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  • A 20th century classic by the great William Kelley Wright.  Known for its presentation of philosophers and their theories in easy...

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    Terry Eagleton, one of our foremost literary and cultural critics, examines the meaning, evolution, and role of culture in civil socie...

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  • Victoria
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    This film is not a movie; it's not about a bank robbery. It is a bank robbery. Victoria was shot in one sin...

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    Ever since the National University strike broke out, Sombra (Tenoch Huerta) and Santos (Leonard0 Ortizgris) have been living in angst-...

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  • Sophie Rostopchine, the Countess of Segur, is a French writer of Russian birth.  Originally published in the 19th century, Segur'...

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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, English
    Subject:  Novels
    Author:  Alexandre Dumas

    The great adventure novel by French author, Alexandre Dumas, was published in 1844.  It is a tale of adventure and friendship featuring d'Artagnan, Athos, Porthos and Aramis, members of the Paris-based Musketeers of the Guard. This is the bilingual edition in Arabic and English.

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  • Language:  Arabic
    Subject:  Short Stories
    Author:  Franz Kafka

    Originally written in German in 1922, this short story by Franz Kafka centers on a dog and his inquiries into the rationale of his existence in the world.

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  • Language:  Arabic
    Subject:  Novels
    Author:  Jean-Paul Satre

    Jean-Paul Sartre's first, and considered his best, novel was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1964. A key work of existential fiction, it tells the story of Antoine Roquentin who keeps a diary of his thoughts and feelings that include a "sweet sickness" that he likens to an overpowering feeling of nausea that eventually causes him to...

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  • Language:  Arabic
    Subject:  Novels
    Author:  Amir Tag Elsir

    Khamila is modern and wealthy, and has just returned to her hometown with a college education. Suddenly, seemingly overnight, the town is overrun by a group that has declared war on its inhabitants.  Women become objects (flowers) of pleasure to be consumed at will by the leaders of the religious revolution (fire).

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  • Language:  Arabic
    Subject:  Novels
    Author:  Stieg Larsson

    The Millenium trilogy continues with the third book in the series featuring Lisbeth Salander, who is about to be tried for three murders -- if she recovers from her injuries.  With the help of her journalist friend, Mikael Blomkvist, she has to prove her innocence.  On her own, however, she plots her revenge against the man who tried to kill her.

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  • Language:  Arabic
    Subject:  Novels
    Author:  F. Scott Fitzgerald

    The classic novel of 1920s American prosperity and idealism tells the story of the young and mysterious millionaire Jay Gatsby and his passion and obsession for the beautiful Daisy Buchanan.  Considered a "Great American Novel", it provides a critical social histroy of America during the Roaring Twenties, and is a long-standing regular on...

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  • Language:  Arabic
    Subject:  Novels
    Author:  Bernice Chauly

    The fictional biography of Malaysian writer Bernice Chauly who traces bloodlines and the ghosts of family history to solve a curse that has plagued her family. Her mother was Chinese and her father was Punjabi. They fell in love and got married despite seemingly insurmountable obstacles. Their first child, Bernice, brings peace to the families,...

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  • Language:  Arabic
    Subject:  Novels
    Author:  William Peter Blatty

    The 1971 horror classic about the demonic possession of 12-year-old Regan MacNeill and the two priests who attempt to exorcise the demon.  Terrifying in any language.

    $31.95
  • Language:  Arabic
    Subject:  Novels
    Author:  Ali Smith

    Previously shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, this is a fun, entertaining story about a mysterious stranger who shows up at a family's summer vacation. Her startling appearance in their lives transforms each member of the family allowing them to see themselves in fresh new light.

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  • Language:  Arabic
    Subject:  Novels
    Author:  Ali Smith

    It received rave reviews in both the New York Times and The Guardian. The story goes like this: at a lovely dinner party one evening, a guest named Miles goes upstairs between dinner and dessert and locks himself in the spare bedroom and refuses to leave or communicate for months.  What happens next, according to the reviews, is nothing...

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  • Language:  Arabic
    Subject:  Short Stories
    Author:  Tahar Ben Jelloun

    Winner of the Dublin Prize, this is undoubtedly one of the most enchanted books by the award-winning Moroccan author. Ben Jelloun takes the ten tales of Perrault (Sleeping Beauty, Puss in Boots, etc.), masterfully reworks them in an Arab and Muslim context, and presents them in the manner of the Thousand and One Nights.

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  • Language:  Arabic
    Subject:  Novels
    Author:  Jean-Paul Sartre

    An Arabic translation of "La Mort Dans L'Ame" by French philosopher, playwright, and novelist Jean-Paul Sartre. This novel, part of the Roads to Freedom series, offers a moving portrayal of the fall of France in 1940 and the tormented response of the French people to German occupation.

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