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Book Review: Celebrate National Reading Month (Part One) with The Book Lovers' Companion: What to Read Next
Capping off NEA’s National Reading Month, The Book Lovers' Companion offers a treasure trove of rewarding reads from classics to bestsellers, plus some obscure gems.
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Book Review: A Short History of the Short Story: Western and Asian Traditions by Gulnaz Fatma, MA, MBA
A Short History of the Short Story is informative, fascinating, and a true addition to the understanding of world literature.
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Book Review: The Fall of the Stone City by Ismail Kadare
Albanian author Ismail Kadare's latest novel translated into English adds to a body of work that may earn him a Nobel Prize.
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Book Review: The Devil in the Flesh by Raymond Radiguet
Narcissistic teenager engages in affair with wife of a French soldier during the First World War.
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5 Book Review: My Friend Jesus Christ by Lars Husum
Modern day up-and-coming psychopath's road of redemption begins after striking Jesus in the head with an ashtray.
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6 Book Review: Cain by José Saramago
José Saramago's last novel, now translated into English, is an indictment of God based on using Old Testament.
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7 Book Review: After Midnight by Irmgard Keun
Slim novel effectively portrays life in pre-war Nazi Germany through the eyes of a young ingenue.
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8 Book Review: Pereira Maintains by Antonio Tabucchi
Literary device helps drive allegorical tale amidst Portugal's society and authoritarian government in 1938.
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9 Book Review: The Secret of Wilhelm Storitz: The First English Translation of Verne's Original Manuscript by Jules Verne
First English translation of original Jules Verne manuscript appears a century after being written.
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10 Book Review: Death as a Side Effect by Ana María Shua
Traditional conflicts and contemporary issues drive novel set in a dystopian near-future Buenos Aires.
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