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Mezzaterra: Fragments from the Common Ground

6 best books like Mezzaterra: Fragments from the Common Ground (Ahdaf Soueif): 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World, Gorky Park, Out of It, Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits, The Secret Lives of the Amir Sisters, A History of the World in 21 Women: A Personal Selection

10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World
AuthorElif Shafak
ISBN0241293863
An intensely powerful new novel from the best-selling author of The Bastard of Istanbul and Honour

'In the first minute following her death, Tequila Leila's consciousness began to ebb, slowly and steadily, like a tide receding from the shore. Her brain cells, having run out of blood, were...
Gorky Park
AuthorMartin Cruz Smith
ISBN0345298349
A triple murder in a Moscow amusement center: three corpses found frozen in the snow, faces and fingers missing. Chief homicide investigator Arkady Renko is brilliant, sensitive, honest, and cynical about everything except his profession. To identify the victims and uncover the truth, he must battle...
Out of It
AuthorSelma Dabbagh
ISBN1608198766
Gaza is being bombed. Rashid - a young, clever Palestinian - has been smoking grass on the roof watching it happen when he gets the e-mail he has been desperate for: he's won a scholarship to London. Rashid's sister, Iman, frustrated by the atrocities and inaction around her, is beginning to take an interest...
Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits
AuthorLaila Lalami
ISBN1565124936
“A dream of a debut, by turns troubling and glorious, angry and wise.” —Junot Diaz

Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits evokes the grit and enduring grace that is modern Morocco. As four Moroccans illegally cross the Strait of Gibraltar in an inflatable boat headed for Spain, author Laila...
The Secret Lives of the Amir Sisters
AuthorNadiya Hussain
The four Amir sisters – Fatima, Farah, Bubblee and Mae – are the only young Muslims in the quaint English village of Wyvernage.On the outside, despite not quite fitting in with their neighbours, the Amirs are happy. But on the inside, each sister is secretly struggling.Fatima is trying to find out...
A History of the World in 21 Women: A Personal Selection
AuthorJenni Murray
ISBN1786074109
They led while others followed. They stood up and spoke out when no one else would. They broke the mould in art, music and literature. Each of them fought, in their own way, for change. Encompassing artists, politicians, activists, reporters and heads of state from past and present, A History of the World...
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