Sapna Book House

Troubled Blood

Robert Galbraith

₹ 899

Animal Farm

True Agony of a Socialist Orwell is obviously angry at the way Socialism has been distorted by Stalin. Using Animal characters as symbols Orwell honestly mocks and criticizes the Russian leadership under Lenin. It is a very easy to read book giving good perspectives on the Socialist Revolution. --Abhishek Kona Aug 22, 2011 Animal Farm is a satirical allegory on the Russian Revolution. Orwell explains it, It is the history of revolution that went wrong. It tells the simple and tragic story of what happens when the oppressed farm rebel to attain freedom from Mr. Jones. It is about their attempt to rule the farm themselves on the basis of equality. The animals had initially aimed to form a utopian society, where each would work according to his capacity, respecting the needs of the others. But, they failed to do so. And, Animal Farm ended up being a dictatorship of the pigs that were the brightest, but did no physical work in reality. The main action of the story stands for The Russian Revolution of 1917 and the early years of the Soviet Union. Animalism is a metaphor for Communism. Manor farm is an allegory of Russia, Mr. Jones is Russian C-Zar, Old Major stands for Karl Marx, and Snowball represents Leo Trotsky. Napolean stands for Stalin, while the dogs are the secret police. The horse, Boxer stands for the working class which works constantly for the greater good while Squealer is the propagandist. The novel is skillfully organized and presents the horrors of communism through simple story-telling. It presents what propaganda and brain washing do to the people living under the dictatorship. How the fickle minded people were swayed easily by the pigs, who managed to reverse the seven commandments and reduce them to Four legs good, two legs better . I would recommend this book to everyone above 14 years of age who has some knowledge about communism or a hint of what happened during the Russian Revolution of 1917. The book is gripping as there is always something happening. It ends with the pigs becoming mush like humans and changing the name of the farm back to the Manor Farm . The ending was sad it shows how power turns comrades into tyrannical dictators

George Orwell

₹ 125

Gently Falls The Bakula

Type - Paper Back, Language - English, Product Details - Gently Falls: The Bakula is a realistic-fictional read from Sudha Murthy, a profound writer and the Chairperson of Infosys Foundation. In this book, Sudha has boldly presented the agony of work ethics and modern lifestyle. The story is about a young couple Shrikant and Shrimati, and the changes they come across when Shrikant walks up the corporate ladder to the peak of success, while his married life slowly loses the charm and identity. With a magnificently straight way of writing, this book brings a simple but heart-touching story of a couple and the events that shake their life.

SUDHA MURTY

₹ 250

Dollar Bahu

Type - Paper Back, Language - English, Product Details - Dollar Bahu is the story of how money can wreak havoc in the life of any family, if things spin out of control. Vinuta is a young woman, who marries Girish, who is a bank clerk. Vinuta then begins to live in Bangalore, with Girishs family and starts to get accustomed to her new family. She gets used to this new change quite well and spends her life looking after her in-laws and her husband. She even tries her level best to ignore the taunts of her mother-in-law, Gouramma.

Sudha Murty

₹ 250

How I Taught My Grandmother To Read

Type - Paper Back, Language - English, Product Details - There is the engaging story about one of her students who frequently played truant from school. The account of how her mothers advice to save money came in handy when she wanted to help her husband start a software company and the heart warming tale of the promise she made and fulfilled to her grandfather, to ensure that her little village library would always be well supplied with books. Funny, spirited and inspiring, each of these stories teaches a valuable lesson about the importance of doing what you believe is right and having the courage to realize your dreams.

SUDHA MURTY

₹ 250

The Magic Drum And Other Favourite Stories (R/J)

Type - Paper Back, Language - English, Product Details - A princess who thinks she was a bird, a coconut that cost a thousand rupees and a shepherd with a bag of words kings and misers, princes and paupers, wise men and foolish boys, the funniest and oddest men and women come alive in this sparkling new collection of stories. The clever princess will only marry the man who can ask her a question she cannot answer the orphan boy outwits his greedy uncles with a bag of ash and an old couple in distress is saved by a magic drum.

Sudha Murty

₹ 250

House Of Cards

Type - Paper Back, Language - English, Product Details - House of Cards is the story of Mridula, a bright young woman with enormous enthusiasm for life who hails from a Karnataka village. A chance meeting with Sanjay, a talented but impoverished doctor, leads to love and the couple marry and settle in Bangalore. The more Mridula sees of the world, the more she realizes how selfish and materialistic people can be, but she does not take the ups and downs of life to heart and lives each day with positive energy. Trouble brews when Sanjay quits his government job and starts an immensely successful private practice. With affluence comes the neverending ambition for more and the inevitable slide into corrupt practices. For a long time, Mridula has no idea that Sanjay has sold his soul. When the truth hits her, she has no recourse but to walk out on him, but can she really find a space of her own? This intricately woven novel explores human relationships in telling detail and holds up a mirror to our society with candour and with conviction.

SUDHA MURTY

₹ 250

50 Greatest Short Stories

Type - Paper Back, Language - English, Product Details - Greatest short stories is a selection from the best of the world short fiction, bringing together writings by great masters such as Anton Chekov, Rudyard Kipling, h.g. wells, Charles Dickens, Virginia Woolf, saki, o. henry, f. Scott Fitzgerald and Guy de Maupassant. each story is a classic, a testimony to the skills of its creator that make it resonate with readers even today.

Terry O Brien

₹ 295

Navilugari Nanagondu Ninagu Ondu

Format: Paper Back, Language: Kannada, About the Book: Navilugari A Collection Of Articles

Ar Manikanth

₹ 150

Mookajjiya Kanasugalu

Format: Hard Bound, Language: Kannada, About the Book: Set in village called Mooduru,the novel revolves around main two characters Mookajji and his grandson Subbraya. Subbraya represents the doubts that are araised among human beings about the god and other traditions.Mookajji is a widow aged about 80,who lost her husband at the age of ten years.The grandmother character in this Book has got some supernatural power of telling the truth about the things that are going to happen and those which are happened already.Although other characters are there,the author used them effectively to convey his theme

K Shivarama Karanth

₹ 175