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I love reading. I love buying books. My home is totally inadequate to house the books that I want to keep. If you get to visit my home sometime you will find that the books overflow from the shelves to the floor. I tried making a list of my favourite books, but after sometime I realized that would be impossible. Read my genuine reviews on the books I have read
Vishy's Blog | On Books, Reading and other Delightful Things
3d ago
I got ‘The Piano Tuner‘ by Daniel Mason many years back. I always hoped to read it at some point, but kept putting it off. But now I decided that I’d waited long enough and took it down and read it. It is a story set in Burma in the late 19th century. I’ve read ..read more
Vishy's Blog | On Books, Reading and other Delightful Things
1w ago
I discovered Umera Ahmed’s ‘Peer-e-Kamil‘ (‘The Perfect Mentor’) through a friend’s recommendation. I’ve read many books by Pakistani writers written originally in English, but I’ve never read a full book by a Pakistani writer written originally in Urdu. I’ve read only Urdu short stories. So I decided to read Umera Ahmed’s book now. Imama is ..read more
Vishy's Blog | On Books, Reading and other Delightful Things
2w ago
After reading Francesca Petrizzo’s book about the story of the Trojan war from Helen’s perspective, I thought I’ll read the original book, Homer’s ‘The Iliad‘. I wondered which translation I should read. I’ve always wanted to read the Robert Fagles and the Richmond Lattimore translations. There is also the Alexander Pope translation which is highly ..read more
Vishy's Blog | On Books, Reading and other Delightful Things
3w ago
I got ‘Memoirs of a Bitch‘ by Francesca Petrizzo many years back when it first came out. It is the story of the events leading up to the Trojan War and what happened during the war. The special thing about the book is that it is told from Helen’s perspective. Once upon a time, there ..read more
Vishy's Blog | On Books, Reading and other Delightful Things
3w ago
I’ve wanted to read ‘The Sellout‘ by Paul Beatty ever since it won the Booker Prize. It was the first American winner of the Booker Prize and I wanted to find out how an American winner of the Booker Prize looked like. I finally got around to reading it. The narrator of the story is ..read more
Vishy's Blog | On Books, Reading and other Delightful Things
1M ago
Arjun is a cobbler’s son. But he is not interested in pursuing the family business. He wants to make idols for worship during Puja time. But no one is going to buy an idol made by a cobbler’s son. So what happens to Arjun and the people who are a part of his life forms ..read more
Vishy's Blog | On Books, Reading and other Delightful Things
1M ago
I discovered John McGahern through an essay by one of my favourite essayists, Anne Fadiman. Later when I went to the bookshop to spend a few pleasant hours browsing books, I saw John McGahern’s ‘By the Lake‘ there and couldn’t resist it. All this happened years back. Since then the book has been languishing in ..read more
Vishy's Blog | On Books, Reading and other Delightful Things
1M ago
I’ve wanted to read Italo Calvino’s ‘If on a Winter’s Night a Traveller‘ for a long time. I finally got around to reading it. The story starts with the reader going to a bookshop and getting Italo Calvino’s latest book ‘If on a Winter’s Night a Traveller’. The reader reads it and it is interesting ..read more
Vishy's Blog | On Books, Reading and other Delightful Things
1M ago
I got Sunil Gangopadhyay’s ‘Days and Nights in the Forest‘ many years back when it first came out in English translation. I loved the description of the book on the back cover and that is why I got it. I finally got around to reading it. Four friends board a train and get down at ..read more
Vishy's Blog | On Books, Reading and other Delightful Things
1M ago
One of my book club friends who was running a library, closed her library down and moved abroad. At that time she put all her library books on sale. I got some books from that sale. That is how I discovered ‘The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne‘. I found the title very haunting and that ..read more