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PRIDE AND PREJUDICE, JANE AUSTEN, (1813), GEORGIAN ERA, main characters: Elizabeth Bennet and Darcy
JANE EYRE, CHARLOTTE BRONTE, (1847), VICTORIAN ERA, main characters: Jane Eyre and Rochester
NORTH AND SOUTH, ELIZABETH GASKELL, (1854), VICTORIAN ERA, Main Characters: Margaret Hale and John Thornton.
All these classics talk about the struggles of the lives of the female protagonists. All the protagonists are sensible, resolute, rational ladies who stand up for themselves.
North and South is a story about a family that moves from the south to the north of England and is repelled by the industrial town Milton. Margaret, the protagonist, feels completely out of place. The book portrays the disparity in the standards of living and the ongoing debates about the upliftment of the poor and wage wars was very commendable. It gives a clear picture of that era. The struggles of life, the nature of people, their reaction to various situations, hatred, love, the privileged and the not-so-privileged; each of these is well depicted. Under the pretext of a love story, she shows us the unjust, cruel society and a slow-burn romance with enemies to friends trope.
A lady of that era who is vocal and believes in herself and goes out of the way to help others. I loved the character Margaret for all these reasons.
My only contention; all these classics end in marriages. Why couldn’t it begin after they are married like Anna Karenina? Are they trying to project that life before marriage is always a rosy picture as opposed to the boring and mundane life after marriage? Hence the stories are not post-marriage.
Another question is why do all men in the classics have a title and not the ladies? Mr Darcy, Mr Rocehster, Mr Thornton.
The book has a lot of similarities to Pride and Prejudice.
SOME QUOTES FROM THE BOOK
BUT THE FUTURE MUST BE MET, HOWEVER STERN AND IRON IT BE.
“A WISE PARENT HUMORS THE DESIRE FOR INDEPENDENT ACTION, SO AS TO BECOME THE FRIEND AND ADVISOR WHEN HIS ABSOLUTE RULE SHALL CEASE.”
“THINKING HAS, MANY A TIME, MADE ME SAD, DARLING; BUT DOING NEVER DID IN ALL MY LIFE... MY PRECEPT IS, "DO SOMETHING, MY SISTER, DO GOOD IF YOU CAN; BUT, AT ANY RATE, DO SOMETHING".”
It’s Classic!
JANE EYRE, CHARLOTTE BRONTE, (1847), VICTORIAN ERA, main characters: Jane Eyre and Rochester
NORTH AND SOUTH, ELIZABETH GASKELL, (1854), VICTORIAN ERA, Main Characters: Margaret Hale and John Thornton.
All these classics talk about the struggles of the lives of the female protagonists. All the protagonists are sensible, resolute, rational ladies who stand up for themselves.
North and South is a story about a family that moves from the south to the north of England and is repelled by the industrial town Milton. Margaret, the protagonist, feels completely out of place. The book portrays the disparity in the standards of living and the ongoing debates about the upliftment of the poor and wage wars was very commendable. It gives a clear picture of that era. The struggles of life, the nature of people, their reaction to various situations, hatred, love, the privileged and the not-so-privileged; each of these is well depicted. Under the pretext of a love story, she shows us the unjust, cruel society and a slow-burn romance with enemies to friends trope.
A lady of that era who is vocal and believes in herself and goes out of the way to help others. I loved the character Margaret for all these reasons.
My only contention; all these classics end in marriages. Why couldn’t it begin after they are married like Anna Karenina? Are they trying to project that life before marriage is always a rosy picture as opposed to the boring and mundane life after marriage? Hence the stories are not post-marriage.
Another question is why do all men in the classics have a title and not the ladies? Mr Darcy, Mr Rocehster, Mr Thornton.
The book has a lot of similarities to Pride and Prejudice.
SOME QUOTES FROM THE BOOK
BUT THE FUTURE MUST BE MET, HOWEVER STERN AND IRON IT BE.
“A WISE PARENT HUMORS THE DESIRE FOR INDEPENDENT ACTION, SO AS TO BECOME THE FRIEND AND ADVISOR WHEN HIS ABSOLUTE RULE SHALL CEASE.”
