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The Blind Owl

by Sadegh Hedayat and Naveed Noori (translator)

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Birdsong
by Sebastian Faulks

Up The Organization
by Robert Townsend

All Quiet on the Western Front
by Erich Maria Remarque

Amusing Ourselves to Death
by Neil Postman

At Night All Blood Is Black
by David Diop, translated by Anna Moschovakis

A Walk in the Woods
by Bill Bryson