Need a good book. Any ideas?
Friday, July 17, 2009
I need a good book to read - a book that would throw me into a world filled with its characters, that are entangled in their web of emotions. The last time I had read something so riveting was A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry.
The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai failed to excite me, while The Great Indian Novel by Shashi Tharoor hasnt been lucky enough to get my complete attention. I have started the latter book several times (over five times), each time making it to several pages ahead of my previous stop, followed by a long break during which I would forget the intricacies associated with each characater, and then the whole cycle began all over again.
Riches Among the Ruins, though financial in nature (it is about a bond trader making a killing in emerging markets), was very engaging. Alas, I had to leave the hard bound book in India coz I was already carrying obese bags (bags that breach the weight restriction).
On another flight trip this evening, I looked through my very little book collection (I seem to have more of e books which I hate to read) and havent found any interesting dramas beseeching me to enter the world of their characters.
So my friends, any ideas???
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I read an interview with Nandan Nilekani about his new book only yday..sounds interesting, but I am looking for a pure drama (some rona dhona) ;)
http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article.cfm?articleid=2290 (the link to interview, if it interests you)
If you're interested in romantic fiction, you can try any of Jane Austen's novels. You have been tagged: http://rads-blogazine.blogspot.com/2009/07/tag4.html
Pavillion of Women by Pearl S Buck..jst go fr it
Family Matters or Such a Long journey - both by Mistry or you can even try A suitable boy - vikram seth
Since the author just passed away recently, he is top of the mind right now..try Angela's Ashes by Frank Mccourt. Wonderfully written :)
Try the Six suspects by Vikas Swarup - Read some good reviews about it
'In Xanadu' by William Dalrymple .. currenty reading it and loving its amateurish style dry humour mixed up really well with authentic travel writing :)
Thanks guys..I will put all of these in my to-read list. I have almost laid my hand on 'The Revolutionary Road' (i liked the movie plot)...lets see what I end up reading...
@Anonymous - well, you sure havent been reading my blog often. I had done a review of six suspects few months ago. anyways, thanks for visiting my blog :)
try Orhan Pamuk. might just fit your drama criterion ;)
No books from my side but I want to appreciate you for making the great 'Parvathy Ramachandran' comment on ur blog :)
Dare i may to suggest Ayn Rand, you probably have read her books, but if you haven't, give 'Atlas Shrugged', 'The Fountainhead' a read.
They are worth spending a few afternoons over.
@Vimal - even I am glad that she commented
@Ameya - I read 'We, the living' and 'The Fountainhead' while I was in college. Now, I dont think I am ready to read something that is so difficult to read through, be it for literary reasons or for its abstractedness. Thanks for visiting my blog and suggesting the books :) You never know, one day, I might end up reading these.
Will have to side with Vimal on this. You have achieved the impossible :P
I am not so much of a book person. But I could suggest to you a few Bollywood movies which have a 'world filled with its characters, that are entangled in their web of emotions'. Have you tried Hum Saath Saath Hai? Or Luck?
Agree...movies are a great way to find that 'web' that you want to get entangled in...but when there is a lot of leisure, a book lets you be in the world at your own little pace :)
Havent watched luck..the reviews says its bad.. Watched Dev D today. Was a wonderful movie.
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