Contemporary fiction books from Belgium
Recommended contemporary fiction books (6)
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If you are into contemporary fiction here are some contemporary fiction books from Belgium for the next part of the Read Around The World Challenge.
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Loving Sabotage by Amélie Nothomb EN
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I lived everything daring those three years: heroism, glory, treachery, love, indifference, suffering, humiliation. It was China; I was seven years old." So announces the narrator of Loving Sabotage, Amelie Nothomb's critically acclaimed novel about a young girl who seems already stripped of illusions. The daughter of diplomats posted to Peking in the mid-seventies, she charges about the grim confines of the gated government enclave battling tirelessly against boredom, concocting a fantasy life as rich as her surroundings are bleak. During one of her tours of duty in a war that has broken out ... continue
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Real Life by Adeline Dieudonne EN
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This international bestseller by French author Adeline Dieudonné is one girl's bitingly funny coming-of-age tale within a violent, savage family.
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The Book of Proper Names : A Novel by Amelie Nothomb EN
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The latest novel by France's "literary lioness" (Elle Magazine) tells the story of an orphan girl named--haplessly--Plectrude. Raised by an eccentric if loving aunt, she is a dreamy child who is discovered to have enormous gifts as a dancer. Accepted at Paris's most prestigious ballet school, Plectrude devotes herself to artistic perfection, until the body can take no more.
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The Edges by Angelo Tijssens, Michele Hutchinson EN
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Mesmeric and tender, this is the tale of one man’s search for love and affection.
A man returns to his hometown to clear out the flat of his recently deceased mother. While there, he cannot resist visiting his former lover. As the storm rages in the night outside, he finds in the man’s embrace some kind of quiet; some kind of home.
As we are drawn into the narrator’s past, we see how a childhood marked by abuse and a life lived on the edges can shape someone – and what respite and beauty can be found in love and trust. Unsentimental yet aching with longing and vul... continue
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We and Me by Saskia de Coster EN
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As sharp as a knife and with great psychological insight the author investigates the "we" feeling versus the longing for freedom and individuality.