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Immigrant Experience Fiction
Return to Fiction_L Booklists Menu March 2006 (To use this list in your library, book club, etc., please include the following credit line: "Compiled by the subscribers of the Fiction_L mailing list." This list may not be used for commercial purposes.)
 Contemporary fiction about immigrants in the U.S. Abu-Jaber, Diana CRESCENT Ali, Monica BRICK LANE Alvarez, Julia HOW THE GARCIA GIRLS LOST THEIR ACCENTS Boyle, T.C. THE TORTILLA CURTAIN Canin, Ethan CARRY ME ACROSS THE WATER Castillo, Mary HOT TAMARA Cruz, Angie LET IT RAIN COFFEE Cussler, Clive FLOOD TIDE Daswani, Kavita THE VILLAGE BRIDE OF BEVERLY HILLS Desai, Kiran THE INHERITANCE OF LOSS Divakaruni, Chitra Banerjee THE VINE OF DESIRE and SISTER OF MY HEART Dubas, Andre THE HOUSE OF SAND AND FOG Erian, Alicia TOWELHEAD: A NOVEL Freeman, Cynthia PORTRAITS Gaffney, Elizabeth METROPOLIS: A NOVEL Gish, Jen THE LOVE WIFE, MONA IN THE PROMISED LAND, and TYPICAL AMERICAN Goldman, Francisco THE ORDINARY SEAMAN Goodman, Allegra THE FAMILY MARKOWITZ Gillian, Maria M., ed. GROWING UP ETHNIC IN AMERICA (short stories) Haq, Hina SADIKA'S WAY Hijuelos, Oscar THE FOURTEEEN SISTERS OF EMILIO MONTEZ O'BRIEN Hosseini, Khaled THE KITE RUNNER Huo, T.C. THE LAND OF SMILES Jhabvala, Ruth P. SHARDS OF MEMORY Kelman, James YOU HAVE TO BE CAREFUL IN THE LAND OF THE FREE Krauss, Nicole THE HISTORY OF LOVE Lahiri, Jhumpa THE NAMESAKE and THE INTERPRETER OF MALADIES (short stories) Lappin, Elena FOREIGN BRIDES (short stories) Lasdun, James SEVEN LIES Lee, Gus CHINA BOY and HONOR AND DUTY Littell, Robert THE VISITING PROFESSOR Mukherjrr, Bharati THE TREE BRIDE Na, An A STEP FROM HEAVEN Nabokov, Vladimir LOLITA Namioka, Lensey AN OCEAN APART: A WORLD AWAY Narayan, Kirin LOVE, STARS, AND ALL THAT Obejas, Achy DAYS OF AWE Perez, Loida Maritza GEOGRAPHIES OF HOME Proulx, Annie ACCORDION CRIMES Quesada,Roberto NEVER THROUGH MIAMI Rabinyan, Dorit STRAND OF A THOUSAND PEARLS Rezzori, Grego von THE ORIENT EXPRESS Rosario, Nelly SONG OF THE WATER SAINTS Salinger, Steven D WHITE DARKNESS and SAVING FISH FROM DROWNING Santiago, Esmeralda AMERICA'S DREAM Schaeffer, Susan Fromberg LOVE: A NOVEL and SECOND GENERATION Shearer, Cynthia THE CELESTIAL JUKEBOX Tan, Amy THE BONESETTER'S DAUGHTER and THE HUNDRED SECRET SENSES Yun, Mia TRANSLATIONS OF BEAUTY
