books read with the kweerlit bookclub
Kweerlit Public
Created by ralentina
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Minor Detail by Adania Shibli, Elisabeth Jaquette
5 stars
Minor Detail begins during the summer of 1949, one year after the war that the Palestinians mourn as the Nakba—the …
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So Distant From My Life by Monique Ilboudo
4 stars
Jeanphi, a young man from the fictional West African city Ouabany, has one obsession that will determine the fate of …
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Boulder by Eva Baltasar, Julia Sanches
5 stars
Working as a cook on a merchant ship, a woman comes to know and love Samsa, a woman who gives …
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Men in the Sun and Other Palestinian Stories by Ghassan Kanafani, Hilary Kilpatrick
4 stars
Men in the Sun (Arabic: رجال في الشمس, romanized: Rijāl fī al-Shams) is a novel by Palestinian writer and political …
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Corey Fah Does Social Mobility by Isabel Waidner
4 stars
The radical, joyful follow-up to the Goldsmiths Prize-winning Sterling Karat Gold.
This is the story of Corey Fah, a writer …
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Tentacle by Rita Indiana, Achy Obejas
4 stars
Plucked from her life on the streets of post-apocalyptic Santo Domingo, young maid Acilde Figueroa finds herself at the heart …
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Mammoth by Eva Baltasar, Julia Sanches
4 stars
Mammoth’s protagonist is a disenchanted young lesbian. She’s inexperienced, irritated by life, eager to gestate, and determined to strip everything …
