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by Narine Abgaryan ...

Translated by Margarit Ordukhanyan, Zara Torlone ...

Set in an Armenian mountain village immediately after the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan in the early 1990s, these thirty-one linked short stories trace the interconnected lives of villagers tending to their everyday tasks, engaging in quotidian squabbles, and celebrating small joys against a breathtaking landscape. Yet the setting, suspended in time and space, belies unspeakable tragedy: ... Read more

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Set in an Armenian mountain village immediately after the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan in the early 1990s, these thirty-one linked short stories trace the interconnected lives of villagers tending to their everyday tasks, engaging in quotidian squabbles, and celebrating small joys against a breathtaking landscape. Yet the setting, suspended in time and space, belies unspeakable tragedy:
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Three Apples Fell from the Sky

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by Narine Abgaryan ...

Translated by Lisa C. Hayden ...

The Russian bestseller about love and second chances, brimming with warmth and humourIn the tiny village of Maran nestled high in the Armenian mountains, a place where dreams, curses and miracles are taken very seriously, a close-knit community bickers, gossips and laughs, untouched by the passage of time. A lifelong resident, Anatolia is happily set in her ways. Until, that is, she wakes up one ... Read more

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The Russian bestseller about love and second chances, brimming with warmth and humourIn the tiny village of Maran nestled high in the Armenian mountains, a place where dreams, curses and miracles are taken very seriously, a close-knit community bickers, gossips and laughs, untouched by the passage of time. A lifelong resident, Anatolia is happily set in her ways. Until, that is, she wakes up one
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Three Apples Fell from the Sky

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In an isolated village high in the Armenian mountains, a close-knit community bickers, gossips, and laughs. Their only connection to the outside world is an ancient telegraph wire and a perilous mountain road that even goats struggle to navigate. As they go about their daily lives—harvesting crops, making baklava, tidying houses—the villagers sustain one another through good times and bad. But ... Read more

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In an isolated village high in the Armenian mountains, a close-knit community bickers, gossips, and laughs. Their only connection to the outside world is an ancient telegraph wire and a perilous mountain road that even goats struggle to navigate. As they go about their daily lives—harvesting crops, making baklava, tidying houses—the villagers sustain one another through good times and bad. But
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The Wild Laughter

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by Caoilinn Hughes ...

An exhilarating dark comedy about two brothers confronting their father's fate in contemporary Ireland, from a critically acclaimed Irish author'Propulsive, raucous, funny and deeply moving... I loved it.' David Nicholls, author of One Day'Brilliant. A hilarious, poetical black comedy... Do read it.' Mark Haddon, author of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time'A... ... Read more

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An exhilarating dark comedy about two brothers confronting their father's fate in contemporary Ireland, from a critically acclaimed Irish author'Propulsive, raucous, funny and deeply moving... I loved it.' David Nicholls, author of One Day'Brilliant. A hilarious, poetical black comedy... Do read it.' Mark Haddon, author of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time'A...
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Sweet Bean Paste

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by Durian Sukegawa ...

Translated by Alison Watts ...

'I'm in story heaven with this book.' Cecelia Ahern, author of P.S. I Love YouA charming tale of friendship, love and loneliness in contemporary JapanIf you enjoyed We'll Prescribe You a Cat or Days at the Morisaki Bookshop, you'll love Sweet Bean PasteSentaro has failed. He has a criminal record, drinks too much, and his dream of becoming a writer is just a distant memory. With o... ... Read more

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'I'm in story heaven with this book.' Cecelia Ahern, author of P.S. I Love YouA charming tale of friendship, love and loneliness in contemporary JapanIf you enjoyed We'll Prescribe You a Cat or Days at the Morisaki Bookshop, you'll love Sweet Bean PasteSentaro has failed. He has a criminal record, drinks too much, and his dream of becoming a writer is just a distant memory. With o...
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Umami

'Guaranteed to challenge and move you' - Vogue

by Laia Jufresa ...

Translated by Sophie Hughes ...

'A wonderfully surprising novel, powered by wit, exuberance and nostalgia.' Chloe Aridjis, author of Sea MonstersA captivating portrait of contemporary Mexico, cut through with dazzling wit and sensitivityIt started with a drowning.Deep in the heart of Mexico City, where five houses cluster around a sun-drenched courtyard, lives Ana, a precocious twelve-year-old still coming to terms with the ... Read more

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'A wonderfully surprising novel, powered by wit, exuberance and nostalgia.' Chloe Aridjis, author of Sea MonstersA captivating portrait of contemporary Mexico, cut through with dazzling wit and sensitivityIt started with a drowning.Deep in the heart of Mexico City, where five houses cluster around a sun-drenched courtyard, lives Ana, a precocious twelve-year-old still coming to terms with the
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Laurus

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by Eugene Vodolazkin ...

