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Sherlock Holmes and the Father of Lies Author: Joanna Campbell Slan, K.J. Lawton When Mycroft Holmes mysteriously disappears, Sherlock's life is turned upside down, as he embarks on a perilous chase against an extraordinary adversary known as the "Father of Lies," a master of...

Butler to the World Author: Oliver Bullough   In this book, I argue that over the last seventy years or so, Britain has transformed itself into a global enabler of wrongdoing, a servant to anyone who can afford its fees, a butler to the...

Twilight of Democracy Author Name: Anne Applebaum From the United States and Britain to continental Europe and beyond, liberal democracy is under siege, while authoritarian nationalist currents are spreading in these countries. In her book, Ann Applebaum discusses these trends hostile to Western democracy...

The living and the others Author's name: Jose Agualosa During a literary festival in Mozambique, dozens of African writers meet. Following a violent storm on the continent, they remain isolated, without any contact with the rest of the world for seven days. In an...

executioner Author's name: Honoré de Balzac The seven stories in this book are just a part of “La Comédie Humaine,” the immortal work that Honoré de Balzac spent twenty-four years working on. What distinguishes “La Comédie Humaine” is that Balzac did not work to...

Nebula is a dark object Author Name: M.T. Vasudevan Nair “Silence is a kind of music,” says Wimala, a teacher who spends the school vacation weeks at a teachers’ residence, where all the other teachers leave for their villages and towns. She stays in...

Dream seller Author's name: Dr. Muhammad Qasimzadeh The Sheikh had a dream and wanted to sell it to Sadiq, but Sadiq was looking forward to buying his house and began to bargain with him. The Sheikh opened the door of his room and told...

Babet's feast Author Name: Karen Blixen Baroness Christensen von Blixen-Vinneck wrote under several pen names, but gained international fame after Meryl Streep played her in Out of Africa, based on her memoirs during her time in Kenya. The film won 28 international awards, including...

Max and the Cats Author's name: Skliar Pipes The university decides to revoke Professor Nouri Ibrahim's doctorate. It's as if time has not changed, from 1,200 years ago until today—from the moment al-Hallaj was executed to the interrogation session in which Nouri found himself...

The will of Mr. Napomuceno da Silva Araujo Author's name: Germano Almeida The reading of the sealed will left by Mr. Napomuceno da Silva Araújo took an entire afternoon. When the notary reached page 150, he admitted his fatigue and asked for a glass...

Mr. Juarez's Neighborhood Series Author's name: Gonzalo Tavares For readers unfamiliar with Tavares's complete works, it may be worthwhile to introduce them to the drawings made by Tavares's wife and longtime literary partner, the artist Rachel Caiano, particularly her map of the neighborhood, depicting...

My uncle Jamshed Khan Author's name: Bakhtiar Ali Jamshid Khan is arrested in the prime of his youth for his communist beliefs. Because he did not cooperate with the Ba'ath Party, he is subjected to torture and harassment until he loses so much weight...

cough Author's name: Guy de Maupassant Maupassant is one of the most brilliant contemporary short story writers, and critics have dubbed him "the father of the short story." His stories are distinguished by their brilliant brevity while maintaining his traditional depth, emotion, and clever...

At the same time Author's name: Dr. Muhammad Qasimzadeh This novel reveals the intricate details of social life in Iran, and also exposes the falseness of the conservative environment promoted by the media. Zadeh approached the work with dazzling surrealism, weaving a wonderful mixture...

20:39 Eight thirty-nine minutes Author's name: Javanmard Kolk The novel begins at 8:39 a.m. A young man and a young woman sit at a table in a bar, and everything in their lives changes radically. Time in the bar stops to the tune of...

Al-Shiyah Author's name: Ismail Fahd Ismail Al-Shayyah's novel possesses the time and place of the event. It is a depiction of what is happening on Arab soil, taking Lebanon as a place in one of its basements, which is no more than twenty meters...

A step into the dream Author's name: Ismail Fahd Ismail In his novel “A Step into a Dream,” Ismail Fahd Ismail resorted to direct internal monologue, in addition to the first-person speaker, which helped him transition from one scene to another. He also pushed...

burying rats Author's name: Bram Stoker Before my husband's tragic death—I might even say that even before the shadow of death loomed over him—he had planned to publish three volumes of short stories, of which this series is one. I have added to the...

Cages and common language Author's name: Ismail Fahd Ismail Ismail the short story writer is no less than Ismail the novelist. All that matters is that he is so adept at both arts that he can easily say whatever he wants to say, yet...

Reflections Author's name: Franz Kafka Kafka viewed the writing he had adopted as his salvation as a personal matter of no concern to anyone. As soon as he put his feelings down on paper, he felt the need to destroy what he had written....