An angry and self-loathing African-American veteran, returned from the Korean War plagued by traumatic flashbacks, finds himself traveling across racist America to help his sister out of hell.
Tag: 2012
Genki Kawamura · If Cats Disappeared…
A terribly written, faux-profound story about a dull dying man who accepts a deal with the Devil which consists of depriving other people of the things they love in order to extend his empty life.
Elena Ferrante · The Neapolitan Novels
In this four-part Bildungsroman, a poor, working-class neighborhood in Naples serves as the backdrop for an intense, often difficult, sometimes toxic female friendship.
Hiro Arikawa · The Travelling Cat Chronicles
A tender, poignant, and bittersweet (but often excessively sentimental) chronicle of a roadtrip through the Japanese seasons narrated by Nana—a former stray now devoted to his new owner—that will manage to move cat lovers to tears.
Eowyn Ivey · The Snow Child
The Snow Child is a novel filled with yearning, hope, sorrow, joy, beauty, and wonder that dances on the edge between fairytale and magical realism; it's Eowyn Ivey’s debut, and was a finalist for the 2013 Pulitzer Prize in fiction.