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A Novel
by Phillipe Claudel
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Published Mar 2010
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Published Dec 2009
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Published Jun 2007
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by Elie Wiesel
Published Jan 2006
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by J M Coetzee
Published Oct 2000
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by Bernhard Schlink
Published Mar 1999
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