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Sunday, November 05, 2006
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SPOTLIGHT
MY TAKE A delicate brush Pamuk's strength as a writer lies not in grand global metaphors but in poetic evocations of Turkey.
MUSINGS Chick lit: For that essential feel good feeling You might have lost battles with cellulite, gravity and teenage children but there are compensations.
IN CONVERSATION Of gains and losses Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni focuses on the immigrant experience, the flitting between the old and the new, from a woman's perspective.
A woman in dark times Remembering Hannah Arendt in her birth centenary year
BookwatchRabble-Rouser for Peace: The Authorised Biography of Desmond Tutu, John Allen, Random House, price not stated. "TUTU continued to crave more time for meditation and prayer. But this longing conflicted with many other impulses... the ... CLASSICS REVISITED 
Questions of truth and identityThe Man Who was Thursday, £6.99; The Complete Father Brown, special Indian price, £9.10; G.K. Chesterton, Penguin Classics. G.K. CHESTERTON has said somewhere that when people cease to believe in God they do not ... 
First ImpressionOnce Upon a Timezone; Neelesh Misra; Harper Collins; Rs 195. REMEMBER the adage: "Oh what a tangled web we weave; when first we practise to deceive". Bear it in mind when you read this slim little book that takes you into ... SECOND THOUGHTS Landscapes of the mind Musings on the need for a writing landscape and the vagaries of literary prizes. ENDPAPER In autumn radiance He is best known as a travel writer but more recently he has taken his readers on inner journeys. WORDSPEAK To pardon or not
A literary interlude in Bali It was one long feast of literature at the Third International Ubud Writers and Readers Festival.
CRITICISM Enduring cult A new release looks at Ayn Rand's contribution to literature, philosophy and religion. FICTION The angry periphery In Theft, Carey explores Australia's ambivalent relation to the Western artistic tradition. MYTHOLOGY In between the worlds Mamang Dai gives us a glimpse of a tiny corner largely unknown to the outside world. SHORT STORIES Arrivals and departures The impact of displacements and the constant pull of the countries abandoned form the leitmotif of most stories. TRANSLATION Harsh realities The lives of the underprivileged and the altered perceptions of the educated youngsters among them are constant refrains in Bama's works. Stories of individuals and communities A felicity of language and the easy flow of words make the translation a pleasure to read. |
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