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The Joys of Motherhood by Buchi Emecheta

Como agua para chocolate by Laura Esquivel

Agua Quemada = Burnt Water by Carlos Fuentes

Ensayo Sobre La Ceguera by José Saramago

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If on a Winter's Night a Traveler

by Italo Calvino

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The Peloponnesian War: A New Translation, Backgrounds, Interpretations

by Thucydides

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I am a little stunned. I thought I was crying, like there were tears on my face, except that I realize that I can't. I may actually be close to smiling. I feel it all, all at the same time: the horror and the strength. The brittleness and the life. I...more
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