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PRI's The World: World Books

June 1, 2009 | permalink |

World Books News & Views
Above photo: Poet and dissident Liao Yiwu in China
Memories of the Tiananmen Square Protest June 3rd marks the 20th anniversary of the suppression of the pro-democracy student movement. Author Liao Yiwu was arrested for writing and recording an epic poem about the event. Read more
Latest Reviews
	One is not the Loneliest Number A brilliant Dutch novel explores the subterranean connections to the disconnected Read more
	A Fury of Fetishes Brazilian writer Nelson Rodrigues proves to be a master at evoking the humor and pathos of out-of-control libidosRead more
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	Daddy Colossus Novelist Peter Stephan Jungk has written a playfully tragicomic mediation on the relationship between fathers and sons. Read more
	Modernist Mystery Street For acclaimed Chinese writer Can Xue, the imagination drives a surreal search for the ideal. Read more
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