My Half-Price Book finds for today:
Lipstick Jihad by Azadeh Moaveni, which is a memoir of growing up in an Iranian diaspora community in the U.S., and also moving back to Iran as an American.
The Bookseller of Kabul by Åsne Seierstad, which I talked about in this post.
Kabul Beauty School by Deborah Rodriguez, about an American woman who helps women in Afghanistan by opening a cosmetology school and allowing Afghanistan's women to become breadwinners for the family.
Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi, a memoir about teaching Western literature to Iranian women.
The Solitude of Self by Vivian Gornick, a short reflection on Elizabeth Cady Stanton, who fought against slavery, pushed for women's suffrage in the mid-1850s, and then finally took on the power of the church. Awesome much?
I have also been trying out Swap Tree, which I have enjoyed thoroughly. This week I traded Faust and The Member of the Wedding from a comparative studies class I took last quarter. In return, I received:
Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez, is on the Oprah's Book Club list, which is good enough for me.
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon, about an autistic kid who doesn't understand human emotions, and is initially blamed for the death of a neighbor's dog.
Cody's finds for today:
Moby Dick by Herman Melville, you know.
Black Hole by Charles Burns, because it's my favourite graphic novel! Totally creepy, it's about a mysterious STD that's being passed around at a Washington-area high school in the 70's.
2 comments:
you're going to love curious incident of the dog in the night. its so fun. All those books about issues with women in the middle east look so fascinating! great finds.
Man, I didn't bring a book to read while we're travelling. I'm such an idiot! I thought that I would get by reading guidebooks, but how I wish I have a good one now that we're in Marrakech and the sun is making me lethargic!
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