World Literatures (general)
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The Neustadt Prize for Literature
The world's second most distinguished literary prize after the Nobel Prize in Literature is given by the University of Oklahoma. more...
Authors such as Orhan Pamuk, Doris Lessing, Gunter Grass, Ernest Hemingway, Winston Churchill, Pearl Buck, William Butler Yeats, and Boris Pasternak are recognized. more...
Finding George Orwell in Burma
Larkin argues that Orwell's "Burmese Days", "1984", and "Animal Farm" are political prophesy, based on his experiences in the Indian Imperial Police of Colonial Burma. more...
Astrid & Veronika by Linda Olsson
A New Zealand author celebrates her homeland, Sweden, and an unexpected friendship that heals deep emotional wounds. more...
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By: Jessica Workman
The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy tells the story of the communist state of Kerala and the forbidden love between two castes, which changes the lives of everyone. more...
By: Adair Jones
Pulitzer Prize-winning Michael Dirda makes his list of the books that have impressed him most. more...
By: Adair Jones
In 2000, Gao was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature, the pinnacle of a life spent blacklisted, in flight from imprisonment, and in exile. He never stopped writing. more...
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
By: Teresa Shaw
With the exquisite detail and emotional resonance of Memoirs of a Geisha, Snow Flower explores a friendship between to laotong, or "old sames". more...
By: Teresa Shaw
Chetan Bhagat's novel takes place on Thanksgiving at a technical support call center in India for an American appliance company. more...
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