Gear up! For your favorite read from last season could be hitting the silver screen this year. While not every movie is a Lord of the Rings nor is every other director a Francis Ford Coppola, but there is that one Life of Pi every year which brings lovable characters and great stories to life. While 2012 saw some great books being brought to the theatres as some good and some not so great movies, the year 2013 is going to be no different with both the oldies and the newer brigade of writers providing fodder for cinema goers. So here goes a list of some of books that will come to life this year – high time to start brushing up on the story line again! The Great Gatsby by Scott Fitzgerald A personal favorite that I’m really looking forward to is The Great Gatsby, a six-time cinematic adaptation of the Scott Fitzgerald novel, slated for a summer release. With Hollywood biggies like Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire and our very own Amitabh Bachchan on the star cast, the movie promises to be personify the jazz and the beauty of the what is regarded as one of the best works…
What is it like to be a strong, feisty woman in the big bad world outside? Pia Heikkila writes it all in her latest creation. Excerpts from an interview where she talks about it and much more:
THE JAIPUR LITERATURE FESTIVAL
Its that time of the year again when authors and literature lovers from all over the country and beyond descend at the historic Diggi Palace in Jaipur for the largest and most prestigious literature festival in Asia-Pacific: The Jaipur Literature Festival. Into its sixth year now, the annual festival has already gained great prestige and fame for bringing together some of the most brilliant thinkers and writers from all over the world for interactive sessions, debates, talks and readings.
Born in Chicago, Illinois, Tania James is one of the latest additions to the shining brand of authors who represent the country’s endless prowess in literature. Writing stories that both innovative and heartfelt James creates her own benchmark. She currently teaches creative writing at George Washington University. As she prepares to attend the Jaipur Literary Festival, India Bookstore tried to get a glimpse of it. Excerpts from an interview:
From journalism to writing, Zafar Anjum has portrayed a beautiful transition. Currently the Asia Online Editor at Fairfax Business Media (Asia), Singapore, the author shares his ideas as well as his expectations from the Jaipur Literary Festival with IndiaBookstore. Excerpts from an interview:
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Year:1996
ISBN: 9780195678178
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I started 2012 with a vow to diversify my reading. The focus was not only to increase nonfiction, but also to read new authors. In that regard, 2012 was definitely a year well spent. The books that stand out are Manu Joseph’s “The Illicit Happiness of Other People” Shehan Karunatilaka’s “Chinaman” and Junot Diaz’s “The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao”. All of these books absorbed me and more importantly reaffirmed my belief in the power of fiction.
However the book that really got me going was something that I read in early January. One of my first non-fictions of the year, ‘The Trial of Bhagat Singh: Politics of Justice’ by A.G. Noorani completely blew me away.
Publisher: Vermillion/ Random House
Year: 2004
ISBN: 9780091894603
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When I read Beauty and the Beast, I realised the other side of overt pictures. If only the apparent beauty could take us to every possible height in life, words and mind would just be like silent companion. Yes, the beauty lies in a pure wisdom.
Publisher: Penguin metro reads
Year: 2012
ISBN: 9780143418825
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Losing one’s job, that too at Lehman Brothers is nothing unusual when you think about the late-2000s global financial crisis, but will surely strike the right chord for you as a reader (as it did for me) when our girl takes the centre-stage along-with her Indo-American so-called the eternally true lover and a disgusting-at-first-sight prospective typical IITian suitor.
Publisher: Random House India
Year: 2012
ISBN: 9788184003024
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When I first picked up this book, I but naturally assumed that as the title suggests ‘Serendipity’ would be all about chance happenings; little did I know that my misconception was soon to be countered.
Be it surprisingly or appallingly, the previous issue relived seven centuries of English literature’s history in less than seven minutes. Be it ambition or greed, this issue aims to involve you in ten major Literary schools and movements in less than ten minutes. Come feed your eyes on this fast food and tell us which school or movement makes you feel good.