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Postcolonial Selections for Modern World Literature
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Things Fall Apart: A NovelThings Fall Apart: A Novel by Chinua Achebe
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Oral literature from the Ibo of Nigeria
DisgraceDisgrace by J. M. Coetzee
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The retribution for the folly of a white South African in black South Africa by a Nobel Prize winner.
The God of Small ThingsThe God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
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Maybe the best East Indian novel to date about two-egg twins in a world spinning to the left.
The Wine of Astonishment (Caribbean Writers Series)The Wine of Astonishment (Caribbean Writers Series) by Earl Lovelace
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When government shouts down the shouters, we should all worry.
Untouchable (Classic, 20th-Century, Penguin)Untouchable (Classic, 20th-Century, Penguin) by Mulk Raj Anand
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A glimpse into the great shadow still cast by the caste system.
Miguel StreetMiguel Street by V.S. Naipaul
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An earlier novel by the Nobel Prize winner that paints a vivid portrait of life below the signs.
The Mystic MasseurThe Mystic Masseur by V.S. Naipaul
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Mahn!  Go get dat damn degree before you kill us with your nonsense!  Everybody got deh titles.  You sure usin' yours.   But you don know the first ting bout massaging.