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TRIO! Ceri Evans discusses three books by Egyptian author Ahdaf Soueif.
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"Seven Little Rooms" - original fiction by notable Hindi author Mridula Garg.
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Who Has the Power? Reading Arab Women in English by M. Lynx Qualey
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Reviews
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INFINITY IN THE PALM OF HER HAND
Gioconda Belli
Translated from the Spanish by Sayers Peden
I love retellings of popular stories (fairy tales, the King Arthur legend, fables), love venturing into familiar territory in an unfamiliar way, seeing how an author can give a voice to characters previously on the sidelines. In Infinity in the Palm of Her Hand, Gioconda Belli tackles the story of Adam and Eve…
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Reviewing by Caitlin Fehir
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ZIG ZAG THROUGH THE BITTER ORANGE TREES
Ersi Sotiropoulos
Translated from the Greek by Peter Green
To pick up Zigzag is to be plunged into an initially unsettling world of changing narrators and fragmented narrative—yet I immediately wanted to know more about this world and its characters. Greek literature it may be, but this is post-modern Greek literature; no heroes here. . .
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Reviewed by Rachel Hayes
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NO PLACE FOR HEROES / DEMASIADOES HÉROES
Laura Restrepo
Mateo Iribarren addresses his mother, Lorenza, about what happened during the dark period; the period when his father kidnapped him, leaving his mother behind. And thus she begins:You were two and a half years old. It was a Thursday afternoon, and you, your Father and I, were in Independence Park in Bogotá.
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Reviewed by C. Lariviere
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THAT MAD ACHE
Françoise Sagan
Translated from the French by Douglas Hofstadter
That Mad Ache takes us to glamorous 1960s Paris, a world of money, parties and passions. Lucile, a restless young woman, lives with her older, rich lover Charles. They enjoy a tranquil relationship, he responding to her frequent whims as one might indulge a child. . .
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Reviewed by Charlotte Simpson
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