Category: Fourth Estate
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π RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONSπRETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Girish Karnad, This Life at Play: Memoirs, Fourth Estate, 2021. 320 pgs. Memoirs strip writers of their literary pedestals. They become characters in their own narrativesβcurious onlookers of…
![[FIRST IMPRESSIONS] βA Playwrightβs Memoir: Girish Karnadβs πβππ πΏπππ ππ‘ ππππ¦β by Kathiravan Annamalai](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/girish-karnads-this-life-at-play.jpg?w=998)
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π RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONSπ RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Jeet Thayil (author), The Elsewhereans: A Documentary Novel, Fourth Estate, 2025. 219 pgs. With time and the evolution of human civilisation, the significance of stories has become increasingly apparent.…
![[REVIEW] βWhen Time Flies With Us, We Live Many Lives: Jeet Thayilβs πβπ πΈππ ππ€βππππππ β by Kabir Deb](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/jeet-thayils-the-elsewhereans-1.jpg?w=1002)
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π RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONSπ RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Asako Yuzuki (author), Polly Barton (translator), Butter: A Novel of Food and Murder, Fourth Estate, 2024. 464 pgs. Butter is inspired by the true story of a…
![[REVIEW] βAsako Yuzukiβs π΅π’π‘π‘ππ: Tasting the Essential Selfβ by Jennifer Eagleton](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/butter-a-novel-of-food-and-murder-1.jpg?w=985)
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{Written by Marc de Faoite, this review is part of the “Writing Malaysia” issue of Cha.} {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} Tash Aw, We, the Survivors, Fourth Estate, 2019. 336 pgs. “There are only rich Chinese, and potentially…
![[REVIEW] “Unambiguous Immediacy: A Review of Tash Aw’s ππ, π‘βπ ππ’ππ£ππ£πππ ” by Marc de Faoite](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/we-the-survivors-1.jpg?w=1024)
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