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"Canis Lupus Familiaris" a wry short story by Ukrainian author Tanya Malyarchuk.
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"A Conspicuous Blossoming:" The Emergence of Prose Writing by Ukrainian Women.
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Canadian Jenn Farrell's brazen collection The Devil You Know is closely
examined by
Joyce Nickel.
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Reviews
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THE BOOK OF HAPPENSTANCE
Ingrid Winterbach
Translated from the Afrikaans by Dirk and Ingrid Winterbach
When reading this novel, the words meditate, ruminate, and reflect all come to mind—a contemplation of the meaning of our lives, on loss and how we can deal with it in an increasingly secularized and fragmented world where the traditional comforts of family, religion and the "old ways" are disappearing.
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Reviewed by Tad Deffler
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DARK DESIRES AND THE OTHERS
Luisa Valenzuela
Translated by Susan E. Clark
Dark Desires and the Others is both an erotic memoir and a meditation on writing. Taken from Valenzuela's diaries written in New York between 1979 and 1982, it is a series of essays …
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Reviewed by Andy Barnes
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DILEMMAS OF DEOKIE
Carol Sammy
Deokie Ramoutar is different from the other girls in her Trinidadian village. Nineteen years old, she is more sober and thoughtful than her giddy, frivolous friends and not really interested in boys. Instead, Deokie …
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Reviewed by Charlotte Simpson
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THE HOTTEST DISHES OF THE TARTAR CUISINE
Alina Bronsky
Translated from the German by Tim Mohr
Rosalinda Achmetowna is a woman who delights you on the written page but would horrify you should she appear on your doorstep, suitcase in hand. She rules her home and acquaintances with an iron hand, positive of both the fact that they are utterly useless and the corollary that she knows exactly what is needed to whip everyone into shape.
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Reviewed by Tad Deffler
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DOC: A NOVEL
Mary Doria Russell
Doc Holliday is known primarily as Hollywood and dime store novels have portrayed him: as a cold-blooded gunslinger, calculating at cards, and most often with a whiskey in one hand and a revolver in the other.
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Reviewed by Lisa Sanders
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FIVE BELLS
Gail Jones
Circular Quay is the bus and train terminus for Sydney Harbour. The Quay is also where the ferries dock and is a busy place with its people, shops and buskers. From the Quay one can walk the concourse…
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Reviewed by Amanda Meale
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LIKE BEES TO HONEY
Caroline Smailes
In her latest novel Like Bees to Honey Smailes weaves a beautiful story of redemption and renews our way of seeing the world as she does so. The storyline follows Nina, a burdened and troubled woman, as she travels from her adopted home in Liverpool to her native hometown in Malta.
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Reviewed by Flavia Baralle
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THE FOLDED EARTH
Anuradha Roy
This rich evocative novel takes you into the tranquil hills of Ranikhet, a little town set deep in the Himalayan Mountains, with Maya and a host of colorful hill people who become her family when she seeks refuge there in an attempt to get over the loss of her husband.
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Reviewed by Akeela Gaibie-Dawood
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