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The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie: 1989: The Shawl: A Story and Novella by Cynthia Ozick: 1989: Biting at the Grave: The Irish Hunger Strikes and the Politics of Despair by Padraig O'Malley: 1990: The Complete Poems of Anna Akhmatova by Anna Akhmatova: 1990: Friend of My Youth: Stories by Alice Munro: 1990