Hello, guys. LungstaGangsta here! I've rounded up 6 books you might wanna read this week.
If you were not aware, I call these threads 'The Bookstarrr'. Why? Cause good authors are not rockstars, they are BOOKSTARS! They rock the page, not the stage!
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Book Title: A Coat of Many Colours
Author: Fred Khumalo
Trivia: Dolly Parton has an album called 'Coat of Many Colors'
Quote from the book:
‘What are farms? Have you seen one?’ Themba asks.
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Book Title: Intelligence Isn't Enough
Author: Carice Anderson
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Book Title: Hullo Bu-Bye Koko Come In
Author: Koleka Putuma
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Book Title: Trapped in Love and Trash
Author: Tiyi Bevhula
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Book Title: Rogues' Gallery
Authors: Nick Dall and Matthew Blackman
Trivia: Dall and Blackman have at some point lived together in Argentina.
Thanks for reading, folks. Hit me up if you want me ti review, recommend or edit a book or some writing. Or just hit me up to talk all things publishing, literature, creative writind all that!
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Elias Khoury is the foremost novelist writing in Arabic today. Born in Beirut in the fateful year of 1948, he published his second novel, Little Mountain (1977).
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Khoury’s best-known novel is Gate of the Sun (1998), which the New York Times labeled “a genuine masterwork.”
It’s true that, most of the time, American reviewers read Arabic literature as if they’re reading the newspaper.
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As a kid, and even as an adult, Bantu had a reputation for taking on people from the opposite gender.