Autobiographical fiction genre books (95)
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A Manual for Cleaning Women by Lucia Berlin EN
Country: North America / 
United States of America
United States of America
Description:
A MANUAL FOR CLEANING WOMEN compiles the best work of the legendary short-story writer Lucia Berlin.
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A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce EN
IrelandDescription:
James Joyce's coming-of-age story, a tour de force of style and technique The first, shortest, and most approachable of James Joyce’s novels, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man portrays the Dublin upbringing of Stephen Dedalus, from his youthful days at Clongowes Wood College to his radical questioning of all convention. In doing so, it provides an oblique self-portrait of the young Joyce himself. At its center lie questions of origin and source, authority and authorship, and the relationship of an artist to his family, culture, and race. Exuberantly inventive in style, the novel subtly a... continue
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Ahora Y En La Hora by Héctor Abad Faciolince ES
Country: South America / 
Colombia
Colombia
Description:
TRAS EL ÉXITO DE EL OLVIDO QUE SEREMOS, UN MEMOIR PERSONAL DE HÉCTOR ABAD FACIOLINCE EN UN CONTEXTO DE VIOLENCIA: LA GUERRA DE UCRANIA «Uno de los escritores fundamentales de nuestra lengua». Javier Cercas, El País «¿Qué hacer con una vida cuando esta es excesiva, cuando le sobran muerte y tristeza, aunque también (y en dosis parecidas) vida y alegría?». A mediados de 2023, apenas recuperado de una cirugía a corazón abierto, Héctor Abad Faciolince aceptó la invitación a una feria del libro en Ucrania. El viaje libresco, sin embargo, se convirtió en algo más: explorar los horrores de la invasió... continue
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Ainda estou aqui - O livro que deu origem ao filme by Marcelo Rubens Paiva PT
Country: South America / 
Brazil
Brazil
Description:
Trinta e cinco anos depois de Feliz ano velho, Marcelo Rubens Paiva traça uma história dramática da luta de sua família pela verdade. O livro que deu origem ao filme estrelado pela vencedora do Globo de Ouro Fernanda Torres e indicado a 3 categorias do Oscar 2025, incluindo Melhor filme. Eunice Paiva é uma mulher de muitas vidas. Casada com o deputado Rubens Paiva, esteve ao seu lado quando foi cassado e exilado, em 1964. Mãe de cinco filhos, passou a criá-los sozinha quando, em 1971, o marido foi preso por agentes da ditadura, a seguir torturado e morto. Em meio à dor, ela se reinventou. Volt... continue
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Amazing Story of the Man Who Cycled from India to Europe for Love by Per J Andersson EN
SwedenDescription:
WINNER OF THE MARCO POLO OUTSTANDING GENERAL TRAVEL THEMED BOOK OF THE YEAR AT THE 2018 EDWARD STANFORD TRAVEL WRITING AWARDS The story begins in a public square in New Delhi. On a cold December evening a young European woman of noble descent appears before an Indian street artist known locally as PK and asks him to paint her portrait – it is an encounter that will change their lives irrevocably. PK was not born in the city. He grew up in a small remote village on the edge of the jungle in East India, and his childhood as an untouchable was one of crushing hardship. He was forced to sit outsid... continue
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Arte menor by Betina González ES
Country: South America / 
Argentina
Argentina
Description:
Fabio Gemelli, a mediocre sculptor, unfaithful husband and dreadful father. He's been dead for some years and estranged from his family for many more when his daughter Claudia finds a sculpture he made in the home of a woman who must have been his lover. Determined to map her father's life, she posts a newspaper ad to purchase sculptures by the dead artist. One by one, Gemelli's ex lovers approach her, telling her the story of the man with whom they shared a period of their lives.
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