Back to India, sahib and memsahib.
A few years ago, we read "Freedom at Midnight," the story of the liberation of India. Now, something more contemporary. "The White Tiger" won the 2008 Man Booker Prize for the best English-language full-length novel by a citizen of the Commonwealth of Nations, Ireland, or Zimbabwe.
For reviews, take a look here. For discussion, come to the April meeting. I know Marilyn will come; she's travelled to India and can provide us with a first-hand view of things.
Friday, March 11, 2011
Friday, November 19, 2010
December 14, 2010: "The Professor and the Madman," by Simon Winchester"
I just began reading this one, and it looks good.
I think the author's approach will resemble that of "The Devil in the White City," Erik Larson's story of murder during the 1893 Exposition in Chicago. Here, we'll learn about a murderer in a lunatic asylum and the preparation of the first edition of Oxford English Dictionary.
I guess the literary theory here is that good old murder lends juice to otherwise-dry topics.
I think the author's approach will resemble that of "The Devil in the White City," Erik Larson's story of murder during the 1893 Exposition in Chicago. Here, we'll learn about a murderer in a lunatic asylum and the preparation of the first edition of Oxford English Dictionary.
I guess the literary theory here is that good old murder lends juice to otherwise-dry topics.