Straight from the Horse's Mouth
By: Meryem Alaoui
3.66
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
This hilarious, colorful portrait of a sex worker navigating life in modern Morocco introduces a pr…
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1. Prins Charles känsla
By: Liv Strömquist
4.34
Format: 133 pages, Paperback
"What is love?" frågade sig den tyske eurodanceartisten Haddaway redan år 1993. I Prins Charles kän… read more
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- feminism
"Se puede decir directamente que una relación romántica es una minirreligión privada."-Liv Strömquist, Prins Charles känsla
"El "amor" surge, pues, del proceso de negociación de un contrato de exclusividad más o menos permanente de la propiedad sexual entre individuos libres."-Liv Strömquist, Prins Charles känsla
"Pourquoi ? Peut-être parce qu'à travers la domination, on peut avoir un sentiment qui rappelle la liberté alors que l'homme ne peut sans doute jamais vraiment "se libérer", de la mort par exemple. En…"-Liv Strömquist, Prins Charles känsla
"Cette petite religion possède un caractère unique : les deux membres du couple en incarnent tous les deux l'idéal. Le droit de propriété sur le corps de son partenaire, protégé par une défense rituel…"-Liv Strömquist, Prins Charles känsla
2. Woman at Point Zero
By: Nawal El Saadawi , Sherif Hetata
4.19
Format: 108 pages, Paperback
From her prison cell, Firdaus, sentenced to die for having killed a pimp in a Cairo street, tells o… read more
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- literary fiction
- africa
- feminism
- fiction
- novels
"Who said to kill does not require gentleness?"-Nawal El Saadawi, Woman at Point Zero
"Ada baiknya bahwa saya tetap awam terhadap kenyataan itu."-Nawal El Saadawi, Woman at Point Zero
"Sastra yang baik selalu merupakan cermin sebuah masyarakat."-Nawal El Saadawi, Woman at Point Zero
"I have triumphed over both life and death because I no longer desire to live, nor do I any longer fear to die."-Nawal El Saadawi, Woman at Point Zero
3. In the Country of Men
By: شبنم سمیعیان , Hisham Matar
3.87
Format: 411 pages,
In the Country of Men is a stunning depiction of a child confronted with the effects of Libyan stro… read more
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- africa
- fiction
- novels
4. Let it Come Down
By: Paul Bowles
3.50
Format: 824 pages, Paperback
In Let It Come Down, Paul Bowles plots the doomed trajectory of Nelson Dyar, a New York bank teller… read more
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- morocco
- africa
- fiction
- novels
5. Kinderland
By: Liliana Corobca
4.53
Format: 122 pages, Paperback
La doisprezece ani, Cristina este nevoita sa devina ,,mama" celor doi frati mai mici atunci cind pa… read more
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- fiction
- contemporary
6. The Museum of Abandoned Secrets
By: Oksana Zabuzhko , Nina Shevchuk-Murray , Nina Murray
4.30
Format: None pages,
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- literary fiction
- fiction
7. The Color of Our Sky
By: Amita Trasi
4.09
Format: None pages, Paperback
A sweeping, emotional journey of two childhood friends--one struggling to survive the human slave t… read more
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8. The Last Storytellers: Tales from the Heart of Morocco
By: None , Barnaby Rogerson
3.89
Format: 704 pages, Hardcover
Marrakech is the heart and lifeblood of Morocco's ancient storytelling tradition. For nearly a thou… read more
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9. On the Move: A Life
By: Oliver Sacks
4.02
Format: 397 pages, Hardcover
When Oliver Sacks was twelve years old, a perceptive schoolmaster wrote in his report: “Sacks will … read more
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"In 1966, after arriving in New York, I read two of Luria's books, Higher Cortical Functions in Man and Human Brain and Psychological Processes. The latter, which contained very full case histories of…"-Oliver Sacks, On the Move: A Life
"Individuality is deeply imbued in us from the very start, at the neuronal level. Even at a motor level, researchers have shown, an infant does not follow a set pattern of learning to walk or how to r…"-Oliver Sacks, On the Move: A Life
10. Crossing the Mangrove
By: Maryse Condé , Richard Philcox
4.10
Format: None pages, Paperback
In this beautifully crafted, Rashomon-like novel, Maryse Conde has written a gripping story imbued … read more
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11. Season of Migration to the North
By: Tayeb Salih , Denys Johnson-Davies
3.72
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
After years of study in Europe, the young narrator of Season of Migration to the North returns to h… read more
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- literary fiction
- africa
- african literature
- fiction
- novels
"شفق المغيب ليس دماً ، ولكنه حناء في قدم المرأة"-Tayeb Salih, Season of Migration to the North
"لا يعنيني أن كان للحياة معنى أو لم يكن لها معنى."-Tayeb Salih, Season of Migration to the North
"You are entitled to wonder and to doubt - you're free."-Tayeb Salih, Season of Migration to the North
"أشباح الليل تتبخر مع الفجر ، وحمى النهار تبرد مع نسيم الليل"-Tayeb Salih, Season of Migration to the North
12. Los armarios vacíos
By: Annie Ernaux
3.94
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
