Title/Author: Life Ceremony: Stories by Sayaka Murata Publisher: Grove Press Pages: 191 In a nutshell (Publisher): With Life Ceremony, the incomparable Sayaka Murata is back with her first collection of short stories ever to be translated into English. In Japan, Murata is particularly admired for her short stories, which are sometimes sweet, sometimes shocking, and always…
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Comparing ‘Klara and the Sun’ and ‘Never Let Me Go’ by Kazuo Ishiguro #bookreview #UnpopularOpinion #speculativefiction #dystopian #scifi #humanity #cloning #AI #AF #friendship #loyalty #lovestory #KlaraAndTheSun #NeverLetMeGo #asianauthor
Question of the day, Klara or Kathy? For me, it was an easy choice. Klara. And yes, I believe I’m in the minority or possibly the only one in the entire bibliography world 😅 But I wasn’t so surprised because it took me three times to start and finish ‘Never Let Me Go’, while I…
Jee reviews #FruitOfTheDrunkenTree by @ingrid_rojas_c @doubledaybooks @dBookFestival #doubledaybooks #dbf2019 #comingofage #HispanicAmericanLiterature #fiction #war #PabloEscobar #femaleEmpowerment
Title/Author: Fruit of the Drunken Tree by Ingrid Rojas Contreras Publisher: Doubleday Books In a nutshell (Publisher): Seven-year-old Chula and her older sister Cassandra enjoy carefree lives thanks to their gated community in Bogotá, but the threat of kidnappings, car bombs, and assassinations hover just outside the neighborhood walls, where the godlike drug lord Pablo…
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