- Tishani Doshi, Excerpts From The Journal Of A Delusional Widow (Runner up)
- Geralyn Pinto, Re-routing (Runner Up)
- Ankush Saikia, Spotting Veron
- Samanth Subramanian, In Search of the Razor's Edge
This is a list rediff.com asked me to put together, of my ten favourite books.
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I have the complete BBC series of "I Claudius", all of 740 minutes of serial time, and the dramatization is absolutely brilliant. Good stuff that. At least this way, I can name the Roman emperors (Agustus, Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius, Nero :-))))))))))
dilip,
i remember reading 2 books by the same author " I claudius" and 'claudius the god" ( I think these are the two titles - I read them a long time ago). As far as I can remember "I Claudius" is about claudius' ascension to emperor. Is Caligula his nephew or am I mistaken? Would you know if caligula is mentioned in "I Claudius" or "Claudius the God"??
Aside from this bickering on which book contained what, I rememebr feeling distinctly dizzy after reading both books, especially the one in which he details Caligula's reign in chilling detail.
I must confess that I haven't read any of the other books nor heard of them except through your blog, but I'll be sure to get reading on them soon!
n!
dilip,
i remember reading 2 books by the same author " I claudius" and 'claudius the god" ( I think these are the two titles - I read them a long time ago). As far as I can remember "I Claudius" is about claudius' ascension to emperor. Is Caligula his nephew or am I mistaken? Would you know if caligula is mentioned in "I Claudius" or "Claudius the God"??
Aside from this bickering on which book contained what, I rememebr feeling distinctly dizzy after reading both books, especially the one in which he details Caligula's reign in chilling detail.
I must confess that I haven't read any of the other books nor heard of them except through your blog, but I'll be sure to get reading on them soon!
n!
Sunil, is there any way I can steal the BBC series from you? Preferably not minute-by-minute, but all at once?
Neela, those are the books I meant, both are by Robert Graves. Both are narrated by Claudius, who is Caligula's uncle. "I Claudius" is about the reign of Caligula, and ends with Caligula's murder and Claudius's ascension to the throne. "Claudius the God" takes off from there and is about the reign of Claudius.
Also, you were right in your email to me, my idiotic mistake in that list. John Krakauer has written both "Into Thin Air" (about the Mt Everest tragedy) and "Into The Wild", and while both are superb books, it is "Into the Wild" I meant, and have described, in that list. Sorry!
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