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Max Havelaar
1860 novel by Multatuli, which played a key role in modifying Dutch colonial policy

Kallocain
Kallocain is a 1940 dystopian novel by Swedish novelist Karin Boye that envisions a future of drab terror. Seen through the eyes of the idealistic scientist Leo Kall, Kallocain is a depiction of a totalitarian world state. An important aspect of the novel is the relationships and connections between the various characters, such as the marriage of the main character and his wife, Linda Kall, and the feelings of jealousy and suspicion that may arise in a society with heavy surveillance and legal uncertainty.

Pharaoh
novel by Bolesław Prus
political fiction
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Conversation in The Cathedral
novel by Mario Vargas Llosa
The Career of Nicodemus Dyzma
novel by Tadeusz Dołęga-Mostowicz

Savushun
Savushun ( ) is a 1969 Persian historical novel by Iranian writer Simin Daneshvar. It is the first novel in Persian written by a female author. The story is about the life of a landowning family in Shiraz faced to the occupation of Iran during World War II. Savushun has sold over five hundred thousand copies in Iran.

The Visit of the Royal Physician
1999 novel by Per Olov Enquist
Little King Matty...and the Desert Island
1923 novel by Janusz Korczak

Deep Rivers
novel by José María Arguedas

Twilight in Jakarta
1963 novel by Mochtar Lubis