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Good Reading Guide to World Fiction:Part 2-Oceania, Asia & Africa - Page 5

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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Scheherazade (Anthony O'Neill)
Scheherazade
Anthony O'Neill
162
Persian Brides (Dorit Rabinyan)
Persian Brides
Dorit Rabinyan
163
The Blind Owl
The Blind Owl
164
A Persian Requiem (Simin Daneshvar)
A Persian Requiem
Simin Daneshvar
165
My Father's Notebook (Kader Abdolah)
My Father's Notebook
Kader Abdolah
166
Women Without Men (Shahrnush Parsipur)
Women Without Men
Shahrnush Parsipur
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My Uncle Napoleon (Iraj Pezeshkzad)
My Uncle Napoleon
Iraj Pezeshkzad
168
The Railway (Hamid Ismailov)
The Railway
Hamid Ismailov
169
Ali and Nino
Ali and Nino
170
Jamilia (Chingiz Aitmatov)
Jamilia
Chingiz Aitmatov
171
The Rock of Tanios (Amin Maalouf)
The Rock of Tanios
Amin Maalouf
172
Eight Months on Ghazzah Street (Hilary Mantel)
Eight Months on Ghazzah Street
Hilary Mantel
173
The Belt (Ahmed Abodehman)
The Belt
Ahmed Abodehman
174
The Saddlebag (Bahiyyah Nakhjavani)
The Saddlebag
Bahiyyah Nakhjavani
175
Adama (Turki Al-Hamad)
Adama
Turki Al-Hamad
176
Hikayat:Short Stories by Lebanese Women (Roseanne Saad Khalaf(Ed.))
Hikayat:Short Stories by Lebanese Women
Roseanne Saad Khalaf(Ed.)
177
Gate of the Sun
Gate of the Sun
178
Beirut Blues (Hanan Al-Shaykh)
Beirut Blues
Hanan Al-Shaykh
179
Unreal City (Tony Hanania)
Unreal City
Tony Hanania
180
Somewhere, Home (Nada Awar Jarrar)
Somewhere, Home
Nada Awar Jarrar
181
Qissat:Short Stories by Palstinian Women (Jo Glanville(Ed.))
Qissat:Short Stories by Palstinian Women
Jo Glanville(Ed.)
182
A Lake Beyond the Wind (Yahya Yakhlif)
A Lake Beyond the Wind
Yahya Yakhlif
183
Wild Thorns (Sahar Khalifeh)
Wild Thorns
Sahar Khalifeh
184
Grandfather's Tale (Ulfat Idilbi)
Grandfather's Tale
Ulfat Idilbi
185
Just Like a River (Muhammad Kamil Al-Khatib)
Just Like a River
Muhammad Kamil Al-Khatib
186
Like Nowhere Else (Denys Woods)
Like Nowhere Else
Denys Woods
187
Pillars of Salt (Fadia Faqir)
Pillars of Salt
Fadia Faqir
188
The Lover (A.B. Yehoshua)
The Lover
A.B. Yehoshua
189
See Under: Love
See Under: Love
190
Past Continuous
Past Continuous
191
Four Meals (Meir Shalev)
Four Meals
Meir Shalev
192
The Rock (Kanaan Makiya)
The Rock
Kanaan Makiya
193
My Michael (Amos Oz)
My Michael
Amos Oz
194
Strand of a Thousand Pearls/Our Weddings (Dorit Rabinyan)
Strand of a Thousand Pearls/Our Weddings
Dorit Rabinyan
195
When I Lived in Modern Times (Linda Grant)
When I Lived in Modern Times
Linda Grant
196
Matches (Alan Kaufman)
Matches
Alan Kaufman
197
Operation Shylock
Operation Shylock
198
The Bus Driver Who Wanted to Be God & Other Stories (Etgar Keret)
The Bus Driver Who Wanted to Be God & Other Stories
Etgar Keret
199
The Secret Life of Saeed the Pessoptimist
The Secret Life of Saeed the Pessoptimist
200
The Little Drummer Girl
The Little Drummer Girl
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