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CRITIC'S choice: FICTION Yukiko Duke Yukiko Duke
was around 9 or 10 years old when she happened to pick the wrong book from the bookshelf and was introduced to the Icelandic sagas. They became her gateway into the world of literature, where she has been working ever since, as a translator and foreword writer for Japanese literature, a writer and critic, also on her own YouTube channel. Here are her favourites among this autumn’s new fiction books. Photo: Peter Cederling