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Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar
Martyr! by Iranian-American author Kaveh Akbar was a big hit when it was first published in 2024. It was a New York Times bestseller, a finalist for the National Book Award, and it made Barack Obama’s list of recommended reading. However, the first time I read the opening pages, I abandoned the book. The scene starts with alcoholic Cyrus in a filthy room, asking for a sign from God. I was not
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Kohli’s book alternates between her own personal story of growing up in Virginia as the youngest daughter of Sikh immigrant parents; data from informal surveys of children of immigrants; and advice for children of immigrants from her work as a counse ...more |
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| In the early 1900s, women in a fictional small town in Brazil gather to make lace. Their lace becomes popular and the women begin earning money, which is especially helpful to one family, nicknamed “Flores” after their flower garden. Because of a sup ...more | |
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| I read The Most twice, back-to-back. This novella (133 pages) seems simple on the surface: it concerns a housewife, Kathleen, in 1957 who decides to spend all day in the swimming pool of the Newark, Delaware apartment complex where she lives. The fir ...more | |
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| A Woman of Pleasure takes place in Japan and follows the story of Ichi, who in 1903 at the age of 15 is sold into prostitution by her father. She comes from a remote island (Iojima) and when she arrives in Kyushu, she is dazzled by the large houses s ...more | |
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