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Thirty-nine Arab writers under the age of 39. Akeela Gaibie-Dawood looks
at the award and the women who were honored.
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Carolyn Kelly in praise of Swedish author Åsa Larsson
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SPECIAL FEATURE: More reviews! In keeping with our
short fiction theme this month, we review
anthologies.
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Reviews
Below is a tantalizingly small selection of this month's reviews....
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THE SEAMSTRESS
Frances de Ponte Peebles
A tale of two sisters, The Seamstress may not be the 'perfect' debut novel but it certainly heralds an exciting new voice from South America. Set in Brazil in the period 1928 to 1935, this novel follows the lives of orphaned sisters....
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Reviewed by Dorothy Dudek Vinicombe
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LANDSCAPE WITH DOG: AND OTHER STORIES
Ersi Sotiropoulos
Translated from the Greek by Karen Emmerich
Ersi Sotiropoulos is one of Greece's most beloved writers, and one can see why! She wields a delicate and finely-tuned pen.
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Reviewed by Akeela Gaibie-Dawood
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THE DISAPPEARED
Kim Echlin
The Disappeared, one of the five books shortlisted for the 2009 Giller Prize, is a novel about inexplicable loss and obsessive love. In this novel Anne Greves reflects on her lifelong love for Serey, a love that takes her from her sheltered life in Montreal to war-ravaged Cambodia.
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Reviewed by Joyce Nickel
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AS THE EARTH TURNS SILVER
Alison Wong
Although As the Earth Turns Silver is Alison Wong's debut novel, the expectations are already high. In August this year she became just the third recipient of the Janet Frame award for fiction, which is fast becoming one of New Zealand's highest literary honours.
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Reviewed by Andy Barnes
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GRAZING THE LONG ACRE
Gwyneth Jones
Gwyneth Jones has been writing amazingly good science fiction and fantasy, from a feminist viewpoint, for several decades now.
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Reviewed by Michael Matthew
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