Archives for Short Book Review (SBR)
Short Book Review: On Black Sisters’ Street by Chika Unigwe
SBR: I found On Black Sisters' Street while looking for books based in Belgium. The book is based more in…
Short Book Review: A History of Cambodia by David P. Chandler
SBR: My luck with reading histories continued as I started reading A History of Cambodia by David P. Chandler. Like…
Short Book Review: A Brief History of France by Cecil Jenkins
SBR: Unlike in case of Vietnam and Sri Lanka, the book I picked up to get an overview of French history…
Short Book Review: Island of a Thousand Mirrors by Nayomi Munaweera
SBR: Island of a Thousand Mirrors follows the lives of its characters through Sri Lankan civil war. It is the…
Short Book Review: Disgrace by J. M. Coetzee
SBR: An acclaimed book by an acclaimed author that I can't make up my mind about. Disgrace is about an…
Short Book Review: A History of Sri Lanka by K. M. De Silva
SBR: The idea behind picking up a book on Sri Lankan history was to get a broad overview in preparation…
Short Book Review: India: A History by John Keay
SBR: John Keay's India Discovered was an eye-opening read for me. So, it shouldn't come as a surprise that I…
Short Book Review: Bruno, Chief of Police by Martin Walker
SBR: Bruno, Chief of Police is the first novel in a mystery series based in Dordogne region of France. I came…
Short Book Review: Understanding the Founding Fathers by Rajmohan Gandhi
SBR: Understanding the Founding Fathers promised to be interesting, by its title as well as by the credentials of its author.…
Short Book Review: Castes in India and Annihilation of Caste by Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
SBR: I don't intend to analyze the theories put forward by Dr. Ambedkar in these two pieces and leave such analysis to more scholarly people.…