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Between the Island and the Turtle

by Karine Rosso ...

Translated by Anita Anand ...

In the tumult of the pandemic, a writer hopes the quarantine might provide the space to finally complete a decades-old project on her travels throughout Latin America. But an unexpected disease suddenly clouds her eyes. Poetic, inventive, introspective, Between the Island and the Turtle follows the author’s shifts in vision from past to present, shedding light on what it is to witness suffering ... Read more

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In the tumult of the pandemic, a writer hopes the quarantine might provide the space to finally complete a decades-old project on her travels throughout Latin America. But an unexpected disease suddenly clouds her eyes. Poetic, inventive, introspective, Between the Island and the Turtle follows the author’s shifts in vision from past to present, shedding light on what it is to witness suffering
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A Sunny Place for Shady People

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by Mariana Enriquez ...

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**The diabolical collection of short stories that inspired the Netflix series My Sad Dead, directed by Pablo Larraín.In these twelve spellbinding short stories, including “My Sad Dead” and the other stories behind the Netflix series, achingly human characters encounter ghosts, goblins, and the macabre as they try to understand themselves—by “Buenos Aires’s sorceress of horror” (Samanta Schweblin, ... Read more

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**The diabolical collection of short stories that inspired the Netflix series My Sad Dead, directed by Pablo Larraín.In these twelve spellbinding short stories, including “My Sad Dead” and the other stories behind the Netflix series, achingly human characters encounter ghosts, goblins, and the macabre as they try to understand themselves—by “Buenos Aires’s sorceress of horror” (Samanta Schweblin,
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Barcelona Dreaming

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New York Times Book Review Editor’s ChoiceThree novellas are “cleverly linked together” in this “beguiling love letter to the great city” set before the financial crash of 2008 (Condé Nast Traveller).“Ironic, observant, alert . . . its atmosphere [is] invoked with intimate knowledge and a matchless sense of place.” —Colm TóibínBarcelona Dreaming is narrated by an English woman who runs a g... ... Read more

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New York Times Book Review Editor’s ChoiceThree novellas are “cleverly linked together” in this “beguiling love letter to the great city” set before the financial crash of 2008 (Condé Nast Traveller).“Ironic, observant, alert . . . its atmosphere [is] invoked with intimate knowledge and a matchless sense of place.” —Colm TóibínBarcelona Dreaming is narrated by an English woman who runs a g...
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26 Knots

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Grand in scope, spare in execution, and lush in language, 26 Knots is a fable-like tale of love, obsession, and everything in between. Araceli and Adrien are two journalists who meet while covering a fire. From that moment, she is unable to forget him. Adrien then falls in love with Pénélope, who, in turn, is torn between him and Gabriel. Gabriel reciprocates her love, but is too tormented by his ... Read more

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Grand in scope, spare in execution, and lush in language, 26 Knots is a fable-like tale of love, obsession, and everything in between. Araceli and Adrien are two journalists who meet while covering a fire. From that moment, she is unable to forget him. Adrien then falls in love with Pénélope, who, in turn, is torn between him and Gabriel. Gabriel reciprocates her love, but is too tormented by his
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Arvida

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Series Book 15 - Biblioasis International Translation Series
Samuel Archibald is the hottest young writer in Quebec. In a region where short story collections might sell worse than anywhere else in North America, Arvida sold through 25,000 copies.Arvida fits in naturally with "country noir" authors like Donald Ray Pollock and Daniel Woodrell, but with a sharp and humorous French-Canadian twist.The collection explores topical subjects, including the collapse ... Read more

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Samuel Archibald is the hottest young writer in Quebec. In a region where short story collections might sell worse than anywhere else in North America, Arvida sold through 25,000 copies.Arvida fits in naturally with "country noir" authors like Donald Ray Pollock and Daniel Woodrell, but with a sharp and humorous French-Canadian twist.The collection explores topical subjects, including the collapse
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A House of My Own

Stories from My Life

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Winner of the PEN Center USA Literary Award for Creative Nonfiction • From the celebrated bestselling author of The House on Mango Street: "This memoir has the transcendent sweep of a full life.” —Houston ChronicleFrom Chicago to Mexico, the places Sandra Cisneros has lived have provided inspiration for her now-classic works of fiction and poetry. But a house of her own, a place where she could ... Read more

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Winner of the PEN Center USA Literary Award for Creative Nonfiction • From the celebrated bestselling author of The House on Mango Street: "This memoir has the transcendent sweep of a full life.” —Houston ChronicleFrom Chicago to Mexico, the places Sandra Cisneros has lived have provided inspiration for her now-classic works of fiction and poetry. But a house of her own, a place where she could
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Disturbance

Surviving Charlie Hebdo

by Philippe Lançon ...

