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Title: Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard by Kiran Desai ISBN: 0-385-49370-3 Publisher: Anchor Books/Doubleday Pub. Date: 18 May, 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.54 (35 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Misplaced criticism.
Comment: It has been some time since I read this delightful book, so all of its details aren't crystal clear to me now. But I feel like I must respond to those (both here and in a few periodicals) who claim Desai wrote this book for a "Western" audience. I don't think Desai wrote this book for any other reason than the sheer joy of putting together a fun, sharp story. This is no Oprah's book of the month marketing hogwash here, and it is preposterous to claim that Desai was "targeting" an audience at all, except, perhaps, the audience that simply enjoys a story for the story's sake. When I checked her biography on the book's jacket, I didn't see anything referring to her obtaining a degree in marketing. I think this is a stimulating and beautifully written first novel by a young writer who probably had no alterior motives in writing it except to tell a story. One recent reviewer here stated that Desai was trying "to show how the East really is ... whether it is like that or not" and used a sentence - a single sentence mind you! - as proof of that point. C'mon. Lighten up. This is a nice piece of fiction and it should be enjoyed for what it is, not for what hypersensitive, politically charged minds think it is trying to be. I do understand the criticism of the ending. But I would suggest that those who didn't "get it" go back and read the last few pages again. I love the way the events leading up to the last sentence begins crescendoing a few pages before. It was almost (cliche alert) like a jazz composition in its thought and rhythm. Read it out loud (that is how I enjoyed it fully) and you'll see what I mean. And it does come to a Bang! stop. I don't think there is anything wrong with that. Going back to the jazz metaphor, it snapped me back to the reality of self and forced me to think about what it was that I had just read, like a composition that ends on a beautifully punctuated note. No cushy fadeaway scenes here - which are, by the way, the preferred ending for those "targeting" the "Western" audience.
Rating: 5
Summary: An easy to read, hilarious book
Comment: Kiran Desai has a wonderful sense of humour and does a great job in writing it. I spent equal amounts of time in splits as i spent in reading the book. I dont know if you will appreciate it as much as i do since me being an indian i really connected with a lot of the really funny incidents in the book. Anyways, a simple story told in a simple style (no "flowery" prose like "God of small things" is stuffed with) with abundant humour. I'm looking forward to Desai next book!
Rating: 5
Summary: Hilarious!
Comment: This book is pure magic from start to finish. It is one of those rare books that you can keep reading again and again and again!
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Title: Myth and Meaning by Claude Levi-Strauss ISBN: 0805210385 Publisher: Schocken Books Pub. Date: 01 March, 1995 List Price(USD): $10.00 |
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Title: Being Good: A Short Introduction to Ethics by Simon Blackburn ISBN: 0192853775 Publisher: Oxford University Press Pub. Date: 01 February, 2003 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
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Title: Cat's Eye by Margaret Atwood ISBN: 0385491026 Publisher: Anchor Books/Doubleday Pub. Date: 01 February, 1998 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Euthyphro Apology Crito by Plato ISBN: 002322410X Publisher: Prentice Hall Pub. Date: 01 January, 1956 List Price(USD): $10.00 |
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Title: Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert ISBN: 0553213415 Publisher: Bantam Books Pub. Date: 01 July, 1982 List Price(USD): $5.95 |
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