Wednesday, March 07, 2007

Book Marks

Men at War, Women at Peace
The missing women of Tolstoy's battlefield; by Manika Dhama

A Cat Has 9 Lives, War & Peace Has More!
The 10th English transition is in progress, but which to read - ask David Remnick; by Mayank Austen Soofi

Satire - It Was Not Tolstoy Who Wrote War & Peace!
New Yorker's Pulitzer-prize journalist, Seymour Hersh, has uncovered a great hoax to flatten a great literary reputation; by Mayank Austen Soofi

War Scenes in the Novel
A world where heroes make mistakes and soldiers experience fear and confusion; by Manika Dhama

Interrogating a Woman Who Claims to be Reading War and Peace
Throwing questions at a book-lover who says she is actually reading the classic; an interview

Reading Jane Austen in Russia: Does Her Ghost Haunt Tolstoy's Epic?
The opening chapters of 'War and Peace' appear to be ghost-written by Jane Austen.; by Mayank Austen Soofi

Familiarity Breeds Contempt?
Second reading of Tolstoy's classic is proving to be more interesting than the first failed attempt; by Manika Dhama

Almost There, But Not Quite
Not going beyond the first two lines of War & Peace for over two weeks; by Manika Dhama

A Quick Morning Read - Coping with 'Peace of Mind'
Reading the novel and brooding on India’s communal riots; by Mayank Austen Soofi

The Second Coming!
I enjoyed Anna Karenina, so the next logical step was to pick up 'War & Peace'; by Manika Dhama

Confronting The Pre-War & Peace Anxiety
The Great Struggle of the Brave Readers is about to be launched; by Mayank Austen Soofi

At War With War & Peace - How I Struggle and Continue to be Defeated By War & Peace
We don't happen to books; books happen to us. A memoir of growing up with Leo Tolstoy's classic novel; by Mayank Austen Soofi