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The absurdity of war and the mysteries of childhood merge in Icelandic author Kristín Ómarsdóttir's Children in Reindeer Woods. Read an excerpt here.
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Turkish author Ayșe Kulin's Farwell: An Occupied Mansion in Istanbul tells the story of one particular
family living in one particular house during the end of the Ottoman Empire. Read the story's beginning here.
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Canadian Barbara Howard brings taxidermy and a baby celebration together with hilarious results
in "Western Taxidermy" the title story in her new collection.
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Reviews
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THE FLIGHT OF GEMMA HARDY
Margot Livesey
A good story never dies—instead, it can always either be resurrected or re-interpreted by an insightful author who knows the value of an intriguing narrative and thoughtful characterisation. This is certainly the case with this new novel …
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Reviewed by Dorothy Dudek Vinicombe
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CHILDREN IN REINDEER WOODS
Kristín Ómarsdóttir
Translated from the Icelandic by Lytton Smith
The opening scene of this novel left me reeling, and I remained rather stunned throughout the book. In a few short, staccato pages, Kristín Ómarsdóttir creates a world where the absurdity and casual brutality of war is played out …
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Reviewed by Lisa Sanders
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BOUNDARIES
Elizabeth Nunez
The title of this insightful novel serves as a perfect descriptor for its major theme: the boundaries that separate cultures, literature, colleagues, and those who love and sustain each of us.
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Reviewed by Darryl Morris
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THE GIRL GIANT
Kristen Den Hartog
Ruth Brennan is a wonderful character. She is a giant, a girl who grows to enormous height, and her family struggles to cope by pretending all is normal until medical issues finally bring her condition into the open. Much more than a coming-of-age story …
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Reviewed by Lisa Sanders
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Amalia Gladhart reviews Argentine author Liliana Heker's The End of the Story
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Links We Like
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