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Put Not Thy Trust In Chariots
Jonathan Tel
'David had nothing against Arabs personally.This despite the fact he was religious (he wore a blue-and-white kippa which had been knitted by his wife, Devorah, as an engagement present.'
Wavery’s Last Post
Nicholas Shakespeare
‘At five in the afternoon, the Bahia de Abyla sailed out of Algeciras.‘
New World (Part Four)
Jonathan Raban
‘Sleep has disassembled the self: it will take patience to rebuild a person out of the heap of components in the bed.’
In the Light of What We Know
Zia Haider Rahman
‘My wife and I were both the children of Pakistanis, immigrants, Muslims, and we had faith that our union was of things greater than ourselves.’
The Portage to San Cristobal of A. H.
George Steiner
‘At moments Hitler’s head brushed against Gideon’s cheek like a clump of wet leaves.’
The Sex Lives of African Girls
Taiye Selasi
‘She has the most genuine intentions of any woman out there.’
Valdir Peres, Juanito and Poloskei
Antonio Prata
‘The only path to tread, from now on, was downward.’
The Siege of Leningrad
Mikhail Steblin-Kamensky
‘Alexander Ivanovich woke at six, the hour when radio broadcasting would normally have begun, but the radio had been silent for a month now.’
The Emotions are not Skilled Workers
Elliot Perlman
‘He is wrong, though. You didn’t read poetry at all. He had wanted you to read poetry but you didn’t.’
Jesus Who?
Alison Smith
‘Jesus came walking across the lawn, a grin on his face. I waved. “Hi, Jesus.”’
