Rash Lamadrid Lamadrid itibaren Neunforn, Switzerland
I first read this novel in high school and it was the one of four novels I read in my English Lit classes that changed my life (Catch-22, The Handmaid's Tale and Catcher in the Rye were the others). It is a strong treatment of themes like discrimination, fanaticism and xenophobia wrapped in a great story of a strength and perseverance in the face of overwhelming odds. As a teenager who felt a strong sense of alienation amongst his peers, this book was one of the first I read that spoke to the outcast in me and let me know that I was not alone.