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A review by barrynorton
Brass by Xhenet Aliu
5.0
I wanted to read something more on the Albanian immigrant experience after Statovci (an Albanian Finn). This didn't disappoint: an American tale both about and written by an Albanian/Lithuanian American.
Glad to have a signed copy, which I'd been neglecting, from the wonderful Parnassus Books, whom one should always trust.
My only niggle was the alternating second-person narrative from the third-generation character, which really clashed with an imagined dialogue with her mother at the point of her birth. Apart from this stylistic choice though, the writing was rich and engaging.
Glad to have a signed copy, which I'd been neglecting, from the wonderful Parnassus Books, whom one should always trust.
My only niggle was the alternating second-person narrative from the third-generation character, which really clashed with an imagined dialogue with her mother at the point of her birth. Apart from this stylistic choice though, the writing was rich and engaging.