Published: January 17th 2017 (first published 2014)
Translated by: Deborah Smith
Publisher: Hogarth
Genres: Literary Fiction, Historical Fiction, Korean Literature
Source: Purchased Harcover
My Rating:
Published: January 17th 2017 (first published 2014)
Translated by: Deborah Smith
Publisher: Hogarth
Genres: Literary Fiction, Historical Fiction, Korean Literature
Source: Purchased Harcover
My Rating:
Publisher: Random House
Genres: Literary Fiction, Culttural
Format: ARC Source: Won
My Rating: 4 Stars
Jende Jonga, a Cameroonian immigrant living in Harlem, has come to the United States to provide a better life for himself, his wife, Neni, and their six-year-old son. In the fall of 2007, Jende can hardly believe his luck when he lands a job as a chauffeur for Clark Edwards, a senior executive at Lehman Brothers. Clark demands punctuality, discretion, and loyalty—and Jende is eager to please. Clark’s wife, Cindy, even offers Neni temporary work at the Edwardses’ summer home in the Hamptons. With these opportunities, Jende and Neni can at last gain a foothold in America and imagine a brighter future.
However, the world of great power and privilege conceals troubling secrets, and soon Jende and Neni notice cracks in their employers’ façades.
When the financial world is rocked by the collapse of Lehman Brothers, the Jongas are desperate to keep Jende’s job—even as their marriage threatens to fall apart. As all four lives are dramatically upended, Jende and Neni are forced to make an impossible choice.
Published: July 12th 2016 (first published 2015)
Publisher: Random House
Genres: Adult Fiction, Magical Realism, Literary Fiction, Cultural, Mythology
Format: Paperback Source: Won
My Rating: 4 Stars
Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly meme, hosted by Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases we are eagerly anticipating.
Published: May 14th, 2013
by: Knopf
Genres: Adult-Fiction, Contemporary, Literary, Politics, Cultural, Mental Health, Coming-of-Age, Romance
Format: Paperback
Source: Purchased
My Rating: 5 Stars
Published: February 2nd, 2016 (first published 2007)
by: Hogarth
Translated by: Deborah Smith
Genres: Adult-Fiction, Cultural, Korean-Lit, Literary-Fiction
Stacking The Shelves is a weekly meme, hosted by Tynga’s Reviews, that spotlights the books we are adding to our shelves; whether they be virtual or physical.
Stacking The Shelves is a weekly meme, hosted by Tynga’s Reviews, that spotlights the books we are adding to our shelves; whether they be virtual or physical.
Published: October 22nd, 2013
By: Hachette Audio
Narrated By: David Pittu (32 hours, 29 minutes)
Genres: Literary-Fiction, Contemporary, Coming-of-Age
Format: Audio CD Source: Purchased
My Rating: 4 Stars
Theo Decker, a thirteen-year-old New Yorker, miraculously survives an accident that kills his mother. Abandoned by his father, Theo is taken in by the family of a wealthy friend. Bewildered by his strange new home on Park Avenue, disturbed by schoolmates who don’t know how to talk to him, and tormented above all by his unbearable longing for his mother, he clings to one thing that reminds him of her: a small, mysteriously captivating painting that ultimately draws Theo into the underworld of art.
As an adult, Theo moves silkily between the drawing rooms of the rich and the dusty labyrinth of an antiques store where he works. He is alienated and in love-and at the center of a narrowing, ever more dangerous circle.
The Goldfinch is a mesmerizing, stay-up-all-night and tell-all-your-friends triumph, an old-fashioned story of loss and obsession, survival and self-invention, and the ruthless machinations of fate.
Stacking The Shelves is a weekly meme, hosted by Tynga’s Reviews, that spotlights the books we are adding to our shelves; whether they be virtual or physical.