English books from Europe
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If you speak English here are some English books from Europe for the next part of the "Read Around The World Challenge".
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The Invisible Mountain by Carolina De Robertis EN
Country: Europe / 
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Description:
Follows the story of three generation of women of the Firielli family as they search for love and identity during the tumultuous political events of twentieth-century Uruguay.
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The Island by Ana María Matute EN
SpainDescription:
'This is an old and wicked island. An island of Phoenicians and merchants, of bloodsuckers and frauds' Expelled from her convent school for kicking the prioress, and abandoned by her father when her mother dies, rebellious teenager Matia is sent to live with her domineering grandmother on the island of Mallorca. In the hot, oppressive stillness of an adolescent summer, she learns to scheme with her cousin Borja, and finds herself increasingly drawn to the strange outsider Manuel. But civil war has come to Spain, and it will teach Matia about the adult world in ways she could not foresee. This ... continue
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The Island Child by Molly Aitken EN
Country: Europe / United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Description:
A rich, haunting and deeply moving novel about the power and the danger in a mother's love, from one of the most exciting new voices in Irish fiction.
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The Island Home by Libby Page EN
Country: Europe / United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Description:
"Lorna's world is small but safe. She loves her daughter, and the two of them is all that matters. But after nearly twenty years, she and Ella are suddenly leaving London for the Isle of Kip, the tiny remote Scottish island where Lorna grew up. Alice's world is tiny but full. She loves the community on Kip, her yoga classes drawing women across the tiny island together. Now Lorna's arrival might help their family finally mend itself - even if forgiveness means returning to the past... So with two decades, hundreds of miles and a lifetime's worth of secrets between Lorna and the island, can com... continue
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The Island of Sea Women : A Novel by Lisa See EN
FranceDescription:
THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “A mesmerizing new historical novel” (O, The Oprah Magazine) from Lisa See, the bestselling author of The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane, about female friendship and devastating family secrets on a small Korean island. Mi-ja and Young-sook, two girls living on the Korean island of Jeju, are best friends who come from very different backgrounds. When they are old enough, they begin working in the sea with their village’s all-female diving collective, led by Young-sook’s mother. As the girls take up their positions as baby divers, they know they are beginning a life o... continue
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The Jigsaw Man by Gord Rollo EN
Country: Europe / United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Description:
Michael Fox is about to commit suicide when a mysterious billionaire surgeon stops him and offers him two million dollars for his right arm. That's only the beginning, as the surgeon continues his mad experiments, removing parts of Fox's body bit by bit and reassembling him from other parts. Original.
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The Journey to the East : A Novel by Hermann Hesse EN
GermanyDescription:
In simple, mesmersizing prose, Hesse tells of a journey both geographic and spiritual, as various historical figures travel together, encountering everything from Noah's Ark to Don Quixote.
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The Judgment of Richard Richter by Igor Stiks EN
Country: Europe / 
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Description:
In this gripping, war-torn epic novel, author Igor Stiks, a nominee for the IMPAC Dublin Award, tells the story of a celebrated writer who travels to Sarajevo to unearth devastating family secrets and the lies that have defined his life. Author Richard Richter's mother and father were always phantoms, both parents having died by the time he was four. His life, now at a crossroads, has been a jumble of invention, elusive memories, and handed-down stories. But when Richard finds his mother's hidden notebook, written by her during World War II, he discovers a confession that was never meant to be... continue
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The Keeper of Lost Causes by Jussi Adler-Olsen EN
DenmarkDescription:
A U.S. release of a first installment in a top award-winning Danish series introduces chief detective Carl Morck, who after recovering from what he thought was a career-destroying gunshot wound is relegated to cold cases and becomes immersed in the five-year disappearance of a politician.