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Dreaming of the desert: my life in the Sahara, by Sanmao

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  • Stories of the Sahara

    Sanmao, translated from the Chinese by Mike Fu

    Bloomsbury, pp. 395, £16

  • So It Goes: Travels in the Aran Isles, Xian and Places in Between

    Nicolas Bouvier, translated from the French by Robyn Marsack

    ElandEland, pp. 192, £14

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