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Review: 'Sovietistan,' by Erika Fatland
NONFICTION: Norwegian writer Erika Fatland journeys through Central Asia in an account of personal daring and graceful reportage.
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REVIEW: 'The German House,' by Annette Hess, translated from the German by Elisabeth Lauffer
FICTION: Annette Hess' novel of the 1963 Nazi trials falls flat.
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Review: 'Who Are You, Calvin Bledsoe?' by Brock Clarke
FICTION: A lonely middle-aged man takes off with his aunt on a trip of adventures and crimes. And yes, you've read something like this before.
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Review: 'The Colonel's Wife,' by Rosa Liksom, translated from the Finnish by Lola Rogers
FICTION: A woman looks back on her life, coming to terms with the fact that she spent most of her years as an apologist for fascism.
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Review: 'The Second Sleep,' by Robert Harris
FICTION: Set 800 years in the future during a second Dark Age, a priest becomes obsessed with the vanished society of current Britain.
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Review: 'Such a Fun Age,' by Kiley Reid
FICTION: Kiley Reid's brilliant debut engages with contemporary matters without losing sight of the characters at its center.
Duluth
Poetry master who took inspiration from Minnesota winter, Louis Jenkins dies at 77
Often associated with Duluth, Jenkins had worked as a librarian, truck driver and commercial fisherman while publishing.
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Review: 'Home Now: How 6,000 Refugees Transformed an American Town,' by Cynthia Anderson
NONFICTION: Cynthia Anderson's book traces the successes and tensions that a new population of immigrants sparked.
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Review: Joseph Conrad's 'Heart of Darkness,' by Peter Kuper
GRAPHIC NOVEL: This New Yorker artist's adaptation of "Heart of Darkness" highlights the wounds of colonialism.
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Review: 'The Man Who Saw Everything,' by Deborah Levy
FICTION: An egotistical academic tries to understand why he's seeing images from what looks like the future.
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Review: 'The Hardest Lot of Men,' by Joseph C. Fitzharris
NONFICTION: The little-known story of a Minnesota regiment is a welcome addition to Civil War histories.
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