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Luis Alberto Urrea's Reading List

The author, most recently, of the novel "The House of Broken Angels" loves poetry and avoids objectivist fiction: "I run screaming when I see an Ayn Rand book creeping up the alley looking for victims."

By the Book: Luis Alberto Urrea (2018)

NYT By the Book column (2018-03-08).

Source: www.nytimes.com

Mozart's Starling

Lyanda Lynn Haupt · Buy on Amazon

"the luminous wonder that is Lyanda Lynn Haupt's "Mozart's Starling" (which we stumbled on in Strasburg last summer and could not resist)"

Roughing It

Mark Twain · Buy on Amazon

Pedro Páramo

Juan Rulfo · Buy on Amazon

"In the original Spanish. It's one of those guilt-books so many Mexican lit lovers know they should read, but flee."

Under the Volcano

Unknown · Buy on Amazon

"a personal favorite"

The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating

Elisabeth Tova Bailey · Buy on Amazon

When Wanderers Cease to Roam

Vivian Swift · Buy on Amazon

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