Es la historia de una ruptura social, de una hija atrapada entre dos mundos: el de sus padres, prol… read more
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- feminism
- france
- fiction
- contemporary
- novels
"Farklılıkların paradan kaynaklanabileceği hiç aklıma gelmezdi, insanların doğuştan temiz ya da pasaklı, zevk sahibi ya da sallapati olduğunu sanırdım. Ayyaşlık, konserve et, kenefin yanındaki çiviye …"-Annie Ernaux, Los armarios vacíos
13. El Cuerpo de Cristo
By: Bea Lema
4.52
Format: 184 pages, Paperback
Cuando Vera era niña, un demonio rondaba su casa y acosaba a su madre, martilleándole los nervios h… read more
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14. Ce que je sais de toi
By: Éric Chacour
4.43
Format: 296 pages, Paperback
Dans le Caire des années 1980, un jeune médecin suit un destin tracé pour lui. Entre son dispensair… read more
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- novels
- france
- fiction
"Le jour, ses mains en prolongement des tiennes sur le corps des patients. La nuit, son corps en prolongement du tien sous tes mains impatientes."-Éric Chacour, Ce que je sais de toi
15. Le parfum des fleurs la nuit
By: Leïla Slimani
3.92
Format: 139 pages, Kindle Edition
Comme un écrivain qui pense que « toute audace véritable vient de l’intérieur », Leïla Slimani n’ai… read more
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- feminism
- france
- contemporary
"Escribir no es expresar una cultura sino desprenderse de ella, si esta se encierra en prohibiciones e imperativos."-Leïla Slimani, Le parfum des fleurs la nuit
"En mi opinión, ni el discurso que glorifica el mestizaje ni el que se siente amenazado por este han entendido la complejidad de una identidad doble. Es simultáneamente incomodidad y libertad, disgust…"-Leïla Slimani, Le parfum des fleurs la nuit
"La dominación colonial —he acabado entendiéndolo— moldea no solo las mentes sino también los cuerpos, los constriñe y encierra. El dominado no se atreve a moverse, a rebelarse, a cruzar sus límites… …"-Leïla Slimani, Le parfum des fleurs la nuit
"Jamás pude descansar en el confort frío de la indiferencia. El transeúnte que pasa por la calle, la panadera que habla en un tono muy alto, el viejecito que camina lentamente, la niñera que sueña sen…"-Leïla Slimani, Le parfum des fleurs la nuit
16. Blood Feast: The Complete Short Stories of Malika Moustadraf
By: Malika Moustadraf
3.83
Format: 136 pages, Paperback
Malika Moustadraf (1969-2006) is a cult feminist icon in contemporary Moroccan literature, celebrat… read more
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- morocco
- africa
- feminism
- fiction
- contemporary
17. In the Country of Others
By: Leïla Slimani
3.76
Format: 305 pages, Hardcover
The award-winning, #1 internationally bestselling new novel by the author of The Perfect Nanny--a p… read more
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- morocco
- africa
- france
- fiction
"À présent qu'aucun retour en arrière n'était possible, elle se sentait forte. Forte de ne pas être libre."-Leïla Slimani, In the Country of Others
"J'admire ceux qui avec un cœur sincère acceptent le martyr des leurs. Mais je comprends encore mieux ceux qui veulent les sauver à tout prix."-Leïla Slimani, In the Country of Others
18. If an Egyptian Cannot Speak English
By: Noor Naga
3.92
Format: 186 pages, Paperback
In the aftermath of the Arab Spring, an Egyptian American woman and a man from the village of Shobr… read more
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- literary fiction
- africa
- fiction
- contemporary
- novels
19. Bolla
By: Pajtim Statovci
3.96
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Kansainvälisen tähtikirjailijan lumoava romaani sokeasta rakkaudesta, sodasta, kodittomuudesta ja k… read more
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- fiction
- contemporary
"Faced with death a person is as close to the radiance of life as can be. A lack of options is in fact a multitude of possibilities."-Pajtim Statovci, Bolla
"War is born of war and there is no war that will end a war, and the disgust the boy caused was war’s finger, a fist shoved down the throat."-Pajtim Statovci, Bolla
"One raised with fear never learns to live without it. When you take away its cause, fear manifests, becoming its own consequences – a lingering suspicion, hallucinations and waking dreams."-Pajtim Statovci, Bolla
"Isn’t it strange how – again and again, as if to humiliate themselves – people fool themselves into thinking they can get time back somehow? How time only becomes important once it has passed?"-Pajtim Statovci, Bolla
20. 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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- literary fiction
- novels
- fiction
- contemporary
"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
21. La ternura
By: Paula Ducay
3.59
Format: 120 pages, Paperback
Naima y Marco, compañeros de trabajo separados por una cierta diferencia de edad, han desarrollado … read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
22. Solo quería bailar
By: Greta García
3.65
Format: 200 pages, Paperback
Solo quería bailar narra en primera persona la historia de Pili, una bailarina sevillana que está e… read more
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- fiction
