tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5956626159470439381.post7226101666980511513..comments2024-03-05T15:22:45.423+05:30Comments on The Summing Up: Book review: English, AugustSandhya Iyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14447589463166718231noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5956626159470439381.post-21428660876251540392011-07-26T10:15:46.072+05:302011-07-26T10:15:46.072+05:30Good review. I think I'll read it ;) :P.Good review. 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The language ...ENGLISH,AUGUST has everything in it. The language is, though English, but the feelings are absolutely Indian. In the first page itself, the author has showed his intention that he is not going to leave out his Indian id (especially in case of "hazar fucked") wherever he feels like. Of course, when the frustrations are Indain then why not the expression should be. His flexibility of opting and selecting words shows that he does not suffer from 'intellectual vulgarity,.<br />We love his work for his genuinity, originality and simplicity of style and handling such a massive subject of Indian SYSTEM so softly, placidly. VINAY BHARATVINAY BHARAThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08999612915669214860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5956626159470439381.post-89558312943759204012009-08-11T18:20:25.388+05:302009-08-11T18:20:25.388+05:30Thanks renu. My question arose because the author ...Thanks renu. My question arose because the author employs the stream of consciousness technique and there seems to be no 'distance' between the author and his protagonist so as to prompt any ironic observations. They both seem the same people and the book is autobiographical I believe. Hence the question. But I'm sure even if Chatterjee IS the protagonist, he may have opted to remain the narrator for a reason. So maybe another reading will help.sandhyanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5956626159470439381.post-73602615746751965872009-08-11T13:07:09.085+05:302009-08-11T13:07:09.085+05:30this has to be one of your best reviews. you'v...this has to be one of your best reviews. you've captured the essential angst and restlessness the narrative is so seeped in very well. abt why upamanyu did not use the first person, i think it would not have given him the advantage of perpective, which u've spoken abt. it wud've not offered him the creative detachment needed to bring out the truth , honesty of the situation, i guess. <br />this book truly, like u said, is truly timeless. one of my favs. thanks for this review and the passages, it made me revisit the book - i just wish they'd done away with the pic of rahul bose from the film on the cover. it sort of slaps a closure on the book.renuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09840309818164530955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5956626159470439381.post-91810694728858553062009-08-09T09:47:38.047+05:302009-08-09T09:47:38.047+05:30Aarkayne: I can guess that many phrases here were ...Aarkayne: I can guess that many phrases here were probably picked up. 'Haazar fucked' most certainly.sandhyanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5956626159470439381.post-15314219171451970602009-08-08T20:50:39.526+05:302009-08-08T20:50:39.526+05:30Excellently done Sandy. This is one of my all time...Excellently done Sandy. This is one of my all time favorites. I did read it in the eighties but the passages you quote come rushing back to me. The phrase 'hazaar f**d' was something I remember having picked from the book and using liberally then on :-)<br /><br />When the movie released a couple of years later, it was an even greater experience for Dev Benegal had done a wonderful job adapting it and capturing the essence of Agastya's experience.<br /><br />I would recommend this book to anybody interested in Indian writing in English that was significant as it came of age.Aarkaynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07963090298570489652noreply@blogger.com