Blogs about: Kiran Desai
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The First Month's Books
January: Keeping House: The Litany of Everyday Life – Margaret Kim Peterson The premise–a look at keeping house and theology–seemed interesting, but didn’t quite live up to my… more →
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Culture Shock, in reverse
Griselda Murray Brown wrote 1 month ago: It had been an uncomfortable plane journey. The sleeping Sikhs next to me had been large enough to p … more →
On writing #5: hara-kiri, etc. - part 2
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Betty Noire wrote 2 months ago: I did Afrikaans-Nederlands I & II and Modern Fiction in Translation at university. I had an illu … more →
*My Bookshelf
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Lilian Nattel wrote 2 months ago: This is my response to the wonderful meme from Beth’s blog that I linked to in yesterday … more →
A Gen-X bangaal and Her Gain of Inheritance
bangalnama wrote 3 months ago: In my very first attempt to write about an author, that too someone who’s been labelled as “The youn … more →
The Inheritance of Loss, by Kiran Desai (Beware: spoilers)
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Lisa Hill wrote 3 months ago: This is one of the saddest books I’ve read. So many books from post-colonial India are, but th … more →
The Inheritance of Loss (Kiran Desai)
visaha wrote 3 months ago: In the early 1980s, begining of an uprise for indipendand Gorka land, the story happens in Himalayan … more →
The First Month's Books
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kristynwinters wrote 5 months ago: January: Keeping House: The Litany of Everyday Life – Margaret Kim Peterson The premise … more →
First Lines
katherinejina wrote 5 months ago: Books Bought: Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier* David Copperfield by Charles Dickens Gone With The Wind … more →
The Simple Pleasures
kristynwinters wrote 5 months ago: I have a new blog post up at The Other Journal. This morning I took a lovely, leisurely trip to the … more →
Books of Last Year
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abi wrote 6 months ago: “Never let school interfere with your education”. But of course, I didn’t heed Mar … more →
Book 996 Kiran Desai - The Inheritance of Loss
deucekindred wrote 6 months ago: I first purchased this book the day it was available in stores and attempted to read it but it simp … more →
Dear Mr. Aravind Adiga, I Am So Sorry
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Rumjhum Biswas wrote 8 months ago: Dear Mr. Aravind Adiga, I am so sorry. However before I elaborate, may I move away from you for a bi … more →
The Inheritance of Loss - Kiran Desai
DD wrote 8 months ago: Just started reading this book by Kiran Desai. I’m a quarter of a way into it. Fantastic so f … more →
A portrait of a literary critic as a bitch
Christy Bharath wrote 8 months ago: I have managed to hold Adiga’s The White Tiger every now and then before my weary eyes for nearly tw … more →
The Inheritance of Loss
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mardhiah wrote 8 months ago: I am psyched to pay the library a visit soon because I have a new choice of read up my sleeve and I … more →
The White Tiger - Aravind Adiga
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davematt wrote 8 months ago: The whole world is talking about Aravind Adiga’s Man Booker Prize but I got to read it only no … more →
Aravind Shines at the Booker
kylepetersays wrote 9 months ago: Aravind Adiga’s bestselling novel “The White Tiger” bagged the 2008 Man Booker Prize in a year that … more →
Hullabaloo in the guava orchard
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ameer wrote 9 months ago: This is Kiran Desai’s first novel – she won the Booker in 2006 with her second – … more →
Recommended Reading
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irenedesign wrote 10 months ago: I really enjoy reading but do not do it nearly enough. I think many are like this, and just choosin … more →
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