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The Story of a Marriage
An elegant and affecting story about a San Francisco housewife who devotes herself to the care of her weak-hearted husband and polio-afflicted son
The Road from Damascus
A post-9/11 novel about a Muslim immigrant trying to reconnect with his roots after rejecting the faith system of his parents
Attachment
A gratifyingly readable debut novel that captures the loneliness of female middle age, its writer, Fay Weldon thinks, hits the spot on the expectations and emotional intricacies of her new world
The Impostor
Set in the bleak South African hinterland, this mesmerising novel tells the story of a half-hearted idealist intent on a new life in a house full of ghosts
Say You’re One of Them
A Jesuit priest produces an absorbing and, at times, disturbing collection of short stories on Africa’s suffering
The Translator
This timely reportage of rape, bloodlust and indiscriminate slaughter in Darfur is a distress call on the crime against humanity
The Dig
The discovery of a massive treasure trove in a Sutton Hoo estate yields artefacts that challenge prevailing opinions about the Dark Ages
An Atlas of Impossible Longing
A lyrical love letter to India’s past, yet the romantic indulgences are countered the critical scrutiny of its culture
Not Quite What I Was Planning
The power of these vignettes lies in what remains untold, making you want to know more by saying less
The Lost Dog
In modern Melbourne and out in the Australian bush, a cast of characters try to put themselves together delicately and desperately. AS Byatt explains why this is the best novel she has read for a long time
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