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Mini-review: The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy (Focus: India)
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Mini-review: The Door by Magda Szabó (Hungary)
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Review: The Island of Sea Women by Lisa See (South Korea)
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Ep. 41: Are You What They Say You Are? (Focus: France/Algeria: Zahia Rahmani’s Trilogy)
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Ep. 40. In We vs. Me, which side are you on? (Focus: Somalia: Links by Nuruddin Farah)
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On this journey, I explore Do we give an author another try if we don't like a book? Complex...
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