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Tales of Japan
Traditional Stories of Monsters and Magic
2024 || Hardcover || Kotaro Chiba || Chronicle Books
Traditional Japanese folktales come to life alongside contemporary illustration in this luxurious edition.
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The Year of the Hare
2024 || Paperback || Arto Paasilinna || Pushkin Press
A delightfully witty and mordant modern classic from Finland: the story of a journalist who befriends an injured hare and embarks into the Finnish wilderness
Kintu
From the winner of the Jhalak Prize, 2021
2018 || Paperback || Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi || Oneworld Publications
'Ugandan literature can boast of an international superstar in Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi' Economist An award-winning debut that vividly reimagines Uganda’s troubled history through the cursed bloodline of the Kintu clanIn this epic tale of fate, fortune and legacy, Jennifer Makumbi vibrantly brings to life this corner of Africa and this colourful family as she reimagines the history of Uganda through the cursed bloodline of the Kintu clan. The year is 1750. Kintu Kidda sets out for the ca...
The First Woman
Winner of the Jhalak Prize, 2021
2021 || Paperback || Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi || Oneworld Publications
'Jennifer Makumbi is a genius storyteller.' Reni Eddo-LodgeAn intoxicating mix of Ugandan folklore and modern feminism, from a multi-award-winning authorAs Kirabo enters her teens, questions begin to gnaw at her – questions which the adults in her life will do anything to ignore. Where is the mother she has never known? And why would she choose to leave her daughter behind? Inquisitive, headstrong, and unwilling to take no for an answer, Kirabo sets out to find the truth for herself. Her se...