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Meet Italy's Award-winning author Lia Levi
in this interview with Paola Sergi.
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Fifteen years old and All Grown Up?
Rachael Beale takes us on an Orange
Prize retrospective journey.
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In Praise of New Zealand's Patricia Grace
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Reviews
Below is a small tantalizing selection of this month's reviews....
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THE LAST BROTHER
Nathacha Appanah
Translated from the French by Geoffrey Strachan
When David comes to him in a dream, Raj, now an old man, is transported back to his childhood over 60 years earlier, to a few months which were to mark his life for ever.
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Reviewed by Rachel Hayes
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RIEN NE VA PLUS
Margarita Karapanou
Translated from the Greek by Karen Emmerich
Is there any word more ambiguous than "love", asks the much-loved Greek author, Margarita Karapanou. Three characters declare their undying love for the object of their affection and proceed to play out their passion in the most bizarre and, sometimes, disturbing ways.
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Reviewed by Akeela Gaibie-Dawood
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PRIMEVAL AND OTHER TIMES
Olga Tokarczuk
Translated from the Polish by Antonia Lloyd-Jones
In the heart of Poland lies the village of Primeval; according to Olga Tokarczuk, "Primeval is the place at the centre of the universe."
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Reviewed by Jane A. Jones
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HEAVEN OF DRUMS
Ana Gloria Moya
Translated from the Spanish by W. Nick Hill
Heaven of Drums is an ambitious little book which uses an interracial love triangle to build a narrative history of the independence of the author's native Argentina.
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Reviewed by Andy Barnes
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THE LAST RIVER CHILD
Lori Ann Bloomfield
Troubles plague the lives of the people of Walvern, a fictitious Canadian town rife with gossip, superstition, and scandal. However, alongside these troubles lies a story of hope, and the love a person can find amidst rejection.
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Reviewed by Caitlin Fehir
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Telling Our Stories
Belinda Otas introduces us to East African debut authors Maaza Mengiste and Nadifa Mohamed.
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Trio: Assia Djebar
Tad Deffler reviews three books by Algerian author Assia Djebar
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