International Authors
Achebe, Chinua Things Fall Apart Fic ACH Set in an Ibo village in Nigeria, the novel recreates pre-Christian tribal life and shows how the coming of the white man led to the breaking up of the old ways. Nigeria
Adams, Richard Tales From Watership Down Fic ADA Tells stories of what occurred in the lives of the rabbits after they defeated General Woundwort in the classic "Watership Down." Great Britian
Allende, Isabel Portrait in Sepia: A Novel 468 ALL Aurora del Valle, raised in the privileged class of Chile by her grandmother, is tormented by nightmares and half-memories of events set in San Francisco's Chinatown. Disillusioned in her marriage, Aurora sets out to rediscover the missing years of her early childhood. Chile
Allende, Isabel Zorro:A Novel Fic ALL Presents an adventure novel that describes how Diego de la Vega, the son of a Spanish aristocrat and Shoshone woman, grew to become the elusive Zorro, who returns to California to reclaim the hacienda of his childhood and fight for the rights of the underprivileged. Chile
Allende, Isabel Daughter of Fortune Fic ALL Presents an adventure novel that describes how Diego de la Vega, the son of a Spanish aristocrat and Shoshone woman, grew to become the elusive Zorro, who returns to California to reclaim the hacienda of his childhood and fight for the rights of the underprivileged. Chile
Allende, Isabel City of the Beasts (3-book series) Fic ALL When fifteen-year-old Alexander Cold accompanies his individualistic grandmother on an expedition to find a humanoid Beast in the Amazon, he experiences ancient wonders and a supernatural world as he tries to avert disaster for the Indians. Chile
Atwood, Margaret Cat's Eye Fic ATW A feminist painter returns to Toronto for a retrospective of her work and confronts her memories, family, and friends. Canada
Atwood, Margaret Handmaid's Tale Fic ATW Set in the near future, America has become a puritanical theocracy and Offred tells her story as a Handmaid under the new social order. Canada
Ballard, J.G. Empire of the Sun Fic BAL The kindness of women. A novel based on the author's experiences during the Japanese occupation of the Chinese city, Shanghai, during World War II, that discusses his internment at Lunghua Civilian Assembly Center from 1942 to 1945. Great Britian
Brooks, Kevin Martyn Pig Fic BRO Martyn Pig's life goes from bad to worse when he accidentally kills his father, and he must choose whether to tell the police the truth about what happened and be suspected of murder, or he can get rid of the body and pretend nothing ever happened. Great Britian
Chambers, Aidan Postcards from No Man's Land Fic CHA Alternates between two stories--comtemporarily, seventeen-year-old Jacob visits a daunting Amsterdam at the request of his English grandmother--and historically, nineteen-year-old Geertrui relates her experience of British soldiers's attempts to liberate Holland from its German occupation. Great Britian
Ferre, Rosario The House on the Lagoon Isabel Monfort, a fledgling novelist, begins a work intended to chronicle the multigenerational history of her family and that of her husband, Quintin Mendizabal; but when Quintin finds the manuscript, he becomes enraged at his wife's version of events, and believes she has set out deliberately to destroy his good name. Puerto Rico
Garcia, Cristina Dreaming in Cuban:A Novel Fic GAR The story of four strong-willed women of the del Pino family of Havana and of Brooklyn who are divided by conflicting political loyalties Cuba
Gordimer, Nadine The Pickup Julie, a wealthy young woman rebelling against her conservative father, and Abdu, an illegal immigrant struggling to avoid deportation, fall in love in twenty-first-century South Africa. South Africa
Hoag, Peter Smilla's Sense of Snow Smilla Qaavigaaq Jaspersen investigates the mysterious death of a six year old Inuit neighbor in Copenhagen. Denmark
Hosseini, Khaled Kite Runner Fic HOS Amir, haunted by his betrayal of Hassan, the son of his father's servant and a childhood friend, returns to Kabul as an adult after he learns Hassan has been killed, in an attempt to redeem himself by rescuing Hassan's son from a life of slavery to a Taliban official. Afganistan
Kincaid, Jamaica Annie John Fic KIN A fictional account of a young girl's coming of age in Antigua, from a doted upon childhood to an adolescence fraught with events and alliances leading her away from mutual complacent acceptance. Antigua
Kinsella, W.P. Shoeless Joe Fic KIN An Iowa farmer builds a baseball stadium in his cornfield, hoping his hero, Shoeless Joe Jackson, will play in it. Canada
Kogawa, Joy Obasan Naomi Nakane, a child of Japanese immigrant parents, is interned by the Canadians at the beginning of World War II when she is five years old. Canada
Kosinski, Jerry The Painted Bird Fic KOS A young boy, abandoned by his parents during World War II, wanders alone from one village to another in Nazi-occupied Eastern Europe. Poland
Kundera, Milan The Unbearable Lightness of Being Fic KUN Tomas, a hopeless philanderer and successful surgeon, flees Prague when the Russians invade in 1968 and heads for Switzerland where he must provide for himself and his lover by working as a window washer. Czechoslovakia
Lamming, George In the Castle of my Skin Recreates the author's childhood and adolescence in Barbados to the eve of his departure to Trinidad at seventeen. Barbados
Lee, Lillian Farewell My Concubine In an unusual story of unrequited love set in the world of the Peking opera, Lee depicts the chaotic social and political changes that have racked twentieth-century China. The novel follows the lives of two operatic performers--Xiao Douzi, who trained for and assumed the principal female roles, and Xiao Shitou, who assumed the male roles. Lee's vivid portrayal of China's turbulent history forms a backdrop as two young boys go from apprenticeships under a cruel master, through an adult partnership in the opera during the Japanese occupation, to eventual torture and persecution during the Cultural Revolution China
Leroux, Gaston The Phantom of the Opera Under the Paris Opera House lives a disfigured musical genius who uses music to win the love of a beautiful opera singer. France
