A three-part novel, exploring a young Gambian woman’s alternative lives, depending on a youthful choice of bed-partner
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Review no 124: The Yacoubian Building by Alaa Al Aswany (Egypt)
A wide-ranging, best-selling novel set in Hosni Mubarak’s Egypt that is more socially conservative than it thinks it is
Review no 112: The Pear Field by Nana Ekvtimishvili (Georgia)
A Georgian novel published in 2020 by Peirene about the residents of a school for abandoned children
Review no 74: The Pact We Made by Layla Alammar (Kuwait)
Dahlia feels trapped in her life in cosmopolitan Kuwait, with her well-meaning family who nevertheless refuse to acknowledge the trauma of her teen years
Review no 49: Snow, Dog, Foot, Claudio Morandini (Italy)
Is this a mystery story or survival lit? Either way it’s a great read.
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