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A BRUTAL YET BEAUTIFUL BRILLIANCE by BODHISATTYA PAL BOOK:  10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World AUTHOR: ELIF SHAFAK PUBLISHER: VIKING (PENGUIN BOOKS) PUBLISHING DATE: 6/6/2019 BLURB:  GOODREADS BLURB 🏆 BOOKER PRIZE 2019 SHORTLISTED 🏆 THE BLACKWELL'S BOOK OF THE YEAR, 2019 REVIEW: 🧿Leila Tequila's body has been left in the dumpster after murder; her heart gave up but her mind was in transition from the day of her birth to the day of being murdered for another 10 minutes 38 seconds! Haven't come across such an original & intriguing premise for a long. 🌀Born into 'not a normal family', Leila's childhood was as normal as a Turkish muslim girl. An over fanatic father, an incoherent mother and an eerie aunt full of secret. Everything was quite fine untill her body & mind gained maturity. "Little did she yet understand that the end of childhood comes not when a child’s body changes with puberty, but whe...

🔵2020: RUSSIA🇷🇺 - FILMS & LITERATURE 1⃣ STALKER(1979) - EXPLAINED - Analysis & Interpretation.    - Bodhisattya Pal.  STALKER(1979) - ANDREI TARKOVSKY An unusual setting, a mysterious stalker, a forbidden area - 'The Zone', a professor & a writer, a journey to find the truth, a wheel of events, a drenched conclusion - A legendary filmmaker with his most complex work - 'Stalker'. Tarkovsky, one of the greatest filmmakers of Russia, loved to stay neutral & give audience an open ending cinema. His works are complex, tangled yet poetic, lyrical, spiritual and metaphysical. Stalker - the so called sci-fi drama is a slow paced poetry full of metaphors which is both weird and stunning, art at its best. Both time & patience is needed to understand this deep work of art. But as they said that you have to first feel a film, before understanding. It's really just beyond understanding, it's an otherworldly experience, you have to live it....

6 BEST INTERNATIONAL FILMS OF 2019 As the 2019 comes to its end, let's recall this beautiful year in the light of international releases. Big studios earned huge, awaited releases specially animations & super hero films scored massive. Beside box office, there were some brilliant film making too. Let's check them without further delay. 6. MARRIAGE STORY An emotional rollercoaster lead by some serious on screen acting. 'MARRIAGE STORY' is a half funny, half heartbreaking piece of cinema, which easily shows some complex things about relationship. 5. THE VANISHING This almost unnoticed film is a fine melancholic piece of art which shows the transition of human mind out of greed. Based on century old true story of 'Flannan Isle Mystery', THE VANISHING is a psychological game. You should watch it.  [REVIEW] 4. THE HOLE IN THE GROUND An unusual horror brilliance with deep ironical overtone. A rare composition of art & horror. A dark, poeti...

5 BEST BOLLYWOOD FILMS OF 2019 Quite a healthy year for Bollywood, both in terms of box office profit and quality. Good remakes and true event based films performed really well. Without any long overture, let's check five finest films from this year. 5. BATLA HOUSE With perfect ratio of emotions & technical details, this John Abraham starrer is equally gripping and valuable as per the contemporary situation of nation! 4. BADLA This official remake of Spanish film 'The Invisible Guest' is really thrilling, unpredictable and clever. What more you want? Badla is a perfect mystery thriller with several layers. 3. PHOTOGRAPH The director of 'Lunchbox' - Ritesh Batra came back with a heart wrenching masterpiece - Photograph. A melodious, poetic, tranquil, sentimental romantic drama with brilliant screen presence of Nawaz and Sanya. 2. SECTION 375 Section 375 is truly an Un-Bollywood-ish court room drama. Unbiased flow, brilliant acting, superb...

NOT LETTERS ON PAPER, THIS IS SPARK OF FIRE!  BOOK: THERE'S GUNPOWDER IN THE AIR AUTHOR: MANORANJAN BYAPARI TRANSLATOR: ARUNAVA SINHA PUBLISHER: EKA (WESTLAND AMAZON) PUBLICATION: 2019 ABOUT: 'THE JCB PRIZE for literature SHORTLISTED 2019' 'THE DSC PRIZE LONGLISTED 2019' AMAZON:  ENGLISH   BENGALI REVIEW: Some stories are not really stories, they are testimonial of revolution, memorandum of unsung events. 'There's Gunpowder in the Air' is one of them. It's really hard to describe this rare book. Don't be fooled by guessing it as a jail break story, it's far from it, as I said earlier, it's fire, blazing fire! Manoranjan Byapari has an intensely tragic life story, you should know. It's unbelievable to think how he managed to write so much novels, with so much class! Or maybe his life events actually made him such a genius writer. He was the eye witness of the story he wrote. But still he manages to write a story wi...

BOOK REVIEW: THE SERPENT AND THE EAGLE AUTHOR: EDWARD RICKFORD DETAILS:  AMAZON  |  GOODREADS REVIEW: There are plenty of thrilling, interesting historical fictions, but more 'fiction' & less 'historical'. On the other hand, there are a lot of well researched books, which are so accurate that failed to entertain. Truly, a well researched but page turner historical fiction is rare, very rare. The Serpent and the Eagle is one of them! Honestly, I had hardly any knowledge about the 'Mexico conquest by Spain event' - the topic upon which this work is based. So I was little afraid that it might not impress me. But my fear was washed away by the brilliance of Edward Rickford's writing. The mammoth research is evident. Every scenes are in details & every details are top notch. Still he keeps the plot so much interesting. The writing will catch your attention as soon as you progress. It flows like silk. The story telling is masterc...

WHAT I WANT: 1. Any format, be it Hardcover, paperback or digital copies, are welcome. 2. I usually read all types of books but most preferable genres are : General fiction, Historical fiction, sci-fi, Romances, Thrillers, YA Fantasies, Non fiction, memoirs, magic realism, poetry, mythology & almost everything. It can be novel, novella, short story or essay collection. 3. English and Bengali language books I want. 4. You have to just email me at indranipal2018@gmail.com or DM on social handles for the REVIEW REQUEST. 5. That's it, I know that you know the rest. WHAT YOU GET: If I accept your REVIEW REQUEST, you will get- 1. Detailed unbiased opinion highlighting every corner of your creation. Please don't expect absolutely positive reviews because if readers believe me I can't betray them. But I will never spread negativity because I know every creation is made of so much hard work. 2. Reviews will completely depend on my perspective, other reviews or...