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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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VOICE OVER
Céline Curiol
Translated from the French by Sam Richard
She is invisible but we are all familiar with her voice. During the day, her voice is static, calm and dedicated to her job at the Gare du Nord station. As she announces times, destinations, and train platforms she watches others rush to far off destinations...
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Reviewed by C. Lariviere
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THE PAPERBARK SHOE
Goldie Goldbloom
Goldie Goldbloom's debut novel, The Paperbark Shoe, serves as an example of the perseverance of the human spirit despite great adversity. Set in Western Australia during World War II, the story follows Gin as she endures great losses and makes great sacrifices while yearning for a happiness she seems unable to achieve.
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Reviewed by Kieran Jack
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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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INNOCENT WORLD
Ami Sakurai
Translated from the Japanese by Steven Clark
Innocent World may be a novella, but it generates the amount of discussion typical of tome-like novels or series. Its edgy content and even edgier messages led it to be passed around my workplace like contraband...
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Reviewed by Caitin Fehir
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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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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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