Mah, Adeline Yen Chinese Cinderella and the Dragon Society Fic MAH After CC is kicked out for calling her father's mistress a slut, she is taken in by a kung fu academy and trained to secretly fight against the occupying Japanese. The book, set in 1940s Shanghai, has all the ingredients for an unusual wartime thriller but nothing comes together. China
Major, Kevin Hold Fast Fic MAJ Fourteen-year-old Michael struggles to adjust to his new life after his parents are killed in an automobile accident and he is sent to live with relatives in a city hundreds of miles away. Newfoundland
Markandaya, Kamala Nectar in a Sieve Fic MAR A traditional peasant woman in early twentieth-century India struggles with poverty and the changes arriving in her agrarian village, particularly the tanning factory that takes her son's life. India
Marquez, G One Hundred Years of Solitude Fic GAR The rise and fall, birth and death of the mythical town of Macondo through the history of the Buendia family. Columbia
Marquez, G Love in the Time of Cholera Fic GAR A love story that ranges from the late nineteenth century to the early decades of our own, tracing the lives of three people and their entwined fates. Columbia
Marsden, John Tomorrow, When the War Began Fic MAR Seven Australian teenagers return from a camping trip in the bush to discover that their country has been invaded and they must hide to stay alive. Australia
Martel, Yann Life of Pi Fic YAN Pi Patel, having spent an idyllic childhood in Pondicherry, India, as the son of a zookeeper, sets off with his family at the age of sixteen to start anew in Canada, but his life takes a marvelous turn when their ship sinks in the Pacific, leaving him adrift on a raft with a 450-pound Bengal tiger for company. Spain/Canada
McCall Smith, Alexander The NO.1 Ladies' Detective Agency Fic MCC The cunning and engaging Precious Ramotswe sets up shop in a small storefront in Gaborone, hoping to become a private detective, and she soon has more business than she expected, including a disturbing case involving a missing child. Scotish/African
Moriarty, Jaclyn Year of Secret Assignments Fic MOR Three female students from Ashbury High write to three male students from rival Brookfield High as part of a pen pal program, leading to romance, humiliation, revenge plots, and war between the schools. Australian
Mowat, Farley Lost in the Barrens Fic MOW Two boys, one a Cree Indian and the other the city-born nephew of a trapper, need all their skills and knowledge to survive in the Arctic wilderness they are exploring alone. Canada
Ondaatje, Michael The English Patient:A Novel The stories of four people reveal themselves during the final moments of World War II in a deserted Indian villa. Sri-Lanka
Pasternak, Boris Dr. Zhivago Fic PAS Presents the classic story of Dr. Zhivago and Lara who fall in love in the midst of the turmoil of the Russian Revolution. Russia
Pullman, Phillip The Golden Compass Fic PUL Accompanied by her daemon, Lyra Belacqua sets out to prevent her best friend and other kidnapped children from becoming the subject of gruesome experiments in the Far North. Great Britian
Rand, Ayn We the Living In the time of the Russian Revolution, Kira is torn between two men who love her, one a Communist, the other an aristocrat. Russia
Rhys, Jean Wide Sargasso Sea Fic RHY Prequel to: Jane Eyre / Charlotte Bronte. Story of a young woman in the Caribbean whose family's past will be used against her by her cold-hearted and prideful husband, Rochester. West Indies
Roy, Arundhati The God of Small Things On a December day in 1969 twins Rahel and Estha, born to a wealthy family living in the province of Kerala, India, find their lives changed after the death of their English cousin who was visiting for the holidays. India
Santiago, Esmeralda When I was Puerto Rican 921 SAN Memoirs of the author's childhood and youth in Puerto Rico and New York City. Puerto Rico
Shelley, Mary Frankenstein Fic SHE Victor Frankenstein has discovered the secret of generating life from lifeless matter, and has created a monster being by using this terrible power. Great Britian
Sierstad, Asne Bookseller of Kabul 958.1 SEI Asne Seierstand recounts the experiences she had while staying with a bookseller named Sultan Khan and his family in Afghanistan just after the fall of the Taliban, describing what it was like for families in Afghanistan to adjust to a new way of life and a new government. Norway
Sijie, Dai Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress Fic DAI Two boys, moved to the country for "re-education" as part of Mao's Cultural Revolution, find little to amuse them, but things change when they discover a stash of Western classics in Chinese translation and use the stories of Balzac to capture the attention of the beautiful daughter of the local tailor China
Stoker, Bram Dracula Fic STO The mysterious Transylvanian Count Dracula wreaks havoc onyoung businessman Jonathan Harker, his fiancee Mina, and several others, and when he is revealed to be a vampire, he must be destroyed at all costs. Great Britian
Tan, Amy Joy Luck Club Fic TAN In 1949 four Chinese women began meeting in San Francisco to play mah jong. They called their gathering the Joy Luck Club. Forty years later they look back and remember.
Tolkein, JRR The Hobbit, or There and Back Again Fic TOL The adventures of the well-to-do hobbit, Bilbo Baggins, who lived happily in his comfortable home until a wandering wizard granted his wish. Great Britian
Tolstoy, Leo Anna Karenia Fic TOL In nineteenth-century Russia, the wife of an important government official loses her family and social status when she chooses the love of Count Vronsky over a passionless marriage Russia
Weisel, Elie Night: Dawn: Day 940.53 WIE
Fic WIE		 Presents Elie Wiesel's first three books, including "Nicht," his personal Holocaust memoir; "Dawn", a novel in which the narrator, the only survivor of a family murdered at Auschwitz, meditates on the act of murder; and "Day," a novel about the spiritual and physical struggles of a man who has seen too much evil. Romania


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