Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt

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Angela's Ashes, a memoir by Frank McCourt (Scribner: New York, 1996).

Wrenching, but also funny and poignant and, at times, quite beautiful.

Thursday, August 12, 2010

Unaccustomed Earth

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Jhumpa Lahiri's second collection of short stories is just phenomenal.

Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri (Alfred A. Knopf, 2008).