Fasting‚ Feasting Topics for Discussion Discuss what you think the author really means by "fasting" and "feasting." What are the physical and emotional implications of each? How do you think the story would have been different if it had been Uma who had gone to America instead of Arun? Do you think Anamika and Aruna ended up having better lives than Uma did? Explain why or why not. What commonalities do you see in the dynamics of both families? What things are vastly different? Discuss the importance
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Stylistic analysis. On the day that E.M. Forster died by A.S. Byatt. The text I would like to analyze is “On the day that E.M. Forster died” written by A.S. Byatt. Dame Antonia Susan Duffy‚ DBE‚ known as A. S. Byatt is an English novelist‚ poet and Booker Prize winner. In 2008‚ The Times newspaper named her on its list of the 50 greatest British writers since 1945. This text is social genre because the author describe social‚ professional spheres of life with the help of such vocabulary as: art‚ novel
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that this millennium has yet seen. Balram Halwai is a complicated man. Servant. Philosopher. Entrepreneur. Murderer. Over the course of seven nights‚ by the scattered light of a preposterous chandelier‚ Balram tells us the terrible and transfixing story of how he came to be a success in life -- having nothing but his own wits to help him along. Balram gets a break when he is hired as a driver for his village’s wealthiest man‚ and the rich man’s son. From behind the wheel of their Honda City
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In today’s urban society‚ values such as an arranged marriage and caste levels do not seem like they could be relevant. However‚ in many countries around the world‚ these values are still present. In India‚ every person is born into a different class rank and once they are in their class it is very hard to change it. In Aravind Adiga’s novel‚ The White Tiger‚ he describes the story of Balram’s life and how he overcame the caste system in India; in doing so‚ a Marxist perspective could be used to
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Knopf Canada‚ which published it in September 2001. The UK edition won the Man Booker Prize for Fiction the following year.[2][3][4] It was also chosen for CBC Radio’s Canada Reads 2003‚ where it was championed by author Nancy Lee.[5] The French translation‚ L’histoire de Pi‚ was chosen in the French version of the contest‚ Le combat des livres‚ where it was championed by Louise Forestier.[6] The novel won the 2003 Boeke Prize‚ a South African novel award. In 2004‚ it won the Asian/Pacific American
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(2010) Harvest (2013) Jim Crace- English The Watchman – 2007 Chasing Darkness -- 2008 The First Rule -- 2010 The Sentry -- 2011 Taken -- 2012 Suspect (2013) Robert Crais- American Falling Man (2007) Point O 2007 – Booklist Top of the List: A Best of Editors Choice for Falling Man mega (2010) Don DeLillo- American 2007: Divisadero‚ 2011: The Cat’s Table‚ Michael Ondaatje- English Tomorrow (2007) Wish You Were Here (2011) Graham Swift- English What I Was (2007) The Bride’s
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child in time”(1987)‚ ”The innocent”(1989)‚”Black dog”(1992)‚”Enduring love”(1997)‚”Amsterdam”(1998). His next novel‚ “Atonement “(2001)‚ received considerable acclaim; Time magazine named it the best novel of 2002‚ and it was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. He wrote many other long-form works over the years‚ including‚ Atonement‚
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H: Welcome to the Book Theater! Today‚ we are going to invite a popular Canadian author‚ who is most famous for his Man Booker Prize-winning novel‚ Life of Pi. Let’s warmly welcome Mr. Yann Martel! (Applauses Sound Effect and PPT with “BOOK THEATER” as the background) Y: Hello! Hello! Every one! Nice to meet you‚ Candice! H: Nice to meet you too! How are you today? Y: Very well! H: Your recent life must have been a good one‚ because your books are very popular and has already sold for nine million
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Trinidadian novelist and essayist of Indo-Trinidadian descent. He is widely considered to be one of the masters of modern English prose. He has been awarded numerous literary prizes including the Booker Prize (1971) and the David Cohen Prize for a lifetime’s achievement in British Literature (1993). V. S. Naipaul was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2001. In 2008‚ The Times ranked Naipaul seventh on their list of "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945". The Book Miguel Street is usually treated
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Ambassador Book Award‚ Anisfield-Wolf Book Award‚ Asian American Literary Award‚ Premio Speciale Dal Testo Allo Schermo‚ and South Bank Show Award for Literature. Was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize‚ International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award‚ James Tait Black Memorial Prize‚ Commonwealth Writers Prize‚ Arts Council England Decibel Award‚ Australia-Asia Literary Award‚ and Index on Censorship T R Fyvel Award. Was named a Book of the Decade by the Guardian and a Notable Book of the Year
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