Another Indian novelist won the Man Booker Prize! Cheers!
The good news was celebrated by most literary enthusiasts in India when Aravind Adiga’s debut novel with its ‘crackling story telling’, The White Tiger won the Man Booker Prize. Adiga’s voice had been unsparing in an article he had published earlier in Time magazine. The article focused on the trend of inflation in India, wherein Adiga stated, “India is still just a Sudan with a little icing on top.” Critics of White Tiger state that this novel erases all grand illusions of a rising India. But I guess it isnt fair to make any judgement about the novel till we get to read it.
Here are some interesting links that discuss Adiga’s novel, The White Tiger:
http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1850424,00.html
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/jacketcopy/2008/10/man-booker-priz.html
http://lizzysiddal.wordpress.com/2008/09/18/the-white-tiger-aravind-adiga/
If any of you have already read The White Tiger, do share your views.
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