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GOING WHERE

Medvedkova, Olga
GOING WHERE
ive tales, each of which stages an encounter between an acute sensibility and a city. Russian-born Olga Medvedkova reveals something of what may motivate travel -curiosity, infatuation, uxorial affection, search for academic knowledge, acquisitiveness - and what may lie behind that word, in its forms both loved and loathed: tourism.

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Nay Rather

Carson, Anne
Nay Rather
Unites two texts by Canadian poet Anne Carson. This title includes an essay on the stakes involved when translation happens and covers works ranging from Homer through Joan of Arc to Paul Celan. It also includes a poem about Cycladic culture in which the order of the lines has been determined by a random number generator.

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The Final Retreat

Hough, Stephen
The Final Retreat
At the heart of The Final Retreat lies the question of how far the idea of a priest as a 'wounded healer' can be stretched. It is written as a diary-cum-memoir by Father Joseph, a middle-aged priest whose faith and life are in tatters, who is sent on an eight-day silent retreat by his kindly, sympathetic bishop.

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LOSS SINGS

Montgomery, James
LOSS SINGS
Little-known Arabic poet in translation Highly personal text by Cambridge Professor of Arabic

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On Wandsworth Bridge

Pond, Hattie / Stubbe, Num
On Wandsworth Bridge
Wandering in and about London, the characters of On Wandsworth Bridge often seem larger than life. At the heart of Hattie Pond's novel is a hero's journey--though that hero has few redeeming features, is wholly unaware of his importance, and ultimately inflicts great harm on those around him.

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Invisible Countries

Brownrigg, Sylvia
Invisible Countries
A woman travels to seven "invisible" countries, and from the moment of arrival she is surprised, challenged, and disturbed by what she discovers.

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