Amy, originally from Colorado, is on a quest to read one book from each of the Nobel Prize Winners from the past fifty years. She takes the list of winners with her when she goes to her local library on Second Avenue and borrows the first book by a Laureate that she sees on the shelf. She trusts that each of these authors have, "something to tell me." These authors also give her an international perspective that fits Amy's love of traveling.
Amy recommends:
Palace Walk by Egyptian author Naguib Mahfouz
"I really got a nibble of what it is like to live in a Muslim country. I was able to learn something from the book."
novels written by South African writer Nadine Gordimer
Kaddish for a Child Not Born by Hungarian writer Imre Kertesz
Amy warns, "It takes effort to get through."
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