Saturday, September 21, 2024

valentino & sagittarius by natalia ginzburg (trans. avril bardoni)

these stories go really well together - recountings of quiet family tragedy that is so mundane yet so fascinating when told through these resigned, listless, but loving young women characters' point of view. perfect one-act drama.

native speaker by chang-rae lee

 It's an excellent novel in its own right, and I completely understand why it has so many diaspora-novel imitators. It's multi - lay...