Book: Midnight's Children Author: Salman Rushdie Year: 1981 Bookhad Rating: ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ What can I say about this book that hasn't already been said? For one, I'm not going to tell you the story or the detailed premise for sure. This is one of those books that is (almost) singularly balanced upon the brilliance of the structure and the... Continue Reading →
Michael Ondaatje's work combines the factual and the imaginary, poetry and prose. His longer narrative works, often based on the unorthodox lives of real people, may contain documentary as well as fictional elements. Ondaatje's imagery is characterized by its preoccupation with multiculturalism; its gravitation towards the bizarre, the exaggerated, and the unlikely; its fascination... Continue Reading →
Hilary Mantel has become the first woman and the first living British author to win the Man Booker prize twice. The victory also makes the 60-year-old - only the third double winner of the prestigious literary accolade - the first person to win for a direct sequel. Although she was made a CBE (Commander of... Continue Reading →
Book: The Sense of an Ending Author: Julian Barnes Year: 2011 “How often do we tell our own life story? How often do we adjust, embellish, make sly cuts? And the longer life goes on, the fewer are those around to challenge our account, to remind us that our life is not our life, merely... Continue Reading →
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