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Feb 13, 2018
Hala Ghattas
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it was amazing
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تجليات صراع البقاء كلها تكمن في هذه الرواية المحكمة الأركان
لا نر في هذه الرواية هند واحدة، بل هندين، ايهما هي الأقوى والأبقى؟؟
لا نر في هذه الرواية هند واحدة، بل هندين، ايهما هي الأقوى والأبقى؟؟
What a brutal world, brutal injustice, brutal poverty, all leading to one conclusion: any human living in such a society can't be but as brutal to survive such a reality.
This tale of the two indias portrays such a dark vue of the economic inequalities.
As i am living in the uae, where millions of hard working indians are working here in construction camps, when i see them i can't help but remember every small detail i read, and think of what a hard life they lived, and very possibly continue to ...more
This tale of the two indias portrays such a dark vue of the economic inequalities.
As i am living in the uae, where millions of hard working indians are working here in construction camps, when i see them i can't help but remember every small detail i read, and think of what a hard life they lived, and very possibly continue to ...more
Nov 06, 2010
DubaiReader
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really liked it
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Review for the Abridged Audiobook.
I had already read this book a few years previously but that did not dampen my enjoyment at having this book narrated to me, complete with authentic accents provided by Kerry Shale.
As a Booker nomination, I found this a light relief. In recent years I have avoided Booker prize winners as they have been either too dense or weird. This was definitely a move in the right direction.
We first meet Balram as he is composing a letter to the Premier of China who is due t ...more
I had already read this book a few years previously but that did not dampen my enjoyment at having this book narrated to me, complete with authentic accents provided by Kerry Shale.
As a Booker nomination, I found this a light relief. In recent years I have avoided Booker prize winners as they have been either too dense or weird. This was definitely a move in the right direction.
We first meet Balram as he is composing a letter to the Premier of China who is due t ...more
The book started well but the more I read the more I realized that it a bit too sarcastic for my taste. I didn't sympathize with the main character and I was never convinced by his motives. Balram did well in describing the dark side of India but I felt it was unjust to the real India because almost everyone and everything he talked about fell into the evil category. In summary, doing bad because everyone is bad was a bit too much to bear with for the 321 pages of the novel.
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Yasir
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