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A big, exquisite novel about friendship, betrayal, nostalgia, culture, politics, and beliefs.

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the English-language debut of an outstanding Colombian writer about the many meanings of motherhood and love.

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A New York Times Staff Favorite and one of The Globe's 100 Favourite BooksBrutally and uncompromisingly honest, Sisonkes beautifully crafted storytelling enriches the already extraordinary pool of young African women writers of our time. Graa Mach...

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"e;You Have Me to Love is an intense and dramatic novel filled with meticulous use of detail and a forensic psychological accuracy. Its power comes from the fierce energy of the narrative structure, the way of handling silence and pain, and th...

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Cool, sparse, and delicious, Esther Gerritsens Craving hits all the right notes. This is an author who is unafraid of both complex characters and complex emotion (Thank God!). Alice Sebold, author of The Lovely BonesFunny, angry, feminist...Droll ...

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Even readers unfamiliar with The Last Poets' historic significance as building blocks of the hip-hop and rap movement, will instantly find this novel a compelling read. The Last Poets were self-proclaimed prophets of 'hope and change'. The band wa...

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Saskia de Costers We and Me is a great dark beauty, and simultaneously, a true original and a reminder of why that endangered species, the novel, remains essential: no other narrative form is so expansive, so complex, so human, and so true. Michae...

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'Verbeke has written a bold, busy, textured novel. Read it once and you may well read it twice.'-The Irish TimesWith a sharp and observational eye, Annelies Verbeke takes a funny, imaginative and perceptive look at the realities and absurdities of...

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Humor, pain and copious amounts of love run throughout this critically acclaimed novel by Tom Lanoye. Both brave and honest, Speechless is a poignant homage to Lanoyes late mother, Jose.Flamboyant, proud and dominant, Jose is unrecognizable after ...

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With unnerving conviction, this novel inhabits the mind, heart and voice of Belgium's 'most hated woman', the ex-wife of murderer Marc Dutroux the authenticity makes for a compelling narrative. Blake MorrisonThe most hated woman in Belgium sits in...

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A leading French feminist and writer, Groult drew wide attention with this sexually daring novelThe NY TimesSalt on my Skin is widely regarded as Benote Groults most pioneering, best-loved book.This highly-charged novel follows the passionate rela...

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A lively, exciting and funny novel, which is told with great energy and momentum. A completely convincing picture of the bizarre fantasy world of a lonely adolescent. Dutch Foundation for LiteratureInventive, dreamy Gieles lives with his father an...

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For readers of Khaled Hosseini's The Kite Runner comes a "e;pacy Lebanese mystery. A man is haunted by his father's disappearance in this acclaimed debut novel set against the backdrop of Middle Eastern politics"e; The GuardianSamir leaves...

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A Devil Comes to Townis a brilliant form of torture...a huge amount of fun. Lisa Grgas forThe Literary ReviewA small Swiss village full of aspiring writers + The devil in the form of a hot-shot publisher = An international bestseller by the author...

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Beautiful, happy people? No. Lucy is the most popular girl in the local elementary school of an idyllic Dutch housing estate. When a bizarre crime rocks her world and sends her mother to prison, Lucy is turned into an outcast and her childhood bec...

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Mr. Miller is watching youMichael Bellicher is working for a successful consultancy agency and has everything going for him. During a night spent at work, he witnesses something he should never have seen. Attempting to flee the tightening strangle...

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There is something Edgar Allan Poe-like in the inexplicable way the wind turbines tax some of Blaashoek's inhabitants...Sleepless Summeris determined to leave you with a sick feeling in the pit of your stomach, and its Coen Brothers-meets-Stephen ...

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"e;Wagendorp's book manages to be funny, shrewd, and moving, with a complex structure that never feels cumbersome, and a finale so intense that you want to read it very slowly, almost one word at a time."e; -The Guardian"e;A wonderful ...

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