Author Archives: Ambika
The Outsider
For those of you uninitiated with Camus and his works, reading the novel for the first time may leave you completely baffled about the author’s intentions. The Outsider, a Nobel Prize Literature text, is about a guy called Meursault who … Continue reading
The Martian
Hello everyone I’ve decided to write movie reviews on this blog as well because I don’t want to feel jaded writing on books alone. For those who aren’t great readers of sci-fi novels, watching a sci-fi movie may be an alternative … Continue reading
Versatile Blogger Award
Thanks so much Leanne at All Write-y Then and Trisha Ann at The Bookgasm for nominating my blog for the award. THE RULES Nominate 15 other relatively new-ish bloggers Let them know that you have nominated them Post ten random … Continue reading
The Old Man and the Sea
I had not read any of Hemingway’s works until I chanced upon The Old Man and the Sea, and was surprised that it was never introduced as a Literature text while I was at school. The novella played a huge … Continue reading
Road Story
Road Story is the first novella written by Julienne van Loon, author of Harmless and Beneath the Bloodwood Tree.Road Story won the Australian Vogel Award in 2004. This is a story of friendship and of drug addiction. Eighteen-year old Diana … Continue reading
On Being Gay in ‘Death in Venice’
Death in Venice is a novella (one of those long short stories) written by the German novelist Thomas Mann. The story revolves around an ageing writer’s obsession with a young Polish boy. It reflects themes on the duality of art … Continue reading