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#31. The Remains of the Day, Kazuo Ishiguro

whereweather wrote in 50books_poc Nov 16, 2011 11:54

It's been a dog's age since I've updated in this community. A bunch of things happened: I applied for and got a job in another country, I moved to Japan, I adjusted to life in the middle of a wild nowhere, I turned out to have a lot of trouble settling back in to important old routines like doing writing, and reading in English. Anyway, I'm getting ( Read more... )

english, novel, japanese-english, lit fic, a: ishiguro kazuo

2. Sarita Mandanna, Tiger Hills

wordsofastory wrote in 50books_poc Mar 07, 2011 02:00

2. Sarita Mandanna, Tiger Hills ( Read more... )

south asian, south asia, india, women writers, women's fiction, historical fiction, relationships, medium:novel, novel, historical, coming of age, (delicious), fiction, genre:historical.fiction, indian, romance, family, english, 1800s, orig.lang:english, colonialism

1. Bharati Mukherjee, Miss New India

wordsofastory wrote in 50books_poc Mar 07, 2011 01:31

1. Bharati Mukherjee, Miss New IndiaAnjali Bose is a small town girl in rural India who has big dreams. Her teacher, an ex-pat American, encourages her to make something of herself by heading to Bangalore, which they both see as the best new city in India. Anjali eventually heads there, and ends up in more trouble than she anticipated ( Read more... )

south asian, south asia, india, women writers, contemporary fiction, women's fiction, globalization, novel, coming of age, au.race:asian, au.misc:female, fiction, (delicious), indian, english, orig.lang:english