When someone writes a book, we are reading the sum total of that person’s knowledge, experiences, dreams, and imaginations. While everyone has all the above, only a writer is expressing all of it in words. And Haruki Murakami’s world is beautiful, full of books, music, the mystical, the metaphysical, sexually charged, and even magical. Memories warm you up from the inside. But they also tear … Continue reading Kafka On The Shore : Haruki Murakami
Trinity is a novel by American author Leon Uris, published in 1976. It follows the life of Conor Larkin, who belongs to the Catholic hill farmers from the fictional town of Ballyutogue in County Donegal, as he grows up in an Ireland under the rule of the British, and in his journey moves to the Bogside of Derry, the shipyard of Belfast, even Australia, and … Continue reading Trinity by Leon Uris: ´Patience was the elixir of revolution´
Midnight’s Children is a 1981 novel by author Salman Rushdie. The story is narrated by Saleem Sinai, who was born on the 15th of August, 1947, at the stroke of midnight. While he grows along with India, we learn that he isn’t the only one. Many other children born around the same time have special powers. Saleem’s is telepathy and a keen sense of smell to … Continue reading Midnight’s Children: Salman Rushdie Knees and Nose
The Bora Booktique 