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EUROPE IN SEPIA by Dubravka Ugresic
Book Quote: “Every day the world we’re living in is increasingly turning into…a circus. Yes, I know, the comparison’s a dull one. It’s what people used to say in ancient B.G., (Before Google). It’s a...
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THE UNAMERICANS by Molly Antopol
Book Quote: “I wondered how the wife I had known when Daniela was first born— the quiet, sunken woman who read the Czech newspapers in the library every morning and then wrote long letters to her...
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ALL OUR NAMES by Dinaw Mengestu
Book Quote: “I had thirteen names. Each name was from a different generation, beginning with Father and going back from him. I was the first one in our village to have thirteen names. Our family was...
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AMERICANAH by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Book Quote: “And she had ignored, too, the cement in her soul. Her blog was doing well, with thousands of unique visitors each month, and she was earning good speaking fees, and she had a fellowship at...
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BEAUTIFUL RUINS by Jess Walter
Book Quote: “After she disappeared inside the hotel, Pasquale entertained the unwieldy thought that he’d somehow summoned her, that after years of living in this place, after months of grief and...
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THE CAIRO AFFAIR by Olen Steinhauer
Book Quote: “When you live in a house of mirrors, the only way to stay alive is to believe that every reflection is real.” Book Review: Review by Jana L. Perskie (MAR 18, 2014) The Cairo Affair takes...
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KINDER THAN SOLITUDE by Yiyun Li
Book Quote: “Perhaps there is a line in everyone’s life that, once crossed, imparts a certain truth that one has not been able to see before, transforming solitude from a choice into the only possible...
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LOVE AND TREASURE by Ayelet Waldman
Book Quote: “…tipped the contents of of the pouch into his plan. He caught hold of the gold chain. The gold-filgreed pendant dangled. It bore the image, in vitreous enamel, of a peacock, a perfect...
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THE MARRYING OF CHANI KAUFMAN by Eve Harris
Book Quote: “The bride stood like a pillar of salt, rigid under layers of itchy petticoats. Sweat dripped down the hollow of her back and collected in pools under her arms staining the ivory silk. She...
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LOVERS AT THE CHAMELEON CLUB, PARIS 1932 by Francine Prose
Book Quote: “Dear parents, Last night I visited a club in Montparnasse where the men dress as women and the women as men. Papa would have loved it. And Mama’s face would have crinkled in that special...
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