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I recently read “A Prisoner of Birth” by Jeffrey Archer. One would think that a long book about a simple man wronged and his story of revenge against powerful adversaries would be a common story. But the way Archer writes and tells the story makes this an extremely gripping, interesting, tense one that I could not put down. Fast-paced, beautiful legal articulation, with perfectly drawn-out characters and believable scenes, this is Jeffrey Archer doing what he does best.
Before that, I also read another interesting book titled “A Man called Ove”. It is the story of an old, grumpy man called Ove and his struggles with coming to terms with a situation in his life. The description, behaviour and dialogue of Ove and his relationships with everyone are so well crafted that the reader can visualise Ove. The manner in which the book is written switching between past, and present tells the story of Ove layer by layer. A grumpy old man gets reasons to live by a set of people and circumstances. A well told story of an exceptional character!
It inspired me to write a short story called “A Boy called Vihaan”!
Another one was a big book of short stories on Kindle called “50 Greatest Short Stories” which I picked up to learn from the great writers of the yesteryears. It turned out to be quite a something unexpected. It has stories by Chekhov, Maupassant, Saki, O.Henry, HG Wells, you name it. For lovers of classic literary short stories, this book is like a collector’s item, containing masterpiece after masterpiece collated together in one package. It’s a long book – almost 600 plus pages – and takes a while to complete, but well worth the finish. I treasured it.
And last but not the least was a book called ‘The Tattooist of Auschwitz’. What a tragic, heart-wrenching circumstance for a heart-warming love story! An absolutely stunning novel that numbs you with the worst of humanity, and at the same time, springs you back to life with the best that humanity offers – True love. This is one book that you will not forget for a long time. Well researched, well told story of a couple that falls in love in the inhuman environment of Auschwitz but doesn’t give up despite death hovering over them all the time. A heart-rending exposure to the atrocities in the concentration camp is the backdrop for a lovely story. A novel not to be missed!
Just felt like writing a short post this week. Till my next post, Happy Reading!
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