Cannonball Read 18

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Vann Nath: Painting the Khmer Rouge by Matteo Mastragostino

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Vann Nath: Painting the Khmer Rouge is a book you cannot rate. There are many pieces that come together to make my opinion and my feelings about it. Matteo Mastragostino made a biographical graphic novel about one man and the torture he faced that was a gut punch, smack upside the head and a heart wrenching horrific, wonderful, piece of art. My rating of a four comes from a five for historical awareness. A five for tearing at heart strings. A one for the ugliness […]

You Say Love Story, I Say Are You Sure?

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“The Newlyweds” tells the story of Amina and George. Amina is living in Bangladesh and George in Rochester, NY, when they “meet” on a (dating?) site called AsianEuro.com.  After several months of communication over email and the phone, George travels to Bangladesh to meet Amina and her family properly.  During that visit, Amina and George become engaged and she eventually moves from Dhaka to Rochester, where they are married. Although the book is called “The Newlyweds” it’s not really about George and Amina as a […]



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