"Yo creo que tenía que haber nacío en otra época y ser verduga. Con mi propia guillotina."-Greta García, Solo quería bailar
"Desde que tengo memoria burocrática, solicitar cualquier cosa a un organismo público ha sío algo mu triste que implica esperar sentá en una silla mu dura y cero ergonómica hasta que la pelvis se carb…"-Greta García, Solo quería bailar
23. Sex and Lies
By: Leïla Slimani
3.96
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
The first work of non-fiction in English from the prize-winning and internationally bestselling aut… read more
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- morocco
- africa
- feminism
- france
- contemporary
"Devenir une femme est un parcours semé d'humiliations. Face à la police, face à la justice comme dans l'espace public, être une femme est un inconvénient. Comme l'écrivait le romancier turc Livaneli …"-Leïla Slimani, Sex and Lies
24. The Great Glorious Goddamn of It All
By: Josh Ritter
3.77
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
From singer-songwriter Josh Ritter, a lyrical, sweeping novel about a young boy's coming-of-age dur… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
"The human heart can hold almost exactly one cup of hot tea. Did you know that? It holds roughly the same amount of milk, of course, and can accommodate sixty minnows if one has a mind to catch and pa…"-Josh Ritter, The Great Glorious Goddamn of It All
"People who tell you they're disappointed in you are full of the worst kind of shit and you can always ignore them. The stuff they say only means that you're doing what you want to do, not what they w…"-Josh Ritter, The Great Glorious Goddamn of It All
"I know how memory works. I know what happens to it. Some people pine for the past so bad that if you give them even a glimpse of an ear they'll grab hold of it and hang on, telling you stories about …"-Josh Ritter, The Great Glorious Goddamn of It All
"God doesn't build shit. Yeah, He creates stuff - the World, the mountain ranges, all that - but any fuck with one eye left in his head will tell you that He doesn't spend much time fixing up all His …"-Josh Ritter, The Great Glorious Goddamn of It All
25. Ansia
By: Henar Álvarez
3.59
Format: 222 pages, Kindle Edition
Una novela adictiva, desafiante y ardiente sobre el deseo y las relaciones de poder Natalia es u… read more
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- fiction
26. La Petite Dernière
By: Fatima Daas
3.85
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
« Je m'appelle Fatima Daas. Je suis la mazoziya, la dernière. Celle à laquelle on ne s'est pas prép… read more
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- feminism
- france
- fiction
- contemporary
- novels
"Il n'y a que sur les photos qu'on est heureux."-Fatima Daas, La Petite Dernière
"Islam meant believing in God, loving Him, fearing Him, obeying Him. I got the first stages right."-Fatima Daas, La Petite Dernière
27. The Ardent Swarm
By: Yamen Manai
4.10
Format: 174 pages, Kindle Edition
From an award-winning Tunisian author comes a stirring allegory about a country in the aftermath of… read more
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- literary fiction
- novels
- fiction
- contemporary
"A God that could still console him for the cruelty of man through the gentleness of his bees."-Yamen Manai, The Ardent Swarm
"Most of them hadn’t even chosen their spouses, and now they were meant to choose who would govern them."-Yamen Manai, The Ardent Swarm
28. Between Two Moons
By: Aisha Abdel Gawad
3.95
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A deeply moving family story about identity, faith, and belonging set in the Muslim immigrant encla… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
29. River Spirit
By: Leila Aboulela
4.01
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
The spellbinding new novel from New York Times Notable Author and Caine Prize winner Leila Aboulela… read more
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- literary fiction
- africa
- african literature
- fiction
- novels
"Keep your faith within your heart even if your tongue is forced to say otherwise."-Leila Aboulela, River Spirit
"I wish I could say she looked like her old self. Suffice to say she looked well. None of us look like our old selves. War is not kind to a woman’s beauty."-Leila Aboulela, River Spirit
"She was part of his youth and their love stretched from her village to his town. She must not feel lost or untethered. And there now was his son in her arms."-Leila Aboulela, River Spirit
"Free, heart tight, expectant, in love, she was not sure what her position would be in the household, not sure about much except that she did not want to be anywhere else."-Leila Aboulela, River Spirit
30. Catherine the Great and the Small
By: Olja Knezevic
3.96
Format: 280 pages, Paperback
Catharine's tragectory in life is accompanied by failures in love, family traumas and an incredible… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
31. Straight from the Horse's Mouth
By: Meryem Alaoui
3.66
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
This hilarious, colorful portrait of a sex worker navigating life in modern Morocco introduces a pr… read more
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- morocco
- literary fiction
- africa
- novels
- feminism
- france
- fiction
- contemporary
- african literature
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