Jan 29, 2011

In Kashmir: a Quiet and Contemplative Man

 "(The author) explores the physical and emotional landscape of Kashmir — its beauty and terror — with restraint and sensitivity in this affecting and moving novel. The story often unfolds in a series of disjointed episodes as Kip’s mind, with its “islands of lucidity”, grapples with memories, reveries, dreams, and hallucinations."
http://www.dnaindia.com/lifestyle/review_book-review-chef-depicts-the-beauty-and-terror-of-kashmir_1473157

Jan 24, 2011

Michael Palin

"I enjoyed Chef by Jaspreet Singh (Bloomsbury). Its themes of food and war and love and poetry form a series of intricate tightropes that the author treads skilfully, bringing us, in a short book, a lot of pleasures."
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/nov/14/best-books-of-year-2010-franzen