Adult books from Germany
Recommended adult books (8)
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If you are into adult here are some adult books from Germany for the next part of the Read Around The World Challenge.
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Der Steppenwolf by Hermann Hesse DE
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Een filosofisch ingestelde man tracht het dualisme in zijn wezen te accepteren.
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Every Man Dies Alone by Hans Fallada EN
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"Based on a true story, this sweeping saga tells the tale of a working class couple in Berlin who decide to take a stand against the Nazis. More than an edge-of-your-seat thriller, more than a moving romance, even more than literature of the highest order, it's a deeply moving story of two people who stand up for what's right, and for each other. Hans Fallada wrote Every Man Dies Alone in a feverish twenty-four days, soon after the end of World War II and his release from a Nazi insane asylum. He did not live to see his its publication"--Page 4 of cover.
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L'heure du chacal by Bernhard Jaumann FR
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La saison des pluies tarde à venir en ce mois de janvier et la Namibie courbe l'échine sous la chaleur et la sécheresse. A Windhoek, la capitale, un homme est abattu à la kalachnikov à travers les barbelés électrifiés de sa propriété. C'est le premier d'une série de meurtres. Les victimes - riches et blanches - ont toutes, vingt ans plus tôt, trempé dans l'assassinat d'un avocat, Anton Lubowski. Clemencia Garrise est chargée de l'enquête. Elle est noire, originaire d'un township. Des exactions de l'apartheid et du combat pour l'indépendance de la Namibie, elle ne connaît que les histoires qu'o... continue
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Steppenwolf by Hermann Hesse EN
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This Faust-like and magical story of the humanization of a middle-aged misanthrope was described in The New York Times as a 'savage indictment of bourgeois society'. But, as the author notes in this edition, Steppenwolf is a book that has been consistently misinterpreted. This self-portrait of a man who felt himself to be half-human and half-wolf can also be seen as a plea for rigorous self-examination and an indictment of intellectual hypocrisy.
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The Art of Hearing Heartbeats : A Novel by Jan-Philipp Sendker EN
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The first book in the Art of Hearing Heartbeats series, this is a passionate love story, a haunting fable, and an enchanting mystery set in Burma. When a successful New York lawyer suddenly disappears without a trace, neither his wife nor his daughter Julia has any idea where he might be…until they find a love letter he wrote many years ago, to a Burmese woman they have never heard of. Intent on solving the mystery and coming to terms with her father’s past, Julia decides to travel to the village where the woman lived. There she uncovers a tale of unimaginable hardship, resilience, and passion... continue
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The Little Paris Bookshop : A Novel by Nina George EN
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Monsieur Perdu can prescribe the perfect book for a broken heart. But can he fix his own? Monsieur Perdu calls himself a literary apothecary. From his floating bookstore in a barge on the Seine, he prescribes novels for the hardships of life. Using his intuitive feel for the exact book a reader needs, Perdu mends broken hearts and souls. The only person he can't seem to heal through literature is himself; he's still haunted by heartbreak after his great love disappeared. She left him with only a letter, which he has never opened. After Perdu is finally tempted to read the letter, he hauls anch... continue
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Three Comrades by Erich Maria Remarque EN
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From the acclaimed author of All Quiet on the Western Front comes Three Comrades, a harrowing novel that follows a group of friends as they cope with upheaval in Germany between World Wars I and II. The year is 1928. On the outskirts of a large German city, three young men are earning a thin and precarious living. Fully armed young storm troopers swagger in the streets. Restlessness, poverty, and violence are everywhere. For these three, friendship is the only refuge from the chaos around them. Then the youngest of them falls in love, and brings into the group a young woman who will become a c... 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