“THINKING HAS, MANY A TIME, MADE ME SAD, DARLING; BUT DOING NEVER DID IN ALL MY LIFE... MY PRECEPT IS, "DO SOMETHING, MY SISTER, DO GOOD IF YOU CAN; BUT, AT ANY RATE, DO SOMETHING".”
It’s Classic!
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
A beautiful collection of short stories. Each story is interesting and depicts small tribulations and the ifs and buts of life. They are stories that elucidate the many facets of many women’s lives.
I loved all the stories but I loved some more. The zeitgeist of the stories is strong women, their dreams, wishes, career, families, children, guilt, happiness, sacrifice and a lot more. Some stories evoke pathos: an unfaithful husband, an abusive husband, a teenage mother, and others downright feel-good.
A small nudge, assurance, hope, feeling good, and getting the right vibes are what gets us through our mundane life. Sometimes we need that old friend to remind us about how good we were or how capable we are. When we are children we yearn to be adults and when we grow old, we look at youngsters and sigh. We often look at others and feel that they are probably happier than us but the grass is always greener on the other side. The stories are all these and much more.
A story about a new mother struggling with motherhood is something every mother can relate to. She meets an elderly woman who narrates her struggle and boosts her morale. The new mother starts enjoying parenthood.
A wife discovers about the escapades of her husband after his death.
A very feminist story about how a lady who strikes back at her male boss who keeps degrading her was brilliant and I just loved the ending. There was another feminist story depicting a resilient lady, that surely brings a warm glow.
The author probably got the title from E. M. Forster's quote “They travelled for thirteen hours down-hill, whilst the streams broadened and the mountains shrank, and the vegetation changed, and the people ceased being ugly and drinking beer, and began instead to drink wine and to be beautiful.”
A fascinating collection of stories that is bound to make the reader feel good.
Thanx netgalley for a copy of this amazing book.
I loved all the stories but I loved some more. The zeitgeist of the stories is strong women, their dreams, wishes, career, families, children, guilt, happiness, sacrifice and a lot more. Some stories evoke pathos: an unfaithful husband, an abusive husband, a teenage mother, and others downright feel-good.
A small nudge, assurance, hope, feeling good, and getting the right vibes are what gets us through our mundane life. Sometimes we need that old friend to remind us about how good we were or how capable we are. When we are children we yearn to be adults and when we grow old, we look at youngsters and sigh. We often look at others and feel that they are probably happier than us but the grass is always greener on the other side. The stories are all these and much more.
A story about a new mother struggling with motherhood is something every mother can relate to. She meets an elderly woman who narrates her struggle and boosts her morale. The new mother starts enjoying parenthood.
A wife discovers about the escapades of her husband after his death.
A very feminist story about how a lady who strikes back at her male boss who keeps degrading her was brilliant and I just loved the ending. There was another feminist story depicting a resilient lady, that surely brings a warm glow.
The author probably got the title from E. M. Forster's quote “They travelled for thirteen hours down-hill, whilst the streams broadened and the mountains shrank, and the vegetation changed, and the people ceased being ugly and drinking beer, and began instead to drink wine and to be beautiful.”
A fascinating collection of stories that is bound to make the reader feel good.
Thanx netgalley for a copy of this amazing book.
dark
informative
sad
medium-paced
This book was longlisted for the JCB Prize 2022.
It’s a historical retelling of the Jallianwala Bagh massacre. It also portrays the difficult life of the commoners and how they were exploited and also showcases the atrocities committed by the British imperialists.
It’s a historical retelling of the Jallianwala Bagh massacre. It also portrays the difficult life of the commoners and how they were exploited and also showcases the atrocities committed by the British imperialists.
medium-paced
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The Bad Girl, a novel written by Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa, was inspired by Gustave Flaubert's Madame Bovary. There are a lot of similarities between The Bad Girl and Madame Bovary, both were ladies who wanted to have fun in life and wanted to be happy.
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Happiness being relative and its definition being personal and transitional, also changes with age and the situation one is in.
