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Tag: historical fiction
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The Cost of Sugar by Cynthia McLeod – A Powerful Story of Slavery in Suriname
Set in 18th-century Suriname, The Cost of Sugar exposes the brutal realities of slavery while capturing the complex, and often contradictory, human relationships that existed within the colonial system.
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Simpatía by Rodrigo Blanco Calderón – A Glimpse into Venezuela’s Crisis
Set in contemporary Venezuela, Simpatía follows Ulises Kan, a cinephile professor whose life unravels as personal loss collides with a nation in turmoil.
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Affections by Rodrigo Hasbún: from Nazi Germany to Bolivia’s Guerrillas
Rodrigo Hasbún’s Affections traces the real Ertl family from Nazi Germany to Bolivia, tying their lives to Che Guevara and Latin America’s revolutions.
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Merging Stories With Water as a Bonding Element [Book Review]
Elif Shafak takes a walk through ancient Mesopotamia, 19th-century London, and contemporary Iraq to bring us this timeless tale
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The Not-So-Rosy Fairy Tale of America [Book Review]
The story about a Dominican young girl who moves to New York only to find herself trapped in a nightmare
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A Fig Tree Recounts History [Book Review]
Star-cross lovers find themselves trapped in a civil war between Turks and Greeks in Cyprus
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The Death of the Aral Sea and an Abandoned Book
Not my best read, but the background story is too insane to pass
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Book Review: Home Fire, or being Pakistani in the UK
Kamila Shamsie mesmerizes us with an astonishing ending in this story about two Pakistani families tangled with the post-9/11 world in Europe.
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Pachinko Review: the Challenging Life of Koreans in Japan
The saga of 4 generations of a Korean family over war and displacement
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She Would be King Review: The Fantastic Tale of Liberia’s Creation
The touching story about the foundation of the only Black state in Africa never subjected to colonial rule.
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