Cultural genre books (420)
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Me and White Supremacy : Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor by Layla F Saad EN
WalesDescription:
"Originally published as The me and white supremacy workbook in 2019"--Copyright page.
202.
Melal : A Novel of the Pacific by Robert Barclay EN
ScotlandDescription:
On Good Friday, 1981, Rujen Keju and his two sons come face to face with their complicated inheritance--one that includes years of atomic testing and the continued military presence of the U.S. in the Pacific. In this highly original work of history and adventure, novelist Robert Barclay weaves together characters and stories from mythological times with those of the present-day to give readers a rare and unsparing look at life in the contemporary Pacific.
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Memoirs of a Porcupine by Alain Mabanckou EN
CongoDescription:
After an ancient initiation, a young Congolese boy is given an animal double in the form of a porcupine and the pair begin an inexplicable streak of murders until the porcupine quits and decides to pen a literary confession. Original.
204.
Memorias del subsuelo by Fiodor Mijaïlovich Dostoevskiï ES
RussiaDescription:
En el tono airado y vitriólico de los misántropos y sin orden previo alguno, el narrador del subsuelo, un revirado funcionario medio de la ciudad de San Petersburgo, da cuenta, a sus cuarenta años, de ciertos aspectos de su vida en un convulsivo desgrane de recuerdos. Su discurso lo destina a la humanidad entera y oscila entre el ensayo filosófico y la representación en secuencias de su personalidad pusilánime y enferma.
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Memories of Philippine Kitchens by Amy Besa, Romy Dorotan EN
Country: Asia / 
Philippines
Philippines
Description:
The owners and chef at Soho's popular Cendrillon restaurant present a fascinating look at Filipino cuisine and culture. They document dishes and culinary techniques that are rapidly disappearing and offer more than 100 unique recipes.
206.
Memory of Departure by Abdulrazak Gurnah EN
TanzaniaDescription:
The debut novel by the winner of the 2021 Nobel Prize in Literature Vehement, comic and shrewd, Abdulrazak Gurnah's first novel is an unwavering contemplation of East African coastal life Poverty and depravity wreak havoc on Hassan Omar's family. Amid great hardship he decides to escape. The arrival of independence brings new upheavals as well as the betrayal of the promise of freedom. The new government, fearful of an exodus of its most able men, discourages young people from travelling abroad and refuses to release examination results. Deprived of a scholarship, Hassan travels to Nairobi to ... continue
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Mesopotamia by Serhiĭ Z︠H︡adan EN
UkraineDescription:
A unique work of fiction from the troubled streets of Ukraine, giving invaluable testimony to the new history unfolding in the nation's post-independence years "One of the most astounding novels to come out of modern Ukraine. Mesopotamia is seductive, twisted, brilliant, and fierce."--Gary Shteyngart, author of Little Failure and Absurdistan This captivating book is Serhiy Zhadan's ode to Kharkiv, the traditionally Russian-speaking city in Eastern Ukraine where he makes his home. A leader among Ukrainian post‑independence authors, Zhadan employs both prose and poetry to address the disillusion... continue
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Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie EN
IndiaDescription:
The story of Saleem Sinal, born precisely at midnight, August 15, 1947, the moment India became independent. Saleem's life parallels the history of his nation.
209.
ChinaDescription:
From the author of 'The Good Women of China' comes the uplifting story of three sisters who, like so many migrant workers in today's China, leave their peasant community to seek their fortune in the big city.
210.
Miss Kim Knows and Other Stories by Cho Nam-Joo EN
Country: Asia / 
South Korea
South Korea
Description:
FROM THE AUTHOR OF KIM JIYOUNG, BORN 1982 Eight women. Eight stories. One reality. A woman is born. A woman is filmed in public without consent. A woman suffers domestic violence. A woman is gaslit. A woman is discriminated against at work. A woman grows old. A woman becomes famous. A woman is hated, and loved, and then hated again. Written in Cho Nam-Joo's masterful, razor-sharp prose, Miss Kim Knows brings together the lives of eight Korean women, aged 10 to 80. Contained in each of these biographies is a microcosm of contemporary Korea, and the challenges and injustices that women face from... continue