Friday, August 15, 2008

Need help picking a book!

I had to give up on The Hakawati for the Orbis Terrarum Challenge (9 books by 9 authors from different countries), I just couldn't get into it and it was looming over me and I decided that even for a challenge, reading still has to be fun, not a chore. But now I need another book for the challenge and I want to be sure it's a good one (not that The Hakawati was bad, it just wasn't for me). So, if you have any recommendations of books that blew you away, please leave a comment!

The author can't be from any of these countries, as I have them covered:
Lebanon
Hong Kong
Canada
Ireland

England
Iran
Australia
Germany


Thanks in advance!!

7 comments:

Diana Dang said...

Try Shizuko's Daughter by Kyoko Mori (if my mind serves me correctly) It's Japanese obviously.

Alea said...

http://www.amazon.com/One-More-Year-Sana-Krasikov/dp/0385524390/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1218835865&sr=8-1

That book came out this week. I read an ARC. It was pretty good. I think you could say she's from the former Soviet Union, I'm sure you could find something more specific. Sorry I don't know off hand!

Julie said...

Peony in Love by Lisa See, she's Chinese American so I don't know if tht qualifies.

or either The Kite Runner or A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khalid Housseni (Afghanistan)

kristen said...

I loved the Cairo Trilogy by Naguib Mahfouz... (Egypt)

raidergirl3 said...

Have you read Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie from Nigeria? It's very good, and would be an award winner as well.

Shadow Family by Miyabe was a great little mystery I read earlier this year.

An Italian mystery series by Andrea Camilleri is really great.

Cindy B said...

One of my top reads from last year was Ah, But Your Land is Beautiful by Alan Paton. It's set in South Africa, and told from several different viewpoints. Here's a link to my review on LT:

http://www.librarything.com/work/224321/book/6389592

Jennie said...

I love Kitchen and Goodbye Tsugumi, both by Banana Yoshimoto (Japan).

I just fell in love with Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones (New Zealand)

Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky is amazing (France)