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Our Bookish Worlds by Aakriti jain
The Review
Find reviews, stories and history behind each book as we read it in our present world


In The Alchemist Paulo Coelho constructs our homes and dreams beyond our content worlds
“He had not perceived them because he had become accustomed to them.” The reality that we accept gives us only that many said and laid reasons and chances to move forward as its logic allows us. Such is the world of the crystal shop's keeper, who, as yet, had never thought of what could possibly lie beyond the shop, let alone try to expand to make it a bigger business. His world is in The Alchemist, is sustained in itself. It is self-explanatory and has itself as its own refe
Aakriti Jain
Feb 28, 20214 min read


Oscar Wilde keeps an account of our Sufferables and Pleasurables Social Media in The Picture of Dorian Gray
As we run Wilde for Dorian's beauty, so we run towards everything beautiful in life. With social media, which is visually driven, now...
Aakriti Jain
Jan 3, 20214 min read


Nemat Sadat's The Carpet Weaver reminds us to choose our Metaphors of Love
One defines oneself with the things they come in contact with. So does Kanishka, our young protagonist, by using the rather extensive...
Aakriti Jain
Dec 6, 20204 min read
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