Category: Psychological

Animal’s People – Indra Sinha

Posted on September 25, 2007 by

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READ FOR BOOKERTHON In 1984 Union Carbide released 40 tonnes of lethal gas from its pesticide factory into the city of Bhopal in India, killing thousands and contaminating drinking water. Indra Sinha writes of this atrocity in Animal’s People, replacing Bhopal with the fiction city… Continue Reading “Animal’s People – Indra Sinha”

Category: Booker Prize, Cultural, Environmental fiction, Indian fiction, Literary fiction, Political, Postmodern Literature, Psychological, Unreliable NarratorTags: ,

The Gathering – Anne Enright

Posted on September 15, 2007 by

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READ FOR BOOKERTHON Liam Hegarty has drowned himself a river. He is one of 12 siblings who all like to drink, though he was afflicted more than the rest. His family, a large, Irish kin, come together for the funeral. His sister Veronica narrates events,… Continue Reading “The Gathering – Anne Enright”

Category: Booker Prize, Contemporary fiction, Domestic Fiction, Family drama, Irish, Literary fiction, Psychological, Unreliable NarratorTags: ,

The Reluctant Fundamentalist – Mohsin Hamid

Posted on September 10, 2007 by

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READ FOR BOOKERTHON Over one night, a Pakistani man tells an American stranger about his love affair with a woman and his forced abandonment of America post 911. The resulting chaos of 911, especially for men of his ethnicity, causes Changez to abandon his wish… Continue Reading “The Reluctant Fundamentalist – Mohsin Hamid”

Category: Booker Prize, Contemporary fiction, Cultural, Immigrant story, Political, Psychological, Unreliable NarratorTags: ,

The People’s Act Of Love – James Meek

Posted on August 28, 2007 by

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READ FOR BOOKCLUB Chosen by Suzy A renegade Czech army unit is stranded in a community of religious fanatics in a small, remote town in Siberia.  ⚈ “The People’s Act of Love is set in 1919 in Yasyk, Siberia, a small town on the… Continue Reading “The People’s Act Of Love – James Meek”

Category: Adventure, Historical Fiction, Literary fiction, Political, Psychological, Russian Fiction, War storyTags:

She’s Come Undone – Wally Lamb

Posted on July 24, 2007 by

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READ FOR BOOKCLUB Chosen by Nadine The trials and tribulations of Dolores Price from age 4 to age 40 are detailed in this 1992 book with saw wide appeal after being chosen as an Oprah’s Bookclub book. ⚈ “Dolores Price has a harrowing life. Born in… Continue Reading “She’s Come Undone – Wally Lamb”

Category: Contemporary fiction, Female Experience, Humour, Psychological, US fiction

The Accidental – Ali Smith

Posted on July 3, 2007 by

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READ FOR BOOKCLUB Chosen by Suzy Amber—thirty-something and barefoot—shows up at the door of the Norfolk cottage that the Smart family is renting for the summer. She talks her way in. She tells nothing but lies. She stays for dinner. Each family member assesses… Continue Reading “The Accidental – Ali Smith”

Category: Booker Prize, Contemporary fiction, Domestic Fiction, Family drama, Literary fiction, Metafiction, Postmodern Literature, Psychological, UK authorTags: ,

The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle – Haruki Murakami

Posted on June 19, 2007 by

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READ FOR BOOKCLUB Chosen by Rachel This seemingly simple story of a Japanese man whose cat runs away is anything but. It is a detective story, an account of a disintegrating marriage and an excavation of the buried secrets of World War II and… Continue Reading “The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle – Haruki Murakami”

Category: Contemporary fiction, Historical Fiction, Japanese, Literary fiction, Magical Realism, Metafiction, Postmodern Literature, Psychological, Surreal, Translated, War storyTags: ,

The Blind Assassin – Margaret Atwood

Posted on May 15, 2007 by

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READ FOR BOOKCLUB Chosen by Rachel The Blind Assassin is a book within a book within a book and opens with the following sentence: ‘Ten days after the war ended, my sister Laura drove her car off a bridge’. It has four interweaving narratives,… Continue Reading “The Blind Assassin – Margaret Atwood”

Category: Booker Prize, Canadian Author, Family drama, Female Experience, Feminism, Historical Fiction, Literary fiction, Metafiction, Political, Psychological, Science Fiction, Unreliable NarratorTags: , ,

The Bone People – Keri Hulme

Posted on April 3, 2007 by

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READ FOR BOOKCLUB Chosen by Suzy Joe Gillayley is a widower who maintains a love-hate relationship with his mute, adoptive son, Simon. Both male characters are prone to violence. Kerewin is a reclusive painter who comes into their lives. Set on NZ’s West Coast,… Continue Reading “The Bone People – Keri Hulme”

Category: Booker Prize, Cultural, Kiwi lit, Māori Fiction, NZ Book Awards, PsychologicalTags: , ,

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