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Where the Wild Ladies Are

by Aoko Matsuda ...

Translated by Polly Barton ...

In this "delightfully uncanny" collection of feminist retellings of traditional Japanese folktales, humans live side by side with spirits who provide a variety of useful services—from truth-telling to babysitting, from protecting castles to fighting crime (The New York Times Book Review)A busybody aunt who disapproves of hair removal; a pair of door-to-door saleswomen hawking portable lanterns; a ... Read more

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In this "delightfully uncanny" collection of feminist retellings of traditional Japanese folktales, humans live side by side with spirits who provide a variety of useful services—from truth-telling to babysitting, from protecting castles to fighting crime (The New York Times Book Review)A busybody aunt who disapproves of hair removal; a pair of door-to-door saleswomen hawking portable lanterns; a
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The Woman Dies

by Aoko Matsuda ...

Translated by Polly Barton ...

Tales from Japan that blend humor, surrealism, and sharp societal critique, by the acclaimed author of Where the Wild Ladies Are“Piercing and sometimes surreal... Matsuda shines.”—Publishers WeeklyIn The Woman Dies, renowned author Aoko Matsuda approaches often-thorny subjects such as sexism, prejudice, the normalizing effect of violence against women on screen, or the aesthetics associated with ... Read more

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Tales from Japan that blend humor, surrealism, and sharp societal critique, by the acclaimed author of Where the Wild Ladies Are“Piercing and sometimes surreal... Matsuda shines.”—Publishers WeeklyIn The Woman Dies, renowned author Aoko Matsuda approaches often-thorny subjects such as sexism, prejudice, the normalizing effect of violence against women on screen, or the aesthetics associated with
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Where the Wild Ladies Are

by Aoko Matsuda ...

Narrated by Sarah Skaer ...

Unabridged

6 hours 36 min

A busybody aunt who disapproves of hair removal; a pair of door-to-door saleswomen hawking portable lanterns; a cheerful lover who visits every night to take a luxurious bath; a silent house-caller who babysits and cleans while a single mother is out working. Where the Wild Ladies Are is populated by these and many other spirited women-who also happen to be ghosts. This is a realm in which ... Read more

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A busybody aunt who disapproves of hair removal; a pair of door-to-door saleswomen hawking portable lanterns; a cheerful lover who visits every night to take a luxurious bath; a silent house-caller who babysits and cleans while a single mother is out working. Where the Wild Ladies Are is populated by these and many other spirited women-who also happen to be ghosts. This is a realm in which
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Saving Agnes

A Novel

by Rachel Cusk ...

Narrated by Antonia Beamish ...

Unabridged

7 hours 34 min

The acclaimed winner of the Whitbread First Novel Award, by the author of The Country LifeChronically confused, terminally middle class, hopelessly romantic, Agnes Day lives with her two best friends in the London suburbs and works at an obscure trade magazine. Life and love seem to go on without her. But she gives a convincing performance that everything is alright--that is, until she learns that ... Read more

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The acclaimed winner of the Whitbread First Novel Award, by the author of The Country LifeChronically confused, terminally middle class, hopelessly romantic, Agnes Day lives with her two best friends in the London suburbs and works at an obscure trade magazine. Life and love seem to go on without her. But she gives a convincing performance that everything is alright--that is, until she learns that
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Snowflake

A Novel

by Louise Nealon ...

Narrated by Louisa Harland ...

Unabridged

7 hours 44 min

""Mad and wonderful. I thought I was reading one thing, then discovered—several times—that I was reading a different, even better thing.”—Roddy Doyle“Snowflake is a wonderfully inventive, deeply felt novel full of the best kinds of surprises.”—Margot LiveseyAn exquisitely talented young Irish writer makes her literary debut with this powerful and haunting novel—a tale of love and family, ... Read more

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""Mad and wonderful. I thought I was reading one thing, then discovered—several times—that I was reading a different, even better thing.”—Roddy Doyle“Snowflake is a wonderfully inventive, deeply felt novel full of the best kinds of surprises.”—Margot LiveseyAn exquisitely talented young Irish writer makes her literary debut with this powerful and haunting novel—a tale of love and family,
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The Ten Loves of Nishino

by Hiromi Kawakami ...

Narrated by Cindy Kay ...

Unabridged

5 hours

Bestselling and beloved Japanese author Hiromi Kawakami (The Nakano Thrift Shop) tells the story of an enigmatic man through the voices of ten remarkable women who have loved him.Each woman has succumbed, even if only for an hour, to that seductive, imprudent, and furtively feline man who drifted so naturally into their lives. Still clinging to the vivid memory of his warm breath and his ... Read more

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Bestselling and beloved Japanese author Hiromi Kawakami (The Nakano Thrift Shop) tells the story of an enigmatic man through the voices of ten remarkable women who have loved him.Each woman has succumbed, even if only for an hour, to that seductive, imprudent, and furtively feline man who drifted so naturally into their lives. Still clinging to the vivid memory of his warm breath and his
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When I'm Gone, Look for Me in the East

A Novel

by Quan Barry ...

Narrated by David Lee Huynh ...

