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Taxi
Khaled Al Khamissi
'It's a book about the petty, daily frustrations of Egypt's working poor as they scratch out a living in the almost unworkable metropolis of Cairo. It's a book to make you feel guilty you ever tried to bargain down a cab fare in any poor country.' – Chicago Tribune
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Final Silence
Ronald Flores
'Último silencio is a highly intelligent novel that announced the arrival of an important new protagonist on Guatemala's literary scene.' - Latin American Review of Books
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The Rich Man of Pietermaritzburg
Sibusiso Nyembezi
'It’s a great feat to transliterate this Zulu classic into English without losing its tone and cultural nuances. The taste of the book is in the reading'
Khaba Mkhize, South African journalist and raconteur
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Upcoming Titles
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Fear of Animals
Enrique Serna
'Serna gives form, body and content to the chaos of corruption and hypocrisy that reigns in two fundamental arenas of our country' - Revista Casa del Tiempo
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The Riddle of Qaf
Alberto Mussa
'Alberto Mussa has taken a completely unexpected path in Brazilian literature with a rewriting of Arab mythology. He has done so with a creative assuredness' - Jornal do Brasil
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Equatoria
Tom Dreyer
'In Equatoria, reality is an unknown jungle which results in the reflection and distortion of certainty, and despair' - Burger, South Africa
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News
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Taxi from Cairo
Khaled Al Khamissi, the author of Taxi, a daring piece of Egyptian fiction will be visiting the UK in April 2008 to promote the launch of his book. Khaled will be signing copies of Taxi on Monday 14 April, from 6.30pm at Bookmarks bookshop in London. All welcome, but please RSVP - details on the Bookmarks link below.
For more about Taxi
Bookmarks events
Flores in London
The author of Final Silence, Ronald Flores, will be visiting London in April 2008 to promote his first title to be published in English. He will be attending the London Book Fair and his book will be launched at Housmans bookshop on Wednesday 16 April. All welcome - details of the bookshop, which is near Kings Cross Station in London, can be found from the Housmans link below.
For more about Final Silence
Housmans bookshop
London Book Fair
Aflame Books will have a presence at the London Book Fair for the first time, this year. Come past stand U425 to see our forthcoming titles. Khaled Al Khamissi and Ronald Flores, authors from Egypt and Guatemala respectively, will also be visiting.
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