Category Archives: World Literature

**Books translated from the original language to English**

Motherland Hotel – Yusuf Atilgan, (Translated from the Turkish by Fred Stark)

Posted on January 2, 2017 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by JD Jung) “She was in the painting on the wall…It had gotten stiff again and he ran his fingers through the short hairs at the root. “Almost as big as the rest of you.” at tall woman, under … Continue reading →

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Sins And Lovers – Michael Benjamin

Posted on December 17, 2016 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by JD Jung) “Everybody pretends to be a crusader and yet lines his own pocket. “ Yes, that seems to be the norm.  We see it everywhere, and it’s no exception with this particular Israeli mental hospital. Fraudulent activity flourishes between … Continue reading →

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Brutal – Uday Saypathy

Posted on November 27, 2016 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by Ishita RC) A warning mail ends up in the junk box of a school teacher and seven days later, he goes on a killing spree, murdering eleven of his students. Two months later, he is gunned down in … Continue reading →

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The Karachi Deception – Shatrujeet Nath

Posted on November 20, 2016 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by Ishita RC) Three elite commandos of the India Army – Major Imtiaz Ahmed, Captain Shamsheer Suleiman and Lieutenant Rafiq Mehmood – are chosen for once in a lifetime one-of-a-kind mission: to enter Pakistan and eliminate the dreaded underworld … Continue reading →

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The Glorious Heresies – Lisa McInerney

Posted on November 18, 2016 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by JD Jung) “I don’t spend every second social occasion fantasising about enormous inanimate objects that one time used to mean something to me. But I’ve been fucked these past three weeks. I’ve been sick, and tired, and dizzy, … Continue reading →

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Ashvamedha: The Game of Power – Aparna Singh

Posted on November 6, 2016 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by Ishita RC) Ashwin Jamal is a charismatic youth icon with a fan following that is larger than all the politicians combined and he just became the youngest Prime Minister of India. Little does he know that for the … Continue reading →

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Game of Anarchy: Race Against Time – Kenneth Jones

Posted on October 21, 2016 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by Ishita RC) Rita has created a reputation as the Sting Queen solely based on her ability to expose corrupt politicians and their unsavoury schemes. Samar is a highly decorated officer in the Indian Army, who is disillusioned with … Continue reading →

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The Vikramaditya Trilogy Book 1/The Guardians of the Halahala – Shatrujit Nath

Posted on October 17, 2016 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by Ishita RC) The price of a promise, paid in blood. The deadly Halahala, the all devouring poison was an accidental find during the churning from the depths of the White Lake by the devas and asuras. Even the … Continue reading →

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Eve Out of Her Ruins – Ananda Devi (translated from the French by Jeffrey Zuckerman)

Posted on October 15, 2016 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by JD Jung)   “Night makes its way into our bodies and refuses to leave. Night and our hormones gone wild. We boys are bundles of frustration. We start following girls to the shuttered factory that devoured our mothers’ … Continue reading →

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Men – Marie Darrieussecq (Translated from the French by Penny Hueston)

Posted on October 11, 2016 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by JD Jung) “…waiting began again, waiting as a chronic disease. A sticky fever, a torpor. And, between the times she saw him, the reinfections, she slowly immersed herself in the paradox that she was waiting for a man … Continue reading →

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