About this title: This rambunctious story of contemporary India shows how religion doesn't create morality, and money doesn't solve every problem--but a person can get what he wants out of life by eavesdropping on the right conversations.
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Description: Good. Light shelf wear and minimal interior marks. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Free Press
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9781416562603ISBN:1416562605
Description: Good. Light rubbing to covers and corners due to general use and shelving. Old sticker residue. Buy with confidence-Satisfaction Guaranteed! read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Free Press
Date Published: 2008-04-22
ISBN-13:9781416562597ISBN:1416562591
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Atlantic Books
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9781843547204ISBN:1843547201
Description: Good. This book is in GOOD overall condition. It shows signs of having been read and has general light wear to the cover, spine and pages. read more
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Free Press
Date Published: 2008-04-22
ISBN-13:9781416562597ISBN:1416562591
Description: New. This is a paperback ARC with different cover and publisher stickers. This book is the same isbn, but is a paperback. New, unread, unused & in perfect condition with no damaged or missing pages. Great Copy. Ships Lightning Fast. read more
"Winner of the 2008 Man Booker Prize, "The White Tiger," by Aravind Adiga, is a pretty intense piece of work. The narrator, an Indian from a caste of sweet-makers, tells the story of his scrabble to the higher rungs of society than that to which he was born. It is darkly comedic in tone, and the narrator tells his tale so pleasantly that the reader is taken in effortlessly and almost immediately to his case. All the while, the reader feels her stomach drop out because the description of life in "the Darkness" of India is so bleak and so irreparably stacked against those born in that Darkness, that a way out can hardly be imagined. The way out, so nimbly depicted by the narrator as the reason for his success, is egregious and SHOULD be unconscionable. But it is to Adiga's credit that by the time the novel comes to that point, the narrator has won the reader over, if not to the point of championing his act, at least to understanding his reasons. This is an excruciating, hilarious, brutal, wonderful read. No, those terms are not mutually exclusive. Read "The White Tiger" and see what I mean."
"I liked the book.I was astonished the way ,he(Balaram) killed his master&became one of the most influencial character of my life.THANK YOU FOR YOUR GREAT EFFORT TO BRING THIS STORY TO MY BEAUTIFUL SKULL..................................MR.ADIGA"
"Postcolonial lite. I feel like this is what I'm supposed to be reading while I listen to MIA and rock last season's mirrored "ethnic chic" from Urban Outfitters. To show that, you know, I'm a citizen of the world, and a really hip westerner who gets the shifting forces of globalization.... did I feel a bit pandered to? I did feel a bit pandered to. Just a bit, now. Oh, this book was okay.
Fine, actually it was an entertaining and engaging rags-to-riches story about injustice and inequality in a changing India, but I am pretty mystified about what the big deal's supposed to be. The blurb on the cover calls it "one of the most powerful books I've read in decades," which makes me wonder how many books the reviewer for, um, okay, USA Today has read recently. Again, not bad -- I particularly liked the first half, about growing up insanely poor in the Indian sticks -- but again, I don't get what the huge fuss is about. To be honest, I might have given it three stars if it hadn't won the Booker and made a bunch of Best of the Year lists.... and if it hadn't really started to irritate me in the second half. Ultimately, his descriptions of modern India seemed rich and compelling (I have no idea how accurate they were), but the main character was incredibly annoying and fake. It was like watching a cheap cardboard puppet bouncing around in front of a much more carefully designed backdrop, which he keeps on blocking with his tiresome movements, and distracting me from with his incredibly annoying manner of speech....
"Hmmm....this one was a little bit different, not my normal type of read. An interesting look at Indian culture through the eyes of an ambitious man of a "lower caste". I'm not quite sure what the author was trying to depict in this story but there are certainly many issues to explore: is he trying to say that India is not the modernized country its leaders want others to believe? does the main character eventually become the type of man he despises via ambition? or is his climb in society more of an issue of survival? I was also struck by the lack of accountability by the wealthier classes in regards to...well, just about everything. The author does a phenomenal job of painting the cities and economic strife of India."
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