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Fiction

Fiction

Adult fiction including novels, short stories, and science fiction in all of Sawa's world languages

Fiction  

  • Language:  Arabic
    Subject:  Novels
    Author:  Erica Jong

    The Arabic translation of the famously controversial novel by Erica Jong that was originally published in 1973.  It tells the story of a bold, young female author of erotic poetry who is trying to find her place, as a woman, in the world.  The English language version has sold more than 20 million copies worldwide.

    $28.95
  • Language:  Arabic
    Subject:  Novels
    Author:  Cynthia Swanson

    A provocative first novel and New York Times Bestseller about Kitty Miller, a single woman and bookshop owner in 1960s Denver.  When Kitty begins having longer and and longer dreams about Katharayn Andersson and her wonderful life with the man of her dreams and beautiful family, Kitty must decide which reality she wants to reside in.

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  • Language:  Arabic
    Subject:  Novels
    Author:  Leonardo Padura

    A finalist for the Book of the Year Award in Spain, this is a gripping novel that tells the cat-and-mouse game that Stalin played with Trotksy from the time he was expelled from the Communist Party until his assassination in Mexico City. The "man" in the title who loved dogs is Ramon Mercader, Trotsky's killer.  This novel has been...

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  • Language:  Arabic
    Subject:  Novels
    Author:  Carol Mason

    A woman reeling from the sudden abandonment of her new husband while on their honeymoon tries to pick up the pieces of her shattered life. She returns to work at an art gallery and soon becomes friends with an elderly visitor whose life has haunting parallels to her own.

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  • Language:  Arabic
    Subject:  Novels
    Author:  Erica Jong

    Another funny and daring novel by the author of "Fear of Flying."  In this hilarious, yet poignant novel, a former actress grapples with aging and end of life issues through youthful fantasies fulfilled on a website created by her best friend.

    $22.95
  • Language:  Arabic
    Subject:  Short Stories
    Author:  Viet Thanh Nguyen

    By the Pulitzer Prize winning author, Viet Thanh Nguyen, this is a collection of perfectly formed stories written over a period of twenty years, exploring questions of immigration, identity, love, and family.

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  • Language:  Arabic
    Subject:  Novels
    Author:  Philip Roth

    Roth's candidly intimate yet universal story of loss and regret, aging and mortaility.  This is Roth's third novel to receive the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction.

    $16.95
  • Language:  Arabic
    Subject:  Novels
    Author:  Lauren Oliver

    Named a Best Book of the Year by NPR and Publishers Weekly, this bestselling debut novel is now available in Arabic.  It tells the story of a popular high school senior who dies in a terrible accident on February 12 "Cupid Day."  The story doesn't end there, however.  The student, by some miracle, relives the last day of her life...

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  • Language:  Arabic
    Subject:  Novels
    Author:  Alice Walker

    The story of Tashi, a minor character from Walker's "The Color Purple." In Walker's words, Tashi "left Africa but had taken her wound with her to America." 

    $22.95
  • Language:  Arabic
    Subject:  Novels
    Author:  Stefan Zweig

    This is the final work of the Austrian master, Stefan Zweig.  This psychological novella reflects on Nazism through the game of chess.  When shipmates on their way from New York to Buenos Aires discover that the world champion of chess is also on board, they take him on, game after game, and are soundly defeated.  That is until a...

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  • Language:  Arabic
    Subject:  Novels
    Author:  Muṣṭafá Naṣr

    This novel tells the story of John, the Jewish barber of Alexandria, who is falsely accused of a crime and murdered.  He would later be exonerated and a shrine built in his memory that is celebrated by Jews every year.

    $31.95
  • Language:  Arabic
    Subject:  Novels
    Author:  Patrick Süskind

    An illustrated novella for adults by the internationally acclaimed author of Perfume.  The narrator reflects on his childhood and the appearance of the bizarre Mr. Sommer who serves as a background to the narrator's inner life and feelings. 

    $16.95
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