Standing Heavy (Biblioasis International Translation Series, 42) Ghost Thrillers

Standing Heavy (Biblioasis International Translation Series, 42) Ghost ThrillersWinner of the 2023 Scott Moncrieff Translation Prize Shortlisted for the 2023 International Booker Prize One of The Walrus' Best Fall Books of 2023 A funny, fast paced, and poignant take on Franco African history, as told through the eyes of three African security guards in Paris. All over the city, they are watching: Black men paid to stand guard, invisible among the wealthy flneurs and yet the only ones who truly see. From Les Grands Moulins to a

and COVID-19 only deepened the entrenched poverty

Lucy favored the availability of birth control information and contraceptive devices

A dreamy debut novel about the summer love that changes two girls at the edge of adulthood

hard-earned wisdom

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This haunting novel about the dilemma of passivity vs

in cozy socks under a soft throw

Together they ask: What does forgiveness look like in a world riddled by racism and caste

political winds continue to toss him between north and south in a plot that turns many times on the unspeakable breach—the lacuna—between truth and public presumption

Gawande offers examples of freer

or their own sense of purpose

Both sensuous and sympathetic