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The story begins with a schoolboy, Ricardo in the case of The Bad Girl and Charles Bovary in the case of Madame Bovary. These men are head over heels in love with the woman in their life. Be it the bad girl or Madame Bovary, these women keep breaking the hearts of their lovers.
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Ricardo is a translator/interpreter and is well-versed in many languages. The story begins in Peru, then moves to Paris and Spain, while also describing the political scenarios of those times and places.
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The bad girl undertakes new escapades time and again leaving Ricardo brokenhearted. She keeps changing her name to conceal her identity.
Donning many masks, the bad girl is portrayed as a ruthless, selfish, opportunist. Ricardo, caught in her web, tries to do everything possible within his limits to keep her happy and selflessly helps her in times of crisis. If she wanted to have the flashy life she opted for, why did she traumatise Ricardo time and again instead of bluntly ending her relationship with him?
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I did not like the bad girl as she could not appreciate the love bestowed upon her so much and felt that in reality, one cannot find a man like Ricardo, who can love a person so much without hating her and moving ahead in life forgetting her.
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Exquisitely written, the novel was originally in Spanish and translated by Edith Grossman.
In 2010 Mario Vargas won the Nobel Prize in Literature.
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Unrequited love? Is it a once-upon-a-time story with, and-they-lived-happily-ever-after?
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An easy, must-read!
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The Bad Girl, a novel written by Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa, was inspired by Gustave Flaubert's Madame Bovary. There are a lot of similarities between The Bad Girl and Madame Bovary, both were ladies who wanted to have fun in life and wanted to be happy.
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Happiness being relative and its definition being personal and transitional, also changes with age and the situation one is in.
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The story begins with a schoolboy, Ricardo in the case of The Bad Girl and Charles Bovary in the case of Madame Bovary. These men are head over heels in love with the woman in their life. Be it the bad girl or Madame Bovary, these women keep breaking the hearts of their lovers.
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Ricardo is a translator/interpreter and is well-versed in many languages. The story begins in Peru, then moves to Paris and Spain, while also describing the political scenarios of those times and places.
🌺🌺
The bad girl undertakes new escapades time and again leaving Ricardo brokenhearted. She keeps changing her name to conceal her identity.
Donning many masks, the bad girl is portrayed as a ruthless, selfish, opportunist. Ricardo, caught in her web, tries to do everything possible within his limits to keep her happy and selflessly helps her in times of crisis. If she wanted to have the flashy life she opted for, why did she traumatise Ricardo time and again instead of bluntly ending her relationship with him?
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I did not like the bad girl as she could not appreciate the love bestowed upon her so much and felt that in reality, one cannot find a man like Ricardo, who can love a person so much without hating her and moving ahead in life forgetting her.
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Exquisitely written, the novel was originally in Spanish and translated by Edith Grossman.
In 2010 Mario Vargas won the Nobel Prize in Literature.
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Unrequited love? Is it a once-upon-a-time story with, and-they-lived-happily-ever-after?
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An easy, must-read!
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fast-paced
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I read Boulder because it is on the long list. It’s literary fiction/lesbian literature.
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It’s a love story; a story of love, compromise, adjustment, and dishonesty.
Solitude-loving cook on a merchant ship falls in love with a geologist Samsa who gives her the nickname Boulder. Read like a memoir written by Boulder herself.
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Boulder doesn’t want children and Samsa desperately wants a child. Well-handled opposing views situation – An understanding? A compromise? Is there a sense of one-upmanship? Who adjusts more? What are the salient features of healthy relationships? What are the causes of conflicts?
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I enjoyed reading about Samas’s pregnancy and delivery, it was well-written and had vivid descriptions.
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Some quotes from the book:
“THE DESTINATION ALWAYS KILLS THE JOURNEY, AND IF WE HAVE TO REDUCE LIFE TO A STORY, IT CAN ONLY BE A BAD ONE”
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“LANGUAGE IS AND ALWAYS WILL BE AN OCCUPIED TERRITORY. I HAVE THE FEELING I WAS SHACKLED TO IT THE MOMENT I WAS BORN. ONLY LANGUAGE CAN HELP YOU BELONG SOMEWHERE AND MAKE SURE YOU DON’T LOSE YOUR WAY.”
