ME & MY SHELF: Benyamin's Top-10 Reads
Reader's Digest India|August 2020
Benyamin is an Indian novelist and writer of short stories in Malayalam. His 2008 book Goat Days won the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award. Another novel Jasmine Days was awarded the JCB Prize for Literature and the Crossword Book Award (both in 2018). His latest works include Al Arabian Novel Factory and Body and Blood.
SAPTAK CHOUDHURY
ME & MY SHELF: Benyamin's Top-10 Reads

The Last Temptation of Christ

BY NIKOS KAZANTZAKIS, Faber, ₹ 599

This is a novel that unravels the Christ we know from the Bible. For me, it is the most creative presentation of the struggles he faced in his growth from man to divinity.

My Name is Red: A Novel

BY ORHAN PAMUK, Vintage, ₹ 799

The novel depicts the conflict and resentment between the painters who were commissioned a book, to be produced during the reign of the 16th-century Ottoman king Murat III. It evolves into a dialogue between the paintings of the West and the East. Each chapter has a different narrative style presented by each of the characters. This and the delicious suspense that keeps going till the end make this work brilliant.

この記事は Reader's Digest India の August 2020 版に掲載されています。

7 日間の Magzter GOLD 無料トライアルを開始して、何千もの厳選されたプレミアム ストーリー、9,000 以上の雑誌や新聞にアクセスしてください。

この記事は Reader's Digest India の August 2020 版に掲載されています。

7 日間の Magzter GOLD 無料トライアルを開始して、何千もの厳選されたプレミアム ストーリー、9,000 以上の雑誌や新聞にアクセスしてください。

READER'S DIGEST INDIAのその他の記事すべて表示
ME & MY SHELF
Reader's Digest India

ME & MY SHELF

Chitra Divakaruni is the author of 23 books including The Forest of Enchantment, Mistress of Spices and Palace of Illusions. Her latest book is An Uncommon Love: The Early Life of Sudha and Narayan Murthy.

time-read
2 分  |
July 2024
RD RECOMMENDS-BOOKS
Reader's Digest India

RD RECOMMENDS-BOOKS

Hanuman Chalisa and More

time-read
1 min  |
July 2024
Who's Getting Colon Cancer
Reader's Digest India

Who's Getting Colon Cancer

With rates rising among younger people, testing should start sooner

time-read
3 分  |
July 2024
25 Lessons That Last A Lifetime
Reader's Digest India

25 Lessons That Last A Lifetime

Suggestions about life are a little like lottery tickets: You may collect a lot of them, but they rarely pay off. Yet if you are truly lucky, you receive a few words of wisdom that inspire you forever. That's called hitting the jackpot

time-read
10+ 分  |
July 2024
A Symphony Of Irritation
Reader's Digest India

A Symphony Of Irritation

In the 2022 film Tár, Cate Blanchett played a conductor who was affected by misophonia—an acute sensitivity to certain sounds. For Lydia Tár, Blanchett’s character, the clicking of a pen or the beat of a metronome was enough to drive her to distraction.

time-read
3 分  |
July 2024
Is Poverty Alleviation Truly Possible?
Reader's Digest India

Is Poverty Alleviation Truly Possible?

We ask economist and Nobel laureate Esther Duflo

time-read
4 分  |
July 2024
The Alpha Dog
Reader's Digest India

The Alpha Dog

To rescue lost animals, she climbs into places most of us avoid

time-read
3 分  |
July 2024
Let's Say Yes!
Reader's Digest India

Let's Say Yes!

What started out as a way to get my son to try new foods opened up a world of adventure for my family

time-read
3 分  |
July 2024
Hey Dad, Can You Help Me Return the Picasso I Stole?
Reader's Digest India

Hey Dad, Can You Help Me Return the Picasso I Stole?

A painting went missing in 1969, then turned up at a museums doorstep. No one knew how or why—until now

time-read
8 分  |
July 2024
Band of Survivors
Reader's Digest India

Band of Survivors

Armed with his drum kit, a Holocaust survivor fights anti-Semitism one musical note at a time

time-read
10 分  |
July 2024