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The Best We Could Do: An Illustrated Memoir (<\/em>Thi Bui)<\/h2>\n
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An intimate and poignant graphic novel portraying one family’s journey from war-torn Vietnam.<\/p>\n

\u201cA book to break your heart and heal it\u201d – Viet Thanh Nguyen<\/p>\n

(Goodreads)<\/a><\/p>\n

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao<\/em> (Junot\u00a0D\u00edaz)<\/h2>\n
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The novel is set in\u00a0New Jersey\u00a0and deals with the Dominican Republic experience under dictator\u00a0Rafael Trujillo. The book chronicles both the life of Oscar de Le\u00f3n, an overweight\u00a0Dominican\u00a0boy growing up in\u00a0Paterson, New Jersey, who is obsessed with science fiction and fantasy novels and with falling in love, as well as a curse that has plagued his family for generations.<\/p>\n

“D\u00edaz succeeds in coupling the book’s interest in genre to the creolisation he values in Caribbean culture.” – The Guardian<\/em><\/p>\n

(Goodreads)<\/a><\/p>\n

Murambi, The Book of Bones <\/em>(Rwanda: \u00e8crire par devoir de m\u00e9moire, translated by Fiona McLughlin) (Boubacar Boris Diop)<\/h2>\n
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In April of 1994, nearly a million Rwandans were killed in what would prove to be one of the swiftest, most terrifying killing sprees of the 20th century. In\u00a0Murambi, The Book of Bones<\/em>, Boubacar Boris Diop comes face to face with the chilling horror and overwhelming sadness of the tragedy.<\/p>\n

\u201cA powerful contribution to the literature of the Rwandan genocide\u201d \u2013 Kirkus Reviews<\/p>\n

(Goodreads)<\/a><\/p>\n

Happiness <\/em>(Aminatta Forna)<\/h2>\n
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London. A fox makes its way across Waterloo Bridge. The distraction causes two pedestrians to collide–Jean, an American studying the habits of urban foxes, and Attila, a Ghanaian psychiatrist there to deliver a keynote speech. From this chance encounter, Aminatta Forna’s unerring powers of observation show how in the midst of the rush of a great city lie numerous moments of connection.<\/p>\n

\u201cNature meets London in all its multilayered glory in Forna\u2019s vivid portrait of marginalised people\u201d \u2013 The Guardian<\/em><\/p>\n

(Goodreads)<\/a><\/p>\n

Sea of Poppies (<\/em>Amitav Ghosh)<\/h2>\n
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The main characters include Deeti, an ordinary village woman, an “octoroon” American sailor named Zachary Reid, an Indian rajah \/ zamindar called Neel Rattan Halder, and Benjamin Burnham, an evangelist opium trader, set prior to the First Opium War, on the banks of the holy river Ganges and in Calcutta.<\/p>\n

(Goodreads)<\/a><\/p>\n

We wish to Inform You That\u00a0Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families: Stories from Rwanda\u00a0<\/em>(Philip Gourevitch)<\/h2>\n
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We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families: Stories from Rwanda<\/i>\u00a0is a 1998 non-fiction book by\u00a0The New Yorker\u00a0<\/em><\/i>\u00a0writer\u00a0Philip Gourevitch\u00a0about the 1994\u00a0Rwandan genocide, in which an estimated 1,000,000\u00a0Tutsis\u00a0and\u00a0Hutus\u00a0were killed.<\/p>\n

“Prescient, unabashedly lyrical and not afraid to hand out blame, Gourevitch\u2019s study of the Rwandan genocide remains a pinnacle of war writing two decades on”\u00a0– The Guardian<\/em><\/p>\n

(Goodreads)<\/a><\/p>\n

Red Birds <\/em>(Mohammed Hanif)<\/h2>\n
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An American pilot crash lands in the desert and takes refuge in the very camp he was supposed to bomb. Hallucinating palm trees and worrying about dehydrating to death isn’t what Major Ellie expected from this mission. Still, it’s an improvement on the constant squabbles with his wife back home.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe ugliness of war is brilliantly captured in this wildly original novel narrated by a teenage refugee and a philosopher-dog\u201d \u2013 The Guardian<\/em><\/p>\n

(Goodreads)<\/a><\/p>\n

The Book of Night Women\u00a0<\/em>(Marlon James)<\/h2>\n
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The story follows Lilith, a young woman born into slavery, who challenges the boundaries of what is expected of her.<\/p>\n

\u201cWriting in the spirit of Toni Morrison and Alice Walker but in a style all his own, James has conducted an experiment in how to write the unspeakable \u2014 even the unthinkable. And the results of that experiment are an undeniable success.\u201d \u2013 The Los Angeles Times<\/em><\/p>\n

