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By Maryse Conde
“Condé’s story is rich and colorful and glorious. It sprawls over continents and centuries to find its way into the reader’s heart.” —Maya Angelou“A wondrous novel” (The New York Times) by the winn...
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By Jean Genet Introduction By Ahdaf Soueif Translated By Barbara Bray
Starting in 1970, Jean Genet—petty thief, prostitute, modernist master—spent two years in the Palestinian refugee camps in Jordan. Always an outcast himself, Genet was drawn to this dis...
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By Simone Schwarz Bart Introduction By Jamaica Kincaid Translated By Barbara Bray
This is an intoxicating tale of love and wonder, mothers and daughters, spiritual values and the grim legacy of slavery on the French Antillean island of Guadeloupe. Here long-suffering Telumee tel...
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