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bookshelves: winter-20142015, giftee, books-with-a-passport, soviet, published-1995, translation Recommended to ☯Bettie☯ by: Themis-Athena (Does not and never will own a Kindle) Recommended for: belly button mining lit lovers Read from December 13, 2014 to February 21, 2015 Description: Every ...
Loved! http://www.bostonbibliophile.com/2011/06/review-last-brother-by-nathacha-appanah.html
Another amazing work by Yasmina Reza. This one especially got to me the way Salinger got to me once a long time ago. I write about it here: http://mewlhouse.hubpages.com/hub/ADAM-HABERBERG-by-Yasmina-Reza
At 164 pages, The Last Brother is an easy read, but the subject matter is not. There is a tremendous amount of tragedy compacted into this short novel, making it a compelling but painful experience for the reader. Raj's guilt hits the reader full-force with the opening sentence and does not ease as ...
Discerning Reader: So, 2 stars, huh? How come?Me: The most noticeable thing about this book is that it’s sentimental and emotionally manipulative.Discerning Reader: Is it another Holocaust book?Me: Sort of. The narrator, Raj, is a old man from Mauritius, an island in the Indian Ocean. He’s looking b...