అది 19 వ శతాబ్దం. మొదటిసారిగా తన ఖండాంతరాల ఆవల ఉద్భవించిన శక్తుల ధాటికి ఆఫ్రికా ఖండం ప్రభావితం చేయబడుతున్న శతాబ్దం. సాంప్రదాయ సంస్కృతి, జీవన శైలి, మతం, కుటుంబ నిర్మాణం లాంటి అన్ని వ్యవస్థలు ఈ ఆటుపోట్లలో చిక్కుకొని తీవ్ర సంక్షోభం ఎదుర్కొంటున్న సందర్భాన్ని రచయిత ఆవిష్కరిస్తారు., తింబక్తు మాలి, సూడాన్ మధ్య ప్రాంతాల్లో ఒక భాగాన్ని సెగు అని పిలుచుకుంటారు. ఇక్కడ యొరోబా, బంబారా, ఆషాంతి తెగల మధ్య జరిగిన సంఘర్షణని ఈ నవలలో…
If I were to describe the Discreet Hero by Mario Vargos Llosa, I would call it contemporary. Don Ishmael Carrera and Fanatio Yanaque, both prominent businessmen face a threat and a challenge of sorts from their children. Betrayal, deceit and incest are common and these old men; harbingers of hard work and examples of dedicated…
Irony penetrates the structure of the novel Pride and Prejudice. The irony of Jane Austen is very subtle and we can understand it only when we understand the emphasis and the tone of her language. The very opening sentence of the novel is a fine specimen of verbal irony. “It is a truth universally acknowledged…
A close reading of Jane Eyre as a novel of conscience, independence, moral resolve, deprivation and the sustaining presence of nature.
It is sheer master class fiction considering the sparse story on which it is built. A young English actress is recruited by the Israeli secret service to infiltrate the Palestinian terrorist network and the drama that unfolds before and after this ‘event’ as such, is what this 615 page novel is all about. This is…
Of love and other demons by Marquez took me into familiar territory; the territory in my cerebral space which is especially reserved for the fictionary tales of Marquez. This space gets activated as the indicators that receive signals begin to infuse my creative imagination, for reading a manuscript from Marquez is like awakening my dormant…
The Great Gatsby is an American novel. It is a ripping and incendiary tale about the single minded pursuit of a love interest and the stoic determination to renew the strands of an existence interrupted by misfortune, loss, war or in equal social position. Jay Gatsby, a self-made millionaire, pursues Daisy Buchanan, his love-mate, idol…
Thank you for posing the question, as it has helped me arrange a few thoughts about both the writers. When you read the works of Tolstoy you get a feeling that you are listening to the words of a saint. Tolstoy's work can be compared to a mighty ocean or a pinnacle of glory beckoning…
Gogol writes with fantastic clarity and energy. His realism is no artificial endeavor. He sees everything exactly as it is. His hero-villain of the novel Pavel-Ivanovich Chichikov is by all means a rogue. But the novelist at no place goes to excesses either to vilify or to redeem his character. He sees him as he…
Who is happy in Vanity Fair? Who has not a desire in Vanity Fair? This is a world of charades. The subtitle of the novel “A novel without a hero” appears to be apt as all the characters appear to be flawed to a greater or lesser degree. Among all of them Rebecca Sharp is…