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Zami: A New Spelling of My Name, A Confederacy of Dunces, The Forty Rules of Love Book Reviews

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By Mehedi Hasan ShawonPublished 2 years ago 3 min read
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"Zami: A New Spelling of My Name", a famous biomythography novel written by the American poet Audrey Lord, was published in 1972. A new genre has been added to the novel, which the author calls biomythography.

The book is dedicated in detail to most women. The name has a fair balance. She gets strength and inspiration from women in her life.

Some notable and important characters of the novel:

Linda Lord: She's Audrey's mother. He knows Potosi. She makes lunch for Dad. The father maintains his distance unless the mother is disrespected or spoken to in any way, and then he will run away. He has always wanted to go home, from the island community, which means he has left the country.

Muriel is Audrey's lover. They have a long-term and promising relationship. Muriel leaves with Audrey. Audrey's girlfriend suffered from schizophrenia and underwent electroshock therapy.

Audrey helps Muriel financially. Ginger introduces Muriel to Audrey because Muriel had done the same thing at the Stamford factory before Audrey.

The novel "Jamie: A New Spelling of My Name" was included in the list of the top 100 most influential novels published by BBC News in November 2019.

The novel "Jamie: A New Spelling of My Name" was included in the list of the top 100 most influential novels published by BBC News in November 2019.

A Confederacy of Dunces Book Review

A beautiful novel by the American novelist John Kennedy Tool is "A Confederacy of Dunces". It was published in 1980, about eleven years after Tool's death The book was published by Thelma, the mother of Tool In practice, the book became a cult classic.

The book then became a mainstream success. In 1981, the book won the Pulitzer Prize for Posthumous Fiction. The book is currently considered a canonical modern work in South America.

The book points to Jonathan Swift's essays on various topics, ethics, and deviance. When a true genius arrives on earth, you can recognize him by the sign that the works are organized against him. The central character of the book is Ignatius J. Reilly. He is an educated and lazy man of 30 years.

He lived in the Uptown neighborhood of New Orleans in the 1960s. In search of her employment, she has combined colorful French Quarter characters.

Toole wrote the novel in 1963 during his last few months in Puerto Rico.

Ignatius Jack Reilly is a modern don. He is sometimes bizarre, idealistic, and creative, sometimes to the point of confusion. He hates modernity, especially pop culture.

The novel was listed as one of the 100 most influential books published by BBC News in November 2019.

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The Forty Rules of Love Book Review

A novel written by Turkish author Elif Shafak is "The Forty Rules of Love". The book was published in March 2009. The central character of the book is Maulana Jalal Uddin. He is known as Rumi. This book explains how Shams converted a Pandit into a Sufi through love. The book sold over 750,000 copies in France and Turkey.

The novel "The Forty Rules of Love" won the Pix ALEF award and was cited as special literature. The novel was also nominated for the 2012 Dublin Literary Prize. A November 5, 2019 survey published by BBC News listed the book as one of the 100 most influential novels in the world. At the same time, it is clear in the book that love, sex, and romance have shaped our world.

The special feature of this novel is that it tells the story of one novel to another. In other words, two stories have been told in parallel in the book. The technique of combining the two stories is called juxtaposition in literature. This book is about the thirteenth-century poet Rumi and his spiritual guru Shams.

In different places, the book celebrates the 40 love rules of Shams. The novel is basically about love and spirituality which touches the mind of the reader.

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