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Gish Jen's Reading List

The author of “The Resisters” and other books has put off reading the story collection “Exhalation,” by Ted Chiang. “The title evokes yoga for me,” she says. “And, much as I love yoga, I am allergic to books with a namaste vibe.”

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By the Book: Gish Jen (2020)

NYT By the Book column (2020-02-06).

Source: www.nytimes.com

Cover of Homeland
Homeland
Fernando Aramburu · Buy on Amazon
"I cried at the end."
The Grammarians
Cathleen Schine · Buy on Amazon
"Cathleen Schine's brilliant novel, "The Grammarians," is to die for."
Cover of Pig Earth
Pig Earth
John Berger · Buy on Amazon
"which so vividly and viscerally bring home what's been lost to modernity."
Conversations With Beethoven
Sanford Friedman · Buy on Amazon
"The Maestro's responses thunder all the more loudly — and more poignantly — for their consignment to white space."
The Unpassing
Chia-Chia Lin · Buy on Amazon
Disappearing Earth
Julia Phillips · Buy on Amazon
Heidi
Unknown · Buy on Amazon
"My copies of "Heidi" and "Little Women" are still among my most precious possessions."
Little Women
Unknown · Buy on Amazon
"My copies of "Heidi" and "Little Women" are still among my most precious possessions."
Cover of Celestial Bodies
Celestial Bodies
Jokha Alharthi · Buy on Amazon
Shanghai Redemption
Qiu Xiaolong · Buy on Amazon
The Geography of Thought
Richard Nisbett · Buy on Amazon
Little Soldiers
Lenora Chu · Buy on Amazon
Cover of House of Mirth
House of Mirth
Edith Wharton · Buy on Amazon
Cover of Never Let Me Go
Never Let Me Go
Kazuo Ishiguro · 2005 · Buy on Amazon
Cover of The Plot Against America
The Plot Against America
Philip Roth · Buy on Amazon
A Good Provider Is One Who Leaves
Jason DeParle · Buy on Amazon
The Confusions of Young Torless
Robert Musil · Buy on Amazon

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