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These are some of my favourite books under 200 pages including Patrick Modiano, Zofia Nalkowska, Adrienne Yabouza, Mohsin Hamid, Tahar Djaout, Yevgenia Belorusets, Octavio Paz, Jhumpa Lahiri, Alifa Rifat. I hope you will find these recommendations of interest.
Medallions by the Polish novelist and essayist Zofia Nałkowska (1884–1954) Medallions is considered a masterpiece of world Holocaust literature, deeply influenced by Nałkowska’s experience as a member of the Commission for the Investigation of Nazi War Crimes, which was established in 1945. During that time, she visited Auschwitz-Birkenau, Majdanek, Treblinka, […]