Hindustan Times
In the November 17 print edition of Hindustan Times, I wrote a piece about Philip Roth and his decision to not write any longer. Read more
(1 votes, average: 4 out of 5)
Loading ...Posted by Soumya Bhattacharya on Monday, November 19, 2012 at 9:26 pm
Filed under Books · Tagged David Remnick, hindustan times, Les InRocks, New York deli, news, Philip Roth, Robert McCrum, Soumya Bhattacharya, The Daily Beast
Serena Frome (rhymes with ‘plume’) is a beautiful Cambridge mathematics graduate, who, after a brief affair with a professor, is, through him, recruited by MI5. Read more
(2 votes, average: 5 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Soumya Bhattacharya on Monday, September 17, 2012 at 7:42 pm
Filed under Books · Tagged Cambridge. Serena Frome, hindustantimes, Ian Hamilton, Ian McEwan, London, Page Turner, Philip Roth, Soumya Bhattacharya, Sweet Tooth, Tom Haley
The blurb of my edition of Stet — Diana Athill’s riveting, funny and must-read memoir about her 50-odd years as one of London’s best-known publishers — has this quote from the Washington Times: “Athill has written a book that should please anyone who cares about 20th century literature and its creators.” Read more
(2 votes, average: 5 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Soumya Bhattacharya on Monday, August 22, 2011 at 6:25 pm
Filed under Books · Tagged 20th century literature, Andre Deutsch, Books, Diana Athill, Jean Rhys, John Updike, Normal Mailer, Philip Roth, Soumya Bhattacharya, Stet, VS Naipaul
This is, as with most things to do with this blog, selective and arbitrary. Given that we are in the second week of the last month of the last year of the decade known as the noughties, some stock taking is necessary. But I am terrible at taking stick, awful at anthologizing, because I feel guilty about leaving things out. Read more
(4 votes, average: 3.75 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Soumya Bhattacharya on Monday, December 7, 2009 at 6:28 pm
Filed under Books · Tagged Alice Munro, Andre Agassi, Colm Toibin, JM coetzee, John Updike, Kamila Shamsie, Orhan Pamuk, Philip Roth
