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by Morábito, Fabio

Book - 2021

Sentenced to a year of community service reading aloud to his homebound neighbors, Eduardo's discovery of a single sensual poem unleashes a disquieting passion in the "City of Eternal Spring" (Cuernavaca). Sentenced to a year of community service reading aloud to his homebound neighbors, Eduardo's discovery of a single sensual poem unleashes a disquieting passion in the "City of Eternal Spring" (Cuernavaca). Show less

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If An Egyptian Cannot Speak English

A Novel

by Naga, Noor

Book - 2022

An Egyptian-American woman moves to Cairo to in search of home but finds something much more complicated in this experimental story about belonging, power and cultural voyeurism. An Egyptian-American woman moves to Cairo to in search of home but finds something much more complicated in this experimental story about belonging, power and cultural voyeurism. Show less

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The Blue Book of Nebo

by Steffan Ros, Manon

Book - 2021

When the end of the world is set in Wales and written this beautifully, it really doesn't seem so bad. When the end of the world is set in Wales and written this beautifully, it really doesn't seem so bad. Show less

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The Aunt Who Wouldn't Die

A Novel

by Mukhopadhyay, Sirshendu

Book - 2020

Three generations of Bengali feminist family drama, including an angry lovelorn ghost looking for payback. Pure chaos and fun. Three generations of Bengali feminist family drama, including an angry lovelorn ghost looking for payback. Pure chaos and fun. Show less

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The Invisible Life of Euridice Gusmao

by Batalha, Martha

Book - 2017

Euridice aspires to something more than her life as a 1940s Rio de Janeiro housewife, but it isn't until her sister and nephew arrive at her door that she begins to find her way back to herself. Euridice aspires to something more than her life as a 1940s Rio de Janeiro housewife, but it isn't until her sister and nephew arrive at her door that she begins to find her way back to herself. Show less

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In the Beginning Was the Sea

by González, Tomás

Book - 2014

Wealthy urbanites from Medellín trade city life for a tropical island with comically diasterous results. Wealthy urbanites from Medellín trade city life for a tropical island with comically diasterous results. Show less

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Winter in Sokcho

by Dusapin, Élisa Shua

Book - 2021

An intriguing story where not a lot happens but it doesn't need to as you completely occupy the senses of a young woman from a South Korean beach town near the the 45th parallel. An intriguing story where not a lot happens but it doesn't need to as you completely occupy the senses of a young woman from a South Korean beach town near the the 45th parallel. Show less

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Good Citizens Need Not Fear

by Reva, Maria

Book - 2020

Humor and tragedy overlap in these stories about the tenants of an apartment building in Ukraine that due to a bureaucratic error, is not recognized to exist. Humor and tragedy overlap in these stories about the tenants of an apartment building in Ukraine that due to a bureaucratic error, is not recognized to exist. Show less

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Grown Ups

by Aubert, Marie

Book - 2022

Motherhood and sibling rivalry take center stage at a Norwegian vacation cottage. The characters are horrible but shamefully relatable and reading it gave me a similar feeling as watching Fleabag. Motherhood and sibling rivalry take center stage at a Norwegian vacation cottage. The characters are horrible but shamefully relatable and reading it gave me a similar feeling as watching Fleabag. Show less

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