Posted in Authors, Book Reviews, General, Literature/Fiction, tagged Authors, Book Reviews, Books, Female Authors, female writers, fiction, historical fiction, immigrant stories, Italian Immigrant Experience, Italian Immigrants, Italian Immigration NYC, Literature, literature reviews, NYC Italian Immigrants, stories, Turn-of-the-Century, Writers on January 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Vita, by Melania G. Mazzucco…I give it Five Stars!
“The image of that city rising from the water and aiming straight for the sky will stay with him for the rest of his life – so near and yet so unreachable.”
Mazzucco brings the reader a saga, a journey of hopes, dreams, illusions and disillusionment that comprises [...]
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Posted in Authors, Book Reviews, General, Literature/Fiction, tagged Authors, Book Reviews, Books, fiction, Gregory Maguire, Literature, Male Authors, Novels, stories, Wicked, Wicked Witch of the West, Witches, writing on January 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Wicked, by Gregory Maguire…I give it Five Stars!!
Have you ever wondered about Elphaba, The Wicked Witch of the West, and whether she really was as wicked as she has been portrayed, or, has she been stereo-typed and misunderstood, throughout the decades?
This fantasy-novel actually borders on reality, current events (both political and economical), and is a [...]
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Posted in Authors, Book Reviews, General, Literature/Fiction, tagged Authors, Books, fiction, historical novels, Novels, Russian stories, stories, Writers, writing on January 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Dreams of My Russian Summers, by Andrei Makine…I Give it Five Stars!
This is a masterpiece! Makine reveals worlds within worlds, seasons within seasons that captivate and intrigue the reader with his poetic-like prose and brilliant writing, evoking impressionistic word-paintings.
“…and the shadow of a distant and dreamy sweetness veiled your gaze, refined your features, and caused [...]
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Alientejo Blue, by Monica Ali…I give it Five Stars!
From the author of Brick Lane, Monica Ali brings us her latest work, and within her prose we see her brilliance shine through.
What is it like to live in a village, with familial lines that reach back generations? We see some of the answers to that question [...]
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Posted in Authors, Book Reviews, General, Literature/Fiction, tagged After Dark, Authors, Book Reviews, Books, fiction, Haruki Murakami, Japanese Authors, Novels on January 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
After Dark, by Haruki Murakami…I Give it Five Stars!
After dark, the so-called witching hours between midnight and dawn, is the foundation for this novel, in which sisters, Eri and Mari are the central characters, along with a jazz trombonist. Mari and the trombonist meet in a Denny’s, located somewhere in Japan, by chance (or is [...]
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A Thousand Splendid Suns, by Khaled Hosseini…I give it 5++ Stars!
Khaled Hosseini’s second novel, A Thousand Splendid Suns, is as intense as his first international bestseller, The Kite Runner, and lived up to my every expectations. Quite often a second novel does not compare in quality and content to the first one, especially if it [...]
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