Here are my TBR adds this week. The title links will take you to Goodreads, and I’m also linking up to other bloggers whose reviews, comments, or posts encouraged me to give these a try! Sharing some blogger love!!
The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon pub. 2005
Blogger: The Pine-Scented Chronicles
Barcelona, 1945: A city slowly heals from its war wounds, and Daniel, an antiquarian book dealer’s son who mourns the loss of his mother, finds solace in a mysterious book entitled The Shadow of the Wind, by one Julian Carax. But when he sets out to find the author’s other works, he makes a shocking discovery: someone has been systematically destroying every copy of every book Carax has written. In fact, Daniel may have the last of Carax’s books in existence. Soon Daniel’s seemingly innocent quest opens a door into one of Barcelona’s darkest secrets–an epic story of murder, madness, and doomed love.
The Mountains Sing by Nguyen Phan Que Mai pub. Mar. 17, 2020
Blogger: Dinipandareads
“An epic account of Việt Nam’s painful 20th century history, both vast in scope and intimate in its telling . . . Moving and riveting.” —VIET THANH NGUYEN, author of The Sympathizer, winner of the Pulitzer Prize
With the epic sweep of Min Jin Lee’s Pachinko or Yaa Gyasi’s Homegoing and the lyrical beauty of Vaddey Ratner’s In the Shadow of the Banyan, The Mountains Sing tells an enveloping, multigenerational tale of the Trần family, set against the backdrop of the Việt Nam War. Trần Diệu Lan, who was born in 1920, was forced to flee her family farm with her six children during the Land Reform as the Communist government rose in the North. Years later in Hà Nội, her young granddaughter, Hương, comes of age as her parents and uncles head off down the Hồ Chí Minh Trail to fight in a conflict that tore not just her beloved country, but her family apart.
Vivid, gripping, and steeped in the language and traditions of Việt Nam, The Mountains Sing brings to life the human costs of this conflict from the point of view of the Vietnamese people themselves, while showing us the true power of kindness and hope.
The Mountains Sing is celebrated Vietnamese poet Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai’s first novel in English.
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What books did you add to your TBR this week????
Alison
I hope you enjoy The Shadow of the Wind. I have to admit that it wasn’t for me but it’s one of my friend’s favorite novel of all time so hopefully you will love it too!
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Thanks! Hopefully I will. Sorry you that you didn’t enjoy it!
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I’ve heard good things about The Shadow of the Wind. I hope you enjoy both of these!
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Thanks! Me, too!!
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I hadn’t heard of these two books yet. They both sound good!
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They’re new to me, too!
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Aw yay, I’m so glad that you added The Mountains Sing to your TBR ❤ It's such a wonderful book AND The Shadow of the Wind is one of my all time favourites. It completely sucked me in and I never for a second thought it would because I struggle so much with magical realism lol great picks this week 😉
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Yay! They both sounded soooo good to me, so I’m anxious to pick them up!
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