The Fury and Cries of Women (CARAF Books: Caribbean and African Literature Translated from French)
By: Angele Rawiri
3.67
Format: 232 pages, Hardcover
Gabon’s first female novelist, Angèle Rawiri probed deeper into the issues that writers a generatio…
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1. The Pearl Thief
By: Noor Al Noaimi
3.10
Format: 30 pages, Kindle Edition
This is a lovely little short story about Hassan, a poor Bahraini islander, who finds himself in de… read more
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- fiction
2. Black Moses
By: Alain Mabanckou
3.44
Format: 208 pages, ebook
LONG-LISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER INTERNATIONAL PRIZE A rollicking new novel described as "Oliver T… read more
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- africa
- fiction
- african literature
"Moi je veux pleurer maintenant, pas après ! Je veux être le premier parce que si je pleure après les autres comment on saura que moi aussi j'ai pleuré ?"-Alain Mabanckou, Black Moses
"Lorsque les Blancs sont venus en Afrique, nous avions la terre et ils avaient la Bible. Ils nous ont appris à prier les yeux fermés: lorsque nous les avons ouverts, les Blancs avaient la terre et nou…"-Alain Mabanckou, Black Moses
3. Under the Udala Trees
By: Chinelo Okparanta
4.70
Format: 84 pages, Hardcover
Inspired by Nigeria's folktales and its war, Under the Udala Trees is a deeply searching, powerful … read more
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4. An Unnecessary Woman
By: Rabih Alameddine
3.00
Format: None pages, Hardcover
One of Beirut's most celebrated voices, Rabih Alameddine follows his international bestseller, The … read more
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5. The Ultimate Tragedy
By: Jethro Soutar , None
4.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
The first novel to be translated into English from Guinea Bissau, The Ultimate Tragedy is a tale of… read more
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6. Beyond the Rice Fields
By: None , None
3.68
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
The first novel from Madagascar ever to be translated into English, Naivo's magisterial Beyond the … read more
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7. Mislaid in Parts Half-Known (Wayward Children, #9)
By: Seanan McGuire
4.09
Format: 160 pages, Hardcover
Dinosaurs and portals, and a girl who can find both in the latest book in the Hugo and Nebula Award… read more
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- fiction
- lgbt
"Because all the ways we're not normal are the way our normal homes want us to be."-Seanan McGuire, Mislaid in Parts Half-Known (Wayward Children, #9)
"We're your penance, silly, the whole chaotic bunch of us, and as part of your penance, I say you're not done suffering us yet."-Seanan McGuire, Mislaid in Parts Half-Known (Wayward Children, #9)
"If you want a life without terrible surprises, you should always look at the worst possible answer until you understand it all the way down to the bottom. Once you can do that, you'll know what's com…"-Seanan McGuire, Mislaid in Parts Half-Known (Wayward Children, #9)
"None of us is normal, and we'll either figure out how to pretend we are, or we'll find our doors home, and then we won't have to worry about it anymore, because all the ways we are not normal are the…"-Seanan McGuire, Mislaid in Parts Half-Known (Wayward Children, #9)
8. The Dance Tree
By: Kiran Millwood Hargrave
3.90
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
In this gripping historical novel, the internationally bestselling author of The Mercies weaves a s… read more
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- fiction
- lgbt
9. Sovietistan: Travels in Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan
By: Erika Fatland
4.28
Format: 477 pages, Hardcover
Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan became free of the Soviet Union in… read more
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"W gruncie rzeczy nie wyobrażam sobie lepszej ilustracji szczytu melancholii niż pesymista czytający Schopenhauera w Pamirze."-Erika Fatland, Sovietistan: Travels in Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan
"(...) a kiedy się śmiał, czynił to na ten lekko zrezygnowany, ironiczny sposób, który przyswoili sobie obrońcy praw człowieka na całym świecie."-Erika Fatland, Sovietistan: Travels in Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan
"There are very few lazy people in Uzbekistan now" he said. "I describe as lazy those who go to Moscow and sweep its streets and squares." - President of Uzbekistan"-Erika Fatland, Sovietistan: Travels in Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan
