tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128981764377530442.comments2023-09-20T05:38:29.312-07:00Dust JacketVaishnavihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08829055456233904866noreply@blogger.comBlogger454125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128981764377530442.post-81240354257787734222017-04-05T13:17:49.930-07:002017-04-05T13:17:49.930-07:00I love this quote from the book too: "They we...I love this quote from the book too: <i>"They were beaten to start with. They were beaten when they took them from their farms and put them in the army. That is why the peasant has wisdom, because he is defeated from the start. Put him in power and see how wise he is.”</i><br /><br />It's funny that both of us have slightly different perspectives on the same book. For me, I was a lot more invested in Frederic Henry's story and Catherine was just a part of his story, rather than seeing Frederic and Catherine as one entity throughout the book. <br /><br />This was my first proper Hemingway as well, and I was pleasantly surprised what an easy read it was, considering this is a literary classic (which have the impression to be complicated reads sometimes).<br /><br />Very well written review and perspective!<br />Avinash S Bajajhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05753911179973396737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128981764377530442.post-59619699700192922002016-02-29T13:20:11.781-08:002016-02-29T13:20:11.781-08:00Greattt to have you writing again :)
Sounds like a...Greattt to have you writing again :)<br />Sounds like a great book. I am craving for sweets now :)<br />Avinash S Bajajhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05753911179973396737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128981764377530442.post-12161220482689016432015-01-18T04:18:29.954-08:002015-01-18T04:18:29.954-08:00Dear Vaishnavi
I have been searching for Pickwick ...Dear Vaishnavi<br />I have been searching for Pickwick Papers-enthusiasts online, and your enthusiasm for Pickwick is amongst the strongest I have seen so far. I can almost feel your sadness that the book ended. And certainly nobody, among the enthusiasts I have discovered, has said that they would like a Pickwickian jacket, with the big brass buttons saying “PC” on them!<br />Anyway, if you are still a little sorrowful that Pickwick ended, perhaps I can offer a belated tissue for your tears. I can’t give you any more pages of Pickwick itself – but what I can do is tell you about my forthcoming novel Death and Mr Pickwick, which tells the epic story of how Pickwick came into existence, and its subsequent history. The novel will be published in May by the Random House Group (in the UK) and in June by Farrar, Straus & Giroux (in the USA). Further information can be found on the website www.deathandmrpickwick.com. Please feel free to contact me there if you want to talk about Pickwick, or anything else. I am hoping to make many new friends by writing the novel….and I hope not TOO many enemies!<br />One thing I should warn you about though: mine is not a humorous novel, like Pickwick, although it does (deliberately) echo Pickwick in other ways, such as in having interpolated stories. But the humour of Pickwick would be impossible to echo – there is just too much tragedy in Pickwick’s backstory for my novel to be a barrel of laughs. <br />But I do believe your understanding of Pickwick will be deepened by reading my novel. Take the jacket with the “PC” buttons, for instance – in my novel, there is a scene in which the origin of the jacket is revealed. <br />Best wishes<br /><br />Stephen Jarvis<br />Stephen Jarvishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06131684050764917199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128981764377530442.post-12254000668531717082013-11-04T16:47:52.740-08:002013-11-04T16:47:52.740-08:00Is the Mahabharata actually this fascinating or is...Is the Mahabharata actually this fascinating or is it just you making it sound this way? Well, you know my personal opinions about these theories (with the alien theories thrown in the mix if I am allowed? :)). But in any case, would love to hear more about such thoughts from you. <br />Continue writing :)<br />Avinash S Bajajhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05753911179973396737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128981764377530442.post-83088270054882507742013-11-04T16:43:46.439-08:002013-11-04T16:43:46.439-08:00Sounds like a wonderful book - of simple men and c...Sounds like a wonderful book - of simple men and complicated worldly tales.Avinash S Bajajhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05753911179973396737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128981764377530442.post-45922764503169245262013-11-04T07:46:32.760-08:002013-11-04T07:46:32.760-08:00I've heard so many great things about this boo...I've heard so many great things about this book! I need to check it out!Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00068505185508588407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128981764377530442.post-82334354241830735092013-10-22T11:14:00.352-07:002013-10-22T11:14:00.352-07:00Vaish.. firstly awesome to see u writing again:) I...Vaish.. firstly awesome to see u writing again:) I think its best you dust yourself up and start writing again with all the new changes that you will be welcoming soon.. kinda like a soul-soothing time for yourself:) ok back to book. I dunno much abt mahabharatam. . Besides the basics that I get to remember with the help of thalapathi :p but am happy to find your blog that interesting. Enough to make me wanna know more abt it. I somehow have a very vague reading habit so u do the honours and read the next part and tel me what happens.. or better I will read it from ur next blog:) keep writing. Always proud of you! Pavihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12770965329016068228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128981764377530442.post-7067187513594246822013-10-08T22:37:24.682-07:002013-10-08T22:37:24.682-07:00Hi Vaishnavi,
Back to your blog after a long time...Hi Vaishnavi,<br /><br />Back to your blog after a long time. Haven't read the book, but you have very accurately brought out the disconnect between the English-speaking urban rich of India and the rest of the country known as Bharat.<br /><br />It is nice to read your blog after a long time. <br /><br />Cheeers.Santanu Sinha Chaudhurihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15062744470522359652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128981764377530442.post-55404535756478236042013-08-24T23:04:48.659-07:002013-08-24T23:04:48.659-07:00Unfortunately, it did not work for me too. But may...Unfortunately, it did not work for me too. But may be I should revisit some other time.Reema Sahayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11287414476458432950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128981764377530442.post-84905540228643614342013-03-18T17:43:51.166-07:002013-03-18T17:43:51.166-07:00You write quite a review. Very well done. I loved...You write quite a review. Very well done. I loved this book. I'm in the middle (beginning) of writing blurbs and book flap copy for my own novel and I am having a terrible time summing things up.Rhonda Curtis Wallerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08987200792815881361noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128981764377530442.post-76015205761941847832013-03-15T19:34:51.166-07:002013-03-15T19:34:51.166-07:00This book I have read but strangely English, Augu...This book I have read but strangely English, August failed to impress me. May be a retread sometime might change my view :)Shwetahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09202347229239197683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128981764377530442.post-83178682848816031652013-03-15T19:31:47.828-07:002013-03-15T19:31:47.828-07:00Great review! Good to see you back in action. Have...Great review! Good to see you back in action. Have the book just need to read it nowShwetahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09202347229239197683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128981764377530442.post-43656744064510477972013-03-12T19:42:43.245-07:002013-03-12T19:42:43.245-07:00Hey you are back!!! How's your health now.. An...Hey you are back!!! How's your health now.. And this book sounds interesting .. Bhargavihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11532498932030700441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128981764377530442.post-2380218907073241572013-02-12T16:40:49.038-08:002013-02-12T16:40:49.038-08:00I love these stories, reminds me of the childhood ...I love these stories, reminds me of the childhood days! Maybe I should get a copy of this book? :)<br /><br />Great to see you writing again, keep them coming! <br />Avinash S Bajajhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05753911179973396737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128981764377530442.post-35431166288064687732013-01-27T03:06:56.833-08:002013-01-27T03:06:56.833-08:00Hey nice to see u writing reviews regularly! For a...Hey nice to see u writing reviews regularly! For a debut, this book seems to be a real good one from what I hear from you. But since it's gonna make me wonder what am I doing with my life, I prefer to read it few years from now when I no longer give a damn about that guilt feeling and get insensitive about it :D happy reading and happy reviewing!! Keep writing:)Pavihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12770965329016068228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128981764377530442.post-26133080427335325282013-01-13T16:06:23.920-08:002013-01-13T16:06:23.920-08:00Yep always great to dive into innocent times again...Yep always great to dive into innocent times again when we had the luxury of playing detectives in neighbourhoods as kids. I'm sure these stories misty have reminded you of those good times again.