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Unfortunately this one falls short for me

Sakina's Restaurant by Aasif Mandvi

March 21, 2021 by faintingviolet Leave a Comment

In trying to get out of my reading slump I went back to my old Audible library to see what was hanging out there that I hadn’t listened to yet. One of the books there was Sakina’s Restaurant by Aasif Mandvi. I thought I was getting a straightforward short story not a recording of a one man show, and that effected my experience, I think. There’s a way you tell a story when you are going to be in front of an audience versus when […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Fiction, Short Stories Tagged With: aasif mandvi, faintingviolet, immigrant experience, one man show, Sakina's Restaurant

faintingviolet's CBR13 Review No:10 · Genres: Audiobooks, Fiction, Short Stories · Tags: aasif mandvi, faintingviolet, immigrant experience, one man show, Sakina's Restaurant ·
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Why would you only spend eleven pages discussing The Daily Show

January 26, 2016 by Caitlin_D Leave a Comment

Aasif Mandvi was born Asif Mandviwala in Bombay, India and his family moved to Bradford, England when he was a toddler. When Aasif was 16 his father relocated the family one more time to Florida. His father was a small business owner without a head for business and his mother was a stay at home mom who couldn’t cook as well as her husband. Despite having an arranged marriage Aasif was raised in a loving, supportive family. Aasif dreamed of being an actor from a […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction Tagged With: aasif mandvi, no land's man

Caitlin_D's CBR8 Review No:10 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction · Tags: aasif mandvi, no land's man ·
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