Brass: A Novel
Format: Hardcover
ISBN:
9780399590245 (0399590242)
ASIN: 0399590242
Publish date: 2018-01-30
Publisher: Random House
Pages no: 304
Edition language: English
Xhenet Aliu's bio: A native of Waterbury, Connecticut, she was born to an Albanian father and a Lithuanian American mother. She now lives in Athens, Georgia, and works as an academic librarian. Strangely enough, this book is about Elsie Kuzavinas and her daughter Luljeta (also her sister -- a libr...
Elsie is a young waitress at the Betsy Ross Diner. She hopes her nickel and dime tips will take her away from her small town of Waterbury, Connecticut. Instead, she becomes pregnant to Bashkim - a married man from Albania who works at the Diner as a line cook. Elsie doesn't quite know what's going t...
There's a strong possibility you haven't heard of Xhenet Aliu... yet. She published a little known collection four years ago, Domesticated Wild Things and Other Stories. Personally, I think it is one of the best, most well-rounded collections I've had the pleasure of reading (see my review here). He...
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