tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1951570178065446020.post5793322432724876625..comments2024-01-29T08:09:43.688-06:00Comments on Hibernator's Library: Narcopolis, by Jeet ThayilRachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14629744053780948715noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1951570178065446020.post-83130033182125956962015-12-06T16:46:57.274-06:002015-12-06T16:46:57.274-06:00I've never been to Bombay. I HAVE been to Chen...I've never been to Bombay. I HAVE been to Chennai (Madras) and Bengaluru (Bangalore). I'm sure they're very different cultures in the North than in the South...Rachelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14629744053780948715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1951570178065446020.post-49740819353007581802015-12-06T03:57:24.672-06:002015-12-06T03:57:24.672-06:00Jeet Thayil is a new author for me. I enjoyed you ...Jeet Thayil is a new author for me. I enjoyed you review and the comparison of Dimple for India.<br />Bombay has the nostalgic ..and as you pointed out the grotesque.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1951570178065446020.post-10125897344363966132015-12-05T05:40:52.283-06:002015-12-05T05:40:52.283-06:00Yes, this book was very post-modern. I'm glad ...Yes, this book was very post-modern. I'm glad I listened to it as an audio, in fact, because it apparently had a 6-paged sentence in it. :) I totally missed that in the audio. I suppose I would have gotten used to the writing style if I'd "physically" read it, though.Rachelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14629744053780948715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1951570178065446020.post-11015500435869983322015-12-04T04:58:59.232-06:002015-12-04T04:58:59.232-06:00This sounds so good. I like books that are filled ...This sounds so good. I like books that are filled with allegory and symbolism. <br /><br />Parts of yoir commentary make me think of Salman Rushdie's Midnight's Children .It has been a while since I read the book but if I recall I thought that several character's were also representative of the nation of India.<br /><br />That book also was very surreal and contained all sorts of post - modern experimentation.Brian Josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15139559400312336791noreply@blogger.com