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Title: Great Indian Novel, The by Shashi Tharoor ISBN: 1-55970-194-3 Publisher: Arcade Books Pub. Date: April, 1993 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.64 (14 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Humor, History and superb english
Comment: This book is one of the very best I have read in recent times. The book marries Indian mythology with the freedom struggle and recent polity. Filled with humor and sarcasm, the author tells both stories very successfully and also chips in with his subtle observations (especially about independence and after). And to top it all the English is very good. If you don't know much about Indian history, and appreciate good english, you should read it.
Rating: 4
Summary: Imaginative marriage of myth and reality
Comment: It takes some nerve and imgaination to try and marry stories as disparate as the Mahabharata, the 2000 year old Hindu epic, and the Independence struggle/first 30 years of post-independence Indian history. Tharoor manages remarkably well, combining wit, a sense of history, deep sympathy and insight into the essence of what being Indian means. I think that not knowing either story to start with will take away very considerably from the reading experience. Having grown up hearing the Mahabharata like almost every other Indian child, I had a fixed idea about the character of each mythological actor, and I was struck by how easily the movers and shakers of this century in our country fit the mould of those characters. This century after all is just a blip in the ancient and endless story of India, and perhaps this says something for the essential continuity of our history. To all you Indians out there, please read it. For everyone else, it will be a wonderful insight into ancient and modern India.
Rating: 4
Summary: The Great Stories
Comment: Whether it's the "Iliad," exploring the nature of the warrior, or the "Mahabarata"," explaining politics, the great stories are always with us and provide illumination to our seemingly modern lives. With "The Great Indian Novel," Shashi Tharoor shows us that "everything old is new again." "The Great Indian Novel," is a re-interpretation of the Mahabarata framed in India's struggle for independence, and the political aftermath of colonization. The famous make their appearances under altered names, and Mr. Tharoor manages to make the Mahabarata current while making modern Indian politics somewhat understandable. The book is also very funny. I don't know if this is a book for the casual reader, but if you're interested in India I think you'll find it quite fascinating.
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Title: Riot: A Love Story by Shashi Tharoor ISBN: 1559706457 Publisher: Arcade Books Pub. Date: 16 September, 2002 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: India : From Midnight to the Millennium by Shashi Tharoor ISBN: 0060977531 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 01 September, 1998 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Show Business: A Novel by Shashi Tharoor ISBN: 1559702273 Publisher: Arcade Books Pub. Date: 20 September, 1993 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: The Calcutta Chromosome : A Novel of Fevers, Delirium & Discovery by Amitav Ghosh ISBN: 0380813947 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 23 January, 2001 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Train to Pakistan by Khushwant Singh, Khushwant ISBN: 0802132219 Publisher: Grove Press Pub. Date: June, 1990 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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