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I tried to stay afloat with all my willpower but the unchained maelstrom gurgling in Small Miracles and Big Calamities sprouting from this novel proved to be far too violent for my feeble arms and my fragile heart. So I drowned. I died a thousand deaths engulfed by the swelling waters of this lush river of flowing allegories and rippling parables that washed my being over and over again in waves of piercing beauty and unbearable sadness.
Mimicking the natural cycle of the lunar tide, Arundhati Ro ...more
Mimicking the natural cycle of the lunar tide, Arundhati Ro ...more
Everything out of the ordinary.
It's ten-to-two.
It's ten-to-two on Rahel's painted watch.
It’s ten-to-two on Rahel’s painted watch which lies under the revolved earth of The History House in the Heart of the Darkness.
It’ll be always ten-to-two on the stillness of Roy’s book as the derailed freight train of her story slams into our hearts.
It’ll be always ten-to-two when Sorrow, Pain, Unrequited Love, Too Much Love, and Unbearable, yet Understandable, Truths of Life collapse from their wagons a ...more
When this book was published and then subsequently won the dubiously coveted Booker Prize, it got a lot of shit, especially from a judge or two on the Booker panel, one of whom had the gumption to go on British television and call it "execrable". A few other people, startlingly libeal lit crit type people criticized Roy for her opportunistic writing of a novel during a time when all things Indian were the new trend, etc., etc. This is all silly and stupid. People can write books whenever they wa
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Read this many years ago. 2001 will do as a guesstimate.
I *do* remember, however, that despite the novel being roundly praised by many reviewers, I could not make it past page 40 or so when I first tried to read it. A year or so later, I tried again and not only made it past page 40, but couldn't put it down. And it became one of my favourite reads.
Such a moving and tragic story, so beautifully written. After it was discussed on my book programme of my favourite radio station (Australia's ABC RN ...more
I *do* remember, however, that despite the novel being roundly praised by many reviewers, I could not make it past page 40 or so when I first tried to read it. A year or so later, I tried again and not only made it past page 40, but couldn't put it down. And it became one of my favourite reads.
Such a moving and tragic story, so beautifully written. After it was discussed on my book programme of my favourite radio station (Australia's ABC RN ...more
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