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Chile 3
Alejandra Costamagna
Gorillas in the Congo
fatherhood - journey - relationships

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Mexico 4
Guillermo Fadanelli
Back then I was Just a Child
coming of age - father and son - revenge - violence

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USA 19
Jonathan Lethem
Pending Vegan
American culture - fatherhood - funny - introspective - witty

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Argentina 9
Luciano Lamberti
The Song We Sang Every Day
allegory - dark - mother and son - motherhood - psychological

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Spain 5
Matías Candeira
What’s Wrong, Honey?
fatherhood - love - marriage

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India 8
Rabindranath Tagore
The Postmaster
classics - relationships

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USA 9
Tillie Olsen
I Stand Here Ironing
female authors - memories - mother and daughter - motherhood

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Lebanon|USA 13
Gibran Khalil Gibran
Madame Rose Hanie
classics - history - irony - tragic love

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Puerto Rico 11
Luis Negrón
The Garden
HIV - LGBT - lovers - melancholy - tragic love

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Mexico 7
Laia Jufresa
Back to The Land
coming of age - magical realism - mother and daughter

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Argentina 7
Samanta Schweblin
Father Christmas Spends the Night
childhood - Christmas - divorce - funny - irony - plot twist

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France 24
atmospheric - female authors - love - melancholy

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