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A short book with simple, eloquent prose that's easy to read.
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I read Boulder because it is on the long list. It’s literary fiction/lesbian literature.
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It’s a love story; a story of love, compromise, adjustment, and dishonesty.
Solitude-loving cook on a merchant ship falls in love with a geologist Samsa who gives her the nickname Boulder. Read like a memoir written by Boulder herself.
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Boulder doesn’t want children and Samsa desperately wants a child. Well-handled opposing views situation – An understanding? A compromise? Is there a sense of one-upmanship? Who adjusts more? What are the salient features of healthy relationships? What are the causes of conflicts?
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I enjoyed reading about Samas’s pregnancy and delivery, it was well-written and had vivid descriptions.
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Some quotes from the book:
“THE DESTINATION ALWAYS KILLS THE JOURNEY, AND IF WE HAVE TO REDUCE LIFE TO A STORY, IT CAN ONLY BE A BAD ONE”
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“LANGUAGE IS AND ALWAYS WILL BE AN OCCUPIED TERRITORY. I HAVE THE FEELING I WAS SHACKLED TO IT THE MOMENT I WAS BORN. ONLY LANGUAGE CAN HELP YOU BELONG SOMEWHERE AND MAKE SURE YOU DON’T LOSE YOUR WAY.”
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A short book with simple, eloquent prose that's easy to read.
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sad
tense
fast-paced
FIRST TAMIL BOOK LONGLISTED FOR INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE.
The word Pyre by itself is very upsetting and the dictionary meaning of the word is ‘a heap of combustible material, especially one for burning a corpse as part of a funeral ceremony.’ The book in Tamil was called Pookuzhi (the pit of Fire). I do not know how to read or write Tamil, otherwise, I would have read the book in Tamil.
Pyre is a very distressing tale of two lovers, Saroja and Kumaresan of different castes, who marry, without the knowledge of their elders.
The worst part is that though Kumaresan brings his wife to his village, even his mom refuses to acknowledge her and the whole community starts humiliating, hurting and even ostracising them. The narrative and the translation are so beautiful that I could feel Saroja's helplessness and claustrophobia.
A heartrending tale, set in a rustic background reminds me of some of the Tamil movies I have watched with rural settings and the dirges rendered by Kumaresans mother reminded me of similar dirges in those movies.
Till the end, one keeps hoping that the story will take a turn and will change into a happily-ever-after kind of tale.
Should children always do what their parents expect them to do even when they are adults? Can they have the freedom to select their partners? What is the role of society in the life of a married couple? How much can parents interfere in their children's lives once they are married? Are children indebted to society and their parents? Do animals also behave like these evolved humans?
It's short and easy, yet an evocative read. The characters feel real and their emotions are depicted beautifully.
dark
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
What do we expect of our friends? Or should we not expect anything from them? Is friendship a balance of give and take? Other than the fact that friends are those having the same intellectual and emotional vibes, one who doesn’t take you for granted, what qualities do we see in a potential friend?
A little life is a story about four friends, who meet at the undergrad level, Jude, Willem, Malcolm, and JB. Willem's love for Jude is magical. An orphan, Judea at the age of thirty gets adopted by an angelic guy named Harold. I adored the part where Harold adopts Jude. And I loved the character too.
Jude is a brilliant, handsome guy with a slight limp due to his spinal injury. He has had a traumatic past where he was raped, sexually abused, and tortured even. The past torments him throughout the book due to which he fears any relationship. He is self-loathing, self-harming, self-doubting,
finding no salve for his mental gnawing. Jude’s past and its psychological impact were depressing and heartbreaking.
finding no salve for his mental gnawing. Jude’s past and its psychological impact were depressing and heartbreaking.
The beginning of the book felt like Ayn Rand’s Fountainhead, where we see struggling youngsters and part of the book read like Vladimir Nabokov’s Lolita. The author has done an amazing job of writing about a traumatic, sexually abused person and how it affects him throughout his life. It read like Lolita, being narrated from Lolita’s point of view. The toughest reads were the parts he'd hurt himself. I felt horrible reading those parts.
