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|summary=While tending to her comatose husband in civil war-torn Afghanistan, a wife begins to address the taboos of her society, confronting issues of female oppression and sexuality in a brief, but beautifully poetic and courageous book with a twist.
[[Taurus by Joseph Smith]] is beautiful and cruel, ancient and new, Taurus expands on Smith's previous novella, [[The Wolf by Joseph Smith|The Wolf]] by adding more human cruelty into the mix. As a bull gradually awakens into its true self, its appointment with the corrida grows ever closer. Stunning but uncomfortable - and highly recommended.
[[Purge by Sofi Oksanen]] is a harsh but vivid novel of two women equally hiding from troubled pasts. Big themes of the ex-USSR and the sex industry focus on the horrors borne by women inside a subtle thriller narrative. It's a superb and powerful achievement, this novel, and Bookbag recommends it without reservation.
