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Men Without Women: Stories by Haruki Murakami, translated by Philip Gabriel and Ted Goossen [in Christian Science Monitor]

08 May, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Fiction, Japanese, Repost, Short Stories, Translation

'Men Without Women' is Murakami at his whimsical best For Haruki Murakami aficionados, reading Men Without Women, Murakami's 20th book to be translated into English, is a whimsical delight. The seven stories in his fourth story collection present another captivating treasure hunt of familiar Murakami motifs...

Posted by John David Anderson [in Shelf Awareness]

05 May, by SIBookDragon in Fiction, Middle Grade Readers, Nonethnic-specific, Repost

In a small Michigan town, four eighth-grade boys make up their own "tribe": Frost (nicknamed for winning a poetry contest in fifth grade), Bench (because he's more bench-warmer than active player), Deedee (for his Dungeons & Dragons obsession), and Wolf (because he's a Wolfgang Amadeus...

The Leavers by Lisa Ko [in Christian Science Monitor]

04 May, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Chinese, Chinese American, Fiction, Repost

'The Leavers,' inspired by a real story, confronts transracial adoption “Everyone had stories they told themselves to get through the days,” Deming Guo muses the evening of his 22nd birthday, summing up a lifetime of leaving – and being left – that has defined his short...

A Palestine Reader, Part II: Adult Books [in The Booklist Reader]

03 May, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Arab, Arab American, Fiction, Graphic Title/Manga/Manwha, Lists, Memoir, Middle Eastern, Nonfiction, Palestinian, Palestinian American, Repost, Short Stories, Translation

The unrelenting conflict between Palestine and Israel keeps the Middle East in the news. But for a fuller picture of the Palestinian and Palestinian-American experience than what the media can provide, here’s a starter reading list. For a list of recommended titles about Palestine for young, middle-grade,...

Author Interview: Jimin Han [in Bloom]

02 May, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Author Interview/Profile, Fiction, Korean, Korean American, Repost

The Small Revolutions Make Way for the Big Ones Recent Korean history seems to be getting quite the literal spotlight from both sides of the globe – by native Korean and Korean American writers alike. In Human Acts – Han Kang’s follow-up to her Man Booker International...

Inheritance from Mother by Minae Mizumura, translated by Juliet Winters Carpenter [in Booklist]

01 May, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Fiction, Japanese, Repost, Translation

Death brings “excitement ...

A Palestine Reader, Part I: Books for Youth [in The Booklist Reader]

28 Apr, by SIBookDragon in Arab, Arab American, British, Canadian, Children/Picture Books, Fiction, Lists, Memoir, Middle Grade Readers, Nonfiction, Palestinian, Palestinian American, Repost, Translation, Young Adult Readers

The unrelenting conflict between Palestine and Israel keeps the Middle East in the news. But for a fuller picture of the Palestinian and Palestinian American experience than what the media can provide, here's a starter reading list for young people. Stay tuned for our list of titles about...

Grendel’s Guide to Love and War: A Tale of Rivalry, Romance, and Existential Angst by A.E. Kaplan [in Shelf Awareness]

26 Apr, by SIBookDragon in Fiction, Korean American, Nonethnic-specific, Repost, Young Adult Readers

Tom Grendel can divide his 17-year-old life in "exactly three phases: before Mom, after Mom but before Dad/Iraq, and my current post-Dad/Iraq period." Tom's mother died suddenly when he was 9. His father deployed to Iraq, leaving Tom and his sister, Zipora, with their grandmother....

Muslim Girl: A Coming of Age by Amani Al-Khatahtbeh [in Library Journal]

25 Apr, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Arab American, Audio, Memoir, Nonfiction, Repost, Young Adult Readers

On September 11, 2001, 9-year-old Amani Al-Khatahtbeh should have been enjoying Yearbook Day at her New Jersey elementary school. Instead, “[t]hat day has become crystallized in my memory,” Al-Kahatahtbeh writes – and narrates, “not just for how harrowingly scary it [was] – how we didn’t...

The Golden Legend by Nadeem Aslam [in Christian Science Monitor]

24 Apr, by SIBookDragon in Absolute Favorites, Adult Readers, British Asian, Fiction, Indian, Pakistani, Repost, South Asian

'The Golden Legend' tells a magnificent story of terror and dignity I must confess: I missed my deadline. I simply didn’t want to finish this book. Letting go of Nargis, Lily, Helen, and Imran felt like a visceral cleaving. While Nadeem Aslam’s previous novels, including Maps...

