FICTION
1. Only Time Will Tell (2011) - Jeffrey Archer:
For anyone who has read at least one book by Jeffrey Archer - it's not too late, order this instant from flipkart, it's only Rs 200. This is the first of the five books known as clifton chronicles which as the name suggests follows the life of Harry Clifton from 1920 to science-knows-where. This particular book starts from 1920 in Britain after the First World War and ends in America during the start the Second World War with a not-so impressive cliff hanger.
The best part for me in this book is the narrative style which is simply awesome. Jeffrey Archer serves you with a grand buffet of friendship, love, betrayal, sentiment, corny dialogues, gut wrenching scenes in a style which rightfully makes him the most favourite author in India.
2. 1984 (1949)- George Orwell
If the whole universe cease to exist, I think truth and George Orwell's 1984 are the two things which will be left. I feel inadequate with my current vocabulary to write about this seminal work which is about a totalitarian and dystopian future. It's hard to think myself in the shoes of Winston Smith who is devoid of privacy, language, thought and free will. This is a book that should be read by everyone and is a timeless classic.
3. Animal Farm (1945) - George Orwell
A novella of 112 pages, this a political satire on the events leading to the rise of Stalin. The story is set in an animal farm where the animals revolt against a brutal farmer only to face an even more tyrannical rule by a pig called Napolean. If you want to know how dictator get to do things and get away with them, this is the stuff. The book offers some valuable lessons in liberty and basic rights which denied leads only to one road.
1. Only Time Will Tell (2011) - Jeffrey Archer:
For anyone who has read at least one book by Jeffrey Archer - it's not too late, order this instant from flipkart, it's only Rs 200. This is the first of the five books known as clifton chronicles which as the name suggests follows the life of Harry Clifton from 1920 to science-knows-where. This particular book starts from 1920 in Britain after the First World War and ends in America during the start the Second World War with a not-so impressive cliff hanger.
The best part for me in this book is the narrative style which is simply awesome. Jeffrey Archer serves you with a grand buffet of friendship, love, betrayal, sentiment, corny dialogues, gut wrenching scenes in a style which rightfully makes him the most favourite author in India.
2. 1984 (1949)- George Orwell
If the whole universe cease to exist, I think truth and George Orwell's 1984 are the two things which will be left. I feel inadequate with my current vocabulary to write about this seminal work which is about a totalitarian and dystopian future. It's hard to think myself in the shoes of Winston Smith who is devoid of privacy, language, thought and free will. This is a book that should be read by everyone and is a timeless classic.
3. Animal Farm (1945) - George Orwell
A novella of 112 pages, this a political satire on the events leading to the rise of Stalin. The story is set in an animal farm where the animals revolt against a brutal farmer only to face an even more tyrannical rule by a pig called Napolean. If you want to know how dictator get to do things and get away with them, this is the stuff. The book offers some valuable lessons in liberty and basic rights which denied leads only to one road.
3 is like dessert for 2. These paras should be on the back covers.
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