Chokchai S S itibaren पलायापलायम, तमिल नाडु, भारत
a very violent and bloody story about a drug run on the US Mexico border. Reminds me of the movie "The Three Burials of..." because it involves an innocent man who gets caught up in events due to one decision.
To be honest, I haven't even come close to reading this entire book - I think I was assigned two or three essays in a college sophomore English class. But the presence of "Self-Reliance" alone makes it an essential part of my desert-island library. This is the essay where Emerson makes the famous statement "Trust thyself," and the rest of the essay lays out why. "Self-Reliance" is the ultimate weapon against any bout of insecurity or low self-esteem.
Phenomenal in the original Hebrew and in translation to English. A devastating look at marriage.