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VIEWPOINT The laziness of magical realism At its best, magical realism still sees the “non-European” through paradigms created by Europe. At its worst, it becomes internally inconsistent, a symptom of a larger failure to see the structures that make the world unequal and unstable.
POETRY Serene brilliance Wallace Stevens’ poetry was principally concerned with the problematic relationship between “reality’ and ‘imagination.’
INTERNET Words on the Web Magazines on the Internet are opening new vistas to an increasing number of readers.
CLASSICS REVISITED Wilde and the Devil’s pact SECOND THOUGHTS Silences of Shangri La After the novel is over, haunting questions remain. WORDSPEAK The arrogance of race In the series of Wordspeak columns on dislogistic and pejorative terms, there was an examination of how ethnic — originally meaning any ‘nation’ or ‘people’ — began to be used in the sense of ‘peculiar to ... ENDPAPER Of books inside books Has any other literary genre captured the drama of bookishness better than bookish thrillers? First Impression BOOK WATCH 
Pearls of wisdomThe Penguin Book of Modern Indian Speeches: 1878 to the Present, edited by Rakesh Batabyal, Rs. 595.When the text under review is The Penguin Book of Modern Indian Speeches, one does not expect to see a mention of Union ...
PROSE Why the novel matters Through seven linked essays, Kundera takes us on an exhilarating, pan-European tour of the history of the novel. POETRY Epiphanic moments Dharker blends the moral, the political and the existential into a quietly crafted poetics. FICTION Women’s view A Thousand Splendid Suns documents, in vivid detail, the lives of Afghan women, in both the richness and the poverty of their lives. Remarkable self-portrait The book traces the transformation of a child bride into a poet and a social revolutionary. DRAMA 
A good beginningWhile the Sahitya Akademi deserves congratulations for its series on Indian plays in English, the selection of scripts and presentation need more care. SHORT FICTION Exploring essences This collection testifies that Primo Levi is much more than a reporter of the Holocaust. FICTION Reality show Though the book’s elitist canvas is not heart-wrenching, its concerns are real and urgent. NARRATIVE Window on a troubled region The book brings much-needed basis for optimism and yields a kind of balance in information about both sides. BIOGRAPHY Not quite immortals An interesting work that traces the life of two diverse geniuses. SHORT STORIES All good news The short story baton is in safe hands. VERSE Unusual poetic images Sridala Swami paints the most poignant pictures with the least number of words. FICTION Love and longing in the time of war By weaving the war into a family’s life, Anam brings home the price that people pay in a time of fighting. |
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