Genre: Literary Fiction (249 Listed volumes)
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Laurent Gaudé
Salina: The Three Exiles
Who will tell the tale of Salina, the mother of three sons, the woman with three exiles, the abandoned child with salty tears? She was taken in by Mamambala and raised as her daughter in a clan that only ever saw her as a stranger and which wanted to defeat her. At the twilight of her life, it... -
Sasha Filipenko
Red Crosses
Sasha Filipenko traces the arc of Russian history from Stalin’s terror to the present day, in a novel full of heart and humanity. -
Ketty Rouf
No Touching
“A debut novel that skillfully dissects the relationship between the body and freedom.” –Franceinfo -
Ketty Rouf
No Touching
“A debut novel that skillfully dissects the relationship between the body and freedom.” –Franceinfo -
Mohamed Mbougar Sarr
Brotherhood
WINNER of the French Voices Grand Prize, Prix Ahmadou Kourouma, and Grand Prix du Roman Métis Mohamed Mbougar Sarr’s searing and thought-provoking debut novel, Brotherhood takes place in the imaginary town of Kalep, where a fundamentalist Islamist government has spread its brutal... -
Mieko Kawakami
Heaven
Hailed as a bold foray into new literary territory, Kawakami’s novel is told in the voice of a 14-year-old student who subjected to relentless torment for having a lazy eye. Instead of resisting, the boy chooses to suffer in complete resignation. The only person who understands what he is going through... -
Valérie Perrin
Fresh Water for Flowers
A 2020 INDIES INTRODUCE & INDIE NEXT LIST PICK A #1 best-seller in France and in Italy, where it was dubbed Italy’s favorite “lockdown novel,” Fresh Water for Flowers is an intimately told story about a woman who defiantly believes in happiness, despite it all. Violette Toussaint... -
Sacha Naspini
Nives
Shortlisted for the 2022 Italian Prose in Translation Award One of the most exciting new voices in Italian literature brings to life a hauntingly beautiful story of undying love, loss, and resilience, and a fierce, unforgettable new heroine Meet Nives: widow, Tuscan through-and-through,... -
Kavita Bedford
Friends and Dark Shapes
Shortlisted for the 2021 Queensland Literary Awards A group of housemates in Sydney’s inner city contend with gentrification, divisive politics, stalled careers, their own complicated privilege as second-generation Australians, and the evolving world of dating in this moving, funny, and...