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Ways of Going Home

Alejandro Zambra

‘It was hard for me to understand how someone could live alone.’

Reading Comprehension: Text No. 2

Alejandro Zambra

‘Which of the following famous phrases best reflects the meaning of the text?’

a cold white wing

Kate Zambreno

‘I wonder what I sounded like, whether my voice was recognizable as the animal I had been.’

Fiction by Kate Zambreno.

Lucy

Lisa Zeidner

‘I needed to sit on two dictionaries to reach the piano, which was respectable, black and dimly European.’

The Kabul Markhor

Nell Zink

‘He felt very lonely after spending the winter holed up in his cabin eating Doritos.’

Green Shade

E. De Zulueta

‘The jungle itself presents little threat to us, ground herbage is sparse, large predators are rare.’

Fiction by E. De Zulueta.

That

Leni Zumas

‘Members of the committee, I am bitter, it’s true. But this doesn’t change the facts.’

A Story of the Sea

Diego Zúñiga

‘That was the big news: Tani’s grandson was debuting.’

Fiction by Diego Zúñiga, translated by Megan McDowell.

Winnie and the Innocence of the World

Joost Zwagerman

‘This is how I became Winnie’s clandestine, outcast and utterly powerless guardian angel.’