My Favorite Books: Member’s Pick for Week 04/13/09

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In a series here on Goods, we will be spotlighting various Matador community members and providing links to their favorite books.

Matador Member – Heather (heathercarreiro)


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My ideal place to watch the sunrise is on a rooftop hotel in the Moroccan city of Fez, on the morning of Eid-al-Ftr when the Muslim fast is broken.

Be sure to check out Heather’s Matador profile.

Favorite books: Afghanistan: Where God Only Comes to Weep, anything by Khuswant Singh, William Dalrymple, or Salman Rushdie

      


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  • Julie replied on April 13, 2009

    My favorite Rushdie book is Haroun and the Sea of Stories, and I’m proud that he’s now a professor at my alma mater, Emory University!

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  • Tim Patterson replied on April 13, 2009

    I recently devoured Shalimar the Clown. Great stuff.

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  • Heather Carreiro replied on April 24, 2009

    Thanks for featuring my favorite authors and books! I’m just now reading “Malicious Gossip”, a collection of short works by Khuswant Singh. My favorite one by him is “The Ground Beneath Her Feet,” although I also love “Haroun and the Sea of Stories” and “Shame.” You can read his stuff again and again and get new meaning each time.

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  • Heather Carreiro replied on April 24, 2009

    Oh and “The Kite Runner” and “A Thousand Splendid Suns” are some of my more recent favorites. I’m waiting for a third book….

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