Translated by Steven Rendall ...

In this Prix Femina–winning memoir, a writer at the French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo recounts surviving the deadly terror attack on their office.On January 7, 2015, two terrorists claiming allegiance to ISIS attack the Paris office of the satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo. The event causes untold pain to the victims and their families, prompts a global solidarity movement, and ignites a ... Read more

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In this Prix Femina–winning memoir, a writer at the French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo recounts surviving the deadly terror attack on their office.On January 7, 2015, two terrorists claiming allegiance to ISIS attack the Paris office of the satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo. The event causes untold pain to the victims and their families, prompts a global solidarity movement, and ignites a
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Brussels Noir

by Michel Dufranne ...

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"Brussels, Belgium's cosmopolitan, multilingual capital, has it[s] criminal underside, as shown in the 13 dark—and sometimes darkly humorous—stories" ( Publishers Weekly).From the historic city center to the Palais de Justice to the pubs, this collection contains crime fiction tales, often with a touch of the surreal and the dystopian, that reveal the stranger and seamier side of the city known as ... Read more

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"Brussels, Belgium's cosmopolitan, multilingual capital, has it[s] criminal underside, as shown in the 13 dark—and sometimes darkly humorous—stories" ( Publishers Weekly).From the historic city center to the Palais de Justice to the pubs, this collection contains crime fiction tales, often with a touch of the surreal and the dystopian, that reveal the stranger and seamier side of the city known as
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After the Winter

by Guadalupe Nettel ...

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In Havana, Paris, and New York City, Claudio and Cecilia succumb to our implacable movement toward love.Claudio’s apartment faces a wall. Rising from bed, he sets his feet on the floor at the same time, to ground himself. Cecilia sits at her window, contemplating a cemetery, the radio her best companion. In parallel and entwining stories that move from Havana to Paris to New York City, no routine, ... Read more

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In Havana, Paris, and New York City, Claudio and Cecilia succumb to our implacable movement toward love.Claudio’s apartment faces a wall. Rising from bed, he sets his feet on the floor at the same time, to ground himself. Cecilia sits at her window, contemplating a cemetery, the radio her best companion. In parallel and entwining stories that move from Havana to Paris to New York City, no routine,
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Celebrate Rio

Sport, sand and samba: a guide to the Cidade Maravilhosa

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Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisherWhether you're travelling to Rio de Janeiro this summer to witness the Games, have a trip in the pipeline or are just plain curious, download our FREE guide to get a sample of everything the Cidade Maravilhosa has to offer. From rainforest hikes and beachfront bike rides to quintessentially Brazilian capoeira and beach soccer, this city is ... Read more

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Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisherWhether you're travelling to Rio de Janeiro this summer to witness the Games, have a trip in the pipeline or are just plain curious, download our FREE guide to get a sample of everything the Cidade Maravilhosa has to offer. From rainforest hikes and beachfront bike rides to quintessentially Brazilian capoeira and beach soccer, this city is
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The Body Where I was Born

by Guadalupe Nettel ...

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The first novel to appear in English by one of the most talked-about and critically acclaimed writers of new Mexican fiction.From a psychoanalyst's couch, the narrator looks back on her bizarre childhood—in which she was born with an abnormality in her eye into a family intent on fixing it. In a world without the time and space for innocence, the narrator intimately recalls her younger self—a ... Read more

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The first novel to appear in English by one of the most talked-about and critically acclaimed writers of new Mexican fiction.From a psychoanalyst's couch, the narrator looks back on her bizarre childhood—in which she was born with an abnormality in her eye into a family intent on fixing it. In a world without the time and space for innocence, the narrator intimately recalls her younger self—a
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Barcelona Noir

by Adriana V. López, Carmen Ospina ...

Series series Akashic Noir
Journey to Spain with "stories that tap into history, politics and culture to cast a cloak of horror and humor on the city's distinctive neighborhoods" ( The Miami Herald).For some, Barcelona is a European enchantress of nouveau architecture, fusion tapas, and fine cava. To others, it's a Gothic labyrinth of tiny streets to lose oneself in; hashish-clouded after-hours bars to forget the time; ... Read more

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Journey to Spain with "stories that tap into history, politics and culture to cast a cloak of horror and humor on the city's distinctive neighborhoods" ( The Miami Herald).For some, Barcelona is a European enchantress of nouveau architecture, fusion tapas, and fine cava. To others, it's a Gothic labyrinth of tiny streets to lose oneself in; hashish-clouded after-hours bars to forget the time;
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