"He shook his head and waved me on to his colleague, who was responsible for moral checks. "Do you have any porn with you miss?" The customs officer looked at me with interest."-Erika Fatland, Sovietistan: Travels in Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan
10. The Shadow King
By: Maaza Mengiste
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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- africa
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- african literature
"The routine dulls the terror."-Maaza Mengiste, The Shadow King
"He holds no importance except what memory allows."-Maaza Mengiste, The Shadow King
"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
11. Frankenstein in Baghdad
By: Ahmed Saadawi
3.58
Format: 281 pages, Paperback
From the rubble-strewn streets of U.S.-occupied Baghdad, Hadi--a scavenger and an oddball fixture a… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
"Death stalked the city like the plague."-Ahmed Saadawi, Frankenstein in Baghdad
"Each of us has a measure of criminality."-Ahmed Saadawi, Frankenstein in Baghdad
"None of us should think only of ourselves."-Ahmed Saadawi, Frankenstein in Baghdad
"Your wonderful stories saved you, my friend."-Ahmed Saadawi, Frankenstein in Baghdad
12. The Pear Field
By: Nana Ekvtimishvili
3.72
Format: 163 pages, Paperback
In post-soviet Georgia, on the outskirts of Tbilisi, on the corner of Kerch St., is an orphanage. I… read more
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"It seems reasonable to assume that the minute Irma walks into Venera and Goderdzi's home she will take off her while wedding dress, take up the yoke of domestic duties and work like a mule until her …"-Nana Ekvtimishvili, The Pear Field
13. A Disappearance in Fiji
By: Nilima Rao
3.89
Format: 276 pages, Hardcover
A charming and atmospheric debut mystery featuring a 25-year-old Indian police sergeant investigati… read more
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- fiction
14. When We Were Birds
By: Ayanna Lloyd Banwo
3.79
Format: 292 pages, Hardcover
A mythic love story set in Trinidad and Tobago, Ayanna Lloyd Banwo's radiant debut introduces two u… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
"You feeling the thing that in my mother, and her mother and hers, calling to the thing that is you, and in your daughter (...), and in her daughter and hers."-Ayanna Lloyd Banwo, When We Were Birds
"When the last feather has gone, and your woman body has grown full, remember that you remain a bird inside. You have not forgotten how to fly. For what is more woman than holding death and life, sky …"-Ayanna Lloyd Banwo, When We Were Birds
15. Neighbours: The Story of a Murder
By: Lília Momplé
3.92
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
On the eve of the Muslim festival of Eid, Narguiss, who 'never wanted anything to do with politics'… read more
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- fiction
- african literature
16. Manchester Happened
By: Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi
3.98
Format: 306 pages, Hardcover
An ambitious and assured collection of short stories from the internationally acclaimed author of K… read more
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- fiction
- african literature
17. Palestine +100
By: Basma Ghalayini
3.93
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
Palestine + 100 poses a question to twelve Palestinian writers: what might your country look like i… read more
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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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- africa
- lgbt
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"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. The House of Rust
By: Khadija Abdalla Bajaber
3.58
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
The first Graywolf Press African Fiction Prize winner, a story of a girl’s fantastical sea voyage t… read more
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20. Transit
By: Abdourahman A. Waberi
2.97
Format: 176 pages, Hardcover
Une chronique universelle de la guerre et de l'exil, écrite avec ironie et humour. read more
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21. The Fury and Cries of Women (CARAF Books: Caribbean and African Literature Translated from French)
By: Angele Rawiri
3.67
Format: 232 pages, Hardcover
Gabon’s first female novelist, Angèle Rawiri probed deeper into the issues that writers a generatio… read more
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- 20th century
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