r/PakistanBookClub

Kindly dm or leave a comment for price or details of a specific book.

Location is Lahore. Can be shipped

I've collected all these books over a span of a decade, bought them with my own money, all of them, even when I didn't have a job, I used to save up all my pocket money for books.

Readings was my favourite place in the world.

But, it's time to let go, let other people have what I once treasured. All I ask, is for you to take care of them. Keep them clean, use them, but hey, don't damage the spine. Most of them have not at all been touched.

If you want to specific book, please dm me or drop a comment. Everything will be within 0-1500 for the one's in better condition.

90% of these have been bought from readings, original paperbacks. You can ask me to show you the quality.

Location: Lahore.

Shipping: All over Pakistan, but cost will be borne by the buyer.

An update by Mutavaatir to keep you guys in the loop.

Just sent out the first batch of books to the subscribers! It was a really tough job to pack and dispatch them but I did it at last!

We’ve already started onboarding readers and curating next month’s selections, and the slots are still open.

If you’re interested, you can check it out here:

Instagram: @mutavaatir

DM me for the sign up forms of any other questions!

No pressure at all, just thought you might enjoy this kind of experience.

So I finally completed the third book by Dostovesky titled Notes from the House of Dead and like the two before it, it was hard to read and finish but left with a lot of thought and feelings.

According to it's foreword, Turgenev likened the book to Dante’s Inferno, and Tolstoy thought it not only Dostoevsky’s finest work, but one of the best books in all of Russian literature. First of all the physical copy sold at Readings lacks the foreword and called 'House of the Dead. It's basically Dostovesky's semi autobiography of the four years of hard labour imprisonment in Siberia which is written in the fictional form to evade censorship. The book has a certain melancholy and despair I mean it's a prison story so that's a pretty much given. The fetters (10 pounds shackles) that never leave the prisoner, the lost freedom, the useless labour, the crushing of will, the degardation of humankind, prisoners missing families and home there is a lot of sadness without a doubt.

But then it also offers hope, small movements of joy and friendships within prison, with men even aniamls, the card games, the christmas and theater play and everything. It tells a story of survival with warmth and hope. That even in a Siberian prison, a spirit can breathe. One must have to read it multiple times to enjoy it truely.

Dostovesky was originally sentenced to death for distributing a banned letter that criticized the Russian Church and the Tsar. Emporor staged a meticulously planned "mock execution," of a group in front of Dostovesky and then a messenger came in at last moment with a letter revealing that their lives had been spared for a sentence of hard labor in Siberia. It changed Dostovesky forever. If we take Crime & Punishment as the critique of nihilism and Notes from the Underground as a critique of rationalism, this comes out critiquing both honestly especially the guys doing a Christmas play just to remember they are human.

And this is my favourite part. In a letter to his brother Mikhail written that same evening, Dostoevsky notes:

“As I look back upon the past and think how much time has been spent to no avail, how much of it was lost in delusions, in mistakes, in idleness, in not knowing how to live; what little store I set upon it, how many times I sinned against my heart and spirit—for this my heart bleeds.

Life is a gift, life is happiness, every moment could have been an age of happiness.

Now, on changing my life, I am being born again in a new form.

Brother! I swear to you I will not lose hope and will preserve my spirit and my heart in purity. I’ll be reborn to the better. This is all my hope, all my consolation!”

Recently read the golden road by William Dalrymple. It is a great read. It pitches the idea of a maritime golden road through which ideas flowed from India to the west and south east Asia. It challenges the established idea of an ancient Silk Road and argues that the ‘golden road ’ was much more important for trade and transmission of ideas.The main argument which is very well put is that Indic art, sciences and mathematics permeated through the golden road to south east Asia , China and Europe.

All in all it is a great read although it is not strictly chronological which may be a problem for some and sometimes try to give a bit more credit to Indian influence about some later innovations such as algebra and universities.

It is an interesting read all in all.

all of these are originals. the prices are mentioned in the pictures. if anyone has an offer, kindly dm. can be delivered all over pakistan. (from lahore)

UPDATE: the giveaway winner announcement will be made tonight. we will also share the process of picking random participant. if you are already a member of our community please let me know through inbox. if you ain't make sure you are part of the community. we are Readers who love to reflect, we aim at linking literature with society through learning ,unlearning & relearning.

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Hey its World Book Day & time for a book give away from Dil & Dastaan.

1. Pick a book ( any genre, any language)

2. write 2 sentences explaining how it changed your world view.

3. no review, only impact.

One random community fellow will get one brand new paperback with a handmade book mark.

I plan to read a chapter or a few pages daily and discuss them at the end of the day to improve my understanding of the book.

I’d rather have a one-on-one conversation than join a group or club.

The book is about how childhood trauma, or any kind of trauma, develops within us, how it shapes the way we see things, and how it affects our social lives.

Finished this book a few days ago and still thinking about it. it’s quite similar to the situation in palestine but this is quite tame in comparison. That’s just pure inhumane behaviour.

Also the budding romance in this book is quite nice. How chaste and respective it was and quite sweet and how they both stood up for each other and became each other’s strength in such dire times.

(also wanna sell this book now that i’m done reading. interested people can dm)