Contemporary fiction books set in Germany (5)
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El fin de la soledad by Benedict Wells ES
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La idílica infancia de Marty, Liz y Jules estalla en pedazos cuando sus padres mueren en un accidente de tráfico. Los tres son enviados a un sombrío internado público donde cada uno construirá su propio destino. Mientras sus hermanos se refugian en el éxito profesional o los paraísos artificiales, Jules, el narrador, se cierra al mundo para convertirse en un joven ensimismado que busca el consuelo de la ensoñación literaria. Pero su búsqueda también lo acerca a Alva, una misteriosa compañera de estudios con qui... continue
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What You Can See From Here by Mariana Leky EN
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“I loved this novel truly, madly, deeply.” —Nina George, bestselling author of The Book of Dreams and The Little Paris Bookshop In this international bestseller by the award-winning novelist Mariana Leky, a heartwarming story unfolds about a small town, a grandmother whose dreams foretell a coming death, and the young woman forever changed by these losses and her loving, endearingly oddball community On a beautiful spring day, a small village wakes up to an omen: Selma has dreamed of an okapi. Someone is about to die. Luisa, Selma’s ten-year-old granddaughter, looks on as the predictable chara... continue
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Dschinns : Roman by Fatma Aydemir DE
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Fatma Aydemirs großer Familienroman – Auf der Shortlist für den Deutschen Buchpreis 2022
Dreißig Jahre hat Hüseyin in Deutschland gearbeitet, nun erfüllt er sich endlich seinen Traum: eine Eigentumswohnung in Istanbul. Nur um am Tag des Einzugs an einem Herzinfarkt zu sterben. Zur Beerdigung reist ihm seine Familie aus Deutschland nach. Fatma Aydemirs großer Gesellschaftsroman erzählt von sechs grundverschiedenen Menschen, die zufällig miteinander verwandt sind. Alle haben sie ihr eigenes Gepäck dabei: Geheimnisse, Wünsche, Wunden. Wa... continue
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"Provocative and knotty . . . Identitti is a bracing story, one in which Sanyal refuses to give us the easy way out." —Olivia Craighead, The New York Times Nivedita (a.k.a. Identitti), a well-known blogger and doctoral student is in awe of her supervisor—superstar postcolonial and race studies South-Asian professor Saraswati. But her life and sense of self are turned upside down when it emerges that Saraswati is actually white. Nivedita’s praise of her professor during a radio interview just hours before the news breaks—and before she learns the truth—calls into question her own reputation as ... continue