So, yesterday was the official kick-off of the Keep Portland Weird festival here in Paris, which meant that I had a reading/screening in the...
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You'll breeze through this novel thanks to the fascinating melange of voices, the shifts in perspective, the contemporaneity of the prose and the interest of the plot. A unique take on the bildungsroman that changes the face of ethnic literature.
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Delightfully amusing, painfully heartfelt and understated at the right moments. I recommend this graphic novel. The perspective of the panels is also interesting.
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The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
Heather Houser, November 25, 2007
You'll breeze through this novel thanks to the fascinating melange of voices, the shifts in perspective, the contemporaneity of the prose and the interest of the plot. A unique take on the bildungsroman that changes the face of ethnic literature.(7 of 17 readers found this comment helpful)
Epileptic by David B.
Heather Houser, November 16, 2007
Delightfully amusing, painfully heartfelt and understated at the right moments. I recommend this graphic novel. The perspective of the panels is also interesting.(2 of 5 readers found this comment helpful)