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'Be Careful Out There, Be Careful in Here: The Dangerous Worlds of Ludmilla Petrushevskaya' by Tim Jones
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An extended review of Hillary Jordan's When She Woke explores this thoughtful, modern re-telling of a classic.
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'Eyes for the Grotesque Things in Life': A Conversation with Sarah Hall
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Reviews
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THE TESTAMENT OF JESSIE LAMB
Jane Rogers
In this near future novel, the world is suffering from the sins of its previous generations. The survival of the human race is threatened by a new disease, Maternal Death Syndrome. MDS affects the brain, and it has infected everyone, although it is only activated in women…
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Reviewed by Jana Herlander
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THE SHADOW-BOXING WOMAN
Inka Parei
Translated from the German by Katy Derbyshire
It's taken twelve years for Inka Parei's first novel to be translated into English, but there's nothing about this book that feels dated. The protagonist, a young woman called Hell (light), lives in a dilapidated apartment block …
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Reviewed by Charlotte Simpson
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RED WINE
Amina Zaydan
Translated from the Arabic by Sally Gomaa
Filled with Egyptian history and vivid wartime descriptions, Red Wine, the winner of the 2007 Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature, is a beautifully written novel by an obviously gifted author.
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Reviewed by Amanda Meale
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DOGS AT THE PERIMETER
Madeleine Thien
Over this past summer, Case 002 was getting underway in the Cambodian legal system. This is the trial of several of the top Khmer Rouge leaders on charges of genocide …
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Reviewed by Tad Deffler
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ON THE OUTSIDE LOOKING INDIAN
Rupinder Gill
Sometimes you just need to read something fun. After many years immersed in the non-fiction world of career, home renovation and childcare books, I've been trying to …
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Reviewed by Joyce Nickel
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