A satirical essay by Jonathan Swift

Recently I read Gogol and out of curiosity, in a process of unearthing some important name in that satirical zone from the past greats, I got a recommendation of reading Swift. Actually, I was having an eye on the A Tale of a Tub, but this title just jumped in between and I began with thisContinue reading “A satirical essay by Jonathan Swift”

The Mystic Masseur by V. S. Naipaul

“This life is a funny thing, eh.” She said, “one day somebody dead and you cry. Two days later somebody married and then you laugh.” I bear no ill-will for this book as I jumped over to it under the fit of a fizzing rage mixed with a sort of mental flurry that emerged inContinue reading “The Mystic Masseur by V. S. Naipaul”