LANGUAGE ASSISTANTS RECOMMENDATIONS (BY JACK SHEEHAN)

 

The Kite Runner is a book unlike any other. It was published in 2003, in the beginning of the War in Afghanistan. For many Americans, it was their first glimpse of what life could be, would be, was, or is like in war torn Afghanistan.

This work of fiction follows the life of Amir and Hassan, two young boys in 1970s Kabul. It follows their kinship, childhood joy, tragedy, loss, separation, and almost prophetic intertwining of their lives and families. It´s insightful and painful, fascinating and profound, and speaks to how loyal we can be to our friends and loved ones, especially in times of the worst suffering mankind inflicts on one another.  

 

 

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee is a must read for anyone looking to understand what the indegenous peoples of North America had, and lost, in the post-columbian world. A work of nonfiction, Dee Brown goes tribe by tribe, telling their tales and how their trajectories changed once European settlers came from the east(and south). It´s a heartbreaking book in all, but required literature to understand why there are so few native americans left, and how the west was won(by the US government).