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The Meursault Investigation

A Novel

by Kamel Daoud ...

Translated by John Cullen ...

**A New York Times Notable Book of 2015“A tour-de-force reimagining of Camus’s The Stranger, from the point of view of the mute Arab victims.” —The New Yorker**He was the brother of “the Arab” killed by the infamous Meursault, the antihero of Camus’s classic novel. Seventy years after that event, Harun, who has lived since childhood in the shadow of his sibling’s memory, refuses to let him remain ... Read more

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**A New York Times Notable Book of 2015“A tour-de-force reimagining of Camus’s The Stranger, from the point of view of the mute Arab victims.” —The New Yorker**He was the brother of “the Arab” killed by the infamous Meursault, the antihero of Camus’s classic novel. Seventy years after that event, Harun, who has lived since childhood in the shadow of his sibling’s memory, refuses to let him remain
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Zabor, or The Psalms

A Novel

by Kamel Daoud ...

Translated by Emma Ramadan ...

**Library Journal: Best World Literature of the YearA fable, parable, and confession, the second novel from the acclaimed author of The Meursault Investigation pays homage to the essential need for fiction and to the freedom from tradition afforded by an adopted language.**Having lost his mother and been shunned by his father, Zabor grows up in the company of books, which teach him a new language. ... Read more

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**Library Journal: Best World Literature of the YearA fable, parable, and confession, the second novel from the acclaimed author of The Meursault Investigation pays homage to the essential need for fiction and to the freedom from tradition afforded by an adopted language.**Having lost his mother and been shunned by his father, Zabor grows up in the company of books, which teach him a new language.
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Chroniques

Selected Columns, 2010-2016

by Kamel Daoud ...

Translated by Elisabeth Zerofsky ...

This engaging collection of essays showcases the extraordinary passion, insight, and range of Kamel Daoud, bestselling author of The Meursault Investigation.Kamel Daoud has been a journalist for more than twenty years, writing the most-read column in Algeria, in Le Quotidien d'Oran, while also collaborating on various online media and contributing to foreign publications such as the New York Times ... Read more

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This engaging collection of essays showcases the extraordinary passion, insight, and range of Kamel Daoud, bestselling author of The Meursault Investigation.Kamel Daoud has been a journalist for more than twenty years, writing the most-read column in Algeria, in Le Quotidien d'Oran, while also collaborating on various online media and contributing to foreign publications such as the New York Times
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Ploughshares Summer 2016 Guest-Edited by Claire Messud & James Wood

by Claire Messud, James Wood, Viet Thanh Nguyen, Lydia Davis, Peter Bichsel, Kamel Daoud, Carys Davies, Viet Dinh, Amity Gaige, Georgi Gospodinov, Cate Kennedy, Glyn Maxwell, Melissa Pritchard, Weike Wang, Gunnhild Øyehaug, Chauna Craig, Emily Fox Gordon, Lucy Biederman ...

The Summer 2016 issue of Ploughshares. Ploughshares is an award-winning journal of new writing. Two out of each year's three issues are guest-edited by prominent writers who explore different personal visions, aesthetics, and literary circles, with the Winter issue staff-edited.This 45th anniversary issue, guest edited by novelist Claire Messud and literary critic James Wood, includes new work ... Read more

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The Summer 2016 issue of Ploughshares. Ploughshares is an award-winning journal of new writing. Two out of each year's three issues are guest-edited by prominent writers who explore different personal visions, aesthetics, and literary circles, with the Winter issue staff-edited.This 45th anniversary issue, guest edited by novelist Claire Messud and literary critic James Wood, includes new work
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Suspended Sentences

Three Novellas

by Patrick Modiano ...

Translated by Mark Polizzotti ...

Series series The Margellos World Republic of Letters
In this essential trilogy of novellas by the winner of the 2014 Nobel Prize in Literature, French author Patrick Modiano reaches back in time, opening the corridors of memory and exploring the mysteries to be encountered there. Each novella in the volume--Afterimage, Suspended Sentences, and Flowers of Ruin—represents a sterling example of the author’s originality and appeal, while Mark Polizzotti ... Read more

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In this essential trilogy of novellas by the winner of the 2014 Nobel Prize in Literature, French author Patrick Modiano reaches back in time, opening the corridors of memory and exploring the mysteries to be encountered there. Each novella in the volume--Afterimage, Suspended Sentences, and Flowers of Ruin—represents a sterling example of the author’s originality and appeal, while Mark Polizzotti
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Decoded

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by Mai Jia ...

Translated by Olivia Milburn, Christopher N. Payne ...

Decoded tells the story of Rong Jinzhwen, one of the great code-breakers in the world.A semi-autistic mathematical genius, Jinzhen is recruited to the cryptography department of China's secret services, Unit 701, where he is assigned the task of breaking the elusive 'Code Purple'. Jinzhen rises through the ranks to eventually become China's greatest and most celebrated code-breaker; until he makes ... Read more

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Decoded tells the story of Rong Jinzhwen, one of the great code-breakers in the world.A semi-autistic mathematical genius, Jinzhen is recruited to the cryptography department of China's secret services, Unit 701, where he is assigned the task of breaking the elusive 'Code Purple'. Jinzhen rises through the ranks to eventually become China's greatest and most celebrated code-breaker; until he makes
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The Last Flight of Poxl West

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by Daniel Torday ...