(Goodreads)<\/a><\/p>\n

The Bluest Eye (<\/em>Toni Morrison)<\/h2>\n
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The novel takes place in Lorain, Ohio (Morrison’s hometown), and tells the story of a young African-American girl named Pecola who grows up during the years following the Great Depression. Set in 1941, the story tells that due to her mannerisms and dark skin, she is consistently regarded as “ugly”.<\/p>\n

\u201cToni Morrison has not written a story really, but a series of painfully accurate impressions.\u201d \u2013 Ruby Dee<\/p>\n

(Goodreads)<\/a><\/p>\n

The Sympathizer\u00a0<\/em>(Viet Thanh Nguyen)<\/h2>\n
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The Sympathizer<\/em>\u00a0follows a nameless spy who has infiltrated the South Vietnamese army and flees with its remnants to America. His mission: report on their efforts to continue their lost war.<\/p>\n

\u201c[\u2026] surely a new classic of war fiction” which is “startlingly insightful and perilously candid\u201d \u2013 The Washington Post<\/em><\/p>\n

(Goodreads)<\/a><\/p>\n

Anil’s Ghost <\/em>(Michael Ondatjee)<\/h2>\n
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Anil’s Ghost<\/em>\u00a0follows the life of Anil Tissera, a native\u00a0Sri Lankan\u00a0who left to study in Britain and then the United States on a scholarship, during which time she has become a\u00a0forensic pathologist. She returns to Sri Lanka in the midst of its merciless civil war as part of a human rights investigation by the\u00a0United Nations.<\/p>\n

\u201cMore effective than a documentary, Ondaatje’s novel satisfies one of the most exalted purposes of fiction: to illuminate the human condition through pity and terror. It may well be the capstone of his career\u201d \u2013 Publishing Weekly<\/em><\/p>\n

(Goodreads)<\/a><\/p>\n

There, There <\/em>(Tommy Orang)<\/h2>\n
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There, There\u00a0<\/em>\u00a0opens with an essay by Orange as a prologue, and then proceeds to follow a large cast of\u00a0Native Americans\u00a0living in the area of\u00a0Oakland, California, as they struggle with a wide array of challenges, all uniting at a community\u00a0pow wow\u00a0and its attempted robbery.<\/p>\n

“[The novel]\u00a0should probably be on reading lists for every creative writing program in this country” – The Globe and Mail\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

(Goodreads)<\/a><\/p>\n

In the Shadow of the Banyan<\/em>\u00a0(Vaddy Ratner)<\/h2>\n
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For seven-year-old Raami, the shattering end of childhood begins with the footsteps of her father returning home in the early dawn hours bringing details of the civil war that has overwhelmed the streets of Phnom Penh, Cambodia’s capital. Soon the family’s world of carefully guarded royal privilege is swept up in the chaos of revolution and forced exodus.<\/p>\n

“Ratner has written something different and rather remarkable. Her book is based on her own experiences (and knowing that, one shudders at what she underwent), but draws on them as opposed to recounting them.”<\/p>\n

– Independent\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Palestine\u00a0<\/em>(Joe Sacco)<\/h2>\n
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Palestine <\/i>is a non-fiction graphic novel\u00a0written and drawn by\u00a0Joe Sacco\u00a0about his experiences in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip in December 1991 and January 1992. Sacco’s portrayal of the situation emphasizes the history and plight of the\u00a0Palestinian people, as a group and as individuals.<\/p>\n

(Goodreads)<\/a><\/p>\n

Home Fire<\/em> (Kamila Shamsie)<\/h2>\n
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Home Fire <\/em>reimagines Sophocles’s play Antigone unfolding among British Muslims. The novel follows the Pasha family: twin siblings Aneeka and Parvaiz and their older sister Isma, who has raised them in the seven years since the siblings were orphaned by the death of their mother; their jihadi father, whom the twins never knew, is also dead.<\/p>\n

\u201c(The novel) blazes with the kind of annihilating devastation that transcends grief.\u201d \u2013 The Washington Post <\/em><\/p>\n

(Goodreads)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Best We Could Do: An Illustrated Memoir (Thi Bui) An intimate and poignant graphic novel portraying one family’s journey from war-torn Vietnam. \u201cA book to break your heart and heal it\u201d – Viet Thanh Nguyen (Goodreads) The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (Junot\u00a0D\u00edaz) The novel is set in\u00a0New Jersey\u00a0and deals with the Dominican … <\/p>\n

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