The Brainfever Bird
3 journalers for this copy...
Back cover: Lev is a middle-aged Russian scientist and expert in biological warfare, hoping to escape his past and secure a future for himself selling his country's secrets. Newly arrived in India, he feels alone and adrift amid the bustling, crumbling alleys of Delhi - until he stumbles across a young Indian puppeteer, Maya.
As their unlikely, awkward affair blossoms, however, the two become entangled in events beyond their control: an outbreak of plague, a neighbourhood's desire for revenge, international string-pulling, and murder all mean that neither can take the present - let alone their future - for granted.
As their unlikely, awkward affair blossoms, however, the two become entangled in events beyond their control: an outbreak of plague, a neighbourhood's desire for revenge, international string-pulling, and murder all mean that neither can take the present - let alone their future - for granted.
Just started reading it..
Reserved for the Contemporary Asian Literature VBB, hosted by ApoloniaX
Edit: Finished it a few days ago. It was an interesting read, a bit different.. at first I had a bit of trouble trying to follow it, but once I got used to the writing style (which is actually quite nice) I started to like it more. Most of the story takes place in Delhi, and some of it in St. Petersburg. The story about Lev and Maya sometimes seems like a sort of background to something else..(it's like you look at them from a distance, and how they are like puppets, their lives manipulated by fate, environment, chance, the author..)
Extract:
"Youth is a country. I used to live there. The inhabitants are determined to emigrate, exiles long to return. But the borders are sealed, as if plague had broken out there and the United Nations had sent highly paid soldiers to patrol the passes."
Reserved for the Contemporary Asian Literature VBB, hosted by ApoloniaX
Edit: Finished it a few days ago. It was an interesting read, a bit different.. at first I had a bit of trouble trying to follow it, but once I got used to the writing style (which is actually quite nice) I started to like it more. Most of the story takes place in Delhi, and some of it in St. Petersburg. The story about Lev and Maya sometimes seems like a sort of background to something else..(it's like you look at them from a distance, and how they are like puppets, their lives manipulated by fate, environment, chance, the author..)
Extract:
"Youth is a country. I used to live there. The inhabitants are determined to emigrate, exiles long to return. But the borders are sealed, as if plague had broken out there and the United Nations had sent highly paid soldiers to patrol the passes."
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On it's way to ApoloniaX (for the contemporary Asian literature VBB)
Happy reading!
On it's way to ApoloniaX (for the contemporary Asian literature VBB)
Happy reading!
Received this in the mail today. And a bar of chocolate !!! :-)Thanks a lot for adding it to the VBB and sending it to me, Tsjara.
Seems very promising... looking forward to reading it!
Sealy has a poetic, effortless, flowing style of writing I enjoyed very much. It matches the story, the tale of Maya, Lev and Morgan, a strange tale, deeply rooted in Delhi, circling around bioweapons and the plague, puppets and plays, Razia Sultan, female ruler of Delhi in the 13th century.
Journal Entry 6 by 
ApoloniaX
at Global Village, A Bookbox -- Controlled Releases on Friday, May 27, 2011
ApoloniaX at Global Village, A Bookbox -- Controlled Releases on Friday, May 27, 2011
Released 12 yrs ago (5/28/2011 UTC) at Global Village, A Bookbox -- Controlled Releases
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Travelling to okyrhoe
who chose it
from the Global Village VBB
Arrived in Athens. Thanks ApoloniaX!
and Hi, Tsjara!
(selected from round two of Shroffland's & ApoloniaX's Global Village Virtual Book Box)
and Hi, Tsjara!
(selected from round two of Shroffland's & ApoloniaX's Global Village Virtual Book Box)
