During the German occupation of Holland, tobacconist Henri Osewoudt is visited by Dorbeck. Dorbeck is Osewoudt's spitting image in reverse. Henri is blond and beardless, with a high voice; Dorbeck is dark-haired, and his voice deep.
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Set in Liberia and the United States from 1975 through 1991, The Darling is the story of Hannah Musgrave, a political radical and member of the Weather Underground.
Hannah flees America for West Africa, where she and her Liberian husband become...
In this virtuosic debut, a world-class soprano seeks to reclaim her voice from the curse that winds through her family tree.
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Naguib Mahfouz is the most prominent author of Arabic fiction published in English today. He was born in Cairo in 1911 and began writing when he was seventeen. A student of philosophy and an avid reader, he has been influenced by many Western...
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The...
Hypnotically readable--I absolutely couldn't put it down. The structure is brilliant, and I turned the pages with increasing dread. This book is terrific. Stephen King Hannah was the kind of woman who turned heads. Tall and graceful, naturally...
"She is among the greatest Italian authors of recent years."-Corriere della Sera
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A novel based on the true story of how an advertising campaign caused the fall of Chile’s dictator, General Pinochet.
Nico, the son of a noted Chilean philosophy professor, witnesses his father’s arrest while he is teaching a...
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