How to be a Writer by Ruskin Bond: Book Review How to be a Writer is a little book full of advice for aspiring and established writers penned by India’s most beloved and popular writer Ruskin Bond. If there is one writer whose books I buy without even reading the synopsis, and sometimes not even the book's title, that author is the writer from the hills, Ruskin Bond. … [Read more...] about ‘How to be a Writer’ by Ruskin Bond: Book Review
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‘The Shooting Party’ by Virginia Woolf: Short Story Analysis
‘The Shooting Party’ by Virginia Woolf: Short Story Analysis ‘The Shooting Party’ is a modernist short story penned by one of the greatest modernist British writers, Virginia Woolf. Virginia Woolf's The Shooting Party’ was first published in Harper’s Bazaar in 1938 and was reprinted in ‘A Haunted House’, published by the Hogarth Press in 1944. Virginia Woolf uses her … [Read more...] about ‘The Shooting Party’ by Virginia Woolf: Short Story Analysis
‘Narrative of a Ghost of a Hand’ by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu: Short Story Analysis
‘Narrative of a Ghost of a Hand’ by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu: Short Story Analysis ‘Narrative of a Ghost of a Hand’ is a nineteenth-century Victorian Gothic ghost story penned by the Irish ghost story writer Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu. Sheridan is considered the leading proponent of the Gothic ghost story, popular in the nineteenth century. In this short story, he details the … [Read more...] about ‘Narrative of a Ghost of a Hand’ by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu: Short Story Analysis
‘Sadhus’ by Dolf Hartsuiker: Book Review
‘Sadhus’ by Dolf Hartsuiker: Book Review Sadhus: Holy Men of India is a book penned by Dolf Hartsuiker, who has also included in it over 100 spectacular photographs of various Hindu holy men of India. The Hindu holy men of India are known primarily as Sadhus or Babas. They are either devoted religiously to Lord Shiva, the ultimate Sadhu and ascetic of ancient Indian … [Read more...] about ‘Sadhus’ by Dolf Hartsuiker: Book Review
‘A Promised Land’ by Barack Obama: Book Review
‘A Promised Land’ by Barack Obama: Book Review A Promised Land is the first volume in the memoir or biography series penned by American President Barack Obama. It was published in 2020, just after the 2020 USA Presidential Elections ended. In this book, Barack Obama wonders what the outcome of that election would be and starts his biography with that theme in mind. The … [Read more...] about ‘A Promised Land’ by Barack Obama: Book Review