Saturday, March 21, 2009

My Last Three books


1.The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco


One of the best novels i have ever read.The Story revolves around a monastery and its uniquely designed library.This is the story which brings that period before our eyes.The conversations between the two main characters William the master and Adso his disciple are wonderful.This book is a classic example for semiotics.The plot and the characters are lively.If the reader knows little bit of christianity then it makes even more interesting.

The story is about the murders happening at the monastery which is very famous for its library.The novice monks who are so keen to know the details of library specially the forbidden books are murdered.William, who came to the abbey to make arrangements for the meeting of Papal council and Franciscans, was asked to conduct inquiry by the abbot. How William reveals the murderer is the story of this book...

Read it .. you will definitely enjoy.

2.Turtle Feet by Nikolai Grozni

This book i bought when at the Airport,just by looking at the cover i bought this book. After the mysteries and puzzles of "The name of the rose" this books made me laugh just like that.This book is memoir of the author when he was a Tibetan Buddhist monk.This book describes the life of the author when he decided to become a monk.The author vividly describes the life of Tibetans at Dharmasala and its surroundings.

I liked the part in which the author shares his room with his friends Czar and others. Czar was a free man, in fact as im reading i had a strong feelings of Czar's character occupying me...little.
The escape plan of Czar was so funny you cant stop laughing for some days... As for the spiritual aspects there are so many things in this book.

Read it for fun...

3.White man Falling by Mike Stocks


This is a different genre .. simply fun,fun and more fun.This book won "Gosh First Novel Award" really worthy of it. This book i bought along with the previous book"Turtle Feet".
The reason why i bought this book was that the story is around Madurai and Tamilnadu.

The story is about Mr.Swaminathan,retired police officer and his town Mullaiapuram. The author brings the exact middle class Tamil family behaviors .Hilarious .. fun..
when im reading the book i thought if i take this novel as a motion picture i would cast Tamil actors "Delli Ganesh' as Mr.Swami,Sachhu as Amma,Nagesh as DDR,Thiagu as Abu,Metti oli villain Aathi as Mohan,any heroine as Jodhi.
This author has written many poems also.

Fun,Hilarious .....

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