‘The Letter’ by Kalki R. Krishnamurthy: Short Story Analysis Kalki was one of the pseudonyms of R. Krishnamurthy, a pioneering writer of the Tamil Press. He was one of the greatest Tamil writers in India especially during the freedom struggle against the British Rule. I stumbled on Kalki’s works in the year 2011, when I found a copy of his short stories published by … [Read more...] about ‘The Letter’ by Kalki R. Krishnamurthy: Short Story Analysis
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‘The Angel’s Game’ by Carlos Ruiz Zafon: Book Review
‘The Angel’s Game’ by Carlos Ruiz Zafon: Book Review The Angel’s Game is the second book in ‘The Cemetery of Forgotten Books’ series by internationally acclaimed writer Carlos Ruiz Zafon. I read this book last week and it is the first book I have read by this astoundingly brilliant author. This book had been lying on my TBR shelf right since 2016. I can’t believe that … [Read more...] about ‘The Angel’s Game’ by Carlos Ruiz Zafon: Book Review
‘My Days’ by R. K. Narayan: Book Analysis
‘My Days’ by R. K. Narayan: Book Analysis My Days is R. K. Narayan’s autobiography. In an earlier post, I had reviewed the book in the general format. You can check that out for your reference. Today, I will be analyzing the book in detail to the best of my ability. My Days is penned just the way R. K. Narayan used to pen his short stories and novels, with a direct … [Read more...] about ‘My Days’ by R. K. Narayan: Book Analysis
‘In a New Bottle’ by Arnold Bennett: Short Story Analysis
‘In a New Bottle’ by Arnold Bennett: Short Story Analysis ‘In a New Bottle’ has a similar setting as Arnold Bennett’s ‘Five Towns’ novels. The theme of this short story is about how people try to localize a story they have heard from another place. Such people try to ‘put an old story into a new bottle’ and make the story something closer to home. People, in this case, … [Read more...] about ‘In a New Bottle’ by Arnold Bennett: Short Story Analysis
‘The Tunnel of Time’ by R. K. Laxman: Book Review
‘The Tunnel of Time’ by R. K. Laxman: Book Review I’ve always been a die-hard fan of R. K. Narayan’s books and it is through him I came to know of his younger brother R. K. Laxman, the famous political cartoonist of India. But I became acquainted with R. K. Laxman’s writings in the year 2010 while teaching English literature to my sixth-grade students. The lesson was … [Read more...] about ‘The Tunnel of Time’ by R. K. Laxman: Book Review