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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
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Eucalyptus
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The Idea of Perfection (Kate Grenville)
The Idea of Perfection
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Kate Grenville
Remembering Babylon (David Malouf)
Remembering Babylon
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David Malouf
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
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Joan Lindsay
A Town Like Alice (Nevil Shute)
A Town Like Alice
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Nevil Shute
Everyman's Rules for Scientific Living (Carrie Tiffany)
Everyman's Rules for Scientific Living
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Carrie Tiffany
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
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Janette Turner Hospital
Three Dollars (Elliot Perlman)
Three Dollars
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Elliot Perlman
The Hunter (Julia Leigh)
The Hunter
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Julia Leigh
The Bone People (Keri Hulme)
The Bone People
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Keri Hulme
Owls Do Cry
Owls Do Cry
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El Garden Party Y Otros Cuentos (Katherine Mansfield)
El Garden Party Y Otros Cuentos
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Katherine Mansfield
Whale Rider
Whale Rider
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The Singing Whakapapa (C.K. Stead)
The Singing Whakapapa
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C.K. Stead
Plumb (Maurice Gee)
Plumb
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Maurice Gee
Baby No-Eyes (Patricia Grace)
Baby No-Eyes
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Patricia Grace
Rain (Kirsty Gunn)
Rain
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Kirsty Gunn
The House Guest (Barbara Anderson)
The House Guest
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Barbara Anderson
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
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Celestine Vaite
They Who Do Not Grieve (Sia Figiel)
They Who Do Not Grieve
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Sia Figiel
Stevenson Under the Palm Trees (Alberto Manguel)
Stevenson Under the Palm Trees
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Alberto Manguel
Henderson's Spear (Ronald Wright)
Henderson's Spear
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Ronald Wright
Mr. Fortune's Maggot (Sylvia Townsend Warner)
Mr. Fortune's Maggot
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Sylvia Townsend Warner
Easter Island (Jennifer Vanderbes)
Easter Island
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Jennifer Vanderbes
The Harmony Silk Factory
The Harmony Silk Factory
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Foreign Bodies (Hwee Hwee Tan)
Foreign Bodies
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Hwee Hwee Tan
The Singapore Grip
The Singapore Grip
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The Malayan Trilogy (Anthony Burgess)
The Malayan Trilogy
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Anthony Burgess
The Rice Mother (Malaysia)
The Rice Mother (Malaysia)
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Highways to War
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Christopher Koch
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