pickThe beautiful and somewhat erotic cover is just a clickbait. Remove it and you'll reach the sheen leathery skin underneath, brandishing its saffron hue. This titillating façade with an undercurrent of monastic inspiration is all you need to absorb before proceed reading it.
The book deals with spirituality and sexual desire, love and cruelty, divine and mundane; makes room for all of them while coalescing some of them together.
Ever wondered why the cultural world is so biased? They always celebrate some nonsense modern art done by some well known artist while eschewing the potential of works done by some lesser known artists.
Why is it so? I've got a kinda answer in this passage by Casagrande.
Here's a book eater. I mean, literally! 😄
Why people are so fascinated about theory? Eagleton nailed it! 🤣🤣
When a Foreigner chats with a man from China 😃
Make your words work and other tales :-)
One of the most important observations regarding human rights movement.
"History says, Don‘t hope On this side of the grave. But then, once in a lifetime The longed-for tidal wave Of justice can rise up And hope and history rhyme."
#poetry #Seamus_Heaney
If you haven't read it yet. Do give a read. 😊
Here's the link to the story: https://americanliterature.com/author/anton-chekhov/short-story/small-fry
#Chekhov #Short_story
"Was Deadalus really stricken with grief when Icarus fell into the sea?
Or,
Just disappointed by the design failure?"
I have to be happy with this mini Bookhaul. At least for a while. Would eagerly wait for the binge reading till the this semester ends.
#bookhaul #the_white_tiger #the_golden_notebook
Hi! I am new here. Would like to join you all in Goodreads too. Check out the books I added on Goodreads. http://www.goodreads.com/friend/i?invite_token=NGExZGVhYjAtMmZkNi00NGUxLTgwMTMtN...
Or feel free to drop your links here 😊
Thus book is available in both versions - 'Thus spake Zarathustra' and 'Thus spoke Zarathustra'. So, please don't take any offense.
#quotable_quote #wisdom
pickThe protagonist had a lofty idea about himself. He helped people without asking for anything in return. He fought for justice and was uncompromising about truth.
His bubble of self illusion bursts after a small incident. He did nothing to help a girl who presumably had committed suicide by jumping into water before him. This incident shatters the very construct of his selfhood.
The novel ends with the aforesaid sinister note. (Quote in image)
#Power_of_story
(Though I am not sure of the book name)
Excerpt from Neil Gaiman
pickThe book has three parts. The first part has 11 short stories, all related to the theme of love. The second and third part consist of two novellas. The intricate detailing makes the stories trustworthy.
I felt they were all waiting only for the moment when Claudia, infuriated, would get up and leave me there alone, making me once more the anonymous man I had always been, the man nobody notices any more than one would notice a spot of damp on the wall. (Page 140)
Hi there! though a newbie, whatever I have seen so far is enough to fall for the litsyian community. My Litsy journey begins with 'Difficult Loves' by Italo Calvino. Looking forward to have some really cool bookish talks. #firstpost #spreadlove
