09.Dec.2009 The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins
The Woman in White suddenly took book blogosphere by storm a couple of months ago. In the midst of it, a copy was displayed prominently at one of my favorite bookstore for great prize and The Classic Circuit started on Wilkie Collins. The universe was aligned. I read the book. Once I finished, I was [...]
05.Dec.2009 If On a Winter’s Night a Traveler by Italo Calvino
If On a Winter’s Night a Traveller is one of the weirdest books I’ve ever read. It started with you, the Reader, going to a bookshop to buy the latest book by Italo Calvino titled If On a Winter’s Night a Traveller. You go back home and start reading. The book starts with new chapter [...]
02.Dec.2009 Raymond Carver and Cathedral
Ever since I read A Christmas Memory by Truman Capote, which completely blew me away, I’ve been meaning to look for more short stories that could give me the same level of magic. Know that I was (or still am) not a fan of short stories, but I’m feeling much more positive after that ONE [...]