Perhaps that is the reason why the child-thief of the first story finds himself caught up in a fight between his mother and wife in the title story that appears later, only to return with a question on whether he is still an infant a few pages...

The Vulture - Franz Kafka A Vulture was hacking at my feet. It had already torn my boots and stockings to shreds; now it was hacking at the feet themselves. Again and again it struck at them, then circled several times restlessly around me,...

Shakespeare’s plays are being rewritten as comic strips for pupils who find his poetry boring, it emerged today.

Those who have tried to venture into our government public libaries in tamilnadu will agree to me, when i say they are not so well kept. First the lack of maintanance will blow you out if at all you try to go into one. Most of the libraries are not...

I am revisiting this book. I was describing it to a friend yesterday and I felt compelled to share here the first three paragraphs of the book (essentially - the first page). I was hooked after the first page. It’s a beautiful effort and...

The 87-year- old British Novelist Doris Lessing won the Nobel Prize for literature, proving an official wrong, who had once remarked about her inefficiency to do so. Ironically, she found out about her prestigious award from a reporter who...

A partial list of books by Doris Lessing, winner Thursday of the Nobel Prize for literature:”The Grass Is Singing” (1950).”This Was the Old Chief’s Country” (1951).”Five” (1953).”Martha Quest”...

The 11 women who have won the Nobel Prize in literature:_ Doris Lessing, Britain, 2007_ Elfriede Jelinek, Austria, 2004_ Wislawa Szymborska, Poland, 1996_ Toni Morrison, U.S., 1993_ Nadine Gordimer, South Africa, 1991_ Nelly Sachs, Sweden, 1966...

A selection of works by Doris Lessing, who won the 2007 Nobel Prize in literature Thursday:____”The Grass is Singing” (1955)_”Martha Quest” (1952)_”A Proper Marriage” (1954)_”A Ripple from the Storm”...

Doris Lessing, author of dozens of works from short stories to science fiction, including the classic “The Golden Notebook,” won the Nobel Prize for literature Thursday. She was praised by the judges for her “skepticism, fire and...