Adult genre books (430)


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Miss Kim Knows and Other Stories by Cho Nam-Joo EN

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Country: Asia / South Korea flag South Korea
Description:
FROM THE AUTHOR OF KIM JIYOUNG, BORN 1982 Eight women. Eight stories. One reality. A woman is born. A woman is filmed in public without consent. A woman suffers domestic violence. A woman is gaslit. A woman is discriminated against at work. A woman grows old. A woman becomes famous. A woman is hated, and loved, and then hated again. Written in Cho Nam-Joo's masterful, razor-sharp prose, Miss Kim Knows brings together the lives of eight Korean women, aged 10 to 80. Contained in each of these biographies is a microcosm of contemporary Korea, and the challenges and injustices that women face from... continue

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Mon frère by Jamaica Kincaid FR

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
Description:
Jamaica Kincaid raconte la disparition de son frère, mort du sida à l'âge de trente-trois ans, à Antigua, une petite lie des Antilles. Avec délicatesse, avec précision, parfois avec une brutalité inouïe, elle décrit ce qu'elle voit, ce qu'elle ressent. Elle s'efforce de comprendre pourquoi cet événement l'oblige à repenser toute sa vie, et avec elle celle de sa famille. " Pour moi, dit-elle, l'écriture n'est pas un moyen de se projeter dans la sphère publique, mais simplement une façon d'être. C'est un processus toujours très douloureux, mais je l'accepte comme une réalité qui ne doit pas être... continue

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Morte sul peste oeste by André Timm PT

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Diante do terremoto que arrasou o Haiti, Dominique não vê outra alternativa a não ser converter-se em mais um dos imigrantes que, deixando mulher e filho para trás, se aventura em busca de trabalho no Brasil. Mas ao entrar no país, um incidente o obriga a mudar seus planos radicalmente, lançando-o em uma espiral de preconceito e xenofobia, cujo cenário é o universo brutal das linhas de corte dos frigoríficos no Oeste Catarinense. Brigite, por sua vez, uma menina de treze anos, transexual e aspirante a cineasta, vive uma conturbada r... continue

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Mothersland by Shahzādah Samarqandī EN

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Country: Asia / Uzbekistan flag Uzbekistan
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"A novel on the bond between a mother and daughter in late Soviet-era Uzbekistan"--


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Murzyn by Tatjana Gromača PL

Rating: 3 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / Croatia flag Croatia
Description:
Książki pełne są zbytecznych zdań, chciałam zatem w tej książce napisać tylko te, które są niezbędne. Niezbędne zdania znajdywałam, słuchając głosu instynktu - to on dawał mi sygnał, które zdania uwiecznić, a które nie. Tak powstały obrazy, podobne do partytury, chciałam, żeby czytelnik odbierał je jak najsilniej i jak najbardziej intymnie, tak jak odbiera się muzykę i, niekiedy, malarstwo. Obrazy łączyły się, następując jeden po drugim, powstawała opowieść o prywatnej tożsamości, ale i o tożsamości kolektywnej, o lękach, o przemocy, o złu... a tak naprawdę o końcu, o tym,... continue

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My Absolute Darling : A Novel by Gabriel Tallent EN

Rating: 5 (1 vote)
Description:
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER LA TIMES BOOK PRIZE FINALIST NBCC JOHN LEONARD PRIZE FINALIST ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES'S MOST NOTABLE BOOKS OF 2017 ONE OF THE WASHINGTON POST’S MOST NOTABLE BOOKS OF 2017 ONE OF NPR’S ‘GREAT READS’ OF 2017 A USA TODAY BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR AN AMAZON.COM BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR A BUSINESS INSIDER BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR "Impossible to put down." —NPR "A novel that readers will gulp down, gasping.” —The Washington Post "The word 'masterpiece' has been cheapened by too many blurbs, but My Absolute Darling absolutely is one." —Stephen King A brilliant and immersive,... continue

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My Brother by Jamaica Kincaid EN

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
Description:
Kincaid's poetic and often shockingly frank account of Devon's life is also the story of their family on the island of Antigua.

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My Darling Dreadful Thing by Johanna van Veen EN

Rating: 5 (2 votes)
Country: Europe / Netherlands flag Netherlands
Description:
In a world where the dead can wake and walk among us, what is truly real? Roos Beckman has a spirit companion only she can see. Ruth—strange, corpse-like, and dead for centuries—is the only good thing in Roos’ life, which is filled with sordid backroom séances organized by her mother. That is, until wealthy young widow Agnes Knoop attends one of these séances and asks Roos to come live with her at the crumbling estate she inherited upon the death of her husband. The manor is unsettling, but the attraction between Roos and Agnes is palpable. So how does someon... continue