Books written by female authors (3290)
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Los errantes by Olga Tokarczuk ES
PolandDescription:
Una novela única, ligera y honda a la vez, que indaga en las posibilidades del género para hablar sobre el cuerpo, el mundo y las estrategias siempre insuficientes con que intentamos cartografiarlos. Al principio de Los errantes, la narradora esboza un autorretrato que es también una poética: «A todas luces yo carecía de ese gen que hace que en cuanto se detiene uno en un lugar por un tiempo más o menos largo, enseguida eche raíces. (…) Mi energía es generada por el movimiento: el vaivén de los autobuses, el traqueteo de los trenes, el rugido de los motores de avión, el balanceo de los ferrys.... continue
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Los honores perdidos by Calixthe Beyala ES
CameroonDescription:
En la zona este de la ciudad costera de Douala, Camerún, se encuentra el área de New Bell, cerca del Aeropuerto Internacional de Douala. Y en un lugar indefinido de New Bell, se encuentra el barrio ficticio de Cuscús, un barrio de viviendas precarias, en el que conviven negros y árabes, y donde transcurre la primera parte de la historia de Saida, que es la primera parte de esta novela.
Porque la novela se divide claramente en dos partes, la primera en Cuscús, Camerún; y la segunda en el barrio Belleville, París. Y no es solamente la locaci&oacu... continue
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Los palimpsestos by Alejsandra Lun ES
Description:
Un inmigrante de Europa del Este está ingresado en un hospital psiquiátrico belga y sometido a una terapia de reinserción lingüística para curar su dolencia: no escribir en su lengua materna. Pero no es el único paciente del manicomio. A lo largo de la terapia irá conociendo a otros enfermos, todos ellos aquejados del mismo síndrome: el mal del escritor extranjero. ¿Por qué un escritor cambia de idioma? ¿Hubiera escrito también en su lengua materna? ¿Limita, crear en un idioma aprendido? ¿Qué... continue
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Los Paraísos ciegos by Thu Huong Duong ES
VietnamDescription:
"No mires nunca atrás, ni siquiera el tiempo de un relámpago. Ninguna felicidad podría resistirlo. Cualquier porvenir se deshilacharía". En tiempos de guerra es tal vez inevitable convertir en demonio al enemigo, y la sabiduría de esta novela consiste precisamente en despojarle de esa máscara demoníaca restableciendo su rostro humano. La historia de Huong describe los problemas de gente común y las contradicciones de la reforma política, pero su personalidad, sus alegrías y sufrimientos, sus terribles retos y el ca... continue
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Lost Children Archive by Valeria Luiselli EN
Country: North America / 
Mexico
Mexico
Description:
NEW YORK TIMES 10 BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR • “An epic road trip [that also] captures the unruly intimacies of marriage and parenthood ... This is a novel that daylights our common humanity, and challenges us to reconcile our differences.” —The Washington Post In Valeria Luiselli’s fiercely imaginative follow-up to the American Book Award-winning Tell Me How It Ends, an artist couple set out with their two children on a road trip from New York to Arizona in the heat of summer. As the family travels west, the bonds between them begin to fray: a fracture is growing between the parents, one the chil... continue
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Lost in the Fog: Memoir of a Bastard : A Belgian Recalls the War, the Nazis, Her Fractured Life by Rachel Van Meers, Daniel Chase EN
BelgiumDescription:
The courageous story of Van Meers, born in a home for unwed mothers in Ghent, Belgium, 1930. It is told in her own words in a frank, humorous and down-to-earth manner. She grew up as a "bastard" during the Great Depression, and sees her family and country told apart by prejudice and politics in World War II, and recounts how she struggles to redefine herself in turbulent postwar Europe. Based on hundreds of hours of taped interviews, Rachel's view of a family "not-quite-normal," her amazing strength in the face of abusive and degrading treatment, and her strong faith and upbeat attitude make h... continue
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Lost Souls Meet Under a Full Moon by Mizuki Tsujimura EN
JapanDescription:
THE EMOTIONAL MILLION-COPY JAPANESE BESTSELLER ____________ Readers love this book: 'Every word resonated in my heart' ***** Reader review' 'Perfect for anyone who loves to think deeply about what they have just read' ***** Reader review 'Makes you ponder about death and about life' ***** Reader review Brimming with suspense and heartbreak, the million-copy Japanese fantasy mystery for fans of BEFORE THE COFFEE GETS COLD and LONELY CASTLE IN THE MIRROR ______________ Is there anyone you wish to see? So asks the smart young man, Ayumi, to his clients who have come to him for a reunion with the ... continue
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Love by Hanne Orstavik EN
NorwayDescription:
A single mother, Vibeke, and her son Jon, have just moved to a small, remote town in the north of Norway. It is the day before Jon's birthday, but Vibeke, preoccupied with concerns of her own, has forgotten this. With a man on her mind, she ventures to the local library and then a fairground, while Jon goes out to sell lottery tickets for his sports club. We follow the two characters on their separate journeys through a cold winter's night as Orstavik weaves together their two separate worlds - a sense of uneasiness grows.
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Love After Love by Ingrid Persaud EN
Country: North America / 
Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago
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Meet the Ramdin-Chetan family: forged through loneliness, broken by secrets, saved by love. Irrepressible Betty Ramdin, her shy son Solo and their marvellous lodger, Mr Chetan, form an unconventional household, happy in their differences, as they build a home together. Home: the place where your navel string is buried, keeping these three safe from an increasingly dangerous world. Happy and loving they are, until the night when a glass of rum, a heart to heart and a terrible truth explodes the family unit, driving them apart. Brave and brilliant, steeped in affection, Love After Love asks us t... continue