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Professor Schiff's Guilt

by Eileen Gonzalez

An aging Israeli academic reckons with his family’s crimes—and his own—in Agur Schiff’s novel Professor Schiff’s Guilt. Professor Schiff is in no way proud of the fact that his ancestor made his fortune as a slave trader. But... Read More

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The Sky above the Roof

by Meg Nola

In Nathacha Appanah’s luminous novel "The Sky above the Roof", a teenager’s impulsive, confused actions lead to his imprisonment. Formidable, intense Phoenix was forced to be a child entertainer. Doll-like, she sang for adoring... Read More

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The Summers

by Karen Rigby

In Ronya Othmann’s captivating novel "The Summers", a German Yazidi girl comes of age in a time of political crisis. Syria is “found on maps, globes, and official documents,” but Leyla, who spends summers there with her... Read More

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Breakwater

by Erika Harlitz Kern

A secret between a husband and a wife threatens their existence in Marijke Schermer’s novel "Breakwater". Bruch is in love with Emilia. Everything about her is right. But without explanation, Emilia stops taking his calls. Her brother... Read More

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Owlish

by Eileen Gonzalez

In Dorothy Tse’s novel "Owlish", a bizarre love affair upends a respectable man’s dull but orderly life in a city that is anything but ordinary. Perhaps it was inevitable that Professor Q, a middle-aged man caught in a dead-end job... Read More

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