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• Playing for Freedom

  the Journey of a Young Afghan Girl

  Adiba, Zarifa, 1998-

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  Nonfiction. An Afghan violist and law student tells the story of how music helped liberate her from the constraints imposed on women by her traditional culture. An often wrenching but ultimately hopeful and inspiring memoir of determination. (Kirkus)

• Not a River

  a Novel

  Almada, Selva, 1973-

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  Fiction. In this potent novella from Argentine writer Almada, the killing of a stingray sets off a series of fateful events along an unnamed South American river. Like a dream, this otherworldly tale lingers in the reader's mind. (Publishers Weekly)

• Confrontations

  a Novel

  Atangana Bekono, Simone, 1991-

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  Fiction. Bekono’s lyrical debut is an exploration of the internal and external conflicts that come with being a young Black girl in the Netherlands. (Booklist)

• Every Minute Is First

  Selected Late Poems

  Bancquart, Marie-Claire

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  Poetry. The first full-length English translation of this celebrated French writer of the twentieth century, a penetrating and encompassing collection of her last works touching on death, domesticity, nature, language itself, and - always - the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Unforgivable and Other Writings

  Campo, Cristina, 1923-1977

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  Nonfiction. Cristina Campo published only two short collections of essays in her lifetime ... [This collection] brings together both volumes, along with a selection of essays on literature and an autobiographical short story, offering readers of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Your Utopia

  Chung, Bora, 1976-

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  Fiction. Science fiction blends with pointed social critique in these short stories from South Korea. The imagined worlds here may not be utopian—but the reading experience is. (Kirkus)

• You Glow in the Dark

  Stories

  Colanzi Serrate, Liliana, 1981-

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  Fiction. Bolivian writer Colanzi makes her English-language debut with a shimmering collection focused on the ruinous consequences of human folly. Taken together, the stories paint an arresting portrait of corruption, industrialization, the power of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Kairos

  Erpenbeck, Jenny, 1967-

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  Fiction. Erpenbeck sets the dissolution of a May-December romance against the backdrop of German reunification in her solemn and subtle latest. (Publishers Weekly)

• A Good Life

  Grimaldi, Virginie, 1977-

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  Fiction. Popular French author Grimaldi’s American debut charts the course of an emotional one-week reunion between two estranged sisters who retreat to their beloved grandmother’s Basque home before it’s sold to new owners. (Kirkus)

• Jumpnauts

  Hao, Jingfang

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  Fiction. Blending elements of adventure [science fiction] with Chinese history and mythology, Hao follows a group of unlikely heroes as they attempt to avert two looming catastrophes: a war between adversarial superpowers and a botched first contact…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Singularity

  Karam, Balsam

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  Fiction. Two women reckon with loss and displacement in a coastal town. [An] astringent, fuguelike novel by Kurdish-born Swedish author Karam... A knotty, sui generis evocation of mothers’ feelings of fear and loss. (Kirkus)

• Counsel Culture

  a Novel

  Kim, Hye-jin, 1983-

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  Fiction. A “canceled” public figure is thrown back on herself and what remains of her once-successful life, befriended only by a stray cat and a lost little girl. A simple, moving story of outcasts coming together. (Kirkus)

• The Rocks Will Echo Our Sorrow

  the Forced Displacement of the Northern Sámi

  Labba, Elin Anna, 1980-

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  Nonfiction. Sámi journalist Labba makes the trauma of the forced removal of her people from northern Norway and Sweden both palpable and painful in this profound debut history. (Publishers Weekly)

• Woodworm

  Martínez, Layla, 1987-

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  Fiction. Martinez debuts with a sophisticated ghost story about a former nanny suspected of involvement in a child’s disappearance. Martinez breathes new life into the classic haunted house motif through her vivid exploration of generational trauma,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Mina's Matchbox

  Ogawa, Yōko, 1962-

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  Fiction. A young Japanese girl spends the pastoral summer of 1972 with her asthmatic cousin. Focusing on characters of an age when the world seems full of wonder and possibility, this engaging bildungsroman explores the friendship and mutual…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• All My Bicycles

  Power Paola

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  Nonfiction graphic narrative. Colombian cartoonist Powerpaola delivers an evocative coming-of-age memoir in which various bicycles from her past represent touchpoints in her maturation from tweenhood to adulthood. It’s a lovely ride. (Publishers…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Motherland

  the Disintegration of a Family in a Collapsed Venezuela : a Memoir

  Ramón, Paula, 1981-

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  Nonfiction. Journalist Ramón debuts with a sobering chronicle of her family’s struggles in Venezuela as its economy fluctuated during the late 20th and early 21st centuries. It’s a fascinating and devastating account of one family’s fate amid a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Woman in the Polar Night

  Ritter, Christiane

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  Nonfictin. A rediscovered classic memoir – the mesmerizingly beautiful account of one woman’s year spent living in a remote hut in the Arctic. (Publisher description)

• Off-white

  Roemer, Astrid

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  Fiction. Three generations of a Surinamese family reckon with race, colonialism, and mortality. A low-boil tale of familial tribulations. (Kirkus)

• Love Novel

  Sajko, Ivana, 1975-

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  Fiction. In this short novel by award-winning Croatian writer and theater director Sajko, a young couple struggles with parenthood, unemployment, and the anxieties of the historical moment. A devastating book, humane, original, and deeply relevant.…Read moreRead more of this annotation