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Published Apr 2018
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by John Spurling
Published Apr 2015
Read ReviewsA novel of fated meetings, grand battles, and riveting drama, and in its seamless fusion of the epic and the intimate, it achieves a truly singular beauty that deserves to be compared to the classic Chinese novels that inspired it.
by Claire Messud
Published Feb 2014
Read ReviewsThe riveting confession of a woman awakened, transformed, and betrayed by passion and desire for a world beyond her own.
by Chloe Aridjis
Published Sep 2013
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by Benjamin Lytal
Published Mar 2013
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by Deborah Levy
Published Oct 2012
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by Katherine Govier
Published Nov 2011
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The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet
by David Mitchell
Published Mar 2011
Read ReviewsA magnificent mix of luminous writing, prodigious research, and heedless imagination, The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet is the most impressive achievement of its eminent author.
by Tash Aw
Published Dec 2010
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by Amitav Ghosh
Published Feb 2002
Read Reviews'The struggles that have made Burma, India, and Malaya the places they are today are illuminated in this wonderful novel by a master storyteller.'
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