Sunday, 21 May 2006

when heaven and earth changed places

Le Ly Hayslip, for Other bookclub. Similar enough to First They Killed My Father--young girl caught up in a war in southeast Asia and finds her way to the United States--that I know I am going to confuse details.

the unbearable lightness of being

Milan Kundera, in audio. I hadn't read this since the summer of 1989. Beautifully written, well-translated, but possibly not well-read, because I don't recall hating Tomas the first time around.