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Phantoms by Christian Kiefer [in Booklist]

05 Feb, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Fiction, Japanese American, Nonethnic-specific, Repost, Young Adult Readers

Peter Berkrot is not a Japanese speaker – and somehow, he went into the recording studio without pronunciation guidance, an aural detail that unfortunately mars an otherwise stellar presentation of Christian Kiefer’s (Infinite Tides) stunning, slim third novel. With his folksy, inviting delivery, Berkrot magnetically lures...

River Town: Two Years on the Yangtze by Peter Hessler

31 May, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Audio, Chinese, Memoir, Nonethnic-specific, Nonfiction

Peter Hessler and I started out in the wrong voice – literally. I stuck River Town (the first of Hessler's "China Trilogy," made up of River Town, Oracle Bones, and Country Driving) in my ears and nearly threw the iPod off the cliffs in the first half...

BookDragon Peter Berkrot Tag

Phantoms by Christian Kiefer [in Booklist]

River Town: Two Years on the Yangtze by Peter Hessler

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