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January 13, 2011 by Angela Carstensen
Lipstick in Afghanistan by Roberta Gately joins a growing number of books set in Afghanistan, both fiction and nonfiction. While I would not compare Lipstick in Afghanistan to The Kite Runner or A Thousand Splendid Suns, I do believe that the same readers might enjoy it. This is a lighter treatment of the troubles in Afghanistan, from the […]
December 22, 2010 by Angela Carstensen
One of the joys of a blog like this one is the opportunity to draw attention to titles that might be overlooked in the crowd of books published every year. Today’s review of Broken Glass Park by Alina Bronsky highlights a first novel offered in translation from the German, published by Europa Editions. This coming-of-age immigration […]
December 3, 2010 by Angela Carstensen
Today we have a coming of age, debut novel. This one stands out for its narrator, who despite a dark & angry point of view, charms the reader with his witty, smart turns of phrase and way of looking at the world. RATHBONE, Emma. The Patterns of Paper Monsters. 224p. Little, Brown. 2010. Tr $13.99. […]
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November 24, 2010 by Angela Carstensen
Several first novels stood out this year, many with appeal to young readers. Many of them have already been reviewed here: Girl in Translation, The Girl who Fell from the Sky, The House of Tomorrow, Matterhorn, The Outside Boy, and The Vanishing of Katharina Linden. Let’s add one more. A paperback original, Finny is a coming-of-age novel […]
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