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Literary Genius J D Salinger Passes Away

January 29, 2010

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J D Salinger seems to have lived out dream of Holden, the young protagonist of The Catcher in the Rye by making the ‘dough’ with his novel, buying a remote home in Cornish, New Hampshire and shunning the world of phonies

A Yellow Flower by Julio Cortazar: A Take on Continuity of Life and Existential Angst

April 20, 2009

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Cortazar’s short story ‘A Yellow Flower’, in his book Blow-up and other Stories has a unique take on continuity of life and existential angst. The protagonist of the tale perpetually ponders upon mortality, immortality, reincarnation and death through his own surreal experience.

Saadat Hassan Manto: A Forgotten Literary Voice from a Troubled Subcontinent

January 24, 2009

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Manto chose to look at the uglier side of humanity and the violence within human souls.