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1) Pachinko
Author
Language
English
Description
"A new tour de force from the bestselling author of Free Food for Millionaires, for readers of The Kite Runner and Cutting for Stone. PACHINKO follows one Korean family through the generations, beginning in early 1900s Korea with Sunja, the prized daughter of a poor yet proud family, whose unplanned pregnancy threatens to shame them all. Deserted by her lover, Sunja is saved when a young tubercular minister offers to marry and bring her to Japan....
Author
Publisher
Algonquin Books
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Description
-- The Sympathizer With the epic sweep of Min Jin Lee’s Pachinko Vivid, gripping, and steeped in the language and traditions of Vi¿t Nam, The Mountains Sing The Mountains Sing is celebrated Vietnamese poet Nguy¿n Phan Qu¿ Mai’s first novel in English.
Author
Publisher
Hub City Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Spanning more than half a century and cities from New Delhi to Atlanta, Anjali Enjeti's debut is a heartfelt and human portrait of the long shadow of the Partition of the Indian subcontinent on the lives of three generations. The story begins in August 1947. Unrest plagues the streets of New Delhi leading up to the birth of the Muslim majority nation of Pakistan, and the Hindu majority nation of India. Sixteen-year-old Deepa navigates the changing...
5) Dust Child
Author
Publisher
Hachette Audio
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
-- The Mountains Sing In 1969, sisters Trang and Qu¿nh, desperate to help their parents pay off debts, leave their rural village and become “bar girls” in Sài Gòn, drinking, flirting (and more) with American GIs in return for money. As the war moves closer to the city, the once-innocent Trang gets swept up in an irresistible romance with a young and charming American helicopter pilot. Decades later, an American veteran, Dan, returns to...
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