Historical Fiction about Immigrants Arkin, Frieda HEDWIG AND BERTI Auch, Mary Jane ASHES OF ROSES Baker, Kevin DREAMLAND and PARADISE ALLEY Bowen, Rhys DEATH OF RILEY, MOLLY MURPHY series Castellani, Christopher THE SAINT OF LOST THINGS Cather, Willa MY ANTONIA Cather, Willa O PIONEERS! Chabon, Michael THE AMAZING ADVENTURES OF KAVALIER AND CLAY Chang, Lan Samantha INHERITANCE Chun, Pam THE MONEY DRAGON DeRosa, Tina PAPER FISH Delbanco, Nicholas WHAT REMAINS Dos Passos, John MANHATTAN TRANSFER Doyle, Roddy OH, PLAY THAT THING Erdrich, Louise MASTER BUTCHERS SINGING CLUB Fanning, Charles, ed. EXILES OF ERIN (short stories) Fast, Howard THE IMMIGRANTS series Finney, Ernest J. CALIFORNIA TIME Forbes, Kathryn MAMA'S BANK ACCOUNT and Van Druten, John. I REMEMBER MAMA Gaffney, Elizabeth METROPOLIS Hegi, Ursula THE VISION OF EMMA BLAU Hijuelos, Oscar THE MAMBO KINGS PLAY SONGS OF LOVE, OUR HOUSE IN THE LAST WORLD, EMPRESS OF THE SPLENDID SEASON Hoff, B.J. SONS OF AN ANCIENT GLORY Houston, Jeanne Wakatsuki and James Houston THE LEGEND OF FIRE HORSE WARRIOR Kessler-Harris, Alice BREAD GIVERS: A NOVEL Lagasse, Mary THE FIFTH SUN Mark, Grace THE DREAM SEEKERS Mazzucoo, Melania VITA O'Connor, Joseph STAR OF THE SEA Pearce, Jonathan THE FAR SIDE OF THE MOON Pelecanos, George THE BIG BLOWDOWN Petrakis, Harry Mark DAYS OF VENGEANCE Proulx, Annie ACCORDION CRIMES Powers, Richard THE TIME OF OUR SINGING Puzo, Mario THE FORTUNATE PILGRIM and THE GODFATHER Roiphe, Anne THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS Rolvaag, O. E. GIANTS IN THE EARTH Rosten, Leo THE EDUCATION OF H*Y*M*A*N K*A*P*L*A*N Roth, Henry MERCY OF A RUDE STREAM and CALL IT SLEEP and A DIVING ROCK ON THE HUDSON Ruiz, Ronald L. GIUSEPPE ROCCO See, Lisa ON GOLD MOUNTAIN Silbert, Layle THE FREE THINKERS: TWO NOVELLAS Silver, Fannie BETTER THAN GOLD Sinclair, Upton THE JUNGLE Skvorecky, Josef TWO MURDERS IN MY DOUBLE LIFE Smith, Betty A TREE GROWS IN BROOKLYN Sontag, Susan IN AMERICA Stefaniak, Mary Helen THE TURK AND MY MOTHER Stewart, Fred M. ELLIS ISLAND Tan, Amy THE JOY LUCK CLUB Wheeler, Richard THE FIELDS OF EDEN Widmer, Eleanor UP FROM ORCHARD STREET Yezierska, AnsiavBREAD GIVERS Zabytko, Irene WHEN LUBA LEAVES HOME: STORIES
Non-fiction by and about immigrants in the U.S. Ahmedi, Farah THE STORY OF MY LIFE: AN AFGHAN GIRL... Alzo, Lisa A. THREE SLOVAK WOMEN Antin, Mary THE PROMISED LAND Apple, Max I LOVE GOOTIE: MY GRANDMOTHER'S STORY Arana, Maria AMERICAN CHICA: TWO WORLDS, ONE CHILDHOOD Asavesh, Gelareh SAFFRON SKY: A LIFE BETWEEN IRAN AND AMERICA Bailey, John THE LOST GERMAN SLAVE GIRL: THE EXTRAORDINARY STORY... Berger, Joseph DISPLACED PERSONS: GROWING UP AMERICAN AFTER THE HOLOCAUST Berlin, Irving --all biographies Birkerts, Sven MY SKY BLUE TRADES Bok, Edward THE AMERICANIZATION OF EDWARD BOK Dumas, Firoozeh FUNNY IN FARSI: A MEMOIR OF GROWING UP IRANIAN IN AMERICA Gray, Francine du Plessix THEM: A MEMOIR OF PARENTS. Golden, Harry TRAVELS THROUGH JEWISH AMERICA, THE GREATEST JEWISH CITY IN