BOOK

Saturday, February 16, 2008

Vaikom Muhammad Basheer

Vaikom Muhammad Basheer deserves many titles such as freedom fighter,novelist, short story writer and so on.. His famous book "Baalyakaalasakhi" translated to many languages. Basheer is undoubtedly the most stylist language writer in India. He would have got attention in world literature if good translation of his books available to the the world of literature. He was the master writer of Kerala who led a very simple life throughout his life-time. His unconventional style of writing was a new experience to the literature.

Friday, February 15, 2008

Against All Enemies

Against All Enemies is a controversial book published on Goerge W Bush. Penned by a former White House employee named Clarke, the book is one among the best seller nowadays as it is anti-Bush Book. The terror attack on September 11 is the major point quoted and severely criticizing Mr. Bush. Even though White House denied its content " Against All Enemies" has all kind of hot stuffs to attract readers on global basis.

Cricket at Fever Pitch

As the name suggest this book focus on Cricket, the life blood of India. The run Machine Sachin Tendulkar published the book penned by Khalid A H Ansari. The book reflect various phase of Indian cricket period from 1968 to 2005.

Benazir Bhutto Reconciliation

Simon and Schuster published the book without the presence of the great lady Benazir. Benazir predicts an attack on her. It is considered as an autobiography of Bhuto. She quotes many beautiful and controversial lines in support of democracy. The book severely criticizes Mr. Musharraf. She says "If Musharraf had fulfilled his promises, Pakistan could have had an orderly democratic transition, closing the chapter on military rule, once and for all,". Pakistan Peoples Party believes that "Benazir Bhutto Reconciliation" will make a great impact on the common man of Pakistan and will help to regain democracy.

Thursday, February 14, 2008

Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)

Famous Irish writer who had very controversial life famous for plays like "A women of No Importance". As a poet he introduced new style for poetry. Ravenna, The Sphinx, The Ballad of Reading Gaol .... These poems attracted all kind of readers and surely worth reading.

Wednesday, February 13, 2008

Dostoevsky

Dostoevsky, son of Russia, treated as great novelist for his master piece "Crime and Punishment". Many people place his position equal to his contemporary writer Leo Tolstoy. Directors like Aki Kaurosmaki inspired and created a lot of films based on Crime and Punishment. The story is all about a murder and one of the best detective fiction ever written.

Tuesday, February 12, 2008

Tolstoy

Novels like Anna Karenina and War and Piece considered as the greatest classic novels ever written. His works are closely connected with the life of common man of Russia.
"Every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way"- From Anna Karenina. 'To tell the truth' was the motive of his life and that's why he had been converted himself as a reformer or prophet later period of his life.

Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961)

Hemingway's master piece "The Old Man and the Sea" won both Pulitzer Prize and Nobel Prize for literature. This American novelist concentrated more on short stories and had an independent style of writing.

Monday, February 11, 2008

Charles Dickens ( 1812-1870)

Great classic works on social evils....that's the basic feature of Dicken's novels. His colorful characters achieved popularity across the boundary. Among numerous classic novels David Copperfield and Tale of two cities widely accepted. The characters like Oliver Twist conquer readers and stand in literary world with all its glory.

Saturday, February 9, 2008

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

The greatest of the greatest nick named Bard of Avon. His name arise when countdown on comedies and tragedies of all-time favorite classic English literature.

The great dramas created by flow of words like rhythmical poetry.......Just read this please.." I have bough Golden opinions from all sorts of people"-From Macbeth.

I suggest non English men to study all 37 plays of Shakespeare to master the language and improve the vocabulary.




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