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THE SEVENTH DAY by Yu Hua

May 6, 2015

LIFE AND AFTERLIFE IN TODAY’S China are the topic of this dreamlike parable that doubles as a keen satire. B PLUS

THE SEVENTH DAY
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
2015

Grade: B PLUS

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ESCAPE FROM BAGHDAD! by Saad Hossain

May 4, 2015

BRILLIANT, BITTER SATIRE with a touch of magic! Darkly comic war novel may be the CATCH-22 of Iraq. B PLUS

ESCAPE FROM BAGHDAD!
The Unnamed Press
2015

Grade: B PLUS

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THE WOMAN WHO READ TOO MUCH by Bahiyyih Nakhjavani

May 1, 2015

RICHLY TEXTURED HISTORICAL novel inspired by the life of a 19th century Persian woman poet. Gorgeous prose! B PLUS

THE WOMAN WHO READ TOO MUCH
Stanford Univ Pr
2015

Grade: B PLUS

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