{"id":11965,"date":"2019-03-13T23:43:46","date_gmt":"2019-03-13T18:13:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.wordpress.com\/?p=11965"},"modified":"2019-03-13T23:43:46","modified_gmt":"2019-03-13T18:13:46","slug":"the-glass-house-a-year-of-our-days-by-chanchal-sanyal-book-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.com\/index.php\/2019\/03\/13\/the-glass-house-a-year-of-our-days-by-chanchal-sanyal-book-review\/","title":{"rendered":"The Glass House &#8211; A Year of Our Days by Chanchal Sanyal (Book Review)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.gr-assets.com\/books\/1526018672l\/40094081.jpg\" alt=\"The Glass House - A Year of Our Days\" width=\"293\" height=\"446\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/40094081-the-glass-house---a-year-of-our-days\">Add this book on Goodreads&nbsp;<br><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.in\/Glass-House-Year-Our-Days\/dp\/8129151650\">Buy this book on Amazon<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Genre:<\/strong> Contemporary<\/li><li><strong>Source<\/strong>: Review Copy<\/li><li><strong>Format:<\/strong> Paperback<\/li><li><strong>Pages:<\/strong> 200 <\/li><li><strong>Publisher:<\/strong> Rupa<\/li><li><strong>Publication Date:<\/strong> 20 May 2018 <\/li><li><strong>My Rating:<\/strong>\u00a04 stars<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Blurb<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What makes a house a home? College professor M.B. and his designer wife, Roshni, are a yuppie couple living in the ever-expanding, smog-encrusted, roiling city of Delhi. They have finally achieved their dream of buying their own apartment\u2014in an up and coming builder\u2019s complex in Gurgaon. The problem is, it looks like it is going to be up and coming for a while. Along with this woe come tumbling a hundred others. M.B. is sure his wife\u2019s growing distance and disaffection has less to do with the stalling on the house front, and more because she is finding solace in the arms of Rocky, the stud son of their Punjabi landlord. The landlord, on his part, \u2018Fat-bum\u2019 Khanna, is greasing his way further into his tenants\u2019 lives, filling their ears with advice on how to navigate the growing mound of bank papers, loan agreements and, of course, construction jargon. What is galling for M.B. to admit is that he may actually need all the help the canny businessman landlord can provide. Further complicating things are his NRI brother, Tubluda, and his familial tiffs with an overstepping tenant, and M.B.\u2019s growing fascination for the \u2018resident bitch\u2019 of the college staffroom, the glamorous South Delhi girl, Malati Patel. A darkly comic take on the big, bad city of Delhi, its many moods and characters, The Glass House presents a look into the ideals of urban happiness, and the pitfalls and prices that come along with its pursuit. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>My Thoughts<\/strong><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The Glass House<\/em> by Chanchal Sanyal is set in Delhi. Right from the start, we discover that the main character and his wife are looking to buy a house. He is contemplating the financial aspects while dreaming about being free of his landlord FatBum Khanna and trying to make a decision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I really liked the author&#8217;s writing. This is the kind of writing style that I like to see in books being published these days. One that is simple yet witty and stands out. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I did not like the constant sexualizing of the female characters of the book. Some characteristics of M.B made me cringe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The book drags sometimes especially when M.B is narrating his thoughts but my interest in the story remained. He is an observer and thinks a lot about various things including the nature of human beings, his surroundings and the withering city of Delhi. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The author shows many problems couples face after years of marriage such as not being able to have a child, financial difficulties and infidelity. I liked that book delved deep into many things and not just the desire to own a house. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The aspirations and difficulties of middle-class people are portrayed well in this book. This is a common story told in a unique style, I highly recommend this book. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><strong>Find me on&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/tavleen_words\/\"><strong>Instagram<\/strong><\/a><strong>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tavleensoni\"><strong>Twitter<\/strong><\/a><strong>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/user\/show\/32793447-tavleen-kaur\"><strong>Goodreads<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Add this book on Goodreads&nbsp;Buy this book on Amazon Genre: Contemporary Source: Review Copy Format: Paperback Pages: 200 Publisher: Rupa Publication Date: 20 May 2018 My Rating:\u00a04 stars<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.com\/index.php\/2019\/03\/13\/the-glass-house-a-year-of-our-days-by-chanchal-sanyal-book-review\/#more-11965\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading &#10142; <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Glass House &#8211; A Year of Our Days by Chanchal Sanyal (Book Review)<\/span><\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11965","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-book-reviews"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4559,"url":"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.com\/index.php\/2017\/02\/04\/books-i-read-in-january-2017\/","url_meta":{"origin":11965,"position":0},"title":"January 2017 Reads","date":"February 4, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Hello everyone! 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