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The character Quash is an enslaved African, who was brought forcefully to New Amsterdam and is held by Thomas Master; his descendants become part of the New York cultural mix. As the novel progresses, more families are introduced: the Irish O'Donnels, German Kellers, Italian Carusos, German-Jewish Adlers, and Puerto Rican Campos.
The Sun Is Also A Star is a #1 New York Times best seller. [2] Both the book [4] and audiobook [5] are Junior Library Guild selections.. The book received starred reviews from Booklist, [6] The Horn Book, [4] Kirkus, [2] Publishers Weekly, [7] School Library Journal, [8] and Shelf Awareness, [9] as well as a positive review from The Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books.
The narrative styles are diverse and can include memoirs, third-person, first-person, and biographies. The past twenty-five years alone have witnessed a major scholarly emphasis on multiculturalism in American studies, and a flood of new immigrant novels, reflecting the shifting demographics of United States immigration patterns. [1]
Bulgarian Americans are Americans of full or partial Bulgarian descent. [3]For the 2000 United States Census, 55,489 Americans indicated Bulgarian as their first ancestry, [4] while 92,841 persons declared to have Bulgarian ancestry. [5]
On Bookmarks July/August 2009 issue, a magazine that aggregates critic reviews of books, the book received a (4.0 out of 5) based on critic reviews with the critical summary saying, "At first, Brooklyn may seem like a weaving together of the traditional, even stereotypical, threads of an immigrant story, a 1950s love story, and a tale of a ...
Bulgarian writer Georgi Gospodinov and translator Angela Rodel won the International Booker Prize on Tuesday for “Time Shelter,” a darkly comic novel about the dangerous appeal of nostalgia.
America (novel) An American Dream (novel) Among Other Things, I've Taken Up Smoking; Annie on My Mind; Another Brooklyn; Another Country (novel) Anthropology of an American Girl; Around the World in Eighty Days; The Arrangement (novel) Arrowsmith (novel) The Ask; Ask Me No Questions (novel) The Assistant (novel) The Astral (novel) Asymmetry ...
The list was compiled by a team of critics and editors at The New York Times and, with the input of 503 writers and academics, assessed the books based on their impact, originality, and lasting influence. The selection includes novels, memoirs, history books, and other nonfiction works from various genres, representing well-known and emerging ...