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Thirty-nine Arab writers under the age of 39. Akeela Gaibie-Dawood looks
at the award and the women who were honored.
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Carolyn Kelly in praise of Swedish author Åsa Larsson
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SPECIAL FEATURE: More reviews! In keeping with our
short fiction theme this month, we review
anthologies.
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Reviews
Below is a tantalizingly small selection of this month's reviews....
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THE BLYTHES ARE QUOTED
L.M. Montgomery
Every lifelong reader has at least one treasured childhood book. Mine is Anne of Green Gables, the quintessential novel by one of Canada's most beloved authors, Lucy Maud Montgomery. Though I am no longer part of Montgomery's target audience, I still treat myself to an annual read of her "Anne" series....
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Reviewed by Caitlin Fehir
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EVERYTHING GOOD WILL COME
Sefi Atta
Sefi Atta's debut novel is a coming-of-age story set in 1970s Nigeria that tells the story of Enitan Taiwo, a middle-class girl with a father she adores and an extremely religious mother she hates.
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Reviewed by Charlotte Simpson
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GOD'S MERCY
Kerstin Ekman
Translated from the Swedish by Linda Schneck
With make-believe snow swirling around my head and imaginary wolves howling in the distance, I am reminded of Russian novels.
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Reviewed by Kathleen Ambrogi
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THE SEAMSTRESS
Frances de Ponte Peebles
A tale of two sisters, The Seamstress may not be the 'perfect' debut novel but it certainly heralds an exciting new voice from South America. Set in Brazil in the period 1928 to 1935, this novel follows the lives of orphaned sisters....
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Reviewed by Dorothy Dudek Vinicombe
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THE VAGRANTS
Yiyun Li
The Vagrants is set in Muddy River, a fictional city in the Chinese provinces, in 1979. In the aftermath of the Cultural Revolution, the country is being swayed by the democratic wall movement in Beijing, a popular movement calling for more openness and democracy....
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Reviewed by Rachel Hayes
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