Suzanne's+suggestions


 * All these books are in the YHS library**

NOVELS ABOUT THE INTERSECTION OF CULTURES: (all are in the YHS library) Lucy, by Jamaica Kincaid The Samurai's garden, by Gail Tsukiyama (Japanese/Chinese) The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri (Indian/US) Famous all over town, by Danny Santiago (L.A./ Chicano) A Step From Heaven, by An Na (Korean/US) When the Emperor was Divine, by Julie Otsuka (Japanese/US - internment camps WWII) Over a Thousand Hills I walk with you, by Hanna Jansen (Rwanda/Europe) Kiffe Kiffe Tomorrow, by Faiza Guene (Moroccan/France) Ask me no questions, by Marina Budhos (Bangladesh/US) Fugitive Pieces, by Anne Michaels (Polish/Greece/Canada) Dark Dude, by Oscar Hijuelos (Cuban/NYC) The House of Sand and Fog, by Andre Dubus Tangled threads, a Hmong girl's story, by Peggy Dietz Shea The Other Side of Truth, by Beverly Naidoo (Nigerian/England)

INTERNATIONAL AUTHORS: Coetzee, J.M. Waiting for the Barbarians (South Africa) Gordimer, Nadine. My son's story (South Africa) Desai, Kiran. The Inheritance of Loss (India) Coelho, Paulo. The Alchemist? (Brazil) Danticat, Edwidge. Krik? Krak! (Haiti) Moshiri, Farnoosh. The Bathhouse (Iran) - this one's pretty bleak Selvadurai, Shyam. Swimming in the Monsoon Sea (Sri Lanka) Ihimaera, Witi. Whale Rider (Maori - New Zealand) Akpan, Uwem. Say You're One of Them (Nigerian - African stories) an Oprah book! Brink, Andre. A dry white season (South Africa) Alvarez, Julia. Before We Were Free (Dominican Republic) Achebe, Chinua. Things fall apart (Nigeria) Sijie, Dai. Balzac and the little Chinese seamstress (China) Mori, Ogai. The Wild Geese (Japan - historical) Mo Yan. Shifu, you'll do anything for a laugh (Chinese - short stories) Solzhenitsyn, Alexander. One Day in the life of Ivan Denisovich (Russian) Murakami, Haruki. Kafka on the shore (Japan) Khadra, Yasmina. The Swallows of Kabul (Afghanistan) Mahfouz, Naguib. Midaq Alley (Egypt)