SMALL DAYS AND NIGHTS by Tishani Doshi I so wanted to like this book. And I did –parts of it anyway. Doshi in some places (mostly descriptive parts of the book) is lyrical and enchanting, but in other parts (mostly conversations and character development) she is stilted and unpolished. Did she need ...
This is a remarkably good book. Doshi beautifully achieves one of the central purposes of good literature, which is to shed a unique look at humanity and the multifaceted ways of our lives. I liked Doshi's blend of narrative storytelling, magic realism (only the slightest brush of it) and lyrical ...
I think this might be my favourite book of the year so far. Definitely my favourite from the Orange Prize long listed books I have read so far.
Tishani Doshi’s debut opens with Prem Kumar Patel, 47 years old, and his wife, Trishala, sending off their oldest son, Babo, to England, with three younger children remaining at home. The novel begins with a voyage and contains many more.At the time, the family is “completely innocent of the tumultu...
I can tell already that this is just not going to be for me - even with the Welsh connection...Poet, journalist and dancer, Tishani Doshi, has a Welsh mother and a Gujurati father. This twin inheritance is at the heart of her comic, lyrical and tenderly written first novel about four generations of ...
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