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by Miguel Syjuco
Published May 2011
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by Jhumpa Lahiri
Published Sep 2004
Read ReviewsLahiri enriches the themes that made her collection, The Interpreter of Maladies, an international bestseller: the immigrant experience, the clash of cultures, the conflicts of assimilation and, most poignantly, the tangled ties between generations.
by Kien Nguyen
Published Oct 2003
Read ReviewsInspired by the true story of the author's grandfather, a tapestry weaver in the last imperial court of Vietnam - a story of spellbinding drama, intrigue, and an unforgettable love affair.
by Amy Tan
Published Jan 2002
Read ReviewsTan's newest novel mixes pure fiction with elements of autobiography. In the acknowledgements she writes, "The heart of this story belongs to my grandmother, its voice to my mother".
by Nomi Eve
Published Sep 2001
Read ReviewsA multigenerational saga encompassing two hundred years in the life of an unforgettable family set in Jerusalem, from the early years of the nineteenth century to the present.
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