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Jul 21, 2005 03:55

"To understand me, you will have to swallow a world" or so says Saleem Sinai some ways into this delightful novel - Midnight's Children, indeed it takes a few chapters for the kid to be born while we swallow the tales of his family. This is a tale of Saleem "Snotnose" Sinai born at the precise stroke of India's independence and who by the timing of ( Read more... )

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First-rate entertainment! ex_ga_woo July 21 2005, 12:48:06 UTC

I enjoyed (yeah, that's the most detailed analysis I can make of a book. Whether I "enjoyed" it or not :) ) this book from start to finish except for Saleem Sinai's adventure in that river/forest/rain-stricken around the time he becomes the Buddha.

Re: First-rate entertainment! oldhen July 22 2005, 00:11:35 UTC

That passage through the Sunderbans was a little bizzare, very Apolcalypse Now like, I thought..

Re: First-rate entertainment! ex_ga_woo July 22 2005, 00:14:57 UTC

Haven't seen Apocalyse Now.
I was skipping words and jumping from the start of sentences to the end just so I could get through that river faster :)

Re: First-rate entertainment! oldhen July 22 2005, 00:21:40 UTC

Apocalyse Now is a brilliant movie - little dark, but has a great cast and fab musical score, the photography rocks too.. Btw, are you a super early bird, or a night owl like me?

Re: First-rate entertainment! ex_ga_woo July 22 2005, 10:07:43 UTC

Night Owl.
I have issues :(

Re: First-rate entertainment! oldhen July 23 2005, 09:14:31 UTC

Join the club :)

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