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June 15th, 2023   |   91精品

Whether you're getting ready to study abroad in the fall, reminiscing about last year's global experience, or relaxing at the beach as an armchair traveler this summer, we've got a list of reading, viewing, and listening suggestions from SIT faculty around the world.

Be sure to check back regularly, as we will be updating this list throughout the summer.

ARGENTINA
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The body of a teenager is found burned and dismembered in a field. Thirty years later, the crime remains unsolved and his family has fallen apart. "A stark look at abortion, social hypocrisy, and taboos."

AUSTRALIA
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Written by SIT staff member and former academic director John Grant, Spinifex tells the story of the discovery of the near-mythical night parrot, which lures smugglers to the heart of the Australian outback. It falls to lone wildlife officer Ric Butler to investigate, but when a malevolent boss repeatedly undermines his efforts Butler proves he isn't the kind of guy to let a thing drop because he's told to.

INDONESIA
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A historical fiction tetralogy by internationally acclaimed novelist , the quartet was written during Toer鈥檚 14-years imprisonment as a political prisoner during Indonesia鈥檚 New Order Government in Buru Island of Moluccas, after being accused without a trial. There are also movies made from the four books in Bahasa Indonesia with English subtitles.

MOROCCO
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A volume of Moroccan poems written in Tamazight, Moroccan Arabic, Standard Arabic, and French, this first anthology of Moroccan poetry available in English is a real tour de force which. Fred Moten, author of All That Beauty, tells us this volume"finds resources in the recesses that it overflows, displacing fixed notions  of the west and the Arab World, classicism and radical innovation, the secular and sacred, sound (or gesture or feel) and meaning."

NEPAL
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A collection of 25 articles on Laxmi Prasad Devkota and his literature in English by many contributors.

Published in 1978, The Snow Leopard is an account of Matthiessen's two-month search for the snow leopard with naturalist George Schaller in the Dolpo region on the Tibetan Plateau in the Himalaya

PANAMA
Recommended by Aly Dagang, academic director of and chair and affiliated faculty,

The lyrics to his songs are considered poetry and his music has been given official National Treasure status. His song 鈥淧atria鈥� is considered Panama鈥檚 true national anthem. His songs/poems 鈥淎mor y Control鈥� 聽and 鈥淟a Rosa de los Vientos鈥� are a close second to 鈥淧atria.鈥� All of them combine strong social commentary with cultural nuance. He is one of the icons of salsa and latin music in general.

SOUTH AFRICA
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"An astute examination of one of South Africa鈥檚 most controversial political figures, of the rise and fall 鈥� and rise, again, 鈥� of a woman who not only battled the apartheid regime, but the patriarchal character of the struggle itself. In telling Winnie鈥檚 story, Msimang shows us that activism matters, and that the meaning of women鈥檚 lives can be reclaimed." -- Jonathan Ball Publishers

TIBET
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The first English-language anthology of Tibetan fiction brings together the best writers from Tibet and the diaspora, writing in Tibetan, English and Chinese.

TUNISIA
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This 2007 Franco-Tunisian drama tells the story of a North African family living in southern France. The narrative revolves around themes of food, migration, love, precariousness, and alienation.

VIETNAM
Recommended by Duong Van Thanh, academic director, and

An epic saga of love, blood, and destiny in 20th century Vietnam: 鈥淭his superb novel could well be the War and Peace聽of our age鈥� (San Francisco Chronicle).