Although he has another amazing friend who is an orthopaedic surgeon, Andy who helps him through many situations, he rarely refers him to a therapist. He visits the therapist almost towards the end and mostly avoids going to him. It would have been so much easier if he had been to a therapist right from the time he was at the university. But why didn't he go to a therapist from the beginning?? And why didn’t Andy, Willem and Harold force him to see a therapist?
He gets lucky finding amazing friends and an ever-loving father, all of whom love him for his outlook and the good soul that he is rather than his appearance or his so-called ‘flaws’.
He gets lucky finding amazing friends and an ever-loving father, all of whom love him for his outlook and the good soul that he is rather than his appearance or his so-called ‘flaws’.
In an interview that I watched on YouTube, the author says that the book is a fairy tale/fantasy which means the friendship portrayed is highly improbable. It’s exactly like Cinderella, who magically gets a fairy godmother when she is in distress.
It is a depiction of a perfectly ideal situation, where there are friends who dote on him forever, giving utmost care and love selflessly, prioritizing Jude over themselves. Life is full of difficulties and hardships, people don't like to hear about illnesses, injuries, and pains. Often, they sympathise but do not empathise. If one were to recreate these situations in real life such people might not exist or might not be so involved.
It’s a brilliantly written book with some amazing quotes but a tragic tale not meant for the weak-hearted!
adventurous
emotional
fast-paced
“HOME IS THE PLACE WHERE, WHEN YOU HAVE TO GO THERE, THEY HAVE TO TAKE YOU IN.”- ROBERT FROST
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'The girl with seven names' is a moving tale, an autobiography of Hyeonseo Lee. The author undertakes a strenuous journey from North Korea.
A part of the book felt like George Orwell’s 1984: BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU. The only difference being 1984 was fictional and this story was real, depicting the tyranny of the Kim dynasty.
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The first part of the story is about her parents, her childhood and how everybody lives in North Korea with perpetual fear. Children at school are made to pray to the dictator. People are watched from time to time.
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The difficulties, struggles, the hardships faced by the author are unimaginable. Her travels from one country to another, her insecurities, her helplessness, hunger, difficulty finding shelter, and ultimately her survival instinct are all commendable. Our name is our identity, and here the author changes it seven times.
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Home is where we belong, we feel safe and comfortable. She gets uprooted time and again from China, then Laos. But after all her struggles, she settles in South Korea, but can she feel at home?
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Being free is a blessing that we take for granted, stories like these are eye-openers!
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'The girl with seven names' is a moving tale, an autobiography of Hyeonseo Lee. The author undertakes a strenuous journey from North Korea.
A part of the book felt like George Orwell’s 1984: BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU. The only difference being 1984 was fictional and this story was real, depicting the tyranny of the Kim dynasty.
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The first part of the story is about her parents, her childhood and how everybody lives in North Korea with perpetual fear. Children at school are made to pray to the dictator. People are watched from time to time.
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The difficulties, struggles, the hardships faced by the author are unimaginable. Her travels from one country to another, her insecurities, her helplessness, hunger, difficulty finding shelter, and ultimately her survival instinct are all commendable. Our name is our identity, and here the author changes it seven times.
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Home is where we belong, we feel safe and comfortable. She gets uprooted time and again from China, then Laos. But after all her struggles, she settles in South Korea, but can she feel at home?
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Being free is a blessing that we take for granted, stories like these are eye-openers!
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emotional
reflective
sad
fast-paced
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How does one move ahead in life when your best friend moves away or your lover leaves? Does your life stagnate? Do you mess up your circadian rhythm over it? Life comes to a standstill when you have nothing to look forward to.
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Love in the big city is gay literature, originally written in Korean and translated by Anton Hur. It's a story of an unnamed person who is sometimes called Mr Young and in a few other places, he is Mr Park.
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A story about relationships: his friendship, his love, his ailing mother and a conservative society. The book is divided into four parts and each part is magnificently woven and touching.
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I enjoyed the friendship between Jaehee and the protagonist, both had a similar liking and bonded well.
