November 28, 2015 01:03 IST
Having turned 84 last month, John le Carré, aka David (John Moore) Cornwell, knows that he isn’t around for too long. His decision, four years ago, to finally yield to a biography — one which would actually get published — will be rationalised as reconciliation with the inevitable. Writing the biography of a living person, […]
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The publicity about Watchman has ensured that the reader comes to the book fully aware that her hero has been morally shrunk into a bigot.
Sat, Jul 18, 2015July 07, 2015 00:45 IST
Behind India’s abstention on the anti-Israel vote in UN last week lies the message that its relationship with Israel should be read on its own terms
Tue, Jul 07, 2015May 23, 2015 04:17 IST
Taking Patrick Modiano, curator of occupied Paris, beyond francophone shores.
Sat, May 23, 2015May 07, 2015 00:00 IST
As the United Kingdom votes in the most closely contested election in memory, SUDEEP PAUL lists the biggest issues for the parties, the voters, and the rest of us.
Thu, May 07, 2015April 04, 2015 01:43 IST
This Catalan masterpiece of the Spanish Civil War is a classic of world literature
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Ben-Yisrael, Military scientist and former politician, was in Delhi recently when he spoke to Sudeep Paul
Fri, Dec 26, 2014October 18, 2014 00:35 IST
Whether Flanagan succeeds equally in delineating the courses and ironies of love is open to debate.
Tue, Oct 21, 2014October 11, 2014 00:04 IST
A story of hope and fear that captures the mood of Spain in the aftermath of Franco’s death.
Mon, Oct 13, 2014September 08, 2014 00:13 IST
Israeli Ambassador Daniel carmon talked to Sudeep Paul about the bilateral road ahead and the Gaza conflict.
Mon, Sep 08, 2014July 28, 2014 18:22 IST
A writer’s memoir as a literary agent’s assistant recalls a year of lucky contact with Salinger.
Mon, Jul 28, 2014December 06, 2013 02:57 IST
Sergrei Guriev,a top Russian economist,was rector of Moscows New Economic School until he resigned on April 30,2013 and moved to France.
Fri, Dec 06, 2013November 23, 2013 00:48 IST
Stephen Kings new book is a happy one.
Sat, Nov 23, 2013October 05, 2013 02:06 IST
A detailed biography of one of literatures greatest recluses claims to have all the answers,but fails to convince.
Sat, Oct 05, 2013July 27, 2013 01:37 IST
A meditation on death and memory,by a very European novelist
Sat, Jul 27, 2013April 17, 2013 02:05 IST
As Indian and South Korea mark 40 years of diplomatic relations this year,South Korean Ambassador JOON-GYU LEE talks
Wed, Apr 17, 2013March 09, 2013 03:36 IST
The story of Venezuela under his rule can be told through the career of oil giant PDVSA
Sat, Mar 09, 2013October 16, 2012 03:10 IST
Time and options are running out for the Iranian regime
Tue, Oct 16, 2012October 06, 2012 03:05 IST
Half a century on,A Clockwork Orange can still stun like a punch in the vitals
Sat, Oct 06, 2012August 18, 2012 03:55 IST
Lionel Asbo is less the state of England and more Martin Amiss parting gesture
Sat, Aug 18, 2012July 21, 2012 03:46 IST
A young mans scorn for conventional literature spills out. Fans,kindly note,it is Bolanos first novel
Sat, Jul 21, 2012June 08, 2012 03:16 IST
Was it a mistake to award Euro 2012 to Poland and Ukraine?
Fri, Jun 08, 2012April 14, 2012 00:28 IST
A memoir writer and a novelist talk about homelands and exile
Sat, Apr 14, 2012February 04, 2012 00:17 IST
Roberto Bolano is back with a war boardgame,mixing fact and fiction
Sat, Feb 04, 2012January 30, 2012 03:40 IST
The lines and layers of the city on the hill,on a first visit
Mon, Jan 30, 2012