagas" and "Oath of the Vayuputras" are also quite interesting if one has an interest for mythology written with a modern mindset. The three books written by Amish Tripathi are worth a read.

That sounds interesting,..we have many writers in India coming up with really good novels these days ...

Rebecca is a nice novel and so far am yet to solve its mystery.

You have not read the last pages of Rebecca ? the mystery is solved in the court case where you know the entire thing, as for the haunting it is supposed to be psychological ...

is it psychological or real still shrouds in mystery, I think but am not sure about it. Most of time, while reading I felt presence of Rebecca there but sometimes it moves to psychological angle.

It is more to do with Mrs De Winter's state of mind since , she is obsessed with thoughts of Rebecca who is supposed to be not just beautiful but perfect in every way...So she fantasises her presence all over the house ! You know in the entire book we never come to know the second wife's name, she is just referred to as Mrs De Winter ...

Rebecca became nameless throughout the novel. There are many unasered questions of how she died and whether it was suicide or murder.

Rbecca is Rebecca , it is the second wife who is referred only through her married name....You also come to know the mystery of her death in the end but it is not revealed. A hindi film Kohra was made in the sixties based on Rebecca , had Waheeda Rehman, Biswajeet and Lalita Pawaar in the lead roles and had very melodious music by Hemant Kumar !

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 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 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 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 !