i just finished reading two amazing books: A thousand splendid suns by Khaled Hosseini, and The shadow lines by Amitav Ghosh, and while they are completely different, i can't help but wonder at how similar the stories turn out to be. They talk about human emotion and relationships during a political crisis, and are set against the backdrop of war. The world that Tridib 'invents' is so strikingly similar to the one Laila dreams for Tariq and herself.
the alienatoin, the struggle of a nation and it's people, the 'war' not with the enemy but with the self, and the sacrifice.
then i read The wyrd sisters byTerry Pratchett, and it made me feel better! :)
i now like A thousand splendid suns better than The kite runner.
currently reading: Four past midnight by Stephen King.
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'I will look at cliffs and clouds
With quiet eyes,
Watch the wind bow down the grass,
And the grass rise.
And when lights begin to show,
Up from the town,
I will mark which must be mine,
And then start down...'
With quiet eyes,
Watch the wind bow down the grass,
And the grass rise.
And when lights begin to show,
Up from the town,
I will mark which must be mine,
And then start down...'
14 comments:
hey..u like stephen king ??!!
me too
..although i dunno why...i mean..c'mon...stephen king stories are stupid..but there's something bout em....just like those stupid movies you watch on random afternoons and can't get up till u'v watched the ending although u cud guess it right from the first scene....
FINALLY, someone who likes stephen king!
i know stephen king is inane, but there is that gripping element.
i like king's horror, the way he builds up around it, never actually showing you what you're terrified of!
i'm a little obsessed with the whole horror thing!
do you have 'pet semetary'?
@cyber monkey,
I liked TSS better too, but Soliloquist and Sucheta stared like I'd commited sacrilege. ei, visual dna embedkorbo kikore?
@ weird eyebrow person
i dont have it but i read it.....which ones ur fav ?? mine's "black house" without a doubt...altho the ending got screwed up real bad...
i liked 'Desperation' and 'Needful things' but that gets screwed up towards the end too.
i haven't read 'Black House'!!! :(
u has?
P.S.: STOP calling me 'weird-eyebrow-person'. NOW!
@ rhea,
click on the link that says get ur own visual-dna, go to the site, do the little picture-quiz thing, get code, embed.
seempell. :)
@weird eyebrow person
yea..black house is d sequel to the talisman which is quite crappy....but black house be good....but d prob is..u wont get black house much if u dnt read talisman..and talisman be crappy..
then you can tell me what happens in 'Talisman', and i can just read 'Black house':)
do you have 'Black House'?
well nope....n basically u hafta know d lil details in talisman....which cant be told as such....u can jus go thru that widout givin a shit to d story...den u can read black house widout probs...
**takes a bow about wyrd sisters**
=D
yes thankoo! :)
and 'Mort' i lurrved too!
@CB
Shadow lines is one of my favourites.
and hugs to Mandy for The Wyrd sisters!
P.s. rhea, i couldn't have looked at you like thgat since i haven't read hsseini's second book!
p.s.(2) Neeli, you has my 'Boy and Going solo'?
That*
Hosseini*
Before Anomitra can say a word! :)
yuss, i has Dahl. i'm done with it, but can i pliss keep it for another week?
READ 'A thousand splendid suns', it squishes the happy-bubble like *that*!
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