THE WORLD, TALES OF OUR PEOPLE: GREAT STORIES OF THE JEW IN AMERICA, THE SPIRIT OF THE GHETTO: STUDIES OF THE JEWISH QUARTER OF NEW YORK, JEWISH ROOTS IN THE CAROLINAS: A PATTERN OF AMERICAN PHILO-SEMITISM Hoffman, Eva LOST IN TRANSLATION: A LIFE IN A NEW LANGUAGE Kingston, Maxine Hong WOMAN WARRIOR: MEMOIRS OF A GIRLHOOD AMONG GHOSTS Kleinfield, Sonny HIS OLDEST FRIEND: THE STORY OF AN UNLIKELY BOND Kopelnitsky, Raimonda NO WORDS TO SAY GOODBYE: A YOUNG JEWISH WOMAN'S JOURNEY... Latifi, Afschineh EVEN AFTER ALL THIS TIME: A STORY OF LOVE, REVOLUTION,... Lazarus, Emma poetry, prose, and plays Levenson, Sam EVERYTHING BUT MONEY, IN ONE ERA AND OUT THE OTHER, SHTETL MEMOIRS AND OTHERS, Martinez, Ruben. CROSSING OVER: A MEXICAN FAMILY ON THE MIGRANT TRAIL Mathabane, Mark KAFFIR BOY IN AMERICA Mawi Asgedom OF BEETLES & ANGELS: A BOY'S REMARKABLE JOURNEY... McCourt, Frank ANGELA'S ASHES Minatoya, Lydia TALKING TO HIGH MONKS IN THE SNOW: AN ASIAN AMERICAN ODYSSEY Ojito, Mirta FINDING MANANA: A MEMOIR OF A CUBAN EXODUS Papashvilly, George and Helen ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN Ribalow, Harold Uriel MID-CENTURY: AN ANTHOLOGY OF JEWISH LIFE AND CULTURE IN OUR TIMES, AUTOBIOGRAPHIES OF AMERICAN JEWS Santiago, Esmeralda ALMOST A WOMAN and WHEN I WAS PUERTO RICAN Tan, Amy THE OPPOSITE OF FATE Turtle, Brad THE ELLIS ISLAND COLLECTION: ARTIFACTS FROM THE IMMIGRANT EXPERIENCE Von Drehle, Dave TRIANGLE: THE FIRE THAT CHANGED AMERICA Weinberg, Sydney Stahl THE WORLD OF OUR MOTHERS: THE LIVES OF JEWISH IMMIGRANT WOMEN Wong, Wayne Hung AMERICAN PAPER SON: A CHINESE IMMIGRANT IN THE MIDWEST
Sources for more titles... The McKinley Bibliographies ("Historical Fiction," "Historical Nonfiction," "World Culture") Gilbar, Stephen THE BOOK BOOK and GREAT BOOKS Pearl, Nancy BOOK LUST and MORE BOOK LUST THE AMERICAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION'S GUIDE TO HISTORICAL LITERATURE Adamson, Lynda G. WORLD HISTORICAL FICTION Genreflecting Advisory titles (Rosalind Reisner's "Jewish American Literature," Sarah Johnson's "Historical Fiction," and Sarah Statz Cords' new "The Real Story: A Guide to Nonfiction Reading Interests," which includes a small section on Immigrant Experience memoirs) Boston Public Library. "Identities: Contemporary Narratives of the Post-Immigration Experience in America." "Harvard Guide to American History" Library of Congress. "A Guide to the Study of the United States of America." Craughwell, Thomas J. GREAT BOOKS FOR EVERY BOOK LOVER Miller, Wayne Charles. A COMPREHENSIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY FOR THE STUDY OF AMERICAN MINORITIES
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