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The protagonist is projected as a compassionate human, with a caring nature and love for his ailing mom.
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His zigzagging love life created mayhem in his life, struggling emotionally and its repercussions on his health and attitude towards life.
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Although he is in a big bustling city, every part of the book has an undercurrent of loneliness, oppression, and depression.
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The author has brilliantly captured every emotion and expressed it beautifully.
An easy but poignant read.
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How does one move ahead in life when your best friend moves away or your lover leaves? Does your life stagnate? Do you mess up your circadian rhythm over it? Life comes to a standstill when you have nothing to look forward to.
🏵🏵
Love in the big city is gay literature, originally written in Korean and translated by Anton Hur. It's a story of an unnamed person who is sometimes called Mr Young and in a few other places, he is Mr Park.
🏵🏵
A story about relationships: his friendship, his love, his ailing mother and a conservative society. The book is divided into four parts and each part is magnificently woven and touching.
🏵🏵
I enjoyed the friendship between Jaehee and the protagonist, both had a similar liking and bonded well.
🏵🏵
The protagonist is projected as a compassionate human, with a caring nature and love for his ailing mom.
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His zigzagging love life created mayhem in his life, struggling emotionally and its repercussions on his health and attitude towards life.
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Although he is in a big bustling city, every part of the book has an undercurrent of loneliness, oppression, and depression.
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The author has brilliantly captured every emotion and expressed it beautifully.
An easy but poignant read.
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informative
reflective
medium-paced
Whom do you like to hang out with: a whining, negative person or a person brimming with life and positive energy?
My father always used to ask me to think positively because negative thoughts attract negative events.
I love the quote ‘I THINK THEREFORE I AM’ by Rene Descartes and made popular by Billie Eilish.
As a man thinketh, is a book which talks about how human life is manoeuvred by their thoughts. According to the author, there is no such thing as luck, instead, a person can accelerate or decelerate the advent of good outcomes purely through his/her feelings.
There are some amazing quotes in the book which are worthy of one's contemplation. The book requires multiple rereads because it is not something that transforms us in one read. I don’t think people around me can see my halo yet!
The book is a short and easy read. I can't see myself changing the way I think that easily. The daily struggles of life do pull me down and it takes some time to bounce back energised.
Quote from the book: DREAMS ARE THE SEEDLINGS OF REALITIES’ – I agree but it is tough to transform any dream into reality to which he quotes: ‘HE WHO WOULD ACCOMPLISH LITTLE MUST SACRIFICE LITTLE; HE WHO WOULD ACHIEVE MUCH MUST SACRIFICE MUCH; HE WHO WOULD ATTAIN HIGHLY MUST SACRIFICE GREATLY.’
To sum up THE BOOK, humans are or become whatever, because of their thoughts. Humans are a so-called ‘evolved species’ because they think but their thoughts make them or break them!
My father always used to ask me to think positively because negative thoughts attract negative events.
I love the quote ‘I THINK THEREFORE I AM’ by Rene Descartes and made popular by Billie Eilish.
As a man thinketh, is a book which talks about how human life is manoeuvred by their thoughts. According to the author, there is no such thing as luck, instead, a person can accelerate or decelerate the advent of good outcomes purely through his/her feelings.
There are some amazing quotes in the book which are worthy of one's contemplation. The book requires multiple rereads because it is not something that transforms us in one read. I don’t think people around me can see my halo yet!
The book is a short and easy read. I can't see myself changing the way I think that easily. The daily struggles of life do pull me down and it takes some time to bounce back energised.
Quote from the book: DREAMS ARE THE SEEDLINGS OF REALITIES’ – I agree but it is tough to transform any dream into reality to which he quotes: ‘HE WHO WOULD ACCOMPLISH LITTLE MUST SACRIFICE LITTLE; HE WHO WOULD ACHIEVE MUCH MUST SACRIFICE MUCH; HE WHO WOULD ATTAIN HIGHLY MUST SACRIFICE GREATLY.’
To sum up THE BOOK, humans are or become whatever, because of their thoughts. Humans are a so-called ‘evolved species’ because they think but their thoughts make them or break them!