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My Kingdom for a Guitar

A Novel

by Kidi Bebey ...

Translated by Karen Lindo ...

Series series Global African Voices
My Kingdom for a Guitar is a novel based on the remarkable life of Cameroonian-born writer and musician Francis Bebey. Born in Douala, Cameroon, Bebey studied in Paris and New York. He found fame when his first novel, Le Fils d'Agatha Moudio (Agatha Moudio's Son), was published in 1967, and that fame continued to grow with the release of his first album in 1969. He would go on to become one of the ... Read more

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My Kingdom for a Guitar is a novel based on the remarkable life of Cameroonian-born writer and musician Francis Bebey. Born in Douala, Cameroon, Bebey studied in Paris and New York. He found fame when his first novel, Le Fils d'Agatha Moudio (Agatha Moudio's Son), was published in 1967, and that fame continued to grow with the release of his first album in 1969. He would go on to become one of the
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The Years

by Annie Ernaux ...

Translated by Alison L. Strayer ...

**WINNER OF THE 2022 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATUREOne of the New York Times’s 100 Best Books of the 21st CenturyShortlisted for the 2019 Man Booker International Prize**Considered by many to be the iconic French memoirist's defining work and a breakout bestseller when published in France in 2008The Years is a personal narrative of the period 1941 to 2006 told through the lens of memory, impressions ... Read more

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**WINNER OF THE 2022 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATUREOne of the New York Times’s 100 Best Books of the 21st CenturyShortlisted for the 2019 Man Booker International Prize**Considered by many to be the iconic French memoirist's defining work and a breakout bestseller when published in France in 2008The Years is a personal narrative of the period 1941 to 2006 told through the lens of memory, impressions
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Open City

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by Teju Cole ...

“Cerebral and capacious, Teju Cole’s novel asks what it means to roam freely.”—The New York Times (One of the 25 Most Significant New York City Novels From the Last 100 Years)“Influential . . . makes you think about what kind of city is revealed to us based on where we cannot go.”—Katie Kitamura, bestselling author of IntimaciesONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Time, NPR • WINNER: PEN ... Read more

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“Cerebral and capacious, Teju Cole’s novel asks what it means to roam freely.”—The New York Times (One of the 25 Most Significant New York City Novels From the Last 100 Years)“Influential . . . makes you think about what kind of city is revealed to us based on where we cannot go.”—Katie Kitamura, bestselling author of IntimaciesONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Time, NPR • WINNER: PEN
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Pardon My French

How a Grumpy American Fell in Love with France

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To make a friend is a joy. To make a friend in another country is a wonderment-a small miracle. Pardon My French follows the lives of an American couple who have embraced a daunting mission: Not to be spectators in France, but to be absorbed by France.Amidst the minefields of linguistic faux pas, the perplexities of French gestures, the exquisite and often exotic cuisine, and the splendor of ... Read more

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To make a friend is a joy. To make a friend in another country is a wonderment-a small miracle. Pardon My French follows the lives of an American couple who have embraced a daunting mission: Not to be spectators in France, but to be absorbed by France.Amidst the minefields of linguistic faux pas, the perplexities of French gestures, the exquisite and often exotic cuisine, and the splendor of
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One Boat

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by Jonathan Buckley ...

**Longlisted for The Booker Prize 2025“Buckley creates a novel of quiet brilliance and sly humour, packed with mystery and indeterminacy.”—The Booker Prize judges**After losing her father, Teresa returns to a small town on the Greek coast—the same place she visited when grieving her mother nine years ago. Soon, she encounters some of the people she met last time around: John, a man struggling to ... Read more

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**Longlisted for The Booker Prize 2025“Buckley creates a novel of quiet brilliance and sly humour, packed with mystery and indeterminacy.”—The Booker Prize judges**After losing her father, Teresa returns to a small town on the Greek coast—the same place she visited when grieving her mother nine years ago. Soon, she encounters some of the people she met last time around: John, a man struggling to
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In the Belly of the Congo

by Blaise Ndala ...

Translated by Amy B. Reid ...

A sweeping historical novel and an intergenerational family saga about the mysterious disappearance of a Congolese princess and the niece who is determined to uncover her fate more than four decades later, by the internationally acclaimed and award-winning Congolese Canadian author Blaise Ndala.April 1958. Princess Tshala Nyota, daughter of King Kena Kwete III of the Kuba people in Congo, is among ... Read more

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A sweeping historical novel and an intergenerational family saga about the mysterious disappearance of a Congolese princess and the niece who is determined to uncover her fate more than four decades later, by the internationally acclaimed and award-winning Congolese Canadian author Blaise Ndala.April 1958. Princess Tshala Nyota, daughter of King Kena Kwete III of the Kuba people in Congo, is among
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The Little Village of Book Lovers

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by Nina George ...

