Wednesday, February 08, 2006
Here's to more books in the days to come!
After a massive drought of reading, I finally managed to finish two books within as many days of each other. Pamuk's Snow and Rushdie's Shalimar the Clown. I spent more than a few months reading Snow, I have to add that while its a superb and brillantly written book, I missed the magic entirely.
Mostly because it was such a prolonged exercise and the whole curse of re-reading constantly resurfaced. Worth reading if you have liked his other books but I cant be sure I will only include opinions relevant to the book, if I write about it. Moods greatly affect reading for me and though therapeutic, sometimes it can act as a huge downer.Unfortunately this book fell into this category for some time. May be I will revisit it later in life...
Shalimar the Clown was a pleasant surprise mostly because unlike other Rushdie novels, this one was an easy and comfortable read. Delightfully light and remanant of an issue we usually glaze over, its a good read. The story is reasonably predictable but as his most novels, loved the undercurrent that seems always present just below the words...
Complete reviews for Snow and Shalimar the Clown.
Mostly because it was such a prolonged exercise and the whole curse of re-reading constantly resurfaced. Worth reading if you have liked his other books but I cant be sure I will only include opinions relevant to the book, if I write about it. Moods greatly affect reading for me and though therapeutic, sometimes it can act as a huge downer.Unfortunately this book fell into this category for some time. May be I will revisit it later in life...
Shalimar the Clown was a pleasant surprise mostly because unlike other Rushdie novels, this one was an easy and comfortable read. Delightfully light and remanant of an issue we usually glaze over, its a good read. The story is reasonably predictable but as his most novels, loved the undercurrent that seems always present just below the words...
Complete reviews for Snow and Shalimar the Clown.
