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Murakami on What to Read
It isn’t an uncommon scenario when we find ourselves at the bookstore for a book to read. We all have been there. Though one section of the bookstore, which is a safe bet, is the “best-selling” one. Or if you don’t visit the bookstore anymore, “bestsellers” on Amazon. These contain the books that might be…
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Reading is not a Part of a to-do List
I remember a friend of mine telling me how he manages to read 5 books per weekend. That kept me wondering how that was possible. I tried speed reading but failed. I tried book skimming but failed. After self-loathing and quick failing for a couple of weekends, I did a quick Google search. This led…
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The Story of Transformation: The Forty Rules of Love
Every true love and friendship is a story of an unexpected transformation. If we are the same person before and after we loved, that means we haven’t loved enough. It was a late afternoon rendezvous over coffee of summer of 2019 when I spotted this book at Hiteshree’s place, a dear friend and fellow literature…
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The Lonely City: Adventures in the Art of Being Alone
Olivia Laing, in her extraordinary and compelling more-than-memoir, The Lonely City: Adventures in the Art of Being Alone, explores how hard it is to make an honest and genuine connection with another human being. The author portrays an intimate and personal portrait of loneliness by delving into the New York art culture. However, don’t misjudge…
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Decoding the Murakami Formula- 1Q84
Haruki Murakami: the Japanese author who has become the darling of the discontented millennials in the English-speaking world, thanks to Instagram quote pages. Murakami masters the surrealist genre. With his writing, which spans over decades, mostly celebrates the lonely protagonists, mysteriously silent women who dress in a navy blue cardigan, as well as a small…