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It is always sad to see how a writer who has lost his creative powers is trying to revive interest towards himself through unintelligent and outrageous statements. V.S. Naipaul, a brilliant writer who… more →

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Some Things: Ten

dyandz wrote 1 week ago: 1. “You will be thinking I am dead by this time but I am very far from dead and from everythin … more →

Tags: Jokes, Reading, Philosophy, stupidity, Poetry, Poems, death, Malcom Lowry, blanchot

James Wood, "Human, All Too Inhuman" & "Tell Me How Does it Feel

katflei wrote 1 week ago: “HUMAN, ALL TOO INHUMAN” - August 30, 2001 - New Republic Taking its title from the firs … more →

Tags: Novels, Essays & Nonfiction, 20th century British, Henry James, WOOLF, faceting, postmodern, surfaces, Benjamin

Book #14. Miguel Street

Gina wrote 3 weeks ago: I am pleased to go back and review this book. I read it once in an advanced English course during my … more →

Tags: Books, Miguel Street, Nobel Prize for Literature, Trinidad and Tobago

10 Essential Novels From India — 7 comments

qwiklit wrote 1 month ago: Over a century ago, Rudyard Kipling wrote his infamous “White-Man’s Burden” … more →

Tags: News, Books, Calcutta, Delhi, Desai, Ghosh, India, lahiri, Literature

A House for Mr. Biswas - V.S. Naipaul

lotusoversakura wrote 1 month ago: There it is, a modest roofed structure in Sikkim Street standing tall amid the perfumed beds of anth … more →

Tags: indian panaroma, India, Arts, Literature, vs naipaul, A House for Mr Biswas

Book Review: Magic Seeds by V. S. Naipaul — 4 comments

Newton wrote 2 months ago: Magic Seeds – V. S. Naipaul Book: Magic Seeds Author: V. S. Naipaul Publisher: Vintage Books I … more →

Tags: Book Reviews, India, Fiction, vs naipaul, english fiction, Novel, Indian Caste Struggle, tamil liberation, Freedom for the masses

Naipaul and Theroux: The Cantankerous Travelers

D wrote 3 months ago: Paul Theroux and V.S. Naipaul shake hands. (Image courtesy of The Independent) At the 2011 Hay Liter … more →

Tags: Authors, Britain, theroux, Friendship, Writers, feud, memoir

Hindus of the Caribbean — 1 comment

rajesh108 wrote 3 months ago: Hindu temple in Trinidad, 1931 The winds of time have scattered Hindus to the most far-flung and unl … more →

Tags: History & Roots, Hindus, Hindu community of Caribbean islands, trinidad, Tobago, Surinam, Indian Diaspora, Indian immigrants, Hindu world

Guest blog: Reading the Caribbean story — 1 comment

zedgell wrote 3 months ago: Holly Edgell is Zee Edgell’s daughter. As a younger person, I did not consider myself overly interes … more →

Tags: Literature, Books, Beka Lamb, Zee Edgell, Belize, literature, Caribbean, Novel, Books 2

Life in 271 words or less

McWallet wrote 3 months ago: Have you ever met someone you haven’t seen for 5, 10 or even 20 years and after 2 or 3 minutes … more →

Tags: Conversations, poor blogs, Abraham Lincoln, Gettysburg Address, Edward Everett, Slow Cooking, slow blogging

reading: Naipaul, Shikibu, Hemingway... — 2 comments

theseventhsphinx wrote 3 months ago: The Tale of Genji, Murasaki Shikibu (a seriously ongoing project) Bringing up Bébé, Pamela Druckerma … more →

Tags: downtownartwalk.org, Books, Reading, Bookshelf, Beckett, Druckerman, shikibu, Hemingway

"It is wrong to...

stefanihid wrote 3 months ago: “It is wrong to have ideal view of the world. That’s where the mischief starts. That … more →

Tags: Quotes, Quote, V S Naipaul, vs naipaul, Magic seeds, WILLIE CHANDRAN

And I Quote ...

Paul wrote 3 months ago: “In my diary I had written of the biggest things, the things that befitted a writer. But the … more →

Tags: My reading, British Lit, And I Quote

From my Book-Shelf

AsheX wrote 4 months ago: The Mystic Masseur by V.S. Naipaul My rating- http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/54149.The_Mystic_M … more →

Tags: Books, India, goodreads, vs naipaul, A House for Mr Biswas, Miguel Street, Mystic Masseur, Cider House Rules, John Irving

The best books I read this year

Constantine von Hoffman wrote 5 months ago: I read a lot. This year for the first time I actually kept track of all the books I read. As of toda … more →

Tags: Books, Fantasy, Fiction, History, Science Fiction, 1q84, Best Books, Civil War, Constantinople