Part of the new generation of young Jewish writers.
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The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yoko Ogawa
Recommended by Junot Diaz, author of Oscar Wao.
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Gettysburg by Stephen W. Sears
According to the Times, Jay Winik, “Sears’s reconstruction is “The Civil War equivalent of a modern spy satellite photograph. He hovers above the action, giving us a panoramic view.”
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Diary of a Bad Year by J.M. Coetzee
Made someone’s Must-Read list. Newsweek, I think.
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Desirable Daughters by Bharati Mukherjee
About Brahmin Indian women recommended by LEP.
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War by Sebastian Junger
Because I’ve really enjoyed all of Junger’s writing. This book is the first hand account of two years embedded with American troops in the recently abandoned Korangal Valley, Afghanistan.
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Recommended book – Dirt (What’s not to like?)
“Dirt” by William Bryant Logan.
It’s written like a poetic memoir, half natural history half philosophical treatise. The writing is fantastic, the author is extremely lyrically gifted, and the chapters are short and often hilarious. There is a great interplay of the cultural, historical, spiritual, and even erotic side of dirt, yet it still gives a good novice’s overview of soil properties. Recommended by Dave Cass.