Tag: historical-fiction
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“Kin” by Tayari Jones
Annie and Vernice (Niecy) call themselves ‘the cradle friends”. Born in Honeysuckle, Louisiana, in the midst of racial segregation, Annie was raised by her strict grandmother, while her mother gave her up and left for Memphis. Vernice’s auntie raised Vernice when her mother was killed. Two girls become the closest of friends, but one day…
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“Perspective(s)” by Laurent Binet
“Perspective(s)” is the new fiction book by Laurent Binet. I was drawn to this mystery by an intriguing description, but the book was different than I expected. It comprises 180 letters written by various people living in Florence in 1557, mostly well-known historical figures like Duke de Medici, Catherine de Medici, Michelangelo Buonarotti, and others. …
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“The Seventh Veil of Salome” by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Every film studio in 1950s Hollywood was making a sword-and-sandals movie based on biblical stories, preferably with a seducing woman and a powerful man falling under the woman’s spell. The moviegoers were also tired of seeing Gary Cooper and wanted Richard Burton’s animal magnetism. Hence, in Silvia Moreno-Garcia’s new novel “The Seventh Veil of Salome,”…
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