Historical fiction genre books (1184)
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FranceDescription:
Focuses on the Paris taverns, presenting a tragedy of working-class people in slums. The work was influenced by theories of heredity/experimental science. The behaviour of the families is shown to be conditioned by environment/inherited characteristics, chiefly drunkenness and mental instability.
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Dream Country by Shannon Gibney EN
Country: North America / 
United States of America
United States of America
Description:
The heartbreaking story of five generations of young people from a single African-and-American family pursuing an elusive dream of freedom.
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Dream of Ding Village by Yan Lianke EN
ChinaDescription:
A previously banned work based on a true scandal finds an impoverished village targeted by a blood-selling operation that leads to a catastrophic outbreak of AIDS and decimates an entire community.
264.
Dream of the Red Chamber by Cao Xueqin EN
Description:
The Chia family experiences a decline in fortune during the Ch'ing dynasty.
265.
Dream on Monkey Mountain : And Other Plays by Derek Walcott EN
Country: North America / 
St. Lucia
St. Lucia
Description:
On a Caribbean island, the morning after a full moon, Felix Hobain tears through the market in a drunken rage. Taken away to sober up in jail, all that night he is gripped by hallucinations: the impoverished hermit believes he has become a healer, walking from village to village, tending to the sick, waiting for a sign from God. In this dream, his one companion, Moustique, wants to exploit his power. Moustique decides to impersonate a prophet himself, ignoring a coffin-maker who warns him he will die and enraging the people of the island. Hobain, half-awake in his desolate jail cell, terrorize... continue
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Drie Lilia's by Evelio Rosero NL
Country: South America / 
Colombia
Colombia
Description:
Tancredo woont onder de hoede van pater Almida in een rustige kerk in Bogotá. Dagelijks verzorgt hij samen met drie weduwen, de Lilia’s, de middagmaaltijd voor minderbedeelden. Op maandag schuiven de hoeren aan, op dinsdag de blinden en op woensdag zijn de zwerfkinderen aan de beurt. Als pater Almida voor het eerst in veertig jaar bij de mis verstek moet laten gaan, wordt hij vervangen door de vrijmoedige en drankzuchtige pater Matamoros. Deze kleine verandering in de dagelijkse routine zorgt voor onrust en chaos. Tijdens een woelige nacht komen de nodige intriges aan het licht en geven de ach... continue
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Du bon usage des étoiles by Dominique Fortier FR
Country: North America / 
Canada
Canada
Description:
Mai 1845, les navires Terror et Erebus, sous le commandement de Sir John Franklin, partent à la conquête du mythique passage du Nord-Ouest avec, à leur bord, cent trente-trois hommes et suffisamment de provisions pour survivre trois ans aux rigueurs de l'Arctique. L'expédition doit permettre à l'Angleterre d'asseoir sa suprématie sur le reste du globe, mais les deux navires se trouvent bientôt prisonniers des glaces. Débute alors un tout autre voyage, immobile celui-là, au coeur de la nuit polaire, dont Francis Crozier, commandant du Terror, rend compte dans son journal. Lui-même, qui se langu... continue
Austria269.
Dusk by F. Sionil Jose EN
Country: Asia / 
Philippines
Philippines
Description:
With Dusk (originally published in the Philippines as Po-on), F. Sionil Jose begins his five-novel Rosales Saga, which the poet and critic Ricaredo Demetillo called "the first great Filipino novels written in English." Set in the 1880s, Dusk records the exile of a tenant family from its village and the new life it attempts to make in the small town of Rosales. Here commences the epic tale of a family unwillingly thrown into the turmoil of history. But this is more than a historical novel; it is also the eternal story of man's tortured search for true faith and the larger meaning of existence. ... continue
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Dust by Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor EN
KenyaDescription:
An audacious and beautiful novel that is both a unique family saga and a spellbinding story of the country of Kenya