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On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

By Ocean Vuong - The Vietnamese American writer's beautiful thoughtful debut novel is written in the form of a letter from a Vietnamese American son to his illiterate mother. Highly recommended

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The Sea, The Sea

The 1978 novel by Irish author Iris Murdoch ... Winner of the Booker Prize. One ot the most thought provoking books I've read. "Self-deception, the power of memory, jealousy, + the conflict between imagination + reality,"

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📖 Tevye the Dairyman & Motl the Cantor's Son 📚

As a big fan of Fiddler on the Roof, I decided I should read the original Tevye stories. First published in 1894, Tevye 'tells' Aleichem the tales of his family, focusing on six of his seven daughters, Tzeitel, Chava, Hodel, Shprintze, Taybele, and Bielke. I was surprised by how different these tales proved to be from musical.
But the highlight here is the delightful adventures of the 'orphan' Motl in Aleichem's unfinished novel Motl and the Cantor's Son. These tales take us on the journey from poverty in the Shtetl, across Europe to the promise land of America. Motls' take on life is endearing and funny. I am amazed that these stories have never made it to film!

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📚 Just finished James Baldwin's Go Tell It On The Mountain ... Recently realized that I had never read anything by him and figured it was time to correct that! 📚

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📚 Books Books Books 📚

Just finished the 1994 novel "Paradise" by Abdulrazak Gurnah, winner of the 2021 Nobel Prize for Literature.

The Zanzibar born author takes us into the world of colonial Africa - A coming of age story filled with fascinating characters of differing backgrounds, each with a mysterious past that, once revealed will lead the main character to a surprising decision ...

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