There's only one book I've read recently that's had a big impact on me. It's a manga, Town of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossoms by Fumiyo Kouno. It's the story of people in Hiroshima, beginning several years after the bomb was dropped in 1945. At first, the book seems a sweet, straightforward story about the impact the bombing had on people's lives, then suddenly--BAM--it twists around your heart. After that, it turns into several stories that intertwine characters and time periods until you don't know if you're coming or going. It's one of those books that is intentionally opaque so that as soon as you finish you want to read it again to pick up on what you missed. I kept thinking about it long after I finished. Highly recommend it.
Earlier in the year I read and loved Finnikin of the Rock by Marchetta. Oh, and All the Broken Pieces by Burg--I read that twice, too, which I hardly ever do.
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Date: 9/11/10 01:13 am (UTC)Earlier in the year I read and loved Finnikin of the Rock by Marchetta. Oh, and All the Broken Pieces by Burg--I read that twice, too, which I hardly ever do.