Book Review
An advertisement for toothpaste by Ryszard Kapuscinski
After hunting for an advertisement of toothpaste in a couple of newspapers (sadly, the newspapers only have property ads nowadays), I settled to click a pic of my book with a page from my kid's book - Mr.Fussy from the Mr.Men series that we read together yesterday night.
Another penguin mini done; four stories set in Poland, all in about 53 pages; each one, pretty decent. My favorite was 'The Taking of Elzbieta' for it covered quite a gamut of emotions and had lyrical prose. 'The Stiff' where a young miner's dead body is ferried to his hometown with six men keeping guard had some good lines which I am sharing here - "A man when he is finished, doesn't want to drop out of sight. It's people who hide him from their sight. To be left in peace, they hide him. He won't go on his own". Quick take on the book:- Passable collection of four stories, meant for a quick read.
PS: The Penguin Modern Minis are a great way of reading many authors (well known, lesser known or rather unknown), each book roughly 50 pages give a quick insight into the author's style of writing.
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