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Andy Barnes tells us why Hanan al-Shaykh is "one of the Middle East's finest contemporary writers"
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Don't Stop the Presses! Women's and Feminist Presses
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Ways of Seeing: Two Novels by Australian author Gail Jones
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Reviews
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RADIANT DAUGHTER
Patricia Grossman
Elise Blazek is the core of Irena's life. Yes, Irena has a husband, Stepan, but when not at work, he's busy tinkering on a model of Karlstein Castle, a remnant of his memories of Plzen, Czechoslovakia, his childhood home.
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Reviewed by Deborah Montuori
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WHAT YOU CALL WINTER
Nalini Jones
Nalini Jones' short story collection opens a door into an India you may never have encountered before. Yes, you will still encounter the saris, the curries, the streets full of rickshaws and bullocks, but this special world has another delicious flavor all its own.
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Reviewed by Kathleen Ambrogi
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THE ESSENTIAL NAWAL EL-SAADAWI
Nawal El-Saadawi
Translated from the Arabic
Nawal el Saadawi is a feminist, novelist, poet, playwright, political activist, doctor, teacher, mother, daughter. She has a formidable intellect, is courageous, forthright and controversial. This reader brings together el Saadawi's writing from the past thirty years
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Reviewed by Charlotte Simpson
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GARDEN IN THE WIND
Gabrielle Roy
Translated from the French by Alan Brown
Garden in the Wind, a collection of four short stories by Gabrielle Roy, is what I like to call "a quiet book." I use this term to describe books where all the action is under the surface …
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Reviewed by Joyce Nickel
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WHAT I DIDN'T SEE AND OTHER STORIES
Karen Joy Fowler
The interesting point about most of the stories in Karen Joy Fowler's superb new collection is what doesn't matter in them. Most feature some element of the fantastic, which typically would be their point. But here, the fantastic element or idea is always less interesting than Fowler's character or milieu.
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Reviewed by Michael Matthew
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CONVERSATIONS:
Three Belletrista readers discuss Touch by Palestinian author Adania Shibli.
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If Written By a Woman
Visit our new Belletrista blog!
The Caine Prize for African Writing 2011 – shortlist announcedThe shortlist for this year’s Caine Prize has just been announced and three women are in the running for the prestigious award. This is always an exciting time of year – the Prize is a great way to discover short stories by excellent writers. Lucky for us, the Prize’s website links to a copy of …Read the Rest
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