Jenny Erpenbeck’s story of an East German house over the course of the 20th century
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Last Witnesses: Unchildlike Stories by Svetlana Alexievich (Belarus)
Harrowing masterpiece, recording the wartime memories of those who grew up during the Second World War in Belarus
Review no 130: The Wandering by Intan Paramaditha (Indonesia)
a choose your own adventure book from Indonesia
Review no 126: Three Apples Fell from the Sky by Narine Abgaryan (Armenia)
NORTH AFRICA, MIDDLE EAST, CENTRAL ASIA AND THE SOUTH CAUCASUS Translated from the Russian by Lisa C. Hayden First published in Russian in 2015, Three Apples fell from the Sky is a whimsical and fable-like book by the Armenian writer Narine Abgaryan. It features a huge cast of characters living in the isolated mountain village …
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Review no 98: A World Gone Mad: The War Diaries of Astrid Lindgren, 1939-45 (Sweden)
Engaging and informative diaries record world events interspersed with episodes from family life
Reading and Watching the World: Books, Film and Art 