Books I Love: Sydney Writers' Festival Director Wendy Were

May 12, 2009, 12:00 ammarieclaire

Sydney Writers' Festival director Wendy Were picks her favourite fiction from far-flung places.

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Kafka On The Shore by Haruki Murakami (Vintage, $24.95).
Japanese author Murakami writes contemporary fiction filled with magic realism and fantastical elements.
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Half Of A Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Adichie (Harper Perennial, $24.99).
Set in Nigeria in the '60s, this book is a powerful portrait of a country in disarray.
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The Brief Wondrous Life Of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz (Faber & Faber, $32.95).
This tale of a Caribbean computer geek is a cool cross between Tolkien and The X Files.
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