White Tiger, the - Export Edition
Registered by zimort of Gjøvik, Oppland fylke Norway on 12/26/2008
This book is in a Controlled Release!
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9 journalers for this copy...
A really great book. I had never heard of the book or the author before. I bought the book on a impulse and it was well spent money.
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I have send this in the mail to day.
I have send this in the mail to day.
Thank you! A book from my wishlist and a chocolatrabbit. I couldn´t resist the ears, before taking the picture! and NO Oscar didn´t eat the rest of it - I did!
One of the best books I have read! Thanks a lot!
I´m getting more and more interested of India!
Born in a village in heartland India, the son of a rickshaw puller, Balram is taken out of school by his family and put to work in a teashop. As he crushes coals and wipes tables, he nurses a dream of escape - of breaking away from the banks of Mother Ganga, into whose depths have seeped the remains of a hundred generations.
The White Tiger is a tale of two Indias. Balram’s journey from darkness of village life to the light of entrepreneurial success is utterly amoral, brilliantly irreverent, deeply endearing and altogether unforgettable.
Author Biography
Aravind Adiga was born in Madras in 1974 and was raised partly in Australia. He studied at Columbia and Oxford Universities. A former correspondent in India for TIME magazine, his articles have also appeared in publications like The Financial Times, The Independent, and The Sunday Times. He lives in Mumbai.
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sota48
Panzeranzi
Vilda
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I´m getting more and more interested of India!
Born in a village in heartland India, the son of a rickshaw puller, Balram is taken out of school by his family and put to work in a teashop. As he crushes coals and wipes tables, he nurses a dream of escape - of breaking away from the banks of Mother Ganga, into whose depths have seeped the remains of a hundred generations.
The White Tiger is a tale of two Indias. Balram’s journey from darkness of village life to the light of entrepreneurial success is utterly amoral, brilliantly irreverent, deeply endearing and altogether unforgettable.
Author Biography
Aravind Adiga was born in Madras in 1974 and was raised partly in Australia. He studied at Columbia and Oxford Universities. A former correspondent in India for TIME magazine, his articles have also appeared in publications like The Financial Times, The Independent, and The Sunday Times. He lives in Mumbai.
Bokstråle:
gunvor
stormon
sota48
Panzeranzi
Vilda
Haugtussa
The book arrived by mail today. I'm really looking forward to read it. Thanks Deepswamp for sharing the book in a ray.
This is the best book I've read in a long time. The story is fascinating and set in an India that's not often described in novels. I really enjoyed it and was sad when it was over. I hope Adiga writes more books!
Released 14 yrs ago (8/6/2009 UTC) at
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The book is on it's way. Thanks for sharing this one, it's brilliant!
The book is on it's way. Thanks for sharing this one, it's brilliant!
Jag har varit utan internet i några dagar och har inte kunnat meddela att boken anlänt. Men nu är den här och jag ska läsa så snabbt jag kan..
What a story! The description of the poor side of India is apalling, an the rich even worse!
An intriguing story well worth reading.
An intriguing story well worth reading.
Thank you! The book arrived today. I have one other bookring to read before I start this, so it may take longer than expected to get it on the road again. I'll try to be quick about it.
This was a very interesting read! Well written and well told. I went to India, also Delhi, last year so I found it extra interesting and I had mental images of the filth and pollution, poverty and riches while I was reading.
Thank you for sharing!!
Thank you for sharing!!
Journal Entry 12 by 
sota48
at Bookring/Bookray, -- By post or by hand/ in person -- Canada on Sunday, November 1, 2009
sota48 at Bookring/Bookray, -- By post or by hand/ in person -- Canada on Sunday, November 1, 2009
Released 14 yrs ago (11/2/2009 UTC) at Bookring/Bookray, -- By post or by hand/ in person -- Canada
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On its way to Panzeranzi.
On its way to Panzeranzi.
Tigern låg på hallmattan när jag kom hem idag - Tack!
Thank you for sharing a really interesting book. I enjoyed reading it and I guess this story is closer to the truth than most stories from India. A human life doesn't seem to be worth a lot, not when it comes to poor people anyway.
I'll send this book on to Vilda tomorrow!
I'll send this book on to Vilda tomorrow!
Journal Entry 15 by 
Panzeranzi
at Bookring, A Bookring -- Controlled Releases on Thursday, December 3, 2009
Panzeranzi at Bookring, A Bookring -- Controlled Releases on Thursday, December 3, 2009
Released 14 yrs ago (12/4/2009 UTC) at Bookring, A Bookring -- Controlled Releases
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Till Vilda!
Till Vilda!
Arrived yesterday, Thank you so much!
Journal Entry 17 by Vilda at Bookring/Bookray, -- By post or by hand/ in person -- Canada on Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Released 14 yrs ago (12/30/2009 UTC) at Bookring/Bookray, -- By post or by hand/ in person -- Canada
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I really really enjoyed this one! One of the best books this year! I am very grateful for the opportunity, thanks Deepswamp for arranging it and panzeranzi for sending it to me. Sometimes I get lost in the quantity of characters in novels taking place in India but this one was nothing like that. A tremendous blow against the rich in India. It reminded me a little of "Slumdog millionaire"
Now it travels on. Happy reading!
I really really enjoyed this one! One of the best books this year! I am very grateful for the opportunity, thanks Deepswamp for arranging it and panzeranzi for sending it to me. Sometimes I get lost in the quantity of characters in novels taking place in India but this one was nothing like that. A tremendous blow against the rich in India. It reminded me a little of "Slumdog millionaire"
Now it travels on. Happy reading!
The White Toger is in Stavanger now. It's funny how rings/rays have a tendency to pour in - and I do not really sign up for that many anymore! Anyways this is the third ring in a few days, but I'll get on to it soon enough.
I have to join the choir of praise for this book. A very good book.
I agree with Vilda, it was good to read a book set in India where I could keep track of al the characters.
I'll quote Balram, from page 205:
"So I stood around that big square of books. Standing around books, even books in a foreign language, you feel a kind of electricity buzzing towards you, ..."
I think most of us can relate to that!
I'm last in the ray, but I've got plans for the book and it will travel again soon.
I agree with Vilda, it was good to read a book set in India where I could keep track of al the characters.
I'll quote Balram, from page 205:
"So I stood around that big square of books. Standing around books, even books in a foreign language, you feel a kind of electricity buzzing towards you, ..."
I think most of us can relate to that!
I'm last in the ray, but I've got plans for the book and it will travel again soon.
Journal Entry 20 by 
Haugtussa
at OsloS-OBCZ in Oslo Sentrum, Oslo fylke Norway on Thursday, February 11, 2010
Haugtussa at OsloS-OBCZ in Oslo Sentrum, Oslo fylke Norway on Thursday, February 11, 2010
Released 14 yrs ago (2/14/2010 UTC) at OsloS-OBCZ in Oslo Sentrum, Oslo fylke Norway
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Jeg tar med meg boka til BC-møtet, om ingen vil ha den slippes den fri i sonen.
Jeg tar med meg boka til BC-møtet, om ingen vil ha den slippes den fri i sonen.
Journal Entry 21 by Jannike from -- wild release somewhere in Oslo, Oslo fylke Norway on Wednesday, March 3, 2010
I enjoyed this book very much!!
Journal Entry 22 by Jannike at -- wild release somewhere in Oslo, Oslo fylke Norway on Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Released 14 yrs ago (3/3/2010 UTC) at -- wild release somewhere in Oslo, Oslo fylke Norway
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I have given the book to one of my co-workers - I hope she will enjoy it as much as I did!
I have given the book to one of my co-workers - I hope she will enjoy it as much as I did!
