Friday, April 6, 2012

Friday Finds!

Bury Me Standing is writer Isabel Fonseca's portrait of the Roma people based on time she spent traveling and living among them in Eastern Europe.

Europa Editions kindly sent me a review copy of Divorce Islamic Style, the latest from writer Amara Lakhous, author of the terrific Clash of Civilizations Over an Elevator in Piazza Vittorio.

Second Person Singular is an interesting-looking novel by Sayed Kashua, a Palestinian Israeli writer, about a lawyer with the perfect life, until he discovers a love letter in his wife's handwriting inside a book in a bookshop.

The Book of My Mother, by Albert Cohen, is a French novel sent to me for review by Archipelago Books. It's about a man's relationship with his mother. As if that were not obvious.

That's it for me this week. What's new on your shelf? More Finds at ShouldbeReading.blogspot.com.

8 comments:

Sandy Nawrot said...

They all look interesting and just a few steps off the beaten path, you know? You are so good at finding those. And you have to admire a guy who, when picking a title for his book, just...puts it out there.

Strummed Words said...

I too am curious about the guy writing about his mother!

bermudaonion said...

It looks like you're in for some interesting reading.

Zibilee said...

All of these look really interesting, and not like your typical finds, which intrigues me. I hope that you enjoy them all!

Kathleen said...

They all sound good but Second Person Singular really piques my interest!

Care said...

I agree with Kathleen about Second Person Singular! yowza. I'm reading a book that was recently sent to me and I'm loving it. It's McEwan and I don't know if I really do love him or only convinced myself that I love him but I love him. It's just odd to me.

As to new books on my tbr, I've moved up Gone Away World and Daughter of Smoke and Bone and added The Lifeboat and two books by Bernice McFadden based solely on a respectful plea on Twitter (and cuz the books look GOOD.)

I'm ready for that book tour. Got plans for April 24?

Vasilly said...

I love the cover of Bury Me Standing. Now I want to read Second Person Singular. Happy reading!

Ryan said...

Wow! Second Person Singluar sounds spectacular! That goes on my Kindle list right now.