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Pilgrim Hawk: A Love Story by Glenway Wescott
F/WES
A single afternoon in the French countryside reveals the nature of love and attachments.

The Chateau by William Maxwell
F/MAX
American couple visit France in the years following World War II.

Saint Jack by Paul Theroux
F/THE
An American living in Singapore sets up an R & R resort for GIs returning from Vietnam.

Kalimantaan by C.S. Godshalk
F/GOD
19th century British officer sets up his own raj in colonial Borneo.

Rules of the Wild by Francesca Marciano
F/MAR
Italian woman makes a new life for herself in contemporary Kenya.

Fear and Trembling by Amelie Nothomb
F/NOT
East meets west when a young western woman goes to work for a Japanese corporation.

The Pickup by Nadine Gordimer
F/GOR
Rich woman falls for an illegal Arab immigrant in this story set in South Africa.

The Spider's House by Paul Bowles
F/BOW
An American is caught in the nationalist uprising of 1950s Morocco.

The Long Way Home by Lisa St. Aubin de Teran
F/SAI
Englishwoman moves with her husband to Peru.

Eight Months on Ghazzah Street by Hilary Mantel
F/MAN
Psychological suspense story of a British homemaker living in the closed society of Saudi Arabia.

Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin
F/BAL
Young American in Paris comes to terms with his sexuality.

Light in the Piazza by Elizabeth Spencer
F/SPE
A southern woman and her daughter fall under the romantic spell of Italy.