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The Namesake: A Novel
Jhumpa Lahiri
Houghton Mifflin Hardcover, 304pp
In her poignant and tightly woven first novel, Jhumpa Lahiri brilliantly expands on the themes she explored in her prize-winning debut collection: the immigrant experience, the clash of cultures, the conflicts of assimilation, and the relationships between generations. Acclaimed for her powers of insight and description, Lahiri zeroes in on the telling details that define character and place in a story that spans decades andcontinents. The Namesake is elegant, subtle, and very deeply affecting.
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Motherless Brooklyn
Jonathan Lethem
Knopf Sotcover, 336pp
St. Vincent's Home for Boys, Brooklyn, early 1970s. For Lionel Essrog, a.k.a. The Human Freakshow, a victim of Tourette's syndrome, Frank Minna is a savior. A local tough guy and fixer, Minna shows up to take Lionel and three of his fellow orphans on mysterious errands: they empty a store of stereos as the owner watches; destroy a small amusement park; visit old Italian men. The four grow up to be the Minna Men, a fly-by-night detective agency-cum-limo service, and their days and nights revolve around Frank, the prince of Brooklyn, who glides through life on street smarts, attitude, and secret knowledge. Then one dreadful night, Frank is knifed and thrown into a Dumpster, and Lionel must become a real detective.
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Crescent
Diana Abu-Jaber
W W Norton Hardcover, 352pp
Sirine works as a chef in a Lebanese restaurant, her passions aroused only by cooking - until an unbearably handsome Arabic literature professor starts dropping by for a little home cooking.
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Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
Dai Sijie
Doubleday Softcover, 192pp
In 1971 Mao's campaign against the intellectuals is at its height. Our narrator and his best friend, Luo, have been sent to a remote mountain village to be 're-educated'. But the two seventeen-year-olds have a violin and their sense of humor to keep them going.
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Three Junes
Julia Glass
Bantam Doubleday Softcover, 368pp
An astonishing first novel that traces the lives of a Scottish family over a decade as they confront the joys and longings, fulfillments and betrayals of love in all its guises.
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The Dive from Clausen's Pier
Ann Packer
Vintage Softcover, 432pp
The Dive from Clausen’s Pier reminds us how precarious our lives are and how quickly they can be divided into before and after, whether by random accident or by the force of our own desires.
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Straight Talk from the Heartland