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A Listmania! list by Dickon Broom "bookish" (England)
 
Following Story (Harvill Panther)
1.  Following Story (Harvill Panther) by Cees Nooteboom
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  "Strange and beautiful - a dreamlike meditation on mortality and existence"
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The Wall Jumper
2.  The Wall Jumper by Peter Schneider
The list author says:
  "Funny and provocative novel/essay about those who breached the Berlin Wall - full of amusing and sad characters"
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The Day of the Owl
3.  The Day of the Owl by Leonardo Sciascia
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  "No one writes better than Sciascia - deep and disturbing. Truth? "The truth is the bottom of a well""
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Season of Migration to the North (Penguin Modern Classics)
4.  Season of Migration to the North (Penguin Modern Classics) by Tayeb Salih
The list author says:
  "The clash of cultures. Beautiful, if a bit dated."
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Requiem: A Hallucination
5.  Requiem: A Hallucination by Antonio Tabucchi
The list author says:
  "Mesmeric - part travel book, part memoir, part dream, part cookbook. A whole raft of characters both real and illusory - alive and dead"
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The Red City
6.  The Red City by Richard Ellis
The list author says:
  "The nature of truth and reality - more history than you could shake a stick at. Beautiful and dark"
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Ravel
7.  Ravel by Jean Echenoz
The list author says:
  "A small glittering diamond of a book. Spare yet moving."
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The Bridge of San Luis Rey (Penguin Modern Classics)
8.  The Bridge of San Luis Rey (Penguin Modern Classics) by Thornton Wilder
The list author says:
  "Thrilling and beautifully written - it's subject: being and nothingness."
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Pedro Páramo (Five Star)
9.  Pedro Páramo (Five Star) by Juan Rulfo
The list author says:
  "The most influential Latin American book ever. A journey of discovery where the past bleeds into the present and the living meet the dead."
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The Pearl (Penguin Modern Classics)
10.  The Pearl (Penguin Modern Classics) by John Steinbeck
The list author says:
  "An object of desire brings no happiness in this gloriously unhappy novella"
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