WINNER OF THE BIG BOOK AWARD, THE LEO TOLSTOY YASNAYA POLYANA AWARD & THE READ RUSSIA AWARD'THE MOST IMPORTANT LIVING RUSSIAN WRITER' New Yorker*A NEW STATESMAN BOOK OF THE YEAR 2016*Fifteenth-century RussiaIt is a time of plague and pestilence, and a young healer, skilled in the art of herbs and remedies, finds himself overcome with grief and guilt when he fails to... ... Read more

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WINNER OF THE BIG BOOK AWARD, THE LEO TOLSTOY YASNAYA POLYANA AWARD & THE READ RUSSIA AWARD'THE MOST IMPORTANT LIVING RUSSIAN WRITER' New Yorker*A NEW STATESMAN BOOK OF THE YEAR 2016*Fifteenth-century RussiaIt is a time of plague and pestilence, and a young healer, skilled in the art of herbs and remedies, finds himself overcome with grief and guilt when he fails to...
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By Night in Chile

by Roberto Bolaño ...

Translated by Chris Andrews ...

“Extraordinary . . . [Bolaño’s] greatest work.” —James Wood, The New York Times Book Review“A marvelous river of feeling, a brilliant meditation, an enthralling fantasy—By Night in Chile is the real thing, and the rarest: a contemporary novel destined to have a permanent place in world literature.” —Susan SontagThe book that catapulted Roberto Bolaño into international literary stardom, By Night ... Read more

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“Extraordinary . . . [Bolaño’s] greatest work.” —James Wood, The New York Times Book Review“A marvelous river of feeling, a brilliant meditation, an enthralling fantasy—By Night in Chile is the real thing, and the rarest: a contemporary novel destined to have a permanent place in world literature.” —Susan SontagThe book that catapulted Roberto Bolaño into international literary stardom, By Night
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Hungry Ghosts

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by Kevin Jared Hosein ...

LONGLISTED FOR THE SWANSEA UNIVERSITY DYLAN THOMAS PRIZEWINNER OF THE WALTER SCOTT PRIZE FOR HISTORICAL FICTION“This is a deeply impressive book, and I think an important one. Its intensity, its narrative attack, the fascinations of its era and setting, make it impossible to tear the attention away. Energy and inventiveness distinguish every page.” — Hilary MantelFrom an unforgettable new voice in ... Read more

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LONGLISTED FOR THE SWANSEA UNIVERSITY DYLAN THOMAS PRIZEWINNER OF THE WALTER SCOTT PRIZE FOR HISTORICAL FICTION“This is a deeply impressive book, and I think an important one. Its intensity, its narrative attack, the fascinations of its era and setting, make it impossible to tear the attention away. Energy and inventiveness distinguish every page.” — Hilary MantelFrom an unforgettable new voice in
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Invisible Boy

A Memoir of Self-Discovery

by Harrison Mooney ...

WINNER – 2023 Rakuten Kobo Emerging Writers Prizes for NonfictionFINALIST – Governor General's Literary Award for NonfictionFINALIST – Hurston/Wright Legacy Award for NonfictionA narrative that amplifies a voice rarely heard—that of the child at the centre of a transracial adoption—and a searing account of being raised by religious fundamentalists</... ... Read more

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WINNER – 2023 Rakuten Kobo Emerging Writers Prizes for NonfictionFINALIST – Governor General's Literary Award for NonfictionFINALIST – Hurston/Wright Legacy Award for NonfictionA narrative that amplifies a voice rarely heard—that of the child at the centre of a transracial adoption—and a searing account of being raised by religious fundamentalists</...
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No Place to Bury the Dead

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by Karina Sainz Borgo ...

Translated by Elizabeth Bryer ...

“[A] rich and lyrical tale of desperation and redemption . . . Throughout, Sainz Borgo applies stark poetry to the terrifying setting, where 'moans and cries attributed to ghosts sometimes masked executions and beatings.' It’s a stunner.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)“[A] deeply felt meditation on migration, mourning and the simultaneous entanglement and estrangement of the living and the ... Read more

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“[A] rich and lyrical tale of desperation and redemption . . . Throughout, Sainz Borgo applies stark poetry to the terrifying setting, where 'moans and cries attributed to ghosts sometimes masked executions and beatings.' It’s a stunner.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)“[A] deeply felt meditation on migration, mourning and the simultaneous entanglement and estrangement of the living and the
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Moonrise Over New Jessup

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by Jamila Minnicks ...

"With compelling characters and a heart-pounding plot, Jamila Minnicks pulled me into pages of history I’d never turned before."―Barbara Kingsolver, New York Times bestselling author of Demon CopperheadWinner of the PEN/Bellwether Prize for Socially Engaged Fiction, an enchanting and thought-provoking debut novel about a Black woman doing whatever it takes to protect all she loves on Alabama soil ... Read more

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"With compelling characters and a heart-pounding plot, Jamila Minnicks pulled me into pages of history I’d never turned before."―Barbara Kingsolver, New York Times bestselling author of Demon CopperheadWinner of the PEN/Bellwether Prize for Socially Engaged Fiction, an enchanting and thought-provoking debut novel about a Black woman doing whatever it takes to protect all she loves on Alabama soil
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