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War and Peace – Leo Tolstoy

This Tolstoyan masterpiece is one of the best-written books on War and its effect on people’s lives. The War is the Napoleonic war where Russia was invaded by a strong French army conquering Moscow, and the subsequent defeat and flight of the conquering army.

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Maurice – E.M. Forster

Maurice is said to be Forster’s homage to same-sex love. It is so. Belonging to the same lot, Forster must have felt a strong need to express himself through fiction.

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Les Misérables – Victor Hugo

This is one of the most beautiful and best books that is ever written about human suffering; a true masterpiece.

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December 5, 2024

Things Fall Apart – Chinua Achebe

Things Fall Apart is Achebe’s canvas to paint the picture of how the white dominion in Africa disintegrated their culture and customs, slowly reducing…

December 5, 2024

Giovanni’s Room – James Baldwin

Giovanni’s Room is a beautiful tragedy written by James Baldwin. It tells the story of David, a bisexual American living in France, and how…

May 18, 2024

Autumn – Ali Smith

Autumn is Ali Smith’s response to Brexit. Clearly, she disagrees with the majority of the British’s decision to leave the European Union as demonstrated…

February 15, 2024

The Sea, the sea – Iris Murdoch

1978 Booker Prize winner, The Sea, The Sea is my first introduction to the Irish author, Iris Murdoch. To tell the truth, I chose…

January 20, 2024

Death in Venice – Thomas Mann

My literary relationship with Thomas Mann was a strained one. I have read his Buddenbrooks and The Magic Mountain, and while I appreciate his…

January 12, 2024

A Very Easy Death – Simone de Beauvoir

Witnessing the death of a loved one is one of the most difficult situations that one can face. The mental agony of such times…

January 12, 2024

Waiting for Godot – Samuel Beckett

Samuel Beckett called his playWaiting for Godot “a tragi-comedy in two acts”. It is because, through his play, he wanted to demonstrate the tragic…

January 12, 2024

Desperate Remedies – Thomas Hardy

Until I came across, Desperate Remedies, I wasn’t aware that Thomas Hardy wrote sensation novels. I have read only a few Hardy novels, and…

December 10, 2023

Visitor – Piyangie Jay Ediriwickrema

The small graveyard on the outskirts of the city had one visitor, who daily frequented its consecrated grounds without fail. Nothing kept him out…

December 10, 2023

Return – Piyangie Jay Ediriwickrema

The moon shot soft white beams onto the darkened road. The silhouettes of the tall houses and trees surrounding the road rose in human-like…

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