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A review by mobyskine
East, West by Salman Rushdie
3.0
My first of Salman Rushdie and I'm quite nervous about it. Heard a lot about this author and been thinking to try out reading a book or two by him but haven't had a chance, yet. But luckily I got this short stories book from the Big Bad Wolf so I guess it will do as my first reading from Salman Rushdie.
The book separated to three part-- East, West and East, West. I really love the East part, enjoyed reading all of the 3 stories-- narratives were gripping, took me into a journey of cultural and tradition, family and religious. While the West part was a bit confusing and thought-provoking for me (I actually twice reading the Christopher Columbus story pheww!). I was a bit blurred at this part and really trying my best to enjoy my read. The writings took me into an imaginary and bizarre feeling but somehow I love the writing style a lot. It seems 'heavy' but quite impressive. East, West was my favorite as well, the balance of the other two parts-- I love Chekov and Zulu so much! Wonderful prose and entertaining.
A very intriguing book, I may say. Not bad for my first. 3.5*!
The book separated to three part-- East, West and East, West. I really love the East part, enjoyed reading all of the 3 stories-- narratives were gripping, took me into a journey of cultural and tradition, family and religious. While the West part was a bit confusing and thought-provoking for me (I actually twice reading the Christopher Columbus story pheww!). I was a bit blurred at this part and really trying my best to enjoy my read. The writings took me into an imaginary and bizarre feeling but somehow I love the writing style a lot. It seems 'heavy' but quite impressive. East, West was my favorite as well, the balance of the other two parts-- I love Chekov and Zulu so much! Wonderful prose and entertaining.
A very intriguing book, I may say. Not bad for my first. 3.5*!