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Michiko Ayoama “What you are looking for is in the library”

Michiko Ayoama “What you are looking for is in the library” Two things attracted me…

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Gabrielle Zevin “Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow”

It is 1987 and two kids bond over playing video games in the hospital’s gaming…

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Haruki Murakami “Kafka on the Shore”

London: Vintage Books, 2005 Check from e-catalogue ESTER. Check from e-library OverDrive the e-book Check from e-library OverDrive…

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Han Kang “The Vegetarian”

Han Kang is a South Korean writer who was awarded the Man Booker Prize for…

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Sayaka Murata “Convenience Store Woman”

Keiko, a 36-year-old woman, has been working in a convenience store for eighteen years. It…