Cognito Ergo Scribo

Memories have been a trickery slope for me, most of them bein formed at an incredible rate. This brings us to the curse of limitations. Until the next nerdy chap invents a external brain for storage, I would be stuck with pushing one too many to the back of my head!

A nice little conversation made at the college book club today, reminded me of all those wonderful treasures I have lost. After the advent of internet, my pains has been assuaged to an exntent by the firendly folks at Shelfari, Good Reads, flixster and all.

But many have slipped through the cracks of my cluttered brain over the time, and one such amazing book prompted me to make this post this night

How would you like to be part of Mr.George F. Babbitt’s life for a while? Would you enjoy this middle-aged gentleman’s life in the prosperous Zenith, feel tedious over his real estate business, left speechless by his enjoyment of profession?

I bet you might even feel a little guilty for despising the fictional protaganist engage in mundane activities ,for a novel (all the while remembering the last weekend where your life felt a similar theme!!)

Sinclair Lewis’s Babbit is a book that looks at the heart of American culture through its painstakingly conformist title character. The society, the rules, the standards all are described with a quite amusing canvas of satire. Here we have a various set of characters all brought up in the conformist tide, No Dean Moriaty’s here, all displaying various degrees of contempt and admiration for this conformism!! As the book leads you into the American Dream, the discovery of the mirage, the courage for change and the realisation of the ugly truth – you couldn’t help but laugh at the characters and your own self!!!

Here is a classic I enjoyed, thanks to a Bong bibliophile in Bangalore and the famous Blossom’s used books on first floor!

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