Construction sites, hero worship, and trombone duets feature in this selection of four Slovenian artworks.
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A monk tells a cautionary tale of construction and sacrifice in this unsettling novel by Ismail Kadare.
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Francis Bacon depicts his lover lingering on the edge of death in this stark triptych of paintings.
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People and things gradually fade away for reasons unknown in this curious short story by Peter Carey.
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Television monitors, gravediggers, and mathematics feature in this selection of four Turkish artworks.
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Famous figures and dancing robots feature in this trio of artworks related to the word 'Intertextuality'.
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Stories are cut short and readers are dragged into the action in this beguiling novel by Italo Calvino.
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A Victorian media sensation convicted of murder tells her story in this historical novel by Margaret Atwood.
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A narcissistic doctor understands brain surgery but not people in this visceral novel by Joyce Carol Oates.
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A dysfunctional family relocates to the craggy expanse of a Canadian island in this novel by Annie Proulx.
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A quartet of blue hues sweeps over the viewer in this sunny, deceptively simple painting by Etel Adnan.
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A woman attempts to escape from ennui by taking to the freeway in this blistering novel by Joan Didion.
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Swaddled sons, village customs, and civil protest feature in this selection of four Nigerian artworks.
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An elderly composer becomes a fugitive suspected of bioterrorism in this lively novel by Richard Powers.
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Murals, miscommunication, and plutocrats feature in this selection of four Mexican artworks.
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An ageing narrator revisits a coastal village from his childhood in this melancholic novel by John Banville.
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Siren calls, doubting deities, and the Carnation Revolution feature in this selection of four Portuguese artworks.
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