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While I know that its not necessarily academic to talk about if you liked or disliked a book but I was not the biggest fan of this novel and I think its mostly because the writing style was hard for… Continue Reading →
The novel for this week, We Should Never Meet by Aimee Phan, was a tough one to read. The eight stories, all told through varying timelines of the Vietnam War, linked together to show the heartbreaking results of battle torn… Continue Reading →
This week’s novel was Forgotten Country by Catherine Chung, centering around a Korean-American family in the midst of a familial crisis: the youngest daughter, Haejin (Hannah) has disappeared without a trace, and it is up to Jeehyun (Janie) to find… Continue Reading →
Donald Duk centers around the titular character who is 11 almost 12 year old Chinese American boy living in San Fransisco’s Chinatown. Donald Duk struggles with his Chinese cultural identity and throughout the novel comes to terms with his lost… Continue Reading →
When the Emperor Was Divine by Julie Otsuka, 2002, follows the anonymous story of a family torn apart and relocated from their home in Berkley, California, to Japanese internment camps in Nevada and Utah during World War II. One of… Continue Reading →