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BookDragon Mortifications Tag

A Dozen Diverse Debut Novels [in The Booklist Reader]

08 Nov, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Black/African American, Fiction, Lists, Repost

The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen. The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini. White Teeth by Zadie Smith. What do these novels have in common? All were debuts, and all earned coveted awards, plaudits, and significant sales numbers. For those of you watching the prize and bestseller...

The Mortifications by Derek Palacio [in Library Journal]

21 Dec, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Audio, Caribbean, Caribbean American, Cuban, Cuban American, Fiction, Latina/o/x, Repost

*STARRED REVIEW A mother, Soledad, flees Cuba, abandoning her revolutionary husband Uxmal and absconding with their 12-year-old twins Ulises and Isabel. She bypasses Miami for Hartford, CT, finding work as a court stenographer, making her the transcriber of other people's words. Although Uxmal’s presence never seems to...

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