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What Strange Paradise - by Omar El Akkad

£8.99 paperback (2022) - ISBN 13: 9781529069495 | ISBN 10: 1529069491

‘Deserves to be an instant classic. I haven’t loved a book this much in a long time... What Strange Paradise... reads as a parable for our times... . Such beautiful writing... This is an extraordinary book.’ – New York Times From the ... more
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The Bad Immigrant - by Sefi Atta

£15.99 paperback (2022) - ISBN 13: 9781623718442 | ISBN 10: 1623718449

“Atta is unflinching in her portrayal... This is a trenchant and notable take on the immigrant experience.” —Publishers Weekly, Starred Review An account of an immigrant family's struggle and the lessons learned about diversity. ... more
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A Lover's Discourse - by Xiaolu Guo

£8.99 paperback (2021) - ISBN 13: 9781529112481 | ISBN 10: 1529112486

A Chinese woman comes to post-Brexit London to start over - just as the Brexit campaign reaches a fever pitch. Isolated and lonely in a Britain increasingly hostile to foreigners, she meets a landscape architect and the two begin to build their futur ... more
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God 99 - by Hassan Blasim

£9.99 paperback (2020) - ISBN 13: 9781905583775 | ISBN 10: 190558377x

Chess-playing people-traffickers, suicidal photographers, absurdist sound sculptors, cat-loving rebel sympathisers, murderous storytellers... The characters in Hassan Blasim’s debut novel are not the inventions of a wild imagination, but real ... more
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Lost Children Archive - by Valeria Luiselli

£8.99 paperback (2020) - ISBN 13: 9780008290054 | ISBN 10: 0008290059

LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN’S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2019 The moving, powerful and urgent English-language debut from one of the brightest young stars in world literature. Suppose you and Pa were gone, and we were lost. What would happen then? ... more
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The Beekeeper of Aleppo - by Christy Lefteri

£8.99 paperback (2020) - ISBN 13: 9781838770013 | ISBN 10: 1838770011

For readers of The Tattooist of Auschwitz, The Kite Runner and The Other Hand - a testament to the human powers of survival. In the midst of war, he found love In the midst of darkness, he found courage In the midst of tragedy, he found hope ... more
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Dalila - by Jason Donald

£8.99 paperback (2018) - ISBN 13: 9781784702984 | ISBN 10: 1784702986

Irene Dalila Mwathi comes from Kenya with a brutally violent personal history. Once she wanted to be a journalist, now all she wants is to be safe. When she finally arrives, bewildered, in London, she is attacked by the very people paid to protect he ... more
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Sour Heart - by Jenny Zhang

£8.99 paperback (2018) - ISBN 13: 9781408892374 | ISBN 10: 1408892375

Winner of the PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize for Debut Fiction A Guardian, Nylon, Buzzfeed, Cosmopolitan, Vulture and Shelf Awareness Book of the Year 2017 Centred on a community of immigrants precariously balanced on the edge of poverty in 19 ... more
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Little Warrior - by Giuseppe Catozzella

£12.99 paperback (2016) - ISBN 13: 9780571322688 | ISBN 10: 0571322689

A heartbreaking novel, inspired by a true story, about a Somali girl who is willing to sacrifice everything to fulfill her dream of becoming a champion runner. Little Warrior is based on the life of Samia Omar, a girl who grows up in war-tor ... more
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The Silver Throat of the Moon: Writing in Exile - by Jennifer Langer

£9.99 paperback (2005) - ISBN 13: 9780907123651 | ISBN 10: 0907123651

Refugees and asylum seekers are rarely out of the headlines, or political debate, but only rarely do people in exile have the opportunity to speak for themselves. The Silver Throat of the Moon includes prose and poetry from writers originating ... more
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