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Best Holiday Reads this Winter
“If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only
think what everyone else is thinking.”
― Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood
Books are the silent companions who bring solace and ll the emptiness
with meaning.
here is no doubt that reading books e!poses you to a greater world of
knowledge and understanding.
"avid #oster $allace one of the greatest poets mentioned reading as wayfor human beings to talk to each other about stu% they can&t normally talk
about.
'eading takes us to the magical world of thoughts and e!periences. hey
provide you a sneak peek to the lives of diverse characters and their
emotional labyrinth.
"()Iblit* brings you some ama*ing books that are perfect read for these
wintery +olidays.
1. The Green Road by Anne Enright
novel takes you through an enchanting -ourney of the ve lives of
an Ireland family between /01 and 2113.hey gather at their
family home for one last 4hristmas. he book is poignant and
enthralling.nne eresa (nright is an Irish author. #ellow of the 'oyal )ociety
of 5iterature, her novel he 6athering won the 2117 8an Booker
9ri*e.
. !eli"ious #oods by $ames Hannaham
"arlene, a young widow and mother shattered by the death of her
partner, becomes a drug addict to wipe out the distress. he :ovel
describes how she disappears into the thin air and her eleven;year
old son, (ddie and terried and left behind.
<ames +annaham is an merican author and his rst :ovel 6od )ays:o was a nalist for a 5ambda Book ward.
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%. #ind Me by &aura 'an den Berg
<oy spends her lonely days working in a grocery store trying to
manage a troubled past. But when a strange disease that begins
with memory loss and ends with death sweeps the country, she
seems to have an advantage. fter two notable anthologies,
merican uthor 5aura van den Berg&s debut novel is a illustrious
piece of work.
(. God Hel) the *hild by Toni Morrison
his :ovel is the story of a stunning young woman , whose dark skin
which causes her light;skinned mother to re-ect her even the simple
acts of love.
oni 8orrison is an merican author, editor, and professor who won
the //= :obel 9ri*e in 5iterature for being an author >who in novels
characteri*ed by visionary force and poetic import, gives life to an
essential aspect of merican reality.> his is her "ebut :ovel.
+. The Buried Giant by ,a-uo shiguro
he Buried 6iant begins with a couple who start out through a tough
-ourney of mist and rain in the anticipation of locating a sonthey have not seen in years. <apanese born ?a*uo Ishiguro@s novel is
about recollections of the past, love, and vengeance.
Ishiguro have received four 8an Booker 9ri*e nominations, and won
the /0/ award for his novel “ he 'emains of the "ay”. In
2110, he imes ranked Ishiguro =2nd on their list of >he 31
greatest British writers since /A3>
/. A &ittle &i0e by Hanya anagihara
$hen four friends from a small college move to :ew ork to make
their way, they@re penniless, lost and adrift .Cnly thing which keep
them alive is their friendship and dreams. he novel weaves around
their lives and their bond over the decades. +anya anagihara is an
merican novelist of +awaiian ancestry. anagihara was also an
editor;at;large at 4onde :ast raveler.
2. The ear o0 the Runaways by 3un4ee' 3ahota
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:ovel ells us the dreams and struggles and daily battles of a fake
family. hirteen Indian young men live in a house in )heDeld, Enited
?ingdom. (ach one has a uniFue story which unfolds as they search
for new meaning to their lives.
)un-eev )ahota is a British novelist and he ear of the 'unaways,
has been shortlisted for the 213 8an Booker 9ri*e.
5. The #ishermen by *higo-ie 6bioma
he novel follows four brothers in a little village in :igeria who are
given a outrageous forecast which shudder their lives to the core.
he #ishermen is the debut novel by :igerian author 4higo*ie
Cbioma, was shortlisted for the 213 8an Booker 9ri*e.
7. 3atin sland Tom M"*arthy
he :ovel revolves around a protagonist called E, who is employed
by a company as an anthropologist. E decides to approach his
pro-ect not by strange methods and in no time the whole thing gets
uncontrollable. +e turns a sharp eye to the so called cooperatenthropologists in his story. om 8c4arthy is a British writer and rtist whose :ovels are best
selling and e!perimental.
18. 3lee)ing on $u)iter Anuradha Roy
5ittle :omita witnesses the murder of her father, and the lose of
her brother and nally was deserted by her mother , all within a
couple of days. his cruel encounters change her life forever andshe becomes a lmmaker&s assistant in :orway. nuradha also
e!poses the hidden face of se!ual abuse in the name of spirituality
in her :ovel.nuradha 'oy is an award;winning novelist and -ournalist. +er rst
novel, n “tlas of Impossible 5onging” has been translated into
fteen languages across the world.
+ave a great holiday 'eads and ell us about what did you en-oy
reading