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Renata rated Queer Palestine and the Empire of Critique: 4 stars
Queer Palestine and the Empire of Critique by Sa'ed Atshan
From Ramallah to New York, Tel Aviv to Porto Alegre, people around the world celebrate a formidable, transnational Palestinian LGBTQ …
Renata rated Poor things: 3 stars
Poor things by Alasdair Gray
One of Alasdair Gray's most brilliant creations, Poor Things is a postmodern revision of Frankenstein that replaces the traditional monster …
Babel by R. F. Kuang
From award-winning author R. F. Kuang comes Babel, a thematic response to The Secret History and a tonal retort to …
Babel by R. F. Kuang
From award-winning author R. F. Kuang comes Babel, a thematic response to The Secret History and a tonal retort to …
Renata rated The Color Purple: 4 stars
The Color Purple by Alice Walker
The Color Purple is a 1982 epistolary novel by American author Alice Walker which won the 1983 Pulitzer Prize for …
Renata rated Sitt Marie-Rose: 3 stars
Sitt Marie-Rose by Etel Adnan
Translated from the French by Georgina Kleege, Sitt Marie Rose, is the story of a woman abducted by militiamen during …
Renata rated Who's Afraid of Gender?: 2 stars
Who's Afraid of Gender? by Judith Butler
Judith Butler, the ground-breaking philosopher whose influential work has redefined how we think about gender and sexuality, confronts the attacks …
Renata rated My Brother, My Land: 3 stars
My Brother, My Land by Sami Hermez, Sireen Sawalha
A riveting and unapologetic account of Palestinian resistance, the story of one family's care for their land, and a reflection …
Butter by Polly Barton, Asako Yuzuki
The cult Japanese bestseller about a female gourmet cook and serial killer and the journalist intent on cracking her case, …
Renata rated The Glassmaker: 2 stars
The Glassmaker by Tracy Chevalier
From the bestselling historical novelist, a rich, transporting story that follows a family of glassmakers from the height of Renaissance-era …
Renata rated (Re)claiming: 4 stars
(Re)claiming by Noah Littel, Tabea Nixdorff
The book (Re)claiming presents ways in which various queer and feminist communities and initiatives in the Netherlands have (re)claimed the …
Renata rated Voyage in the Dark: 4 stars
Voyage in the Dark by Jean Rhys
Voyage in the Dark was written in 1934 by Jean Rhys. It tells of the semi-tragic descent of its young …