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Hello. I feel bad writing in English about a book (Jangloos) written originally in Urdu, but please bear with me. I have been reading it for almost last two months. In fact I finished it today.Jangloos is a set of three books each well over 600 pages. It is set in rural Punjab (Central as … Read more
Murakami has a unique style of narrating stories mostly in first person. Simple stories, simple language and then suddenly there are twists in the whole plot, suddenly “magical realism” appears and the story becomes a mystery, even more interesting. The reader is left wanting for more. A certain character will disappear, the protagonists life will … Read more
For starters I won’t throw any spoilers here. 1Q84 is a beautiful trilogy spread over 1300 plus pages. For those not very well conversant with Murakami’s writings, well, each of his books has a, flair of its own. Vivid scene descriptions, detailed character accounts, and use of simple words, that’s Murakami. Maurakami describes his characters … Read more
“Seasons and cycles of life” is the autobiography of Dr Ashur Khan. He is a famous and well known Cardiologist of Pakistan. Ashur Khan sb belongs to Kohat which happens to by my native town. So when I found this book in a local book shop I bought it immediately. Ashur sb comes from a … Read more
Sandy Gall’s biography of Ahmed Shah Massoud is an extraordinary treatise which gives us a very good insight in to his life. The book starts with the initial period of Ahmed Shah Massoud’s life, from school going days, to college and finally becoming a revolutionary leader against the Communist regime of Afghanistan. The writer then … Read more
For once I will write the summation before anything for this review…this book is simply “two thumbs up!”. I always believe if a book can make you laugh and cry, both at the same time, it’s a good book. There’s 21 chapters in this book , each one equally interesting. I won’t even bother to … Read more
Zuleikha is a story inspired by real life events in the early post-communist era in Russia. During the 1930s tough sanctions were placed by the then Government on all those Kulaks who owned over 8 acres of land, by requisitioning wheat and other eatables from them. Later the same people were de-Kulakized by forcibly moving … Read more
When a reader shared a small post about this book, I knew I had to get it. With the TBR awfully long what would another new book matter? Having heard and read about the Mr. Salman Taseer’s assassination and his son Shahbaz Taseer’s kidnapping, I was intrigued.