Tag: #fiction

• Book Review: He, She, and it- the grammar of marriage

  

  The book is an anthology of short stories. The interesting thing about anthologies centred around a theme, in this case, ‘Marriage’, is that you get as many different perspectives on the topic as the number of participating writers. When it comes to marriage, there can be two types- a happy marriage and a sad marriage. A…

  Smitha V

  May 14, 2023

  Book Review

  #bookreview, #emotional, #fiction, #India, #life, #marriage, #newbook, #reality, #shortstories, #truth, Creative Writing

• Book Review : Patna Blues by Abdullah Khan

  

  image via shutterstock After an entire month of poetry and months of working on my debut novel, I’m reading again, and I can’t tell you how wonderful it feels. Abdullah Khan is the author who wrote a blurb for my debut novel, ‘Coming Home’. When the publisher approached him, he was kind enough to agree…

  Smitha V

  May 4, 2023

  Book Review

  #abdullahkhan, #bookreview, #contemporaryfiction, #fiction, #middle-class, #muslim, #newbook, #patna, #Patnablues, #reader, #reading

• Book Review: The odd book of baby names by Anees Salim

  

  A chance discussion on writing and getting published during an evening with some friends led to me getting to know about the author, Anees Salim. Our friend said, ‘Have you read, Anees Salim? He is a Harper Collins-published author. Anees is my friend. He has won several notable literary awards.” And I, in bewilderment, replied,…

  Smitha V

  January 8, 2023

  Book Review

  #aneessalim, #bookreview, #fiction, #hyderabad, #irony, #oddbookofbabynames, #reading, #satire

• Book Review: A Ghost And His Gold

  

  ‘Wow’ is what I said when I completed the book. I say this for a number of reasons – a) The book, a work of fiction does an amazing job in raising pertinent issues like war, date-rape, ill-treatment of children- issues that have plagued societies since time immemorial. It does so while telling a story…

  Smitha V

  August 6, 2021

  Book Review

  #Aghostandhisgold, #fiction, #ghoststory, #history, #metoo, #newbook, #RobbieCheadle, #RobertaEatonCheadle, #southafricastory, #warstory

• Book Review: THE DIARY of MRITYUNJAYA by GS Subbu

  

  THE DIARY OF MRITYUNJAYA

  Smitha V

  September 16, 2020

  Book Review

  #book, #culture, #diaryofmrityunjaya, #fiction, #GSSubbu, #India, #kedarnath, #newbook, #philosophy, #Pilgrimage, #review