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Take Six: Six Portuguese Women Writers

Take Six: Six Portuguese Women Writers

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The six authors in this anthology are remarkable Portuguese women writers, all born in the first...

The Double

The Double

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Watching a rented video, Tertuliano Maximo Afonso is shocked to notice that one of the actors is...

A Heart So White

A Heart So White

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In the middle of a family lunch Teresa, just married, goes to the bathroom, unbuttons her blouse...

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 Witch of Portobello

The Witch of Portobello

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"How do we find the courage to be true to ourselves - even if we are unsure of who we are?" That...

The Flanders Panel

The Flanders Panel

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The clue to a murder in the art world of contemporary Madrid lies hidden in a medieval painting of...

The Sickness

The Sickness

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The nature of sickness as experienced by two individuals -- one a doctor who is no stranger to...

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1937 Japan government railway poster

Tokyo Express

Author: Seichō Matsumoto

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

Night Train to Lisbon

Night Train to Lisbon

Author: Pascal Mercier

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

Ears of wheat from below with a bright blue sky and clouds

I'm Not Scared

Author: Niccolò Ammaniti

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

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