Title | The WhiteTiger |
Author | Aravind Adiga |
Call Number | PR9619.4.A35 W47 2008 |
Location | 2nd Floor Humanities |
Rating | Highly Recommended |
Book Review | Told through a series of letters to the actual Chinese Premier at the time, this is the story of Balram Halwai, our narrator. Balram comes from India's rural "darkness" and escapes his caste and village to become a driver for wealthy landlords and eventually a wanted criminal. Along the way, Halwai reflects on a variety of topics, including Indian culture, globalism, determinism, and freedom. The book is well written, and in a distinctly Indian dialect. It's informative and entertaining, once you become accustomed to the narrator's sense of storytelling. The story is harrowing at times, and darkly comedic at others, and absolutely worth a read. |
Submitted By | Cotton Coslett |
Department or Major | Leatherby Libraries |
Status | Staff |
Chapman Email | coslett@chapman.edu |
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- Established in 2007 by the Leatherby Libraries, the Community of Readers is the summer reading program for Chapman University. This program is open to everyone who has borrowing privileges at the Leatherby Libraries and a current library account, including students, faculty, staff, and alumni. Members select books from the Leatherby Libraries and receive prizes upon submission of their first review. The only requirement is that books must be obtained through the Leatherby Libraries.
Thursday, July 13, 2017
The WhiteTiger
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