James Wales: Artist and Antiquarian in the time of Peshwa Sawai Madhavrao About the Book: This book allows us to enter and witness late 18th century India through the journals and paintings left behind by an observant artist and antiquarian. James Wales came to India and developed a passion for the antiquities of the country. He left […]
About the Author: Justin Marozzi read History at Cambridge. A former Financial Times foreign correspondent, he writes regularly for The Times, the Sunday Telegraph, the Financial Times and the Spectator where he was a contributing Editor until disappearing to Central Asia to research this book. About the Book: Tamerlane: Sword of Islam, Conqueror of the […]
Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad About the Author: Joseph Conrad, born in Poland, learned English in his 20s and became a British citizen. A sailor, he wrote about adventures at sea and of the strangeness of people he met around the world. An early Modernist, he was a prolific writer and has left behind […]
1Q84 by Haruki Murakami About the novel: The year is 1984 and the city is Tokyo. A young woman named Aomame follows a taxi driver’s enigmatic suggestion and begins to notice puzzling discrepancies in the world around her. She has entered, she realises, a parallel existence, which she calls 1Q84 - the Q […]
Samskara: A Rite for a Dead Man by U R Ananthamurthy About theBook: “Samskara: A Rite for a Dead Man” by UR Ananthamurthy has been hailed as a classic of modern world literature. The story, set in a fictional village in the 1940s, revolves around the death of a man who has no son to […]
My Year Abroad by Chang-Rae Lee About the book: My Year Abroad is an exuberant and provocative story about a young American life transformed by an unusual Asian adventure, and about the human capacities for pleasure, pain and connection. Rich with commentary on Western attitudes, Eastern stereotypes, capitalism, global trade, mental health, parenthood, mentorship, and more, My Year […]
About the Book : Afi Tekple is a young seamstress whose life is narrowing rapidly. Then one day she is offered a life-changing opportunity—a proposal of marriage from the wealthy family of Elikem Ganyo. She acquiesces, but soon realizes that Elikem is not quite the catch he seemed. The book deals with the struggles […]
