The Luminous Heart of Jonah S.
โ Scribed by Gina B. Nahai
- Publisher
- Akashic Books
- Year
- 2014
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 315 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 1617753297
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โฆ Synopsis
"Lyrical, shrewd, and daring novelist Nahai...writes with acute emotional and nearly anthropological perception, laser-wit, and deep compassion....With touches of magic realism, extraordinary characters, and a spiraling, multigenerational plot involving fraud, a murder mystery, epic suffering, heroic generosity, women's struggle for freedom, and the clash between East and West, Nahai's mythic, tragic, often beautiful immigrant family saga illuminates timeless questions of prejudice, trauma, inheritance, loyalty, and love."
--Booklist , Starred review
"A riveting tale....Readers will be well rewarded."
--Publishers Weekly , Starred review
"Nahai has crafted an engaging combination of family saga and murder mystery, placed it in the framework of a relatively unknown subculture, and people it with fascinating characters. Flavored with both elements of magical realism and down-to-earth observations, _The Luminous Heart of Jonah...
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