La figlia perfetta

INCONTRI Al centro dell’attenzione di Anne Tyler è ancora una volta la famiglia. Non tanto una famiglia allargata, come succede altre volte nei suoi libri, figli, nipoti, parenti: qui sono due coppie sposate a occupare la scena. Due coppie sposate, una americana, l’altra figlia di emigrati dall’Iran, Leggi tutto

Anne Tyler, the queen of quirky but loveable, has done it again. She reaches into the heart of people who seem so different than ourselves, and reveals them to be just like us. Why is it that when we feel insecure (or like we aren’t like other people or that everyone has the key but us), we can’t lo Leggi tutto

First of all, I'm a HUGE Anne Tyler fan. To my mind, she can do no wrong. Reading one of her books is like curling up on the couch in a baggy cashmere sweater. That said, this is definitely not one of her strongest. She doesn't develop the characters in any particularly complex way and it's really h Leggi tutto

[ 3.5 stars ] I enjoyed this story, though the first half dragged quite a bit. By the latter half I was much more invested in the characters' lives, especially that of Maryam who I think really should've been the central character all along. When it focused on her perspective and how she viewed the goi Leggi tutto

The book I'd give 5 stars -- but only 4 for the audiobook version. Was it the fault of the recording company? Or the performer? Or both? When the reader's general reading was great -- but the central character is Iranian and she voiced her with an Indian accent! Never mind that she pronounced many o Leggi tutto

What I anticipated versus what actually unfolded in this book were quite different. I was bored halfway through but wanted to endure the last half to find out what the ending would be. When I got to the very last page, I couldn't help but say "that's it?!" An uneventful ending to say the very least. Leggi tutto

As I was reading this book, even when well into it, when almost done and racing to the end, I came to a section that made me judge it as uneven. Then I finished. For a minute I just sat there. Then I burst into sobs. I had just been complaining the other day that I couldn't understand catharsis from Leggi tutto

This was one of those funny reading experiences that started out plain, then turned a bit boring but then ended very much enjoyably. In this story, we get to meet two American families who both decide to adopt a Korean baby. They happen to be simultaneously present at the airport on the day they ado Leggi tutto

مریم یه زن ایرانی‌ست که همراه با شوهرش در سال‌های پیش از انقلاب به آمریکا مهاجرت می‌کنند. پسرش سام در آمریکا متولد می‌شه. سام با یه دختر ایرانی به نام زیبا ازدواج می‌کنه. سام و زیبا نمی‌تونن بچه‌دار بشن و یه نوزاد کره‌ای ُ به فرزندی قبول می‌کنند و اسم‌ش ُ می‌ذارن «سوزان». زمانی که تو فرودگاه بچه رو Leggi tutto

I've read all of Anne Tyler's books, many of them more than once. What never ceases to amaze me is how much emotion there is between the lines. The proposal scene will break your heart. I confess after studying it that I still don't quite understand how its emotional impact is achieved. Understated , Leggi tutto