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So You Don’t Get Lost in the Neighbourhood

So You Don’t Get Lost in the Neighbourhood

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"Children never ask themselves any questions. Many years afterwards, we attempt to solve puzzles...

The Rich Man of Pietermaritzburg

The Rich Man of Pietermaritzburg

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This is a charming tale about an elegant and smooth-talking city trickster who invites himself to...

Veronika Decides to Die

Veronika Decides to Die

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Perhaps the 'mad' people are the ones living outside the asylum? In his latest international...

The Alchemist

The Alchemist

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The story of Santiago, an Andalusian shepherd boy who dreams of travelling the world in search of...

Tommaso and the Blind Photographer

Tommaso and the Blind Photographer

Intrigue, blackmail and murder -- a dark satire from the great Italian humorist. Tommaso, a former...

Vanishing Point

Vanishing Point

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An enigmatic mystery set in a fictional Genova. When an unidentified corpse is brought into the...

Like Water For Chocolate

Like Water For Chocolate

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The number one bestseller in Mexico and America for almost two years after its publication in...

Elena Knows

Elena Knows

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Longlisted for the International Booker Prize 2022, Claudia Piñeiro's 2007 novel was translated...

Mirror, Shoulder, Signal

Mirror, Shoulder, Signal

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Sonja is learning to drive later in life. She's trying to move in the right direction but her...

Burning Cities

Burning Cities

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Kai Aareleid's lyrical novel is set in the southern Estonian city of Tartu. Destroyed during the...

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In a rocky cove in the bay of Hakata, the bodies of a young and beautiful couple are discovered. Sta

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Night Train to Lisbon

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Night Train to Lisbon follows Raimund Gregorius, a 57-year-old Classics scholar, on a journey that t

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I'm Not Scared

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One relentlessly hot summer, six children explore the scorched wheat fields that enclose their tiny

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