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• A World of Stories Summer Adventure at AC Library

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  Ready to go on an adventure? Visit our website to learn more about our 2021 Summer Adventure, A World of Stories, from June 15 to August 15, 2021.

• The End of Eddy

  Louis, Édouard,

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  Originally written in French, this is a compassionate autobiographical novel about growing up gay in a working-class town in Picardy, France.

• The Heart Has Its Reasons

  Dueñas, María, 1964-

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  A talented college professor from Spain reinvents herself in California following the end of her marriage in this novel originally written in Spanish.

• The Years, Months, Days

  Two Novellas

  Yan, Lianke, 1958-

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  Two novellas, originally published in Chinese, tell stories of characters making sacrifices for family, striving to survive, and longing to leave behind a personal legacy.

• The Temptation to Be Happy

  Marone, Lorenzo, 1974-

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  A cynical widower rediscovers an appetite for life while investigating his new neighbors in this novel originally written in Italian.

• Convenience Store Woman

  Murata, Sayaka, 1979-

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  The story of the charming but troubled Keiko drives this novel, which was originally published in Japanese, and offers a glimpse into Japanese society as well as penetrating insights into the female mind.

• The Book of Gaza

  a City in Short Fiction

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  This book of short stories, originally written in Arabic, brings together a dozen of Palestine's greatest modern prose writers to tell about the daily life of ordinary characters struggling to live with dignity.

• One Part Woman

  Perumāḷmurukaṉ,

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  Set in South India during the British colonial period, and originally written in Tamil, this fable-like novel tells the story of a couple appealing to ancient gods to help them conceive a child.

• Love Virtually

  a Novel

  Glattauer, Daniel

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  A love affair conducted entirely on email? Find out if it works in this funny, fast-paced novel originally written in German.

• Celestial Bodies

  a Novel

  Alharthi, Jokha,

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  Originally published in Arabic, the novel tells the stories of three sisters in a rapidly changing Oman.

• Literary Translators on the Art of Translation

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  Learn what practitioners have to say about the important task of translating another author's story.

• 100 Best Novels, in Translation, Since 1900 from the List Challenge web site

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  Books that have been published in other languages and ranked by a couple of English majors. All of these are available through the Alameda County Library collection or in Link Plus.