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Ghana timesEshun's story about growing up is also a frightening and shaming one of casual brutalities in Ghana and of childhood racism in London. ABDULRAZAK GURNAH
LITERARY LIVES Poetics of protest Remembering Mulk Raj Anand on his birth centenary, which falls on December 12. FACE TO FACE Wonders of the wild We need wild animals because we are dependent on them, says Ruth Padel, in conversation with INTERVIEW He's got words Meet Dreadlockalien, the poet laureate of Birmingham. PROFILE An aura of timelessness Poorani's poems are on issues that interest and affect humanity in general. PADMA NARAYANAN and PREMA SEETHARAM
CLASSICS REVISITED Exiles and strangers Exile and the Kingdom, Albert Camus, first published in English translation 1957, Vintage, $6.50. BOOK WATCH 
Voice of the 'common man'Brushing up the Years: A Cartoonist's History of India 1947-2004, R.K. Laxman, Penguin, p.304, Rs. 750. EVEN now, when his brushstrokes have become less firm because of the cerebral stroke that he suffered in 2002, R.K. Laxman's ... 
First ImpressionsTHERE is a disconnect in human relationships that becomes apparent in situations of either extreme stress or ennui. These short stories present facets of both and, in a surprisingly amiable manner, make a comment on the relationships of the ... DIFFERENT REGISTERS Questions for the custodians of culture GROWING up in a middle-class family, even if it was not a very tradition-bound one, meant that certain subjects were taboo. Especially those associated with the body. However, all the restrictions imposed on one had to do with the body: don't ... ENDPAPER 
RereadingI HAVE always thought a true book lover is one who rereads. To know one book well than to know many peripherally. It can take the form of revisiting a favourite book or just rereading a favourite passage. (In these very pages of the Literary ...
MEMORIS The artist as a young man in an old city Orhan Pamuk's evocative memoir is as much about his own life as about his city, a city that has seen two great empires rise and fall. Labour of love This book has a little bit for everybody. CONSERVATION 
A magic betrayedDespite all the despairing comments, the book ends on a positive note. SHORT FICTION Varied fare True to reputation, the stories reflect the vibrancy of modern American short fiction. TRANSLATION Play of shadows Poems and a Novella is a quest for a sense of the self, to nail it down and define it, to oneself. GENDER STUDIES The dangling man Masculinism is, quite possibly, a sham, a rhetoric which cannot find approximations in the real world, yet it is built up to enormous proportions. BIOGRAPHY It is a Penguin classic, boss! The man we have to thank for making literature urgent and handy enough to be carried around in our pockets is Allen Lane, founder of Penguin. POETRY Recovery and recognition of a literary past Eunice de Souza's anthology gives a present-day perspective of the past and includes an eclectic range of contributors. AUTOBIOGRAPHY He walks into news Every page, paragraph and sentence in this book is an irresistible quote. MEMORIS 
A film man's life without the gossip!The book is all about the blessings showered on the author and these are the members of his family. It is a moving account of a family-loving gentleman. |
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