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death-haunted masterpiece The Blind Owl shadows the decline of modern Iran
Hossein Asgari, Adelaide University Sadeq Hedayat (1903-1951) abandoned his training in dentistry and, later, engineering in France and Belgium, to…
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how Maggie O’Farrell’s Hamnet takes from – and mistakes – Shakespeare
Kate Flaherty, Australian National University and Amy Walters, Australian National University In her eighth novel Hamnet, Maggie O’Farrell imagines the…
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The epic novel runs amok in Omar Musa’s Fierceland
Giacomo Bianchino, University of Sydney Omar Musa’s new book, Fierceland, ranges across five distinct geographies and covers a period of…
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What’s on your summer reading list? We asked 6 dedicated readers
Jo Case, The Conversation When I think about summer reading, I think about relaxing with an easy page-turner … but…
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