Historical Fiction

Midnight's Children is a brilliant and complex novel. Told by an unreliable, at times annoying, but endlessly fascinating narrator Saleem Sinai, it is a story in which reality meets myth, in which dreams turn into facts, in which countries live tormented and tragic lives, resembling closely those of human beings that inhabit them.

THE NARROW ROAD TO THE DEEP NORTH is realistic fiction based very much on actual events, and as I read of the events of 1946 and later, I was struck forcibly with how closely this work of realistic, historical fiction resembles the best the literary world has to offer in dystopian and post-apocalyptic fiction. 

Krishna's mission in Supercop of Aryavrat is to cut through the legend of the hero and show us the mortal side of god. He doesn't want the pompous metaphors and flowery hyperbole of a war epic to bury his other qualities -- his tenderness, his insecurity, his honesty and lack of guile.

The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris is a heart-wrenching novel based on a true story of love, survival, and hope during the Holocaust. Follow the journey of Lale Sokolov, a Slovakian Jew, as he navigates the horrors of Auschwitz and finds love in the most unlikely of places. This poignant novel has captivated readers worldwide and has been hailed as a must-read for anyone interested in historical fiction.

Finally I finished A Gentleman In Moscow! I don't know what kept me so long because it is a very beautiful book. The concept is original: a Russian nobleman put under house arrest in a hotel by the Russian government. It takes a long time in space: from 1922 until 1954. The point of view is unique, the story being told by this man in this quiet isolated and seemingly lonely position.