February 2012
2 posts
Room
Sanctuary, prison, magical, full of heartache, wonderment, feeling like a caged animal, having zero sense of what life is like outside of a cork covered wall, chain link material and the sounds of a keyboard that terrify you in the night hours; this place is what Jack and Ma have called “home” for five years. What if “home” was a shed in which you could never escape and was the only thing you...
The White Tiger
Modern day India, a driver filled with corruption, greed and an ambiguous sense of morality learned from his master, navigates not only the streets of India but also the politics of an India under a tyrannical rule; a tale of an entrepreneur and of one man’s rise to power through unconventional ways. Aravind Adiga narrates his debut novel through the voice of one Balram, monikered the “White...
