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Gearhead's Around the World in 50 Books

From gearhead's list of suggestions for literary wanderer's. Literary books selected to represent a region. Some classics and some more contemporary.
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The Master and Margarita (Mikhail Bulgakov)
The Master and Margarita
Mikhail Bulgakov
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The Arabian Nights: One Thousand and One Nights (Anonymous)
The Arabian Nights: One Thousand and One Nights
Anonymous
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Gitanjali
Gitanjali
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Strange Tales of Liaozhai by Pu Songling
Strange Tales of Liaozhai by Pu Songling
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In Praise of Shadows (Junichiro Tanizaki)
In Praise of Shadows
Junichiro Tanizaki
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Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe)
Things Fall Apart
Chinua Achebe
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The Collected Poems of Leopold Sedar Senghor (Leopold Sedar Senghor)
The Collected Poems of Leopold Sedar Senghor
Leopold Sedar Senghor
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The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born
The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born
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The Wretched of the Earth (Franz Fanon)
The Wretched of the Earth
Franz Fanon
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Devil on the Cross by Ngugi Wa'thiongo
Devil on the Cross by Ngugi Wa'thiongo
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Translated From the Night (Jean-Joseph Rabearivelo)
Translated From the Night
Jean-Joseph Rabearivelo
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Maru (Bessie Head)
Maru
Bessie Head
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Long Walk to Freedom (Nelson Mandela)
Long Walk to Freedom
Nelson Mandela
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The Story of an African Farm (Olive Schreiner)
The Story of an African Farm
Olive Schreiner
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When a Crocodile Eats the Sun
When a Crocodile Eats the Sun
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Atom Station (Aldor Laxness)
Atom Station
Aldor Laxness
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Ulysses (James Joyce)
Ulysses
James Joyce
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White Teeth (Zadie Smith)
White Teeth
Zadie Smith
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Growth of the Soil (Knut Hamsun)
Growth of the Soil
Knut Hamsun
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The Book of Disquiet (Fernando Pessoa)
The Book of Disquiet
Fernando Pessoa
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For Whom the Bell Tolls (Ernest Hemingway)
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Ernest Hemingway
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The Tin Drum (Günter Grass)
The Tin Drum
Günter Grass
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Paris Vagabond (Jean-Paul Clébert)
Paris Vagabond
Jean-Paul Clébert
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The Art of Joy (Goliarda Sapienza)
The Art of Joy
Goliarda Sapienza
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The Illiad (Homer)
The Illiad
Homer
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My Name Is Red (Orhan Pamuk)
My Name Is Red
Orhan Pamuk
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Walden (Henry David Thoreau)
Walden
Henry David Thoreau
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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (Hunter S. Thompson)
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Hunter S. Thompson
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A River Runs Through It (Norman MacLean)
A River Runs Through It
Norman MacLean
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The Border Triology (Cormac McCarthy)
The Border Triology
Cormac McCarthy
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Infinite Jest (David Foster Wallace)
Infinite Jest
David Foster Wallace
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White Noise (Don Delillo)
White Noise
Don Delillo
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White Fang (Jack London)
White Fang
Jack London
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In the Skin of the Lion (Michael Ondaatje)
In the Skin of the Lion
Michael Ondaatje
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The Labyrinth of Solitude
The Labyrinth of Solitude
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Pedro Páramo (Juan Rulfo)
Pedro Páramo
Juan Rulfo
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The Feast of the Goat (Mario Vargas Llosa)
The Feast of the Goat
Mario Vargas Llosa
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Omeros (Derek Walcott)
Omeros
Derek Walcott
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The Motorcycle Diaries
The Motorcycle Diaries
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One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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