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Victoria Amelina was an award-winning novelist and children's author living in Kyiv. Like so many others, her life changed on February 24, 2022, when Russian bombs began falling on her country. ...
Read ReviewA Brief History of Events Leading Up to the Russia-Ukraine War
Victoria Amelina (1986–2023) was a Ukrainian novelist. She spent the last months of her life researching war crimes committed by Russian soldiers during their invasion of her country. Those ...
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An illicit affair precipitates the drama in A Calamity of Noble Houses by Amira Ghenim. On December 7, 1935, a letter hidden between several loaves of bread arrives at the wealthy Ennaifer household. ...
Read ReviewIs Tunisian Female Independence Slipping Away?
The Republic of Tunisia is a small country in Northern Africa. It was the birthplace of the 2010-11 Arab Spring movement, which saw uprisings due to economic hardship and corruption. Though much ...
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Sharing your life with a cat is an enlightening experience and a true testament to unconditional love. In Mayumi Inaba's modern Japanese classic, Mornings Without Mii (2001) (now translated into ...
Read ReviewJapanese people have been writing about cats for a long time. In 889, Japanese Emperor Uda wrote in his journal: 'Taking a moment of my free time, I wish to express my joy of the cat.' He proceeded to...
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In Vienna, as in many other cities in Europe, the Second World War did not truly end in 1945, but continued to sink its icy talons deep into a society still traumatized many years after its official ...
Read ReviewA Short History of Vienna After the Second World War
The novel The Café with No Name is set in Vienna from 1966 to 1976. To fully immerse oneself in the atmosphere of the novel, it may be helpful to review a short history of Austria and its ...
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Beloved by readers for her detailed, character-rich fiction, Anne Tyler is the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of many novels published over an impressive writing career spanning more than 60 years. ...
Read ReviewWeddings in Contemporary Literature
In Anne Tyler's Three Days in June, main character Gail Baines must deal with the chaos of her daughter's wedding while facing career disappointment and job loss. As weddings are landmark events ...
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One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This
On October 7, 2023, in response to Israel's ongoing occupation of Palestinian territories and increasing aggression on the part of the Israeli military, armed groups led by Hamas's military wing ...
Read ReviewIn One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This, Omar El Akkad levels several critiques against Western liberalism and its contradictions. One of the most damning is this: 'It's difficult ...
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Raising Hare
by Chloe Dalton
A moving and fascinating meditation on freedom, trust, and loss through one woman's friendship with a wild hare.
The Dream Hotel
by Laila Lalami
A Read with Jenna pick. A riveting novel about one woman's fight for freedom, set in a near future where even dreams are under surveillance.
Dream Count
by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
A searing new novel from the bestselling author of Americanah and We Should All Be Feminists, exploring four women's desires.
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