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Fete de la Palombe (sound on!)

Fete de la Palombe (sound on!)

Fresque d’Apocalypse by Francois Pettier

Fresque d’Apocalypse by Francois Pettier

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Do you have your own Dia de los Muertos collection? Dead Folk #bookstagram #bookreview link in bio under nonfiction

To be continued – We (2014) by Maja Bajevic

To be continued - We (2014) by Maja Bajevic

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Dansant sur le miroir d’eau

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Flat earth society

"The sea urchin clings to the tank, a spiky labia

"The sea urchin clings to the tank, a spiky labia sucking glass." My words now live! Read them at @hippocampusmag https://bit.ly/3D7Bs2o

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Today’s harvest is brought to you by sun, soil and a tiny bit of sweat

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And the band plays on

And the band plays on

Female figure Papua New Guinea ca 1900

Female figure Papua New Guinea ca 1900

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Praise for The Dancing Girl and the Turtle

Cha: An Asian Literary Journal: “deeply disturbing”, “grippingly realistic” “engrossing outset for the next volume of the Shanghai Quartet”

Hong Kong Review of Books: “the brutally authentic struggles [and] the powerful message make this story vital”

South China Morning Post: “makes Fifty Shades of Grey look like light bondage”

Los Angeles Review of Books: “a remarkable character-driven debut”

Expatica: “The writing is exceptional”

Holland Times: “Kao’s prose is vivid and immediate”

Historical Novel Society: “a story I will go on thinking about for a good while”

Contemporary Small Press: “The human need for intimacy and understanding is apparent on every page”

Rhiannon Jenkins Tsang: “Karen Kao is a master of the Noir”

bookish.asia: “an ambitious, striking addition”

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Boekhandel van Rossum, Amsterdam

American Book Center, Amsterdam

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