pretty_little_bibliophile's review against another edition
5.0
(An excerpt)
Can I become a cliche and write about the choice of books that Choudhury chose? Since it is my essay, I think I can and I will.
Because this a collection, there lies on the writer (or editor, as is the case in most compilations) immense importance including the very best. What this means is that this is a collection of book reviews on books that Choudhury does place a lot of importance on and that it is also a collective list of books, for which Chouchury believes he wrote his best reviews.
First, let me address the books. The 62 reviews in this collection are on works by popular authors such as Perumal Murugan, Anjum Hasan, Anuradha Roy, Manto, Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay, Romila Thapar, Shashi Tharoor, Kafka, Cummings, Kazuo Ishiguro, Irene Nemirovsky, Willa Cather, Malcolm Gladwell, and many many others. There is a huge variety of all kinds — geography, temporal, fiction versus non-fiction, etc.
Did I enjoy all of them? Because of the differences in things I like versus Choudhury likes, no.
But did I benefit from them? Yes.
And therefore, did I get to know of books/authors I would love to explore in my future? YES.
Therein lies the most important importance of this compendium — exposing the reader to a multitude of writers and their works; to different time periods, different socio-political events, the changing perceptions of time and so on.
And this is therefore the reason I shall implore you to give a chance to this collection of book reviews.
In simple words, this collection by Choudhury is a launchpad. If you see the Contents page and balk because you haven’t read any, don’t hesitate to then put down the book, but only to grab a pen and a piece of paper (or your reading journal, or even your phone), and then jot down the books to be added to your TBR list.
I assure you, you will not be disappointed.
Read my full review here: https://medium.com/coffee-time-reviews/what-my-country-is-literature-by-chandrahas-choudhury-teaches-us-about-books-be0ae9f33c58
Can I become a cliche and write about the choice of books that Choudhury chose? Since it is my essay, I think I can and I will.
Because this a collection, there lies on the writer (or editor, as is the case in most compilations) immense importance including the very best. What this means is that this is a collection of book reviews on books that Choudhury does place a lot of importance on and that it is also a collective list of books, for which Chouchury believes he wrote his best reviews.
First, let me address the books. The 62 reviews in this collection are on works by popular authors such as Perumal Murugan, Anjum Hasan, Anuradha Roy, Manto, Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay, Romila Thapar, Shashi Tharoor, Kafka, Cummings, Kazuo Ishiguro, Irene Nemirovsky, Willa Cather, Malcolm Gladwell, and many many others. There is a huge variety of all kinds — geography, temporal, fiction versus non-fiction, etc.
Did I enjoy all of them? Because of the differences in things I like versus Choudhury likes, no.
But did I benefit from them? Yes.
And therefore, did I get to know of books/authors I would love to explore in my future? YES.
Therein lies the most important importance of this compendium — exposing the reader to a multitude of writers and their works; to different time periods, different socio-political events, the changing perceptions of time and so on.
And this is therefore the reason I shall implore you to give a chance to this collection of book reviews.
In simple words, this collection by Choudhury is a launchpad. If you see the Contents page and balk because you haven’t read any, don’t hesitate to then put down the book, but only to grab a pen and a piece of paper (or your reading journal, or even your phone), and then jot down the books to be added to your TBR list.
I assure you, you will not be disappointed.
Read my full review here: https://medium.com/coffee-time-reviews/what-my-country-is-literature-by-chandrahas-choudhury-teaches-us-about-books-be0ae9f33c58
pretty_little_bibliophile's review
5.0
(An excerpt)
Can I become a cliche and write about the choice of books that Choudhury chose? Since it is my essay, I think I can and I will.
Because this a collection, there lies on the writer (or editor, as is the case in most compilations) immense importance including the very best. What this means is that this is a collection of book reviews on books that Choudhury does place a lot of importance on and that it is also a collective list of books, for which Chouchury believes he wrote his best reviews.
First, let me address the books. The 62 reviews in this collection are on works by popular authors such as Perumal Murugan, Anjum Hasan, Anuradha Roy, Manto, Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay, Romila Thapar, Shashi Tharoor, Kafka, Cummings, Kazuo Ishiguro, Irene Nemirovsky, Willa Cather, Malcolm Gladwell, and many many others. There is a huge variety of all kinds — geography, temporal, fiction versus non-fiction, etc.
Did I enjoy all of them? Because of the differences in things I like versus Choudhury likes, no.
But did I benefit from them? Yes.
And therefore, did I get to know of books/authors I would love to explore in my future? YES.
Therein lies the most important importance of this compendium — exposing the reader to a multitude of writers and their works; to different time periods, different socio-political events, the changing perceptions of time and so on.
And this is therefore the reason I shall implore you to give a chance to this collection of book reviews.
In simple words, this collection by Choudhury is a launchpad. If you see the Contents page and balk because you haven’t read any, don’t hesitate to then put down the book, but only to grab a pen and a piece of paper (or your reading journal, or even your phone), and then jot down the books to be added to your TBR list.
I assure you, you will not be disappointed.
Read my full review here: https://medium.com/coffee-time-reviews/what-my-country-is-literature-by-chandrahas-choudhury-teaches-us-about-books-be0ae9f33c58
Can I become a cliche and write about the choice of books that Choudhury chose? Since it is my essay, I think I can and I will.
Because this a collection, there lies on the writer (or editor, as is the case in most compilations) immense importance including the very best. What this means is that this is a collection of book reviews on books that Choudhury does place a lot of importance on and that it is also a collective list of books, for which Chouchury believes he wrote his best reviews.
First, let me address the books. The 62 reviews in this collection are on works by popular authors such as Perumal Murugan, Anjum Hasan, Anuradha Roy, Manto, Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay, Romila Thapar, Shashi Tharoor, Kafka, Cummings, Kazuo Ishiguro, Irene Nemirovsky, Willa Cather, Malcolm Gladwell, and many many others. There is a huge variety of all kinds — geography, temporal, fiction versus non-fiction, etc.
Did I enjoy all of them? Because of the differences in things I like versus Choudhury likes, no.
But did I benefit from them? Yes.
And therefore, did I get to know of books/authors I would love to explore in my future? YES.
Therein lies the most important importance of this compendium — exposing the reader to a multitude of writers and their works; to different time periods, different socio-political events, the changing perceptions of time and so on.
And this is therefore the reason I shall implore you to give a chance to this collection of book reviews.
In simple words, this collection by Choudhury is a launchpad. If you see the Contents page and balk because you haven’t read any, don’t hesitate to then put down the book, but only to grab a pen and a piece of paper (or your reading journal, or even your phone), and then jot down the books to be added to your TBR list.
I assure you, you will not be disappointed.
Read my full review here: https://medium.com/coffee-time-reviews/what-my-country-is-literature-by-chandrahas-choudhury-teaches-us-about-books-be0ae9f33c58
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