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2016 selection · Fiction & literature
Chronicle Of A Last Summer: A Novel Of Egypt
Chronicle Of A Last Summer: A Novel Of Egypt by Yasmine El Rashidi appears in NPR’s 2016 Books We Love guide. NPR’s editors categorized the recommendation around historical fiction, eye-opening reads, family matters, placing it within the year’s broader reading conversation.
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You want an NPR-recommended historical fiction, eye-opening reads, family matters title from 2016.
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