We all love to travel, to new places, new cities in cars, buses, caravans, by air, by the sea but I have travelled everyday since I was ten through books. I have let the ocean kiss my feet on the Coast of Ipanema and nosed around in Calgary and my travel expenses have never been more than the price of a McDonald Cheese Burger. Here's my travelogue where books can be found through the countries they have taken me to. The reviews are not professional and definitely not worth putting into a book review assignment for school! They are just a string of words that tell you what I felt when I travelled to a certain place. If it suits you, you go and book yourself a trip. If not, well...we'll keep it there!

Friday, June 15, 2012

The Storyteller's Tale (There simply CANNOT be another title!)

The Storyteller's TaleThe Storyteller's Tale by Omair Ahmad

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


How often do you read a book which is about stories? No, I don't mean 'how often do you read books about books?'I mean books about stories, and stories within a story,stories encapsulated within each other making us believe that there is more to every tale than we can ever imagine?

This is exactly what The Storyteller's Tale is about! Set in India at a time when Delhi was the centre for turmoil (not that it isn't even now!), this book is about an evening spent by the Storyteller with a Begum in a storytelling competition while Delhi is being plundered.

As Delhi burns and bleeds, the Begum and the Storyteller invent different aspects for the same story making this book one of those rare tomes which talk not about the author or the characters but about the wonder we call 'Storytelling'.



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