Unabridged

8 hours 25 min

**From the acclaimed author of We Ride Upon Sticks comes a luminous novel that moves across a windswept Mongolia, as estranged twin brothers make a journey of duty, conflict, and renewed understanding."A dazzling achievement...The rhythms are more like prayer than prose, and the puzzlelike plot yields revelations." —The New York Times**Tasked with finding the reincarnation of a great lama—a ... Read more

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**From the acclaimed author of We Ride Upon Sticks comes a luminous novel that moves across a windswept Mongolia, as estranged twin brothers make a journey of duty, conflict, and renewed understanding."A dazzling achievement...The rhythms are more like prayer than prose, and the puzzlelike plot yields revelations." —The New York Times**Tasked with finding the reincarnation of a great lama—a
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Seeing Ghosts

A Memoir

by Kat Chow ...

Narrated by Kat Chow ...

Unabridged

9 hours 54 min

This "graceful, captivating" (New York Times Book Review) story from a singular new talent paints a portrait of grief and the search for meaning as told through the prism of three generations of her Chinese American family—perfect for readers of Helen Macdonald and Elizabeth Alexander.Kat Chow has always been unusually fixated on death. She worried constantly about her parents dying---especially ... Read more

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This "graceful, captivating" (New York Times Book Review) story from a singular new talent paints a portrait of grief and the search for meaning as told through the prism of three generations of her Chinese American family—perfect for readers of Helen Macdonald and Elizabeth Alexander.Kat Chow has always been unusually fixated on death. She worried constantly about her parents dying---especially
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Postcolonial Love Poem

Poems

by Natalie Diaz ...

Narrated by Natalie Diaz ...

Unabridged

1 hour 59 min

Winner of the 2021 Pulitzer Prize in PoetryFinalist for the 2020 National Book Award for PoetryFinalist for the 2020 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for PoetryFinalist for the 2020 Forward Prize for Best CollectionPostcolonial Love Poem, the brilliant second collection from Natalie Diaz, holds in its pages the urgent appeal for all bodies―bodies of lovers, family, enemies, as well as of language and ... Read more

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Winner of the 2021 Pulitzer Prize in PoetryFinalist for the 2020 National Book Award for PoetryFinalist for the 2020 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for PoetryFinalist for the 2020 Forward Prize for Best CollectionPostcolonial Love Poem, the brilliant second collection from Natalie Diaz, holds in its pages the urgent appeal for all bodies―bodies of lovers, family, enemies, as well as of language and
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The Way Spring Arrives and Other Stories

A Collection of Chinese Science Fiction and Fantasy in Translation from a Visionary Team of Female and Nonbinary Creators

by Yu Chen, Regina Kanyu Wang ...

An Oprah Daily Top 25 Fantasy Book of 2022From an award-winning team of authors, editors, and translators comes a groundbreaking short story collection that explores the expanse of Chinese science fiction and fantasy.In The Way Spring Arrives and Other Stories, you can dine at a restaurant at the end of the universe, cultivate to immortality in the high mountains, watch roses perform Shakespeare, ... Read more

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An Oprah Daily Top 25 Fantasy Book of 2022From an award-winning team of authors, editors, and translators comes a groundbreaking short story collection that explores the expanse of Chinese science fiction and fantasy.In The Way Spring Arrives and Other Stories, you can dine at a restaurant at the end of the universe, cultivate to immortality in the high mountains, watch roses perform Shakespeare,
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Africa Risen

A New Era of Speculative Fiction

by Sheree Renée Thomas, Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki, Zelda Knight ...

Winner of the 2023 World Fantasy Award for Best AnthologyWinner of the 2023 Locus Award for Best AnthologyA 2023 NAACP Image Award NomineeA 2023 British Fantasy Award NomineeA NPR Best of the Year pick**A Book Riot Best SFF of the Year pick"[A]** magnificent and wide-ranging anthology . . . A must-read for all genre fan... ... Read more

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Winner of the 2023 World Fantasy Award for Best AnthologyWinner of the 2023 Locus Award for Best AnthologyA 2023 NAACP Image Award NomineeA 2023 British Fantasy Award NomineeA NPR Best of the Year pick**A Book Riot Best SFF of the Year pick"[A]** magnificent and wide-ranging anthology . . . A must-read for all genre fan...
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Tread of Angels

by Rebecca Roanhorse ...

Celeste, a card sharp with a need for justice, takes on the role of advocatus diaboli, to defend her sister Mariel, accused of murdering a Virtue, a member of the ruling class of this mining town, in an “intricate…engrossing” (The Washington Post) new world of dark fantasy from the New York Times bestselling author of Black Sun, Rebecca Roanhorse.The year is 1883 and the mining town of Goetia is ... Read more

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Celeste, a card sharp with a need for justice, takes on the role of advocatus diaboli, to defend her sister Mariel, accused of murdering a Virtue, a member of the ruling class of this mining town, in an “intricate…engrossing” (The Washington Post) new world of dark fantasy from the New York Times bestselling author of Black Sun, Rebecca Roanhorse.The year is 1883 and the mining town of Goetia is
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