<br />Great to you write again. looking forward to read more :) Avinash S Bajajhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05753911179973396737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128981764377530442.post-48669304606674944062013-01-11T10:19:28.658-08:002013-01-11T10:19:28.658-08:00Firstly, am SOOO happy to leave a comment on you b...Firstly, am SOOO happy to leave a comment on you blog after sooo long cos you're back to writing after biggg breakk !! and also love this post especially cos as you know, i love non-gory, non-gruesome, child-like anything! Felt like reading a blog of Tintin's adventures..sounds similar for a layman like me.. if so or much better, i wud borrow it sometime soon :) Keep writing.. wanna comment on there's a moshkeeto in my foog too :)Pavihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12770965329016068228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128981764377530442.post-67761200434161776552013-01-10T06:51:42.088-08:002013-01-10T06:51:42.088-08:00Delighted that you have become a Feluda admirer, V...Delighted that you have become a Feluda admirer, Vaishnavi. His appeal is indeed wide and lasting - I must have read every one of his books (in Bengali) half a dozen times at least. That said, reading it in translation means you are missing something of the original flavour, no matter how good a job Ms Mazumdar might have done. The best of the books was the very first, 'Badshahi Aangti' (The Royal Signet Ring). You should watch some of the movies, too, at least 'Sonar Kella' and 'Joy Baba Felunath', if you can lay your hands on subtitled versions.<br /><br />Feluda's appeal is odd, though, because far more sophisticated stuff has been written by others. Bengali is particularly rich in crime fiction and science fiction. Saradindu Bandyopadhyay would be my first choice; his detective was called Byomkesh Bakshi. Look up amazon.co.uk for 'The Menagerie and other Byomkesh Bakshi myseteries'. Then there was the inimitable Ghona-da character created by Premendra Mitra; 'Mosquito and other Stories' was published by Penguin in 2004. Others might recommend the Kakababu series by Sunil Gangopadhyay, though I don't put them in the same league myself.<br /><br />Do try out some of these, and let me know.<br />SirSuvro Chatterjeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01027202980259279420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128981764377530442.post-43458247956162933932013-01-09T19:38:23.967-08:002013-01-09T19:38:23.967-08:00Hello Vaish
Glad that you enjoyed reading Feluda....Hello Vaish<br /><br />Glad that you enjoyed reading Feluda. I have read Gopa Mazumdar’s work (not the Feluda stories) and have liked her writing. You should try reading some of her other translations too. <br /><br />I have always been a big admirer of Feluda. The most appealing thing about any Feluda story to me is the amount of information they contain about places, work of art, history, animal behaviour, snakes and lot of other things. <br /><br />Hope you are doing well otherwise. Drop a line or two in my inbox so that I can write to you.<br /><br />Take care<br />Tanmoy<br />Tanmoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10472125805572571597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128981764377530442.post-42923437943083119382012-12-07T21:41:14.917-08:002012-12-07T21:41:14.917-08:00Awesome review. I have got to read this book somed...Awesome review. I have got to read this book someday soon. Welcome back, I hope you write more often, it is such a treat to read your reviews.Veenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18051587201427141480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128981764377530442.post-26144575379659799452012-12-06T16:18:16.939-08:002012-12-06T16:18:16.939-08:00Welcome to the world where you belong :)
Looking ...Welcome to the world where you belong :)<br /><br />Looking forward to more regular posts .Avinash S Bajajhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05753911179973396737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128981764377530442.post-3257191102781504202012-12-06T10:13:11.826-08:002012-12-06T10:13:11.826-08:00Someone's writing again!!! :)
Good one to com...Someone's writing again!!! :)<br /><br />Good one to come back with.. Nice writing vaish :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05477329315689823217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128981764377530442.post-47455375248957585282011-11-25T10:34:09.125-08:002011-11-25T10:34:09.125-08:00Amazing connection to Charles Darwin. Thanks for t...Amazing connection to Charles Darwin. Thanks for the review.<br />AnnAnn Summervillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13300190648788509096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128981764377530442.post-39454163981490695462011-11-17T09:21:08.513-08:002011-11-17T09:21:08.513-08:00Hey there!
Magic realism is not really my cup of t...Hey there!<br />Magic realism is not really my cup of tea... errr chocolate... but this book sure does sound interesting! Your review makes it sound charming! It makes me feel like I will enjoy going into the chocolaterie and have a friendly chat with the owner. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128981764377530442.post-1771832604272978282011-10-06T00:21:25.176-07:002011-10-06T00:21:25.176-07:00Nice review Vaishnavi! Waiting to see your next bo...Nice review Vaishnavi! Waiting to see your next book review :)Birdyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13629909712336763914noreply@blogger.com