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1backcountry
Hi there,
I am new to this site but very intrigued...I have begun research on immigration and would like recommendations on classic works such as novels, personal accounts, books (i.e. academic books), etc. on immigrants (infused with cultural-related notions such as Lost in Translation)...I am looking for North American authors but am also open to any books from around the world.
I have read the following:
Lost in Translation
The Kite Runner
The Arrival
The Namesake
The Polished Hoe (Canadian author, excellent book)
Black like Who?
The Joy Luck Club
Immigrant Blues
I saw the tag on immigration.
Do you have any other recommendations? I know there must be some touchstone books that I am missing, please help!
Thanks.
Ruth
I am new to this site but very intrigued...I have begun research on immigration and would like recommendations on classic works such as novels, personal accounts, books (i.e. academic books), etc. on immigrants (infused with cultural-related notions such as Lost in Translation)...I am looking for North American authors but am also open to any books from around the world.
I have read the following:
Lost in Translation
The Kite Runner
The Arrival
The Namesake
The Polished Hoe (Canadian author, excellent book)
Black like Who?
The Joy Luck Club
Immigrant Blues
I saw the tag on immigration.
Do you have any other recommendations? I know there must be some touchstone books that I am missing, please help!
Thanks.
Ruth
2MerryMary
For humor, you might try The education of H*Y*M*A*N K*A*P*L*A*N. The author listed is Leonard Q. Ross - but it's really Leo Rosten.
3ladydzura
The first book that comes to mind is Out of This Furnace, though I'm not sure that it's precisely what you're looking for.
4PhoenixTerran
Perhaps Bread Givers by Anzia Yezierska.
7PossMan
In a UK context (not your main focus I know) I would suggest Brick Lane by Monica Ali. By the way although, not being a Londoner, I had no knowledge of this street/road previously I now see that it has quite a history - probably just an illustration of the idea that once something comes to your notice you come across references to it everywhere.
9weener
No-no Boy by John Okada
Down These Mean Streets by Piri Thomas
How the Garcia Girls Lost Ther Accents by Julia Alvarez
Maus by Art Spiegelman
Down These Mean Streets by Piri Thomas
How the Garcia Girls Lost Ther Accents by Julia Alvarez
Maus by Art Spiegelman
10sorell
You may want to join the group Reading Globally. They have a lot of great suggestions on international books of all kinds (mostly fiction). It's a really great active group.
11TeacherDad
Try Enrique's Journey for the Latin America to U.S. journey...
14alcottacre
The Promised Land by Mary Antin and The Promised City by Moses Rischin both spring to mind. Promised Land deals with Russian Jews immigration and Promised City also deals with Jewish immigration.
18reading_fox
Add all the books you mentioned to your catalog, tag them immegration, and then get recommendations (Profile / recommendations ) based on that tag.
As a further check you can try the new "DO other people think I'm likely to like it, (where other people are hopefully only those who've catalogged books they like) feature" Which can be found by clicking on the work page for each of the recommendations.
My suggestions:
Gents
Foreigner
neither of which is US based or even non-fiction.
As a further check you can try the new "DO other people think I'm likely to like it, (where other people are hopefully only those who've catalogged books they like) feature" Which can be found by clicking on the work page for each of the recommendations.
My suggestions:
Gents
Foreigner
neither of which is US based or even non-fiction.
19SqueakyChu
Native Speaker by Chang-Rae Lee - This is my favorite novel about immigrants by a lesser known author. The author is Korean-American.
'Tis by Frank McCourt (nonfiction) - but read Angela's Ashes (about the author's life in Ireland) first. The author is Irish-American.
'Tis by Frank McCourt (nonfiction) - but read Angela's Ashes (about the author's life in Ireland) first. The author is Irish-American.
21Catgwinn
"Thousand Pieces of Gold" a biographical novel
by Ruthanne Lum McCunn-The story of Lalu/Polly Bemis's journey from 1871 northern China to Shanghai to San Francisco and the American West. The American-born Chinese author also wrote "An Illustrated History of the Chinese in America" and "Chinese American Portraits: Personal Histories 1828-1988"
I own and have read "Thousand Pieces of Gold", have yet to find and read the others.
by Ruthanne Lum McCunn-The story of Lalu/Polly Bemis's journey from 1871 northern China to Shanghai to San Francisco and the American West. The American-born Chinese author also wrote "An Illustrated History of the Chinese in America" and "Chinese American Portraits: Personal Histories 1828-1988"
I own and have read "Thousand Pieces of Gold", have yet to find and read the others.
22TeacherDad
speaking of gold, Rain of Gold by Victor Villasenor (as well most of his work)...
23AMQS
Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri (short stories)
The Distant Land of my Father by Bo Caldwell --- kind of a twist on the immigration idea. It is narrated by the daughter of an American family living in Shanghai. The mother and daughter return to America during the Japanese invasion, but Shanghai is all the daughter has ever known.
Caramelo by Sandra Cisneros
The Distant Land of my Father by Bo Caldwell --- kind of a twist on the immigration idea. It is narrated by the daughter of an American family living in Shanghai. The mother and daughter return to America during the Japanese invasion, but Shanghai is all the daughter has ever known.
Caramelo by Sandra Cisneros
24mountebank
Fugitive Pieces by Anne Michaels
Young boy emigrates from Nazi-occupied Poland, to Greece, and finally to Canada.
Young boy emigrates from Nazi-occupied Poland, to Greece, and finally to Canada.
