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France 19
Romain Rolland
The Piano
classics - coming of age - father and son - music - young adult

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France 15
Romain Rolland
Visiting The House of The Rich
class-gap - classics - coming of age - poverty - realism - young adult

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Israel 5
Ariel Hirschfeld
A Break in the Fence
coming of age - father and son

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Libya 3
Muhammad al-Asfar
The Story of a Sock
allegory - arabic literature - existentialism - family - love - poverty - surreal

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Israel 8
Ilana Hammerman
Seeing them see the sea
contemplative - Israeli-Palestinian - political

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Israel 8
Tasha Karluka
Being Frosya Shneerson (Chapter 6)
coming of age - contemporary - family - female authors - funny - relationships - Soviet Russia

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USA 14
Sherwood Anderson
The Other Woman
American literature - betrayal - classics - love - lust - marriage - sexuality

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Israel 10
Nurit Zarchi
Madame Bovary from Neveh Tsedek
alternative history - female authors - feminism - passion - Tel-Aviv

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Uruguay 7
Fernanda Trías
The Return
atmospheric - family - Latin America - mystery - suspense

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Spain 9
Recaredo Veredas
My Father’s Ties
father and son - funny - irony - office life - psychological

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Palestine 5
Naji Daher
Nightly Lament
arabic literature - death - marriage - relationships - surreal - violence

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Spain 12
America - coming of age - father and daughter - friendship - sexuality - trauma - war

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