I am in awe. In awe of this book... and in awe of the fact that I apparently read this so long ago now that I didn't even remember I did until I read the first page. I only remember reading about the boa constrictor eating an elephant. It's so bizarre how the human minds works sometimes. How sometim...
For some reason I expected this to be a dense, literary sort of book, which it is not. In fact it is light historical fiction, an easy and quick read that should appeal to the popular imagination; I’m surprised it’s as little-known as it is. In 1920s Sri Lanka (then known as Ceylon), Annalukshmi i...
I loved this book when I was a child and I still like it as an adult. I understand it so much better now, but I remember a melancholy feeling of loss and of not quite understanding, and I almost miss that sense of wonder.
This was a charming little book about a Little Prince who was from a small planet. This Little Prince decided to go on a journey and after meeting all kinds of planets and their owners, he finally lands on Earth. Lots of people say that this book is full of meaning and others say that they couldn'...