Great Reads from Around the World
Great Reads from Around the World
courtesy of Amazon Crossing
Amazon Crossing generously sent this stack of eight books from around the world including stories from Croatia, Turkey, Sweden, Colombia, Ukraine, Brazil, Japan and Poland. If you’re looking to discover a new favorite author, or if you are wanting an escape from wherever you are sheltering this year, then consider one of the following titles:
The Girl in the Tree by Sebnem Isiguzel
From an award-winning Turkish novelist comes a powerful English-language debut about a girl’s coming of age amid violent unrest - and her unexpected escape.
The Divine Boys by Laura Restreo
From acclaimed Colombian author Laura Restrepo comes a prize-winning novel inspired by a true crime that shattered a community and exposed the dark recesses of toxic masculinity and privilege.
A Man by Keiichiro Hirano
A man follows another man's trail of lies in a compelling psychological story about the search for identity, by Japan's award-winning literary sensation Keiichiro Hirano in his first novel to be translated into English.
Your Ad Could Go Here by Oksana Zabuzhko
Oksana Zabuzhko, author of "the most influential Ukrainian book in the 15 years since independence", Fieldwork in Ukrainian Sex, returns with a gripping short story collection.
The King of Warsaw by Szczepan Twardoch
A city ignited by hate. A man in thrall to power. The ferociously original award-winning bestseller by Poland’s literary phenomenon - his first to be translated into English.
Dark Mother Earth by Kristian Novak
An amnesiac writer’s life of lies and false memories reaches a breaking point in this stunning English-language debut from an award-winning Croatian author.
A Drop of Midnight by Jason Diakite
World-renowned hip-hop artist Jason “Timbuktu” Diakité’s vivid and intimate journey through his own and his family’s history - from South Carolina slavery to twenty-first-century Sweden.
Amora by Natalia Borges Polesso
From an emerging talent comes an exquisite collection of stories exploring the complexity of love between women, each a delicate piece in a mosaic transcending the boundaries of literary romance.
Great Reads from Around the World, courtesy of Amazon Crossing | HastyBookList.com
