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October 24, 2008
An aspect of William Boyd's writing that always seems close to the surface of his work is an examination of selfishness. At the very least, his characters fulfil their self-interest. One recalls how the events of The New Confessions or Any Human Heart unfold, how in both cases the central ..
October 17, 2008
Some of the best short stories are ones that teach us lessons. They tell us stories that make us think and put us there in the heat of passion and within the emotion of the tale. We feel as if we are one with the lesson, we are one with the characters and we feel their wisdom, joy and their pain. I .
October 17, 2008
Short stories often capture our imagination and make us feel alive, as if we are intimately involved in the scene along with the characters. A good short story will do this and you'll know the quality of a story by its ability to put you there. One such short story I recommend for the athlete that ..
August 24, 2008
Many of Hawthorne's characters are burdened by inner conflicts which are never resolved into a tidy resolution. “The Birthmark", however, has a more clearly defined moral than some of Hawthorne's other work. The social significance of this story that was written over 150 years ago endures ..
August 18, 2008
Poisoned Petals by Andy Crabb is a set of over forty short stories, tales with a Spanish flavour. Most are set in Spain, with many featuring locations and people from within the Costa Blanca, where the author lives, works and continually observes. Some are historical, others utterly contemporary, ..
July 20, 2008
The novel form of Tamil literature has been in existence only since around two centuries.Before that, the poetry form used to rule the roost for nearly two thousand years. Novel is a relatively new genre in Tamil literature but is very popular among the Tamil novel readers. The novel format was ..
July 20, 2008
The mere mention of the name ‘Kalki’ is enough to send most the Tamil readers of yesteryears into a journey of nostalgia. Kalki is a name that sparks off memories of kingdoms and the saga of war, patriotism, love and loyalty that go into the making and perishing of those kingdoms in the .
July 20, 2008
The short story format originated from Europe. The Tamil world believes that the short stories in Tamil can be traced back to the seventeenth century to ‘Paramartha Kurunkathai’ a transition from the classical Tamil poetry. V.V.S. Iyer started a new trend in the 1880s giving the short ..
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