Books written by female authors (3281)
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Notes of a Crocodile by Qiu Miaojin EN
ChinaDescription:
WINNER OF THE 2018 LUCIEN STRYK ASIAN TRANSLATION PRIZE The English-language premiere of Qiu Miaojin's coming-of-age novel about queer teenagers in Taiwan, a cult classic in China and winner of the 1995 China Times Literature Award. An NYRB Classics Original Set in the post-martial-law era of late-1980s Taipei, Notes of a Crocodile is a coming-of-age story of queer misfits discovering love, friendship, and artistic affinity while hardly studying at Taiwan’s most prestigious university. Told through the eyes of an anonymous lesbian narrator nicknamed Lazi, this cult classic is a postmodern past... continue
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Notes On An Execution by Danya Kukafka EN
Country: North America / 
United States of America
United States of America
Description:
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • WINNER OF THE 2023 EDGAR AWARD FOR BEST NOVEL • NEW YORK TIMES BEST CRIME NOVEL OF THE YEAR “Defiantly populated with living women . . . beautifully drawn, dense with detail and specificity . . . Notes on an Execution is nuanced, ambitious and compelling.” —Katie Kitamura, NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW (Editors' Choice) "A searing portrait of the complicated women caught in the orbit of a serial killer. . . . Compassionate and thought-provoking." –BRIT BENNETT, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Vanishing Half Recommended by New York Times Book Review • Los Angeles ... continue
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DenmarkDescription:
When Pierre-Anthon realizes there is no meaning to life, the seventh-grader leaves his classroom, climbs a tree, and stays there. His classmates cannot make him come down, not even by pelting him with rocks. So to prove to Pierre-Anthon that life has meaning, the children decide to give up things of importance. The pile starts with the superficial—a fishing rod, a new pair of shoes. But as the sacrifices become more extreme, the students grow increasingly desperate to get Pierre-Anthon down, to justify their belief in meaning. Sure to prompt intense thought and discussion, Nothing—already a tr... continue
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Nothing to Envy by Barbara Demick EN
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
WINNER OF THE BBC SAMUEL JOHNSON PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2010 A spectacularly revealing and harrowing portrait of ordinary lives in the world's least ordinary country, North Korea North Korea is Orwell's 1984 made reality: it is the only country in the world not connected to the internet; Gone with the Wind is a dangerous, banned book; during political rallies, spies study your expression to check your sincerity. After the death of the country's great leader Kim Il Sung in 1994, famine descended, and Nothing to Envy - winner of the 2010 BBC Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction - weaves together ... continue
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Novela sin título by Thu Huong Duong, Ana María Moix, Mónica Boada ES
VietnamDescription:
La guerra del Vietnam ha dado lugar a numerosos testimonios: novelas, biografías, ensayos, películas. Pero eran pocas las oportunidades de acceder a la versión de alguien del otro bando que se alejara de los tópicos y presentara un punto de vista como éste.
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Now You See Us by Balli Kaur Jaswal EN
SingaporeDescription:
We are invisible: we clean your houses, we look after your children, we know your secrets. But now you know one of ours...
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Romania1748.
Nuestras Riquezas : Una Librería en Argel by Kaouther Adimi ES
AlgeriaDescription:
En 1935, Edmond Charlot, un joven de veinte aǫs, regresa a Argel desde Pars̕ con la idea de fundar una librera̕ y una editorial. Su mins︢c︣ula librera̕, que bautiza como Las Verdaderas Riquezas, se convierte en lugar de encuentro de aspirantes a escritores y de figuras como Antoine de Saint-Exupřy y Andr ̌Gide.
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Nuez de coco by Kopano Matlwa ES
Country: Africa / 
South Africa
South Africa
Description:
Ofilwe y Fikile tienen la misma edad y viven en el mismo país. Aparentemente, comparten también una misma cultura. Pero en la Sudáfrica de principios de los noventa las diferencias son todavía abismales incluso entre diferentes comunidades dentro de la población negra. Ofilwe ha llevado una vida sin complicaciones, diríase que privilegiada: su familia ha prosperado, ha recibido una buena educación y ha crecido rodeada de comodidades. En el argot sudafricano, ella es una coconut: negra por fuera y blanca por dentro, como la nuez de coco. Y eso implica una diferencia cultural insalvable con resp... continue
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ItalyDescription:
From the best-selling author of The Name of the Rose and The Prague Cemetery, a novel about the murky world of media politics, conspiracy, and murder