A young woman with the extraordinary power to bring soulmates together searches for her own true love in this tender, lyrical standalone novel inspired by the “bona fide international hit” (The New York Times Book Review) The Little Paris BookshopIn Nina George’s New York Times bestseller The Little Paris Bookshop, beloved literary apothecary Jean Perdu is inspired to create a floating bookstore ... Read more

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A young woman with the extraordinary power to bring soulmates together searches for her own true love in this tender, lyrical standalone novel inspired by the “bona fide international hit” (The New York Times Book Review) The Little Paris BookshopIn Nina George’s New York Times bestseller The Little Paris Bookshop, beloved literary apothecary Jean Perdu is inspired to create a floating bookstore
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When in French

Love in a Second Language

by Lauren Collins ...

A language barrier is no match for love. Lauren Collins discovered this firsthand when, in her early thirties, she moved to London and fell for a Frenchman named Olivier—a surprising turn of events for someone who didn’t have a passport until she was in college. But what does it mean to love someone in a second language? Collins wonders, as her relationship with Olivier continues to grow entirely ... Read more

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A language barrier is no match for love. Lauren Collins discovered this firsthand when, in her early thirties, she moved to London and fell for a Frenchman named Olivier—a surprising turn of events for someone who didn’t have a passport until she was in college. But what does it mean to love someone in a second language? Collins wonders, as her relationship with Olivier continues to grow entirely
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Three O'Clock in the Morning

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by Gianrico Carofiglio ...

"A tender, heady and heartwarming tale where the strained conversation of a father and son transforms into a lifetime bond." —Seattle Times"In a real dark night of the soul it is always three o'clock in the morning." —F. Scott FitzgeraldAntonio is eighteen years old and on the cusp of adulthood. His father, a brilliant mathematician, hasn't played a large part in his life since divorcing Antonio's ... Read more

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"A tender, heady and heartwarming tale where the strained conversation of a father and son transforms into a lifetime bond." —Seattle Times"In a real dark night of the soul it is always three o'clock in the morning." —F. Scott FitzgeraldAntonio is eighteen years old and on the cusp of adulthood. His father, a brilliant mathematician, hasn't played a large part in his life since divorcing Antonio's
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Small Country

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by Gaël Faye ...

Already an international sensation and prize-winning bestseller in France, an evocative coming-of-age story of a young boy, a lost childhood and a shattered homeland.SHORTLISTED FOR THE ALBERTINE PRIZE • NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY ESQUIRE • LONGLISTED FOR THE ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR EXCELLENCE IN FICTION • LONGLISTED FOR THE ASPEN WORDS LITERARY PRIZEBurundi, 1992. For ten-year ... Read more

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Already an international sensation and prize-winning bestseller in France, an evocative coming-of-age story of a young boy, a lost childhood and a shattered homeland.SHORTLISTED FOR THE ALBERTINE PRIZE • NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY ESQUIRE • LONGLISTED FOR THE ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR EXCELLENCE IN FICTION • LONGLISTED FOR THE ASPEN WORDS LITERARY PRIZEBurundi, 1992. For ten-year
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Tram 83

by Fiston Mwanza Mujila ...

Translated by Roland Glasser ...

Two friends, one a budding writer home from Europe, the other an ambitious racketeer, meet in the only nightclub, the Tram 83, in a war-torn city-state in secession, surrounded by profit-seekers of all languages and nationalities. Tram 83 plunges the reader into the modern African gold rush as cynical as it is comic and colorfully exotic, using jazz rhythms to weave a tale of human relationships ... Read more

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Two friends, one a budding writer home from Europe, the other an ambitious racketeer, meet in the only nightclub, the Tram 83, in a war-torn city-state in secession, surrounded by profit-seekers of all languages and nationalities. Tram 83 plunges the reader into the modern African gold rush as cynical as it is comic and colorfully exotic, using jazz rhythms to weave a tale of human relationships
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Dealing with the Dead

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by Alain Mabanckou ...

Named one of the Best Books of the Year by NPRFrom one of Africa’s greatest living writers, a ghostly reckoning with Congolese history"Alain Mabanckou addresses the reader with exuberant inventiveness in novels that are brilliantly imaginative in their forms of storytelling. His voice is vividly colloquial, mischievous and often outrageous as he explores, from multiple angles, the country where he ... Read more

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Named one of the Best Books of the Year by NPRFrom one of Africa’s greatest living writers, a ghostly reckoning with Congolese history"Alain Mabanckou addresses the reader with exuberant inventiveness in novels that are brilliantly imaginative in their forms of storytelling. His voice is vividly colloquial, mischievous and often outrageous as he explores, from multiple angles, the country where he
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