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Book Cover for: Four by Four, Sara Mesa

Four by Four

Sara Mesa
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Happy pub day ✨✨ to Sara Mesa's FOUR BY FOUR (tr Katie Whittemore), "an unforgettable gothic landscape . . . that twists in ways that unsettle and thrill"—@Lvandenberg https://t.co/Epz641FNdQ https://t.co/vaWoQ4ard7

Paperback, 2020

$15.95$7.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Left Parenthesis, Muriel Villanueva

The Left Parenthesis

Muriel Villanueva
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“I want the reader to know what I’m feeling and how I’m feeling—sometimes realistic metaphor is just not enough.”—Muriel Villanueva on writing THE LEFT PARENTHESIS

Paperback, 2022

$14.95$7.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Winter in Sokcho, Elisa Shua Dusapin

Winter in Sokcho

Elisa Shua Dusapin
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WINTER IN SOKCHO is on the @nationalbook Longlist for Translated Literature !!! We are beyond thrilled for Elisa Shua Dusapin and @aneesa50abbas 🏆 Congrats to all the authors, translators, publishers. It's an incredible list! https://www.nationalbook.org/2021-national-book-awards-longlist-for-translated-literature/

Paperback, 2021

$14.95$7.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Age of Skin, Dubravka Ugresic

The Age of Skin

Dubravka Ugresic
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"At the surface of her observations, on their skin, is the pallor of the misogyny uniting the mafioso autocrats of so many post-democratic states." Dubravka Ugresic's THE AGE OF SKIN (out next month!) reviewed by @quinnlatimer for @MousseMagazine http://moussemagazine.it/book-reviews-quinn-latimer-mm73-2020/ https://t.co/AlZBsnAnj7

Paperback, 2020

$16.95$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Wolfskin, Lara Moreno

Wolfskin

Lara Moreno
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OUT TODAY! WOLFSKIN by Lara Moreno https://t.co/yTuCDack6S

Paperback, 2022

$16.95$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Remembered Part, Rodrigo Fresan

The Remembered Part

Rodrigo Fresan
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If you don’t follow @TwoMonthReview, our podcast for breaking down complicated, “difficult” books, get on board now! New season is about to launch all about Rodrigo Fresán’s THE REMEMBERED PART. https://t.co/MI2IFsokli

Paperback, 2022

$19.95$9.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Mothers Don't, Katixa Agirre

Mothers Don't

Katixa Agirre
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Our first Translator Triptych, curated by @mkwhittemore, made a second appearance in @nytbooks, this time with MOTHERS DON’T by @katixagirre | Katie Whittemore. If you didn’t catch it online or prefer your reviews in person, be sure to grab a copy of today’s @nytimes! https://t.co/vbJMpGY2A0

Paperback, 2022

$15.95$7.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: City of a Thousand Gates, Bee Sacks

City of a Thousand Gates

Bee Sacks
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@bsnacks, author of CITY OF A THOUSAND GATES and 2022 recipient of the Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize for Fiction, reading now at the @UofR! (Our publisher, @chadwpost, was on the prize committee and LOVED Bee’s book!) https://t.co/4heM8XLesw

Paperback, 2022

$16.99$8.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Good Men, Arnon Grunberg

Good Men

Arnon Grunberg
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Good Men by Arnon Grunberg & Sam Garrett: NOW AVAILABLE! https://t.co/WKc8FHIYWF

Paperback, 2023

$18.95$9.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: My Heart Hemmed in, Marie Ndiaye

My Heart Hemmed in

Marie Ndiaye
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Next Why This Book Should win is by @LoriFeathers about Marie NDiaye's MY HEART HEMMED IN from @TwoLinesPress: "NDiaye’s brilliant novel obtains pride of place with the very best literary horror." https://t.co/6LdMcfDxLJ

Paperback, 2017

$14.95$7.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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