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A blurb on a book can be any combination of quotes from the work, the author, the publisher, reviews or fans, a summary of the plot, a biography of the author or simply claims about the importance of the work. In the 1980s, Spy ran a regular feature called "Logrolling in Our Time" which exposed writers who wrote blurbs for one another's books. [3]
Half Girlfriend is an Indian English coming of age, young adult romance novel by Indian author Chetan Bhagat. [1] The novel, set in rural Bihar, New Delhi, Patna, and New York, is the story of a Bihari boy on a quest of winning over the girl he loves.
The word "blurb", meaning a short description of a book, film, or other product written for promotional purposes, was coined by Burgess in 1906, in attributing the dust jacket of his book, Are You a Bromide?, to a "Miss Belinda Blurb" depicted "in the act of blurbing". His definition of "blurb" is "a flamboyant advertisement; an inspired ...
The Woman in Black is a 1983 gothic horror novel by English writer Susan Hill, about a mysterious spectre that haunts a small English town. A television film based on it, also called The Woman in Black, was produced in 1989, with a screenplay by Nigel Kneale.
The book is divided into four parts (Prison, Desert, Escape and Refuge). Najeeb Muhammad, a young man from Arattupuzha in Haripad of the Kerala state, is newly married and dreams of a better work in any of the Arab Gulf states. After several endeavors, he finally gets an opportunity to work in Saudi Arabia.
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The book has been translated into Hindi and was published by Prabhat Prakash Advaniji, who has released two novels: Five Point Someone and One Night at the Call Centre.The former set a record by being purchased by 30,000 people in one month and has gone on to become a top seller in Hindi.
The blurb says: " … the main arguments implicit in the book are as follows: that reading and writing are forms of political activity and are connected to the struggle for liberation; the initial responsibility in the task of reconciling is coming to terms with images, stereotypes, and scapegoating that shape our attitude to race and cultural ...