IBSAF WORLD - November 2007

Book Wormz
	Give Me Back My Guitar Why The Wise and Successful Need Not Struggle Author : Potharaju Ravindra Publisher : Macmillan India Give Me Back My Guitar is a simple book that captures the powerful messages of Ancient Indian wisdom and conveys them methodically through modern day adaptation of highly popular stories from Aesop's Fables, Panchatantra and Arabian Nights.
	The Theory of Clouds Author : Stephane Audeguy. Publisher: Harcourt The Theory of Clouds is a sensual history that features Virginie, an aimless young librarian who is hired by Hiroshima survivor and Paris couturier Akira Kumo to categorize his obsessive library of cloud and meteorological-related material. Beautifully written and imaginatively structured, Audeguy's book manages to contain sudden shifts of time and explorations of cloud lore.
	The Sound of Butterflies Author: Rachael King Publisher: Black Swan Written in rich, sensuous prose and taking the reader from the demure gentility of turn-of-the-twentieth-century England to the lush, dangerous jungles of Brazil. The Sound of Butterflies is a breathtaking and compelling debut about amateur naturalist Thomas Edgar, about the secrets he harbors and his beloved wife Sophie.
	The Last Song Of Dusk Author: Siddharth Dhanvant Shangvi Publisher: Viking Pirouetting between laughter and tears, The Last Song Of Dusk tells the story of Anuradha Gandharva, gifted with astonishing beauty and magical songs; of her husband, Vardhmaan, struggling with secret losses; of Nandini, a deviously alluring artist, with a penchant for panthers and walking on water; and of Shloka, the Gandharvas' delicate, disturbingly silent child. As their fates unravel in an old villa in 1920s' India, they learn to navigate the ever-changing landscape of love. The novel is a tale of exquisite friendships, immense sacrifices and dangerous desires.

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