Historical fiction genre books (647)
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Dornenvögel by Colleen McCullough DE
AustraliaDescription:
Anfang des 20. Jahrhunderts macht sich Paddy Cleary mit seiner vielköpfigen Familie von Irland auf, um nach Australien auszuwandern. Seine Schwester hat dort eine Farm, die Arbeit und Wohlstand verspricht. Trotz familiärer Spannungen und den Anforderungen, die das raue Land an seine Bewohner stellt, scheinen die Clearys mehr oder weniger in Frieden zu leben. Doch der Schein trügt - Paddys jüngste Tochter Meggie liebt den attraktiven Priester Ralph de Bricassart. Und als sie zur Frau heranreift, kann auch Ralph sich ihrem Zauber nicht mehr entziehen...
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AlbaniaDescription:
...a magical parable of love, death and the power of familial bonds. -Stephen Salisbury, New York Times Book Review
Afghanistan134.
Dragon Springs Road : A Novel by Janie Chang EN
ChinaDescription:
From the author of Three Souls comes a vividly imagined and haunting new novel set in early 20th century Shanghai—a story of friendship, heartbreak, and history that follows a young Eurasian orphan’s search for her long-lost mother. That night I dreamed that I had wandered out to Dragon Springs Road all on my own, when a dreadful knowledge seized me that my mother had gone away never to return . . . In 1908, Jialing is only seven years old when she is abandoned in the courtyard of a once-lavish estate near Shanghai. Jialing is zazhong—Eurasian—and faces a lifetime of contempt from both Chinese... continue
Colombia136.
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 of Ding Village by Yan Lianke EN
Description:
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.
138.
Dream of the Red Chamber by Cao Xueqin EN
Description:
The Chia family experiences a decline in fortune during the Ch'ing dynasty.
139.
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
140.
Dust Child by Que Mai Phan Nguyen EN
VietnamDescription:
From the internationally bestselling author of The Mountains Sing, a propulsive and moving tale of wartime love, family, and loss, as an American GI, two Vietnamese bargirls, and an Amerasian man are forced to make decisions during and after the Việt Nam War that will reverberate throughout each other’s lives.