“American born Chinese” by Gene Luen Yang “American Born Chinese tells the story of Jin Wang, a son of Chinese immigrants, who struggles to assimilate at a predominantly white school after moving from San Francisco's Chinatown to the suburbs. Jin's story is interwoven with the legend of the Chinese folk hero Monkey King, and a
“Persepolis” directed by Vincent Paronnaud and Marjane Satrapi [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGjcfGgVm64] “It tells the moving autobiographical story of an Iranian girl in the midst of Islamic fundamentalism, from the Islamic revolution to our days. days. When fundamentalists take power forcing women to wear veils and jailing thousands of people, Marjane discovers punk, ABBA and
“Curious George goes to the hospital” by Margret and HA Rey “George is home alone and finds a box containing a wooden jigsaw puzzle, but is unaware of that. He opens the box and pulls out one particular piece and, assuming it might be candy, puts it in his mouth and swallows it. The Man
“Paranoid Park” directed by Gus Van Sant [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkMDs3FXVzg] “Alex (Gabe Nevins) is a teenage skateboarder who accidentally kills a security guard at the surroundings of Paranoid Park, a troubled public park in Portland. However, Alex decides not to comment to anyone." Extracted from Labutaca.net. See also: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0842929/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paranoid_Park_(film) http://www.letraslibres.com/index.php?art=12850 The
“The man in the gray flannel suit” by Sloan Wilson “The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit, by Sloan Wilson, is a novel about the American search for purpose in a world dominated by business. Tom and Betsy Rath share a struggle to find contentment in their hectic and material culture while several other characters
“Who will run the frog hospital?” by Lorrie Moore “Who Will Run the Frog Hospital? Follows the lives of Berie, an American woman visiting Paris with her husband de ella, and Sils, her best friend de ella from childhood, as they take their first exhilarating steps into adulthood. Extracted from the Faber publishing house. See also: http://www.elpais.com/articulo/narrativa/ries/elpbabnar/20030201elpbabnar_3/Tes http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/m/lorrie_moore/index.html http ://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorrie_Moore The titles