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A carregar... The White Tiger (2008)por Aravind Adiga
  
Booker Prize (5) » 28 mais Asia (6) All Things India (15) 2000s decade (14) Five star books (234) First Novels (21) My TBR (29) Animals in the Title (58) Contemporary Fiction (12) Best Satire (38) Books About Murder (311) Contemporary Fiction (21) Epistolary Books (11) Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro.  sparemethecensor | Jan 21, 2021 |  After struggling to get into the first 50 pages of this book, I could not really put it down. It is such an interesting story and one of those books I found myself thinking about when I was not reading it. I can understand why this one was an award winner. (  ) Emily_Harris | Dec 22, 2020 | The white tiger is an animal that comes along only once in a generation. It is the nickname of our hero, a servant who observes and imitates his masters, to become an entrepreneur. The entire novel is written in the form of a letter to a Chinese official planning a visit to India, and it exposes India's corruption and mistreatment of servants. White Tiger is the gripping tale of what the downtrodden will do to survive. It should strike fear in the hearts of exploiters everywhere. I found it much more engaging than most of the other Indian novels on the Booker list. My reviews are getting shorter, as is my time to finish the Booker winners before the end of 2018! I have 8 left to read (one's a short re-read, but three are VERY long), and one to listen to. Wish me luck! ( ) stephkaye | Dec 14, 2020 | I enjoyed the first 7-10 pages of this book, but by page 15 I was thinking, "Why do I care?" Despite a few brief flashes of humor, the reading quickly became a slog, and the conceit of the book (written as letters) became tiresome and unbelievable. At the urging of an acquaintance and reassurances that there were more funny parts to come, I made it to page 80 by dint of strategic skimming of the most boring bits, but my patience ran out. While some folks may love it, it was not for me. (  ) sdramsey | Dec 14, 2020 | A fascinating first-person narrator. I can't wait to teach this novel someday. ( ) DrFuriosa | Dec 4, 2020 | Está contido em
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 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. Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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Compelling and unique prose. A dark story for sure; worth reading to learn this on-the-ground view of poverty and corruption in India. I did not care for the epistolary pretense, but that's easy enough to look past. I can see why this was Booker. (