The 10 Day You Challenge : Post 7 Four Books

Well,this is my seventh post on The ten day you challenge. Finally the challenge is nearing its end. This ppost is going to be about my favourite books.I have a great love for books since childhood, but if i am to list just four of them it becomes pretty tough coz my fav list includes many of them. Still I'm trying to put down some of the best books i've read.

Here goes out my list:

1.Rebecca
-Daphne du Maurier
When I came across this book for the first time, i never realized that the old,battered book would remain etched in my heart forever. The book belonged to my friend's mom and it was pretty old. At that point I's voraciously reading all Sidney Sheldon and John Grisham novels, but just thought to read this book for a change. And once I started reading it, I didn't pause before I completed. I never came across a book where the male protagonist is a place(Manderley),the female protagonist is a dead woman and some unnamed charecter does all the narration. The expressions of a distressed woman who's tormented by the shadows of her husband's dead wife is just wonderful. But the best part of the story is the twist in it, something that's quite enexpected. I won't reveal any more about the story. If you love fictions, just dig for this book.

2.Memoirs of a Giesha
- Arthur Golden
It is the story of a giesha, working in Japan, before and after World war II. The girl speaks about her childhood, how she was sold away at the age of nine to an okiya(a giesha boardiing house) and from there the story is all about how her life turns out to be, How did she become a giesha, How was her life pre- and post World War II. Its a beautifully described story of a girl,her miseries, her journey from childhood to womanhood, Her struggle for existence, all about her life. I'm sure you would surely enjoy reading this story.

3.Shantaram- Gregory David Roberts
Gregory Roberts wrote this book while he was at prison, and amazingly, he had to write this book three times after prison guards trashed the first two versions. The story gives us an insight about the author's life. Its the story of an armed robber and heroin addict who escapes from a prison in Australia and comes to India. He settled down in the then Bombay, and starts living in a slum. As the back of the book says, "He established a free health clinic and also joined the mafia,working as a money launderer, forger and street soldier. He found time to learn hindi and Marathi, fall in love, and spend time over in an Indian Jail. Then in case anyone thought he was slacking, he acted in bollywood and fought with the Mujahedeen in Afghanistan....". And what i love the most about this book is the way it is written. And revisiting India through the eyes of a foreigner makes it an even more interesting read. The author has a classic choice of words and his expressions are beautiful.

4.The Hungry Tide- Amitava Ghosh
The story is set in the Sunderbans. It is the story about Piyali Roy, a young biologist from America who comes to sunderbans in search of a rare species of Irawaddy dolphins. Here accidentally, she meets Fokir, an illiterate fisherman, who turns out to be her life savior. As we go deeper into the story we find the subtle brewing of an unspoken relationship between Piya and Fokir, and both of them are powerfully drawn to each other. This story gives us a deep insight of the Sunderbans, its vengeful beauty, the plight of the settlers there and the political turmoils it faced. A beautiful amalgamation of political and personal insights, lovely read it is.