tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post114702404079389890..comments2024-03-27T14:57:37.031+05:30Comments on Jabberwock: Manju Kapur's Home truthsJabberwockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10210195396120573794noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-59831206169762533272011-03-08T20:24:11.890+05:302011-03-08T20:24:11.890+05:30I have recently read the book. I feel that this wa...I have recently read the book. I feel that this was authors early work. He was maturing into becoming a decent writer.automhttp://www.autoinsurancequoteseasy.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-43135418555417172192010-04-20T16:04:04.744+05:302010-04-20T16:04:04.744+05:30This is such a great blog, it really helps, Your b...This is such a great blog, it really helps, Your blog is nice and informative. Thanks for the article.Term papershttp://www.ghostpapers.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-62421613376185310082008-02-18T09:24:00.000+05:302008-02-18T09:24:00.000+05:30I liked the book but what the hell is the secret t...I liked the book but what the hell is the secret the book talks about which threatens to rock the foundations of the banwari lal family?? I cooked up few scenarios to predict what it cud be but was left disappointed when it did not at all come up or I have missed something?<BR/>-himanshuAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-9313566140146595302007-05-08T20:44:00.000+05:302007-05-08T20:44:00.000+05:30I just finished this book and so enjoyed it that I...I just finished this book and so enjoyed it that I googled to learn if a sequel is in the works, finding your blog along the way.<BR/>Although Home is a story about an Indian family, Manju Kapur weaves universal truths about the complexities of extended families and the pull of tradition against modernity. Many of the interactions and sentiments among the Banwari Lal's share characteristics with my large Italian American family- warts, strengths and the perfectly described "knives that wound and the gestures that reconcile" when falling against the grain of enmeshment of needs in a large family.<BR/><BR/>I hated saying goodbye to the Banwari Lal's and really hope that she revisits them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-1162920237989703892006-11-07T22:53:00.000+05:302006-11-07T22:53:00.000+05:30I've just read the book and really enjoyed it thou...I've just read the book and really enjoyed it though I had the same problems as you about Vicky's disappearance etc.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-1158401312359885472006-09-16T15:38:00.000+05:302006-09-16T15:38:00.000+05:30I have read the book (really takes very less time,...I have read the book (really takes very less time, i completed it in 1 day), and liked your review. It has come up really well.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-1147108402635960742006-05-08T22:43:00.000+05:302006-05-08T22:43:00.000+05:30Swati: could be the review is filtered through my ...Swati: could be the review is filtered through my own personal distaste for large families and some of the qualities I associate with herds. But no, this isn't an unrelentingly bleak book by any means - sorry if I've given that impression. Like I implied in the review, there's a certain affection for human beings and their failings (and yes, their strengths as well!) all the way through.<BR/><BR/><I>It seems as if Manju Kapur has taken all the pathologies that can potentially appear in joint families and stuffed it into this specific family...this is as stereotypical, cliche-ridden potrayal of lower middle class business joint families as it can get.</I><BR/><BR/>Given that she's telling the story of a large family over more than 40 years, I don't think it's so improbable that all those things might happen - even if you don't allow for literary licence. Think about it: the only two incidents here that might be described as out of the ordinary are Sunita's <I>possible</I> murder and the sexual abuse (though to be honest with you, given the stories I regularly hear, I don't think either incident is all that out-of-the-ordinary). Is it really so unthinkable that both events might occur in a big joint family over a four-decade period? <BR/><BR/>Stereotypes and cliches do, after all, derive from truths. What's more important here in my view is that Kapur's <I>treatment</I> of these topics isn't stereotypical and cliched.Jabberwockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10210195396120573794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-1147104321155341682006-05-08T21:35:00.000+05:302006-05-08T21:35:00.000+05:30Jai, when I first heard that Manju Kapur's book wa...Jai, when I first heard that Manju Kapur's book was based in Karol Bagh, I was deeply interested in reading it. I know that part of Delhi very well, grew up near it, have many friends there, and witnessed in intimate detail the intrigue of many such Bania business joint families. <BR/><BR/>However, your review gives me second thoughts. Because it seems as if Manju Kapur has taken all the pathologies that can potentially appear in joint famiilies and stuffed it into this specific family in her novel. <BR/><BR/>I don't know if this is what you chose to highlight, because when I read the review the potrayal seems so unrelentingly bleak, so without redemption, promise, and challenge to hierarchies.<BR/><BR/>I really have to question Manju Kapur's familiarity with the milieu she describes (based on your review, of course), because this is as stereotypical, cliche-ridden potrayal of lower middle class business joint families as it can get.thalassa_mikrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01942716364297839680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-1147101354642974702006-05-08T20:45:00.000+05:302006-05-08T20:45:00.000+05:30Haven't read American Vertigo yet - hope to soon, ...Haven't read American Vertigo yet - hope to soon, but it will depend on how much time I have.Jabberwockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10210195396120573794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-1147093692811714502006-05-08T18:38:00.000+05:302006-05-08T18:38:00.000+05:30Nice review, thx. also looking fwd to your review ...Nice review, thx. also looking fwd to your review of BHL's American vertigo: in the steps of cointreau.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-1147082118810173022006-05-08T15:25:00.000+05:302006-05-08T15:25:00.000+05:30Anirudh: ha ha, thanks. Yes, I know I got lazy the...Anirudh: ha ha, thanks. Yes, I know I got lazy there - will try to integrate the two things better when I put together the official review.Jabberwockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10210195396120573794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-1147081751880421882006-05-08T15:19:00.000+05:302006-05-08T15:19:00.000+05:30Good one. It was fun to read such clean, good pros...Good one. It was fun to read such clean, good prose. But I didn't like the narrative stucture of the post. The manner in which the pros and cons were separated cleanly by a postscript.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-1147070239053595782006-05-08T12:07:00.000+05:302006-05-08T12:07:00.000+05:30This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.ReadnRytehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00209735777668026556noreply@blogger.com