East, West - Salman Rushdie
East West - Salman Rushdie
February 2009
I was reading Midnight's Children a couple of years ago when Alicia came to visit and after she accused me of reading it to "look smart", I actually put it down. I've since read most of it, but while the writing was excellent and Rushdie proved what a master of language he is at every turn, I was not engaged by the book and found my attention wandering all the time. I was also reading it during a really busy period and it's the kind of book that requires a bit of commitment.
East West is a book of short stories with a common theme of East meeting West running throughout. The stories all have a bittersweet quality to them and the feeling that for everything that is given, there is something taken. It's a tension that I've felt in my own life and have sometimes found difficult to resolve. There were a couple of stories that I felt were long-winded and while they were extremely clever, they were not fun or interesting to read. I think ultimately I am not a Salman Rushdie fan, but he is one of those authors who I will try out every now and again because I want to "look smart".
February 2009
I was reading Midnight's Children a couple of years ago when Alicia came to visit and after she accused me of reading it to "look smart", I actually put it down. I've since read most of it, but while the writing was excellent and Rushdie proved what a master of language he is at every turn, I was not engaged by the book and found my attention wandering all the time. I was also reading it during a really busy period and it's the kind of book that requires a bit of commitment.
East West is a book of short stories with a common theme of East meeting West running throughout. The stories all have a bittersweet quality to them and the feeling that for everything that is given, there is something taken. It's a tension that I've felt in my own life and have sometimes found difficult to resolve. There were a couple of stories that I felt were long-winded and while they were extremely clever, they were not fun or interesting to read. I think ultimately I am not a Salman Rushdie fan, but he is one of those authors who I will try out every now and again because I want to "look smart".
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