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River of smoke
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Amitav Ghosh |
In September 1838 a storm blows up on the Indian Ocean and the Ibis, a ship carrying a consignment of convicts and indentured laborers from Calcutta to Mauritius, is caught up in the whirlwind. When … |
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Here and Now
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Paul Auster,J. M. Coetzee,Paul Auster |
The high-spirited correspondence between New York Times bestselling author Paul Auster and Nobel laureate J. M. Coetzee
Although Paul Auster and J. M. Coetzee had been reading each other’s books f… |
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Globalization and Literature
Themes in TwentiethCentury Literature a…
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Suman Gupta |
"This book presents a state-of-the-art overview of the relationship between globalization studies and literature and literary studies, and the bearing that they have on each other. It engages with th… |
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Exit West
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Mohsin Hamid |
"In a country teetering on the brink of civil war, two young people meet-- sensual, fiercely independent Nadia and gentle, restrained Saeed. They embark on a furtive love affair, and are soon cloist… |
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Peacekeeping
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Mischa Berlinski |
"Hilary Mantel called Fieldwork "a quirky, often brilliant debut, bounced along by limitless energy, its wry tone not detracting from its thoughtfulness." Stephen King said it was "a story that cooks… |
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A river Sutra
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Gita Mehta |
A sequence of delicate, tragic stories by the bestselling author of Raj evokes the profound presence of tradition and desire. A retired bureaucrat has escaped the world to spend his twilight years ru… |
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Theft
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Peter Carey |
Once again displaying Peter Carey's flair for language, 'Theft' is a love poem of a very different kind. Ranging from the rural wilds of Australia to Manhattan via Tokyo, it explores themes of art, f… |
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Peelin Orange
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Mervyn Morris |
xiii, 258 pages ; 22 cm |
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De rijstmoeder
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Rani Manicka |
De geschiedenis van vier generaties van een Maleisische familie in de twintigste eeuw. |
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Obasan
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Joy Kogawa |
224 pages ; 21 cm |
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The Edible Woman
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Margaret Atwood |
A determined young lady who losses her focus along the line while trying to balance her life and relationship |
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The Year of the Flood
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Margaret Atwood |
The long-awaited new novel from Margaret Atwood. The Year of the Flood is a dystopic masterpiece and a testament to her visionary power. The times and species have been changing at a rapid rate, and … |
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