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The Book of Riga

A City in Short Fiction

by Pauls Bankovskis, Gundega Repse, Dace Ruksane, Sven Kuzmins, Kristine Zelve, Andra Neiburga, Ilze Jansone, Arno Jundze, Juris Zvirgzdins, Vilis Lacitis ...

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A suicide attempt, staged to attract as much attention as possible, from the top of St. Peter’s Church, quickly evolves into an outlandish and absurd, televised spectacle...When a PA is invited into her boss’s office one day to observe a protest unfold, just as he predicts, in the streets below, she begins to suspect his powers of foresight might extend beyond mere business matters...Finally ... Read more

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A suicide attempt, staged to attract as much attention as possible, from the top of St. Peter’s Church, quickly evolves into an outlandish and absurd, televised spectacle...When a PA is invited into her boss’s office one day to observe a protest unfold, just as he predicts, in the streets below, she begins to suspect his powers of foresight might extend beyond mere business matters...Finally
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Doppler

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A Guardian Book of the Year and Chapters/Indigo Best BookA bestseller in Scandinavia -- Doppler is the enchanting, subversive, and very unusual story about one man and his moose.This beguiling modern fable tells the story of a man who, after the death of his father, abandons his home, his family, his career, and the trappings of civilization for a makeshift tent in the woods where he adopts a ... Read more

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A Guardian Book of the Year and Chapters/Indigo Best BookA bestseller in Scandinavia -- Doppler is the enchanting, subversive, and very unusual story about one man and his moose.This beguiling modern fable tells the story of a man who, after the death of his father, abandons his home, his family, his career, and the trappings of civilization for a makeshift tent in the woods where he adopts a
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All That Man Is

by David Szalay ...

**Shortlisted for the 2016 Man Booker PrizeA brilliantly observed, large-hearted work of fiction that introduces to a North American audience a major and mature literary talent. For readers of David Bezmozgis, Nathan Englander, Neil Smith, John Cheever, and Milan Kundera.**Nine men. Each of them at a different stage of life, each of them away from home, and each of them striving – in the suburbs ... Read more

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**Shortlisted for the 2016 Man Booker PrizeA brilliantly observed, large-hearted work of fiction that introduces to a North American audience a major and mature literary talent. For readers of David Bezmozgis, Nathan Englander, Neil Smith, John Cheever, and Milan Kundera.**Nine men. Each of them at a different stage of life, each of them away from home, and each of them striving – in the suburbs
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Nothing is True and Everything is Possible

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The Frozen Woman

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Shortlisted for the CWA International Dagger 2018Two time winner of Norway's Best Crime NovelA FROZEN BODYA MURDERED BIKERA RADICAL LAWYER WITH A MURKY PASTA FROZEN BODY... A MURDERED BIKER... A RADICAL LAWYER WITH A MURKY PASTIn the depths of the Norwegian winter, the corpse of a woman is discovered in the garden of a notorious left-wing lawyer, Vilhelm Thygesen. She has been st...
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A Chip Shop in Poznań

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The Suitcase

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Sergei Dovlatov's subtle, dark–edged humor and wry observations are in full force in The Suitcase as he examines eight objects—the items he brought with him in his luggage upon his emigration from the U.S.S.R. These seemingly undistinguished possessions, stuffed into a worn–out suitcase, take on a riotously funny life of their own as Dovlatov inventories the circumstances under which he acquired
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2013 may be the best year yet for Best European Fiction. The inimitable John Banville joins the list of distinguished preface writers for Aleksandar Hemon's series, and A. S. Byatt represents England among a luminous cast of European contributors. Fans of the series will find everything they've grown to love, while new readers will discover what they've been missing! ... Read more

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Nobody Leaves

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by Ryszard Kapuscinski ...

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