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High Mountains of Portugal – A Book Review

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Yann Martel is the author of Life of Pi, the #1 international bestseller and winner of the 2002 Man Booker (among many other prizes) and “High Mountains of Portugal”  Is his most recent work that has been published this year .

“High Mountains of Portugal” -Yann Martel 

In Lisbon in 1904, a young man named Tomás discovers an old journal. It hints at the existence of an extraordinary artifact that—if he can find it—would redefine history. Traveling in one of Europe’s earliest automobiles, he sets out in search of this strange treasure.This is  the 1st part of the story  where the character is homeless,lonely grieving about his loss .

the 2nd part of the story homewards is where the story takes a gap and takes us through another characters journeys  ,Thirty-five years later, a Portuguese pathologist devoted to the murder mysteries of Agatha Christie finds himself at the center of a mystery of his own and drawn into the consequences of Tomás’s quest.

Fifty years on, a Canadian senator takes refuge in his ancestral village in northern Portugal, grieving the loss of his beloved wife. But he arrives with an unusual companion: a chimpanzee. And there the century-old quest will come to an unexpected conclusion.The third and final part of the story is home where the story concludes after another Fifty years on, a Canadian senator takes refuge in his ancestral village in northern Portugal, grieving the loss of his beloved wife. But he arrives with an unusual companion: a chimpanzee. And there the century-old quest will come to an unexpected conclusion.

The moment you read what the book  is about ,You want to give it a read.The book is written in three parts homeless,Homeward and home. And its  interesting  since its about three stories  that has a common conclusion and very descriptive,describing every detail and making the reader imagine the setting as if he is there. The story is a little odd and not every reader will enjoy this.

 The book blurb has one thought that makes you question –

Three journeys.Three broken hearts . One question …

What’s life without stories ?

 

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It’s a story about two baseball players who from India made it to the United States popular baseball team .
The film begins with two employee who are in trouble after their star clients does a deal with another agency and they are now looking what options they have and one of them while browsing on the television gets this idea of going to India and finding baseball players by doing a contest to get attention of the people and how they find these two Guys and the challenges and obstacle they face to learn the game and being part of a new country ,there culture ,language ,behaviour is a drastic change and how they over came the changes .
The director job as a storyteller was really good with few portions captured well
The background score was also too indie since it’s was about two Indians player .The background was with theme .also the movie wasn’t too long ,nor short the 120 minutes movies has really hooked you on without leaving you with a moment of boredom .
The performance of the actor were really good epically the two (Sooraj Sharma ) and (Madhur Mittal ) who were part of life of pi and slumdog millionaire with both done a Hollywood project each this seemed to be another one they bagged on the previous performances and this one too will give them more opportunity since they acted showing the changes from being from small villages from India to being well known Indians at every stage .not to forget the last few minutes of the movie when Amit is given an opportunity to go and be the coach for the player by JB
It’s that emotional feeling by the dialogues that creates the impact on the audience which is really satisfying .