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A Gateway to World Literature

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  • 10 books
A collection of Books and Authors from around the World who teach us perspective
Edited July 2019

Books 10

Picture of a book: First They Killed My Father: A Daughter Of Cambodia Remembers
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First They Killed My Father: A Daughter Of Cambodia Remembers Book by Loung Ung
Non-fiction book written by Loung Ung, a Cambodian author and...
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Picture of a book: Medea
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Medea Book by Euripides •3.8/5
Daughter of King Aeëtes of Colchis, a niece of Circe and the...
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Picture of a book: Antigone
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Antigone Book by Jean Anouilh •3.7/5
Daughter of Oedipus and either his mother Jocasta or Euryganeia.
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Picture of a book: Things Fall Apart
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Things Fall Apart Book by Chinua Achebe •3.9/5
Debut novel by Nigerian author Chinua Achebe, first published in 1958.
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Picture of a book: The Unbearable Lightness Of Being
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The Unbearable Lightness Of Being Book by Milan Kundera •4.7/5
Novel by Milan Kundera, about two women, two men, a dog and their...
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Picture of a book: Perfume: The Story Of A Murderer
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Perfume: The Story Of A Murderer Book by Gert Westphal, Patrick Süskind •4.7/5
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Picture of a book: Persepolis
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Persepolis Book by Marjane Satrapi •4.8/5
Autobiographical series of bande dessinées (French comics) by Marjane...
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Picture of a book: Bitter Fruit: The Very Best Of Saadat Hasan Manto
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Bitter Fruit: The Very Best Of Saadat Hasan Manto Book by Saadat Hasan Manto
Writer, playwright and author born in Ludhiana active in British...
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Picture of a book: The Thing Around Your Neck
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The Thing Around Your Neck Book by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie •5/5
Short-story collection by Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie,...
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Picture of a book: Matigari
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Matigari Book by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o •5/5
Kenyan writer and academic who writes primarily in Gikuyu.
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Authors 12

Picture of an author: Loung Ung
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Loung Ung Author
Cambodian-born American human-rights activist and lecturer.
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Picture of an author: Euripides
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Euripides Author •4.4/5
Tragedian of classical Athens.
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Picture of an author: Sophocles
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Sophocles Author •4.5/5
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Picture of an author: Chinua Achebe
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Chinua Achebe Author •4.4/5
Nigerian novelist, poet, professor, and critic.
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Picture of an author: Kafka On The Shore
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Kafka On The Shore Author
Novel by Japanese author Haruki Murakami.
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Picture of an author: Haruki Murakami
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Haruki Murakami Author •4.8/5
Japanese writer.
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Picture of an author: Milan Kundera
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Milan Kundera Author •4.7/5
Czech writer who went into exile in France in 1975, becoming a...
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Picture of an author: Marjane Satrapi
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Marjane Satrapi Author •4.8/5
Iranian-born French graphic novelist, cartoonist, illustrator, film...
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Picture of an author: Patrick Süskind
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Patrick Süskind Author •4.6/5
German writer and screenwriter, known best for his novel Perfume: The...
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Picture of an author: Arundhati Roy
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Arundhati Roy Author •4.6/5
Indian author best known for her novel The God of Small Things...
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Picture of an author: Saadat Hasan Manto
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Saadat Hasan Manto Author •5/5
Writer, playwright and author born in Ludhiana active in British...
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Picture of an author: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Author •4.8/5
Nigerian writer whose works range from novels to short stories to nonfiction.
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Picture of an author: John Steinbeck
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John Steinbeck Author •4.3/5
Author and the 1962 Nobel Prize in Literature winner "for his...
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Picture of an author: Oscar Wilde
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Oscar Wilde Author •4.8/5
Irish poet and playwright.
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Kazuo Ishiguro Author •4.8/5
British novelist, screenwriter and short-story writer.
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Salman Rushdie Author •4.2/5
British Indian novelist and essayist.
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James Joyce Author •4.1/5
Irish novelist, short story writer, poet, teacher, and literary critic.
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William Shakespeare Author •4.5/5
English playwright, poet, and actor, widely regarded as the greatest...
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Picture of an author: Virginia Woolf
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Virginia Woolf Author •4.5/5
English writer, considered one of the most important modernist...
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Picture of an author: Gabriel García Márquez
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Gabriel García Márquez Author •4.8/5
Colombian novelist, short-story writer, screenwriter, and journalist,...
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Picture of an author: Malala Yousafzai
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Malala Yousafzai Author •3.9/5
Pakistani activist for female education and the youngest Nobel Prize laureate.
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Picture of an author: Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
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Kurt Vonnegut Jr. Author •4.8/5
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Picture of an author: Mark Twain
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Mark Twain Author •4.4/5
Writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer.
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Picture of an author: Paulo Coelho
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Paulo Coelho Author •4.2/5
Brazilian lyricist and novelist, best known for his novel The Alchemist.
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