Silence Is My Mother Tongue
By: Sulaiman Addonia
3.82
Format: 209 pages, Kindle Edition
LONGLISTED FOR THE 2019 ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL FICTION 'Gripping and courageous' – Guardian 'Br…
Want to Read $ 9.99"First we root our sensibility in the camp, and with each seed sown a bit of that fear is stripped off."-Sulaiman Addonia, Silence Is My Mother Tongue
"I didn't choose for my job to be a secret, Nasnet said. It's ironic, though. Society makes it so and then they try to oust you and ostracize you for the secret they have demanded and imposed in the first place."-Sulaiman Addonia, Silence Is My Mother Tongue
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2. By Night the Mountain Burns
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3. An African in Greenland
By: James Kirkup , Al Álvarez , Tété-Michel Kpomassie , A. Alvarez
3.32
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Tete-Michel Kpomassie was a teenager in Togo when he discovered a book about Greenland--and knew th… read more
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4. So Long a Letter
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This novel is in the form of a letter, written by the widowed Ramatoulaye and describing her strugg… read more
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5. Beneath the Lion's Gaze
By: Maaza Mengiste
4.23
Format: 121 pages, Hardcover
An epic tale of a father and two sons, of betrayals and loyalties, of a family unraveling in the wa… read more
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6. The Cartographer Tries to Map a Way to Zion
By: Kei Miller
3.78
Format: 584 pages, Paperback
In this collection, acclaimed Jamaican poet Kei Miller dramatizes what happens when one system of k… read more
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7. The Meursault Investigation
By: John Cullen , Kamel Daoud
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Format: 253 pages, Paperback
He was the brother of "the Arab" killed by the infamous Meursault, the antihero of Camus's classic … read more
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8. The Ultimate Tragedy
By: Jethro Soutar , None
4.00
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The first novel to be translated into English from Guinea Bissau, The Ultimate Tragedy is a tale of… read more
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9. Beyond the Rice Fields
By: None , None
3.68
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The first novel from Madagascar ever to be translated into English, Naivo's magisterial Beyond the … read more
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10. Bitter Orange Tree
By: Jokha Alharthi
3.45
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
The eagerly awaiting new novel by the winner of the Man Booker International Prize, Bitter Orange T… read more
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11. Pity
By: Andrew McMillan
3.71
Format: 192 pages, Kindle Edition
The town was once a hub of industry. A place where men toiled underground in darkness, picking and … read more
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12. Minor Detail
By: Adania Shibli
4.20
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
Minor Detail begins during the summer of 1949, one year after the war that the Palestinians mourn a… read more
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"Man, not the tank, shall prevail."-Adania Shibli, Minor Detail
"Não há como descartar a probabilidade de uma conexão entre os dois fatos, ou alguma ligação oculta entre eles, por analogia às relações que os seres humanos encontram entre as plantas, por exemplo, q…"-Adania Shibli, Minor Detail
"Desde que tive ciência da minha incapacidade consumada de me mover de acordo com os limites, resolvi, finalmente, permanecer dentro dos limites da minha casa, tanto quanto possível. Agora, uma vez qu…"-Adania Shibli, Minor Detail
"Toch zijn er mensen die in die logica − dus dat je je concentreert op de meest futiele details zoals stof op een bureau of vliegenpoepjes op een schilderij − de enige manier zien om de waarheid te do…"-Adania Shibli, Minor Detail
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3.67
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
Ethiopia. 1935. With the threat of Mussolini's army looming, recently orphaned Hirut struggles to … read more
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"The routine dulls the terror."-Maaza Mengiste, The Shadow King
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"What is lost is gone, my child, what is lost makes room for something else."-Maaza Mengiste, The Shadow King
"what is forged into memory tucks itself into bone and muscle. It will always be there and it will follow us to the grave."-Maaza Mengiste, The Shadow King
14. Airplane Mode: An Irreverent History of Travel
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3.89
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A playful personal and cultural history of travel from a postcolonial, person-of-color perspective,… read more
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"I don't know if this should be considered a hobby or a disorder, but going for a walk is my idea of a marvelous time."-Shahnaz Habib, Airplane Mode: An Irreverent History of Travel
15. The Desert and the Drum
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17. The Old Drift
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3.74
Format: 576 pages, Hardcover
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"Every family is a war but some are more civil than others."-Namwali Serpell, The Old Drift
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18. Silence Is My Mother Tongue
By: Sulaiman Addonia
3.82
Format: 209 pages, Kindle Edition
LONGLISTED FOR THE 2019 ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL FICTION 'Gripping and courageous' – Guardian 'Br… read more
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- literary fiction
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- the world
- fiction
- contemporary
- african literature
- queer
"First we root our sensibility in the camp, and with each seed sown a bit of that fear is stripped off."-Sulaiman Addonia, Silence Is My Mother Tongue
"I didn't choose for my job to be a secret, Nasnet said. It's ironic, though. Society makes it so and then they try to oust you and ostracize you for the secret they have demanded and imposed in the f…"-Sulaiman Addonia, Silence Is My Mother Tongue
19. Welkom in het Rijk der zieken
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Format: 279 pages, Paperback
Na een bezoek aan een boerderij wordt Clay ziek. Hij ontwikkelt koorts en vecht voor zijn leven. Wa… read more
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20. Riambel
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3.97
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
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21. Barzakh: The Land In-Between
By: Moussa Ould Ebnou
3.32
Format: 211 pages, Paperback
In the distant future, while studying the land of Barzakh in the Sahara, members of the Institute f… read more
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