Books set in Belgium (86)
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A Nail, A Rose by Madeleine Bourdouxhe EN
BelgiumDescription:
Enchanting stories of women's inner lives by the rediscovered Belgian author Madeleine Bourdouxhe The seven stories in A Nail, A Rose confirm Madeleine Bourdouxhe's status as an under-appreciated master of the form. Like her critically lauded novels Marie and La Femme de Giles, these stories tunnel into the conflicted hearts of their female characters in fluid, beautiful prose. These are stories of longing and dissatisfaction, of mundane lives ruptured by strange currents of feeling. A woman, wandering alone and heartbroken, is first attacked and then romantically pursued by a stranger, who re... continue
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Act of Passion by Georges Simenon EN
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For forty years Charles Alavoine has sleepwalked through his life. Growing up as a good boy in the grip of a domineering mother, he trains as a doctor, marries, opens a medical practice in a quiet country town, and settles into an existence of impeccable bourgeois conformity. And yet at unguarded moments this model family man is haunted by a sense of emptiness and futility. Then, one night, laden with Christmas presents, he meets Martine. It is time for the sleeper to awake.
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Allemaal willen we de hemel by Els Beerten NL
Description:
Tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog valt er tijdens een aanslag op verzetsleden een dode.
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An Inland Voyage by Robert Louis Stevenson EN
ScotlandDescription:
Robert Louis Stevenson was not only a gifted writer, he was also an indefatigable traveller. An Inland Voyage, first published in 1878, is Stevenson's earliest book. It describes a voyage undertaken with this Scottish friend Sir Walter Grindlay Simpson, mostly along the Oise River from Belgium through France, in the autumn of 1876. Stevenson and Simpson each had a wooden canoe rigged with a sail, propelled with double-bladed paddles, a style that had recently become popular. An Inland Voyage paints a delightful picture of Europe in a more innocent time, with quirky innkeepers, travelling enter... continue
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Blackout : A Novel by Marc Elsberg EN
AustriaDescription:
"Fast, tense, thrilling -- and timely: this will happen one day. Highly recommended." --Lee Child, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Jack Reacher series This is no accident. This is no act of God. This is Blackout. A terrifyingly plausible million-copy selling debut disaster thriller. When the lights go out one night, no one panics. Not yet. The lights always come back on soon, don't they? Surely it's a glitch, a storm, a malfunction. But something seems strange about this night. Across Europe, controllers watch in disbelief as electrical grids collapse. There is no power, anywhere. ... continue
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Brief aan Cooper en de wereld by Dalilla Hermans NL
RwandaDescription:
Ik wil je meenemen in mijn levensverhaal, zodat je je eigen verhaal beter
zult snappen en zult kunnen plaatsen. Ik wil met de wereld delen wat het
doet met een mens, opgroeien in een zee van wit als een wolkje bruin.
Ik schrijf deze verhalen voor jou en voor mezelf. Voor de samenleving en
voor mijn zoon.'
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