Names for Light: A Family History by Thirii Myo Kyaw Myint

Names for Light: A Family History

Thirii Myo Kyaw Myint

257 pages first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction autobiography memoir challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

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Winner of the Graywolf Press Nonfiction Prize, a lyrical meditation on family, place, and inheritance Names for Light traverses time and memory to weigh three generations of a family's history against a painful inheritance of postcolonial violence...

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Moods

reflective 92%
emotional 84%
challenging 30%
informative 23%
dark 15%
inspiring 15%
hopeful 7%
sad 7%

Pace

medium 83%
fast 16%

Average rating

4.3

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