Books from Belgium
78 popular belgian books
Travel the world without leaving your chair.
The target of the Read Around The World Challenge is to read at least one book written by an author from each and every country in the world.
All books that are listed here as part of the "Read Around Europe Challenge" were written by authors from Belgium.
Find a great book for the next part of your reading journey around the world from this book list. The following popular books have been recommended so far.
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Malpertuis by Jean Rey EN
Description:
The prison-like edifice of a mysterious ancient townhouse and the gloom-laden landscape of Flanders form the backdrop to this intense, unrelenting, but beautifully crafted fantasy by Belgian author Jean Ray. What ghastly message is the slowly dying Cassave (played by Orson Welles in the screen adaptation) trying to bring us? MALPERTIUS is considered one of the greatest Gothic novels ever written.
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Matar al Padre by Amélie Nothomb ES
Description:
Nothomb plunges us into the universe of magic through two figures: Norman Terence, a famous magician, and Joe Whip, a boy who turns up at his door looking for a mentor and finds an adoptive father. And, as dictated by the oedipal order of the title, a relationship will be established between father and son that vacillates between fascination and rivalry, heightened by the presence of the seductive Christina, the juggler. Is literature not also a form of magic, and the writer a generous conjurer who keeps the real suspended while the story is told? But magicians always hide more than just anoth... continue
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Memoirs of Hadrian by Marguerite Yourcenar EN
Description:
Both an exploration of character and a reflection on the meaning of history, Memoirs of Hadrian has received international acclaim since its first publication in France in 1951. In it, Marguerite Yourcenar reimagines the Emperor Hadrian's arduous boyhood, his triumphs and reversals, and finally, as emperor, his gradual reordering of a war-torn world, writing with the imaginative insight of a great writer of the twentieth century while crafting a prose style as elegant and precise as those of the Latin stylists of Hadrian's own era.
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Miranda van Frituur Miranda by Erik Vlaminck NL
Description:
Het wel en wee van enkele Vlaamse kermisuitbaters. Vervolg op 'Suikerspin'.
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Mona in Three Acts by Griet Op de Beeck EN
Description:
In this international bestseller, a woman comes of age in a poignant novel about forgiveness, pain, and self-discovery. Mona's demanding mother ruled their home until a car crash took her life and changed their family forever. Left to tend to a distant father and a needy younger brother, Mona finds her new role almost too much to bear. And when a new stepmother, troubled and depressed, adds yet another crack to the family portrait, Mona's forced to shoulder an even greater share of the emotional burden. Somewhere between her responsibility to her family and to her own life, Mona finds a route ... continue
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Monte Carlo by Peter Terrin EN
Description:
It is the Monaco Grand Prix in May 1968. Jack Preston, a mechanic for Team Sutton, is making the final checks on his car as the beau monde mingles with the drivers under the eyes of the world's press and the galleries of spectators. DeeDee, a starlet of great beauty, seems to be walking towards him, or perhaps towards the royal box. Without warning a fireball rips across the starting grid. Preston will always bear the scars as a consequence of his unthinking heroism, his saving the life and the beauty of the girl, but details of the accident remain vague - no photographs capturing the moment h... continue
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Orlanda by Jacqueline Harpman EN
Description:
On a springtime Friday afternoon in Paris, Aline Berger, a 35-year-old professor of literature, waits for her train home to Brussels, thumbing impatiently through Virginia Woolf's Orlando. Then, abruptly, Orlanda materializes. Called forth by some literary magic, she is Aline's exuberant and adventurous alter ego, born of Aline's 12-year-old tomboy spirit. Fettered far too long by the adult Aline's demure propriety, Orlanda spots a receptive external host in Lucien Lefrne, a blond 20-year-old youth sitting quietly nearby. Thus begins a labyrinthine ride along converging and... continue
