Book review: The God of Small Things – Arundhati Roy

Title: The God of Small Things Author: Arundhati Roy ISBN-13: 9780002255868 Release date: June 9, 1997 Publisher: Flamingo Genre: literary fiction Source: public library Challenges: South Asian challenge, Man Booker Prize challenge Verdict: Summary A boy and a girl, two-egg twins, cross paths again after years of separation. Estha, sent away, but now re-Returned, has [...]

Title: Beijing Doll Author: Chun Sue (pen name of Li Jianfu) Translator: Howard Goldblatt ISBN-13: 9781594480201 Release date: August 3, 2004 Publisher: Riverhead Books Genre: young adult fiction, transgressive fiction Source: university library Challenges: Chinese literature challenge Verdict: Summary She just finished middle school and already her heart is heavy with her future that is [...]

Book review: Candy – Mian Mian

Title: Candy Author: Mian Mian (pen name of Wang Shen) Translator: Andrea Lingenfelter ISBN-13: 9780316563567 Release date: August 28, 2003 Publisher: Back Bay Books Genre: young adult fiction, transgressive fiction Source: university library Challenges: Chinese literature challenge Verdict: “Saining and I had a lot in common. For one thing, we each had our own worlds, [...]

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