Even the most important men on the planet have vacations like you and me, and some of them even spend the summer reading books. Of course Barack Obama, the president of the United States was not going to be different and a few days ago he announced that he is going on a two-week vacation, to rest, to enjoy his family, to listen to music and also to read.
In addition, the 44th president of the United States wanted recommend 6 books that you will take this vacation under your arm and of which we can all enjoy and boast that we are reading the same as Obama.
Next I will show you the books that Obama has recommended to us through an ABC News report;
All There Is, by James Salter
Despite that All there is de James salter It is not a very well known book in Spain and other countries, has been one of the best sellers of this year in the United States. In it we find a novel set shortly after the end of World War II.
A very patriotic story and all with very classic overtones of the American country and that of course Barack Obama could not stop reading and recommending.
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The light you can't see, says Anthony Doerr
It shows that Obama likes books set in or after World War II. It may also be that you have been recommended to include these books, due to the indecision of older people when voting, but we are going to leave us with somewhat dark assumptions.
In this history the protagonist is a girl who cannot seeHence the title of the novel, which learns to move through models of the city that his father builds for him. Unfortunately the war comes to the city where he lives and from there he has to begin to survive in a somewhat cruel way.
You can buy The light that you can't see via amazon HERE
The Sixth Extinction, by Elizabeth Kolbert
En The sixth extinction We will not find any great war as a backdrop, but something similar to a war will arise such as the damage that man is causing to the Earth through the use of fossil fuels, the acidification of the oceans, pollution , deforestation and forced migration.
Clearly it is a book to reflect and think for long periods of time.
You can buy The sixth extinction via amazon HERE
Unusual Land, by Jhumpa Lahiri
Obama has not recommended any unknown book to the general public. and this for example was considered as Best Book of the Year in 2008 by the New York Times.
It tells the experiences of families of Bengali descent in the US, which unfortunately anyone who is not American or knowledgeable about history will find themselves a bit lost.
You can buy Unusual land via amazon HERE
Between the world and me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
This book is a Letter from Coates to his teenage son outlining the feelings, symbolism, and reality associated with racism in America. Once again it is a book that all of us who are not from the United States are caught very far and will be difficult to understand and understand.
You can buy Between the world and me via amazon HERE
Washington: A life, by Ron Chernow
This book is a faithful portrait of the first president of the United States in which we can enjoy Washington's early years, his foray into the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War, his participation in the Constitutional Convention and his presidential term, which many tend to call magnificent.
For anyone who is not an American it can be too dense a book and above all difficult to understand and understand.
You can buy Washington: A Life via amazon HERE
After knowing the books recommended by Obama for this summer, I only have to ask you one question; Does Oabama really not take any books to pass the time and enjoy without giving too much thought to it?.