Comments on: Nikita Lalwani: Gifted http://booklit.com/blog/2007/09/02/nikita-lalwani-gifted/ a literary handout Thu, 17 May 2012 10:09:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: Stewart http://booklit.com/blog/2007/09/02/nikita-lalwani-gifted/#comment-9330 Stewart Thu, 26 Jun 2008 19:09:12 +0000 http://booklit.com/blog/2007/09/02/nikita-lalwani-gifted/#comment-9330 Nikita Lalwani's <em>Gifted</em> has won the inaugural <a href="http://www.desmondelliottprize.com/" title="Desmond Elliott Prize" rel="nofollow">Desmond Elliott Prize</a>, worth a cool £10,000. With a woman winning another literary prize, it's at least another argument against the relevance of the Orange Prize. Nikita Lalwani’s Gifted has won the inaugural Desmond Elliott Prize, worth a cool £10,000. With a woman winning another literary prize, it’s at least another argument against the relevance of the Orange Prize.

]]> By: Stewart http://booklit.com/blog/2007/09/02/nikita-lalwani-gifted/#comment-5417 Stewart Fri, 14 Mar 2008 14:23:01 +0000 http://booklit.com/blog/2007/09/02/nikita-lalwani-gifted/#comment-5417 chica, I honestly can't remember this book too well now. Even with a review above, there's little of it that sticks in the memory. As for the father, if I remember correctly, it was more that he was two different people. But, depending on the situation, he was a completely different person, with no linking thread between them. As if he was two separate characters, rather than the same person where one incarnation is put on. chica, I honestly can’t remember this book too well now. Even with a review above, there’s little of it that sticks in the memory. As for the father, if I remember correctly, it was more that he was two different people. But, depending on the situation, he was a completely different person, with no linking thread between them. As if he was two separate characters, rather than the same person where one incarnation is put on.

]]> By: chica http://booklit.com/blog/2007/09/02/nikita-lalwani-gifted/#comment-5341 chica Sun, 09 Mar 2008 15:52:57 +0000 http://booklit.com/blog/2007/09/02/nikita-lalwani-gifted/#comment-5341 Some of the things you mentioned are the very reason I liked the book :). Like the father being a different person when with his family. I hate to generalize but there are parts to his personality that are so true to Indian fathers in that era. The importance of education in India's ever growing competitive market was completely ingrained in them. Same for the mother. I'm just glad we are past the phase where excellence in studies is the only guarantee for success in life. Some of the things you mentioned are the very reason I liked the book :). Like the father being a different person when with his family. I hate to generalize but there are parts to his personality that are so true to Indian fathers in that era. The importance of education in India’s ever growing competitive market was completely ingrained in them. Same for the mother. I’m just glad we are past the phase where excellence in studies is the only guarantee for success in life.

]]> By: steffee http://booklit.com/blog/2007/09/02/nikita-lalwani-gifted/#comment-44 steffee Tue, 04 Sep 2007 13:12:13 +0000 http://booklit.com/blog/2007/09/02/nikita-lalwani-gifted/#comment-44 Hehe at your last line. And have you really never read chicklit? I agree that the cover is a bit ugly, and I would probably never pick it up either, and still probably won't, despite the whole maths "enthusiasm" really appealing to me. The relationship structures you describe sounds a bit tedious, and typical. Nice review though. Hehe at your last line. And have you really never read chicklit?

I agree that the cover is a bit ugly, and I would probably never pick it up either, and still probably won’t, despite the whole maths “enthusiasm” really appealing to me. The relationship structures you describe sounds a bit tedious, and typical. Nice review though.

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