Twinkle Khanna shares 3 book recommendations ‘for a brief respite’ amid Covid-19
As the real world grows too dark to deal with 24×7, given conflict and death rates from Covid-19, most of us seek escape whatsoever through all travel photos, from short video reels on Instagram, a movie on OTT platforms or bookworm books. Responding to the urge for wellness book recommendations, Twinkle Khanna suggested 3 books or short stories that she recently read and re-read to get lost “in the comfort of the printed pages” amid the surrounding melancholy.
Taking to social media, the actor-turned-writer shared a monochrome photo of herself surrounded by books in a cozy corner of her home. She shared in the caption: “Book Recommendations – All Short Stories.” From what I have read or re-read recently. Get them for a brief respite and get lost in the comfort of the printed pages (sic). “
Writing the list of other bookworms, Twinkle added, “Get in Trouble-Kelly Link, Men Without Women-Haruki Murakami, Exhalation-Ted Chiang #bookrecommendations #ShortStories #bookworms (sic).”
Book Recommendation 1: Get in Trouble by Kelly Link
A collection of nine short stories from American author, Get in Trouble by Kelly Link takes readers to eerie places full of iguanas, superheroes, pyramids, and a life-size animated doll. In 2016, Get in Trouble was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Fiction and has been described as: “A collection of short stories in which a writer with a fertile and often fabulistic imagination explores the inner lies and the eerie nooks and crannies of reality. . “
Book Recommendation 2: Men Without Women by Haruki Murakami
Published in English in 2017 after being originally published on April 18, 2014 by the Japanese author, Men Without Women by Haruki Murakami is a collection of seven short stories about desperate men and loneliness and depicts men trying to cope with grief. of life after losing the women they love to other men or to death. Here are doctors, students, ex-boyfriends, actors, bartenders and even Gregor Samsa from Kafka, who have the love sickness, gathered to tell stories that speak to us all in a contemporary classic, marked by the same ironic and pathetic humor that defined Haruki Murakami’s ensemble. body of work.
Book Recommendation 3: Exhalation by Ted Chiang
First published in 2008 by the American writer, Exhalation by Ted Chiang is a sci-fi of deep, sympathetic, original, provocative, poignant and revealing short stories in which an alien scientist makes a shocking discovery with literally universal ramifications. The expiration has been described by Barack Obama as: “A collection of short stories that will make you think, confront big questions, and make you feel more human. The best kind of science fiction.
What’s your favorite wellness book right now?
