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Ten of my favourite novels
Gate of the SunGate of the Sun by Elias Khaury
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Beautiful, haunting and important. The definitive narrative of the Palestinian people.
Fup: A Modern FableFup: A Modern Fable by Jim Dodge
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An endearing and rip-roaring bundle of energy: 'Fup' is Jim Dodge's modern-day fairy-tale.
Things Fall Apart (Penguin Red Classics)Things Fall Apart (Penguin Red Classics) by Chinua Achebe
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The African novel - by Africa, not its European collonisers.
The Leopard (Everyman's Library Classics)The Leopard (Everyman's Library Classics) by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa
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Proof that language can be truely beautiful.
His Dark Materials Gift Set: "Northern Lights", "The Subtle Knife", "The Amber Spyglass": His Dark MaterialsHis Dark Materials Gift Set: "Northern Lights", "The Subtle Knife", "The Amber Spyglass": His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman
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Delve into a vivid world of stupendously realised fantasy, populated by characters that will stay with you for life.
If Not Now, When? (Penguin Modern Classics)If Not Now, When? (Penguin Modern Classics) by Primo Levi
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Levi's only novel - paints a picture of humanity amidst an orgy of bestial destruction.
The Heart of a Dog (Vintage Classics)The Heart of a Dog (Vintage Classics) by Mikhail Bulgakov
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Absurd. Satirical. Hysterical
Where I'm Calling from: Selected StoriesWhere I'm Calling from: Selected Stories by Raymond Carver
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The master of short-stories at his best. Glimpses into peoples' lives, and leaves us searching from the profundity within.
Waiting for the BarbariansWaiting for the Barbarians by J.M. Coetzee
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No name, no place, no time. A timeless allegory of oppressors and the oppressed.
Trumpet in the Wadi, ATrumpet in the Wadi, A by Michael
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A story of division and tribalism, and the ability to overcome.