Ladislara
A blog as diverse as my life has been
Tag: historical fiction
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Book Review: The Accusation
The first fiction book written inside North Korea to ever be published outside the country.
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Book Review: Island Beneath the Sea
Magical realism meets historical fiction in this tale about the Haitian revolution
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Book Review: Babel, Or the Necessity of Violence
A brilliant story about friendship and colonialism and how academia and knowledge can be used as tools for domination
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Book Review: Salt Houses – a Story About Palestinian Diaspora
A beautiful novel that tells the intergenerational saga of a Palestinian family in search of belonging.
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Book Review: 8 Lives of a Century Old Trickster
A fascinating historic fiction about survival and deception that will keep you hooked until the end
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