Whatever Happened to Interracial Love? by Kathleen Collins, foreword by Elizabeth Alexander [in Library Journal]

21 Apr, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Audio, Black/African American, Fiction, Hapa/Mixed-race, Repost, Short Stories

*STARRED REVIEW Filmmaker/playwright/writer/activist Kathleen Collins was a multi-faceted, multi-talented pioneer who died at just 46. In 2014, indie distributor Milestone Films reintroduced her groundbreaking 1982 film, Losing Ground, one of the first movies directed by an African American woman. Beyond the celluloid, this posthumously published 16-story...

Lucky Boy by Shanthi Sekaran [in Library Journal]

20 Apr, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Audio, Fiction, Indian American, Latina/o/x, Repost, South Asian American

*STARRED REVIEW Soli is still a teenager when she becomes pregnant during her journey from her native Mexican village to northern California. Partly joyous because she's love-struck, mostly nightmarish for what she must endure to survive, Soli enters the United States illegally and eventually finds a...

You Will Not Have My Hate by Antoine Leiris, translated by Sam Taylor [in Library Journal]

19 Apr, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Audio, European, French, Memoir, Nonethnic-specific, Nonfiction, Repost

*STARRED REVIEW With elegant control, narrator Gildart Jackson embodies the words of French journalist Antoine Leiris, who bears witness to the murder of his wife, Hélène Muyal-Leiris, one of the victims of the November 13, 2015, terrorist attack at Paris's Bataclan Theatre. Three days later, Leiris...

Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows by Balli Kaur Jaswal [in Booklist]

18 Apr, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, British, British Asian, Fiction, Repost

Nikki’s begrudging agreement to help her sister, Mindi, “find a husband the traditional way” takes her to Southall, a predominately South Asian immigrant neighborhood in west London, to post a discreet marriage advert at the gurdwara (Sikh temple). Unlike Mindi, Nikki considers herself modern and...

A Small Revolution by Jimin Han [in Booklist]

17 Apr, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Fiction, Korean, Korean American, Repost

In a Pennsylvania college dorm, five teens are trapped in a life-and-death situation. The quintet’s point of connection, allegedly dead, is a Korean American student, Jaesung, who was reported to have perished in a recent car fire in Seoul. Yoona, in whose room the terror plays...

The Sleepwalker by Chris Bohjalian [in Library Journal]

14 Apr, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Armenian American, Audio, Fiction, Nonethnic-specific, Repost

Annalee Ahlberg is missing, but given her history of sleepwalking, her loved ones hold fast to the possibility of her return. While the investigation remains ongoing, the family adheres to some semblance of normalcy: husband Warren retreats to his work as a professor, 21-year-old daughter...

The Refugee Experience for Middle Grade and YA Readers [in The Booklist Reader]

13 Apr, by SIBookDragon in Afghan, African, Arab, Biography, Canadian, Canadian Asian Pacific American, Caribbean, Cuban, Fiction, Graphic Title/Manga/Manwha, Iranian, Iranian American, Iraqi, Italian, Lists, Memoir, Middle Eastern, Middle Grade Readers, Myanmarese (Burmese), Nonethnic-specific, Nonfiction, Poetry, Repost, Verse Novel/Nonfiction, Vietnamese, Vietnamese American, Young Adult Readers

This is the second in a two-part series of recommended books for youth about the refugee experience. For a list of picture books, click here. Canada, with her groovin' President, functional healthcare system, and more welcoming borders, is currently in the throes of "Month 13," the first month following...

Help Young Readers Understand the Refugee Experience with Picture Books [in The Booklist Reader]

13 Apr, by SIBookDragon in African, Arab, Arab American, Australian, Bilingual, Biography, Cambodian, Cambodian American, Canadian, Children/Picture Books, Fiction, Iraqi, Korean American, Latin American, Lists, Nonethnic-specific, Nonfiction, Repost, Southeast Asian, Southeast Asian American, Syrian, Translation, Vietnamese, Vietnamese American, Young Adult Readers

This is the first in a two-part series of recommended books for youth about the refugee experience. For a list of middle grade and YA titles, click here. The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), also known as the United Nations Refugee Agency,...

Stormy Seas: Stories of Young Boat Refugees by Mary Beth Leatherdale, illustrated and designed by Eleanor Shakespeare

12 Apr, by SIBookDragon in Canadian, Children/Picture Books, Middle Grade Readers, Nonfiction

The first line speaks volumes: "If you're reading this, you – like me – have probably won the lottery. Not the giant-check, instant-millionaire kind of lottery. The other lottery win ...

No Other World by Rahul Mehta [in Library Journal]

06 Apr, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Fiction, Indian, Indian American, Repost, South Asian, South Asian American

In this debut novel (following Quarantine), western New York in 1985 and western India in 1998 are introduced as prologue, with both time and place connected by the 12-going-on-13-year-old and 26-year-old versions of Kiran Shah, whose coming-of-age as a bicultural gay Indian American is...

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