Posted in Books & Authors, DAWN on April 27, 2008 | No Comments »
To begin with, if you are unfamiliar with Hindu tradition and mythology, the complexity of the names and the fluid manner in which gender and sexuality are interlinked and narrated in The Pregnant King may catch you off guard. If there is one thing that this book is trying to tell you, it’s that [...]
Posted in Books & Authors, DAWN on July 29, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Like most addicts, we have learnt to recognise our kind. In some cases it’s painfully apparent: the other person will often talk about so-and-so book that they read or they will appear to be slightly removed from the ‘crowd’, as if not belonging to it entirely. There are some bookaholics, however, who don’t reveal their secret so easily…
Posted in Books & Authors, DAWN on July 8, 2007 | 1 Comment »
They say the first step towards getting better is acceptance. So here goes: I am a bookaholic. I am addicted to books. It doesn’t matter what kind or how much, as long as they have printed text and are reasonably bound together, they have to be mine – if they aren’t already. I like to [...]