A teen reminisces about his hero uncle, a refugee-turned-World War II fighter pilot, in this novel by the award-winning author of The 12th Commandment ."A richly layered, beautifully told and somehow lovable story about war, revenge and loss."— Kirkus Reviews , starred reviewNew York Times Book Review Editors' Choice</st... ... Read more

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A teen reminisces about his hero uncle, a refugee-turned-World War II fighter pilot, in this novel by the award-winning author of The 12th Commandment ."A richly layered, beautifully told and somehow lovable story about war, revenge and loss."— Kirkus Reviews , starred reviewNew York Times Book Review Editors' Choice</st...
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The Infatuations

by Javier Marías ...

Translated by Margaret Jull Costa ...

Series series Vintage International
**INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE FINALIST • From the award-winning, internationally bestselling Spanish author of A Heart So White comes an immersive, provocative novel propelled by a seemingly random murder."Sometimes startling, sometimes hilarious, and always intelligent ... Marías [has] a penetrating empathy."—The New York Times Book Review**Each day before work María ... Read more

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**INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE FINALIST • From the award-winning, internationally bestselling Spanish author of A Heart So White comes an immersive, provocative novel propelled by a seemingly random murder."Sometimes startling, sometimes hilarious, and always intelligent ... Marías [has] a penetrating empathy."—The New York Times Book Review**Each day before work María
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All Our Names

by Dinaw Mengestu ...

"A fierce and tender examination of identity, love, disillusionment, friendship and sacrifice. . . . Extraordinary." —National PostAll Our Names is the story of a young man who comes of age during an African revolution, drawn from the hushed halls of his university into the intensifying clamour of the streets outside. But as the line between idealism and violence becomes increasingly blurred, and ... Read more

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"A fierce and tender examination of identity, love, disillusionment, friendship and sacrifice. . . . Extraordinary." —National PostAll Our Names is the story of a young man who comes of age during an African revolution, drawn from the hushed halls of his university into the intensifying clamour of the streets outside. But as the line between idealism and violence becomes increasingly blurred, and
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The Queue

by Basma Abdel Aziz ...

Translated by Elisabeth Jaquette ...

**“Weird and wild.” —BookRiot“An effective critique of authoritarianism.” —NPR“Equal parts dystopia, satire, and allegory.—Los Angeles Review of BooksSet against the backdrop of a failed political uprising in Egypt, this chilling debut evokes Orwellian dystopia, Kafkaesque surrealism, and a very real vision of life after the Arab Spring.**In a surreal, but familiar, vision of modern day Egypt, a ... Read more

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**“Weird and wild.” —BookRiot“An effective critique of authoritarianism.” —NPR“Equal parts dystopia, satire, and allegory.—Los Angeles Review of BooksSet against the backdrop of a failed political uprising in Egypt, this chilling debut evokes Orwellian dystopia, Kafkaesque surrealism, and a very real vision of life after the Arab Spring.**In a surreal, but familiar, vision of modern day Egypt, a
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Ways to Disappear

by Idra Novey ...

When a famous Brazilian author disappears, her translator becomes obsessed with following her trail in this prize-winning, "elegant page-turner" ( New York Times Book Review).Beatriz Yagoda was once one of Brazil's most celebrated authors. At the age of sixty, she is mostly forgotten-until one summer afternoon when she enters a park in Rio de Janeiro, climbs into an almond tree, and disappears ... Read more

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When a famous Brazilian author disappears, her translator becomes obsessed with following her trail in this prize-winning, "elegant page-turner" ( New York Times Book Review).Beatriz Yagoda was once one of Brazil's most celebrated authors. At the age of sixty, she is mostly forgotten-until one summer afternoon when she enters a park in Rio de Janeiro, climbs into an almond tree, and disappears
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A Heart So White

by Javier Marías ...

Series series Vintage International
WINNER OF THE IMPAC DUBLIN AWARD • Widely considered a masterpiece, a breathtaking novel about family secrets that chronicles the relentless power of the past—from the award-winning author of The Infatuations and "Spain's best writer" (Roberto Bolaño, national bestselling author of The Savage Detectives).Juan knows little of the interior life of his father Ranz; but when Juan marries, he begins to ... Read more

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WINNER OF THE IMPAC DUBLIN AWARD • Widely considered a masterpiece, a breathtaking novel about family secrets that chronicles the relentless power of the past—from the award-winning author of The Infatuations and "Spain's best writer" (Roberto Bolaño, national bestselling author of The Savage Detectives).Juan knows little of the interior life of his father Ranz; but when Juan marries, he begins to
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