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Good Reading Guide to World Fiction:Part 2-Oceania, Asia & Africa

More cool reads from Bloomsbury's "Good Reading to World Fiction" edited by Vincent Cassar & Nik Kalinowski(2007). Many books I know better as films like "Beasts of No Nation", "Raise the Red Lantern", "The Year of Living Dangrously" & "The Hunter" that starred Willem Dafoe. Some authors are quite famous(& Nobel Prize winners), but many deserve to be better known. Many books or writers are from Heineman's "African Writers Series". I didn't put the African books in the order as published, thought having Egypt & North Africa follow the Middle Eastern writers was better.I also added Turkey, even though it was listed in the European section. Oceania refers to Australia, New Zealand, Samoa, etc.-Hawaii though is listed with the U.S. One author that should have been included is Saudi writer Abdelrahman Munif, especially his "Cities of Salt". Some of the Asian books had been banned in their country of origin. "Distant View of a Minaret" should follow "Cairo Trilogy".
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True History of the Ned Kelly Gang
True History of the Ned Kelly Gang
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Eucalyptus
Eucalyptus
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The Idea of Perfection (Kate Grenville)
The Idea of Perfection
Kate Grenville
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Remembering Babylon (David Malouf)
Remembering Babylon
David Malouf
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A Fringe of Leaves
A Fringe of Leaves
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The Playmaker
The Playmaker
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Cloudstreet
Cloudstreet
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My Brilliant Career
My Brilliant Career
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Picnic at Hanging Rock (Joan Lindsay)
Picnic at Hanging Rock
Joan Lindsay
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A Town Like Alice
A Town Like Alice
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Everyman's Rules for Scientific Living (Carrie Tiffany)
Everyman's Rules for Scientific Living
Carrie Tiffany
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Gould's Book of Fish
Gould's Book of Fish
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English Passengers
English Passengers
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Oyster (Janette Turner Hospital)
Oyster
Janette Turner Hospital
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Three Dollars (Elliot Perlman)
Three Dollars
Elliot Perlman
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The Hunter (Julia Leigh)
The Hunter
Julia Leigh
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The Bone People (Keri Hulme)
The Bone People
Keri Hulme
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Owls Do Cry
Owls Do Cry
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El Garden Party Y Otros Cuentos (Katherine Mansfield)
El Garden Party Y Otros Cuentos
Katherine Mansfield
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Whale Rider
Whale Rider
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The Singing Whakapapa (C.K. Stead)
The Singing Whakapapa
C.K. Stead
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Plumb (Maurice Gee)
Plumb
Maurice Gee
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Baby No-Eyes (Patricia Grace)
Baby No-Eyes
Patricia Grace
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Rain (Kirsty Gunn)
Rain
Kirsty Gunn
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The House Guest (Barbara Anderson)
The House Guest
Barbara Anderson
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Once Were Warriors
Once Were Warriors
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The Colour
The Colour
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The Moon and Sixpence
The Moon and Sixpence
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Frangipani (Celestine Vaite)
Frangipani
Celestine Vaite
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They Who Do Not Grieve (Sia Figiel)
They Who Do Not Grieve
Sia Figiel
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Stevenson Under the Palm Trees (Alberto Manguel)
Stevenson Under the Palm Trees
Alberto Manguel
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Henderson's Spear (Ronald Wright)
Henderson's Spear
Ronald Wright
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Mr. Fortune's Maggot (Sylvia Townsend Warner)
Mr. Fortune's Maggot
Sylvia Townsend Warner
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Easter Island (Jennifer Vanderbes)
Easter Island
Jennifer Vanderbes
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The Harmony Silk Factory
The Harmony Silk Factory
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Foreign Bodies (Hwee Hwee Tan)
Foreign Bodies
Hwee Hwee Tan
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The Singapore Grip
The Singapore Grip
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The Malayan Trilogy (Anthony Burgess)
The Malayan Trilogy
Anthony Burgess
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The Rice Mother (Malaysia)
The Rice Mother (Malaysia)
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Highways to War (Christopher Koch)
Highways to War
Christopher Koch
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