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		<title>Middlesex</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Dec 2010 21:43:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kat</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An incestuous relationship between a pair of Greek siblings (adorable yia yia and pou pou!) consummated on a ship fleeing to the US from the Turkish raid at the beginning of the century, resulting in a pair of recessive genes finally reunited in a hermaphrodite of a grandchild (with a science geek turned John Lennon wannabe for an older brother)]]></description>
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		<title>By Night in Chile</title>
		<link>http://books.coffee-cat.net/2008/01/by-night-in-chile/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2008 06:26:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kat</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bolaño Roberto]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Roberto Bolaño (2000)

A deathbed confession of a priest and literary critic, set during the transition from Allende to Pinochet.]]></description>
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		<title>Death and the Dervish</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Dec 2007 17:55:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kat</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Eastern/Central Europe]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Selimović, Meša]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Meša Selimović (1966)

An account of a Muslim spiritual leader struggling to maintain his dignity and integrity in 18th century Sarajevo.]]></description>
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		<title>A Tomb for Boris Davidovich</title>
		<link>http://books.coffee-cat.net/2007/10/tomb-boris-davidovich/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Oct 2007 18:36:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kat</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Kiš, Danilo]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Russia & USSR]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[short stories]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Communism]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Danilo Kiš (1976)

Seven different yet casually interlinked short stories about revolutionaries, mostly centering around the Russian Revolution
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		<title>The White Castle</title>
		<link>http://books.coffee-cat.net/2007/10/white-castle/</link>
		<comments>http://books.coffee-cat.net/2007/10/white-castle/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Oct 2007 17:45:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kat</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Recommended]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Turkey]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Orhan Pamuk (1979)

The story of a young Italian savant and his ambivalent relationship his Turkish double in 17th century, their intense struggle of knowledge and power domination]]></description>
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		<title>Kembang Jepun</title>
		<link>http://books.coffee-cat.net/2007/09/kembang-jepun/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Sep 2007 15:58:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kat</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Remy Sylado (2003)

A Menadonese child sold by her brother to Shinju in Kembang Jepun, to be trained, disguised, into an out-and-out Japanese geisha during pre-Japanese colonial to post-independence era.]]></description>
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		<title>My Name is Red</title>
		<link>http://books.coffee-cat.net/2007/07/my-name-is-red/</link>
		<comments>http://books.coffee-cat.net/2007/07/my-name-is-red/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jul 2007 17:55:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kat</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Orhan Pamuk (1998)

A murder mystery in 16th century Istanbul within rich history, religion and aesthetic meditations.]]></description>
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		<title>The Gospel According to Jesus Christ</title>
		<link>http://books.coffee-cat.net/2006/04/gospel-jesus-christ/</link>
		<comments>http://books.coffee-cat.net/2006/04/gospel-jesus-christ/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Apr 2006 12:09:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kat</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Saramago, Jose]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[by José Saramago (1991).

Here's a gospel where Jesus is a very common human being without a priori divinity if confused, pessimistic and guilt-ridden, an unwilling "restive lamb that resists being taken to be sacrificed". He is unsure of himself, plagued with nightmares and guilt passed down by his deceased father, aghast at the power he chanelled and at the inescapable covenant with the power-hungry God.]]></description>
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