Hindustan Times
“Writers have no small talk, said Auden, and so when they run into each other, there is nothing for them to talk about except money.” So begins Sean French’s introduction to this delightful anthology of writers on writers. Read more
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Filed under Books · Tagged Auden, autobiographies, biographies, Dylan Thomas, Evelyn Waugh, hindustan times, Jack Kerouac, memoirs, news, Paul Theroux, reviews, Ritz, Soumya Bhattacharya, VS Naipaul
How does one advise one’s 11-year-old daughter about life? How did one of the 20th century’s greatest writers advise his little girl? Read more
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Filed under Page Turner · Tagged F Scott Fitzgerald, hindustan times, schizophrenia, Soumya Bhattacharya, Tender is the Night
In an essay for the Los Angeles Times, Pico Iyer sounds a rallying cry for the long, winding, clause-filled sentence that majestically unfurls itself. Read more
(3 votes, average: 4 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Soumya Bhattacharya on Monday, January 9, 2012 at 7:06 pm
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On the third day of the new year, I decided to put out for you links to a wealth of reading. Start clicking through. Have a lovely 2012. Read more
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Filed under Books · Tagged American sportswriting, Hari Kunzru, hindustan times, Jonathan Franzen, Katherine Mansfield, Margaret Drabble, news, Robinson Crusoe, Samuel Beckett, Soumya Bhattacharya, Tim Parks
