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2019 selection · Fiction & literature
Death Is Hard Work: A Novel
Death Is Hard Work: A Novel by Khaled Khalifa, translated by Leri Price appears in NPR’s 2019 Books We Love guide. NPR’s editors categorized the recommendation around book club ideas, family matters, seriously great writing, placing it within the year’s broader reading conversation.
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