Contemporary fiction genre books (550)
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Censoring an Iranian Love Story : A Novel by Shahriyār Mandanīʹpūr EN
IranDescription:
Shahriar Mandanipour, a contemporary and controversial Iranian writer, presents his first novel written in English. Seamlessly entwining two related narratives, Mandanipour unfolds the tale of an Iranian writer attempting to pen a love story set in presen
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Changes : A Love Story by Ama Ata Aidoo EN
GhanaDescription:
Esi decides to divorce after enduring yet another morning's marital rape. Though her friends and family remain baffled by her decision (after all, he doesn't beat her ), Esi holds fast. When she falls in love with a married man--wealthy, and able to arrange a polygamous marriage--the modern woman finds herself trapped in a new set of problems. Witty and compelling, Aidoo's novel, "inaugurates a new realist style in African literature."
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Children of the Jacaranda Tree : A Novel by Sahar Delijani EN
Description:
A stunning debut novel set in post-revolutionary Iran that gives voice to the men, women, and children who won a war only to find their livesNand those of their descendantsNimperiled by its aftermath.
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Chinaman : The Legend of Pradeep Mathew by Shehan Karunatilaka EN
Sri LankaDescription:
Based on the life of Pradeep Sivanathan Mathew, b. 1965, Sri Lanka test cricket bowler.
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CIDADES DE PAPEL by JOHN GREEN PT
Country: North America / 
United States of America
United States of America
Description:
Quentin Jacobsen tem uma paixão platônica pela magnífica vizinha e colega de escola Margo Roth Spiegelman. Até que em um cinco de maio que poderia ter sido outro dia qualquer, ela invade sua vida pela janela de seu quarto, com a cara pintada e vestida de ninja, convocando-o a fazer parte de um engenhoso plano de vingança. E ele, é claro, aceita.
Assim que a noite de aventuras acaba e um novo dia se inicia, Q vai para a escola e então descobre que o paradeiro da sempre enigmática Margo é agora um mistério. No entanto, ele l... continue
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Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo EN
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
Camino Rios lives for the summers when her father visits her in the Dominican Republic. But this time, on the day when his plane is supposed to land, Camino arrives at the airport to see crowds of crying people... In New York City, Yahaira Rios is called to the principal's office, where her mother is waiting to tell her that her father, her hero, has died in a plane crash. Separated by distance -- and Papi's secrets -- the two girls are forced to face a new reality in which their father is dead and their lives are forever altered. And then, when it seems like they've lost everything of their f... continue
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Coeur tambour by Scholastique Mukasonga FR
RwandaDescription:
"Personne ne savait plus trop qui était cette présumée princesse africaine appelée Nyabinghi. Son nom était venu s'échouer sur les plages de la Jamaïque en d'étranges circonstances... Le 12 décembre 1935, peu de temps avant l'invasion de l'Ethiopie par l'Italie fasciste, paraissait dans le journal Jamaïca Times un article intitulé "Une société secrète pour détruire les Blancs" : vingt millions de nègres, au nom d'une mystérieuse reine appelée Nya-Binghi, allaient déferler sur l'Europe et l'Amérique, Nya-Binghi signifiant "mort aux Blancs". Les rastas, qui adoptèrent le nom de nyabinghi, n'avai... continue
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Collide by Bal Khabra EN
Country: North America / 
Canada
Canada
Description:
A USA TODAY BESTSELLER! She’s an honors student with ambitious graduate school plans and he’s a jock with only hockey on his mind, but once their worlds collide, their connection is hot enough to melt an ice rink. An ultimatum from Summer Preston’s thesis advisor thrusts her into an unexpected collision with the hockey team’s captain, Aiden Crawford. She’s caught between conflicting desires of fulfilling her lifelong dream of becoming a sport psychologist and staying as far away as possible from the god-awful sport. And once she meets Aiden—well, let’s just say he confirms all her worst assump... continue