Names for Light: A Family History by Thirii Myo Kyaw Myint

Names for Light: A Family History

Thirii Myo Kyaw Myint

257 pages first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction autobiography memoir challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
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Winner of the Graywolf Press Nonfiction Prize, a lyrical meditation on family, place, and inheritance Names for Light traverses time and memory to weigh three generations of a family's history against a painful inheritance of postcolonial violence...

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Moods

reflective 94%
emotional 88%
challenging 33%
informative 27%
sad 27%
dark 16%
inspiring 16%
tense 11%
hopeful 5%
mysterious 5%

Pace

medium 66%
fast 20%
slow 13%

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4.27

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