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message 1: by Mirta (new)

Mirta Trupp Please read the interview on this great "diversity" site:

http://www.diversifya.com/cultural-an...


Mostly on Storygraph Mirta wrote: "Please read the interview on this great "diversity" site:
http://www.diversifya.com/cultural-an..."

Konstantin wrote: "Waiting for America: A Story of Emigration"

Thanks Mirta, for the interview link!

Konstantin, feel free to add your suggestion if you think it meets the criteria above!


message 4: by BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) (last edited Feb 02, 2015 07:31AM) (new)

BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet by David Mitchell (currently #189) and The Help by Kathryn Stockett (currently #37). Can anyone please tell me why they are on this list? Thanks.
Same goes for The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga (currently #196).


message 5: by Kaion (last edited Jul 02, 2015 06:11PM) (new)

Kaion Booklovinglady wrote: "The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet by David Mitchell (currently #189) and The Help by Kathryn Stockett (currently #37). Can anyone please tell me why they are o..."

Feel free to (responsibly) clean up the list.


message 6: by BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) (last edited Jul 02, 2015 10:21PM) (new)

BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) Kaion wrote: "Feel free to (responsibly) clean up the list. ..."

Seems someone else already deleted The Help and The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet :-)

The White Tiger is still there though (currently #60) but as I might have missed something concerning the author, Aravind Adiga, I haven't deleted the book. I thought Aravind Adiga was Indian and is still living in India (and as such The White Tiger doesn't qualify for this Listopia) but I might be wrong.


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