Blogs in January 2020

Earth and Ashes 25th January 2020

Earth and Ashes is a story of such spareness and power it leaves the reader reeling. Set during the Russian occupation of Afghanistan, it is a fable about war, family, home and tradition. An old man and his grandson...

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Sikhander 25th January 2020

This is the new FOURTH EDITION of SIKANDER. Winner of the Grand Prizes in each of the 2010 Los Angeles Book Festival and the 2011 Paris Book Festival, SIKANDER is the tale of the son of a Pakistani middle-class...

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Unspoken Abandonment 25th January 2020

One of the most powerful and moving stories you will ever read, this book will completely change the way you look at life. ‘Unspoken Abandonment’ is the story of one man’s struggle to return home from the war in...

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The House of Unexpected Sisters 24th January 2020

At Botswana’s No 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency, Precious Ramotswe and Grace Makutsi are intrigued by the troubling dismissal of an employee at a thriving local business. The ladies proceed with investigations as they are inclined to do – with...

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Juggling Truths 24th January 2020

The Botswanan childhood of Monei Ntuka is shaped by stories from her mother, father, and grandmother as well as from the colonizers and the Christian church in this novel about the tensions between modernization and tradition in postcolonial Africa.

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