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Sorrow of War : a Novel of North Vietnam (96 Edition)
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The Sheltering Sky
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by Paul Yoon
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Paul Yoon's exquisite prose is so pure and radiant that it almost appears to float above the page. His debut novel, Snow Hunters, will put you in a dream-like state from which you won't want to wake.... (read more)

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by Tom Rachman
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Fat City (California Fiction)
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