The Exclusive Books Recommends’ June selection contains a critically acclaimed, long-awaited set of books to thrill even the most discerning reader. The June book of the month And the Mountains Echoed is set to be one of the most talked about novels in 2013, the latest from much-lauded author Khaled Hosseini.
Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is a powerful new novel—her first in seven years: a story of love and race, centered around a young man and woman from Nigeria who face difficult choices and challenges in the countries they come to call home. Fearless, gripping, spanning three continents and numerous lives, Americanah is a richly told story of love and expectation set in today’s globalised world.
The Golem and the Djinni by Helene Wecker is a magical, unforgettable story about unlikely friends set against the vivid backdrop of New York City’s immigrant neighbourhoods in the late 19th century. With a delightful blend of the prosaic and the fanciful, The Golem and the Djinni explores what it means to be human as these friends struggle to live and find love while overcoming a powerful adversary who threatens to destroy them.
Fort of Nine Towers is Qais Akbar Omar’s intense coming-of-age memoir in which he recounts hardships and narrow escapes, as well as moments of joy and beauty. It is an account of a young Afghan man’s searing and redemptive story of his family and country that is rich in folktales and steeped in poetry.
The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion is a charming, offbeat love story. The protagonists are Don, a genetics professor who just might be somewhere on the autistic spectrum — desperate to get married and armed with a very detailed questionnaire to help him find the perfect woman and Rosie, who isn’t looking for love – she’s looking for her biological father. Sometimes, though, you don’t find love: love finds you.
And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini is the book that readers everywhere have been waiting for: the first novel in six years from the no. 1 bestselling author of The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns, set in Afghanistan in 1952. Crossing generations and continents, moving from Kabul, to Paris, to San Francisco, to the Greek island of Tinos, Khaled Hosseini writes about the bonds that define us and shape our lives, and how the choices we make resonate through history. This excellent read is a worthy ‘Book of the Month’ and comes with Exclusive Books’s backing. So if you only get to choose one book this month to read, this is it.
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