Books written by female authors (3281)
1821.
Palestine +100: Stories from a century after the Nakba by Mazen Maarouf, Tasnim Abutabikh, Emad El-Din Aysha, Selma Dabbagh, Saleem Haddad, Anwar Hamed, Majd Kayyal, etc EN
PalestineDescription:
Palestine + 100 poses a question to twelve Palestinian writers: what might your country look like in the year 2048 – a century after the tragedies and trauma of what has come to be called the Nakba? How might this event – which, in 1948, saw the expulsion of over 700,000 Palestinian Arabs from their homes – reach across a century of occupation, oppression, and political isolation, to shape the country and its people? Will a lasting peace finally have been reached, or will future technology only amplify the suffering and mistreatment of Palestinians? Covering a range of approaches – from SF noi... continue
1822.
Palmeras en la Nieve by Luz Gabás ES
SpainDescription:
Es 1953 y Kilian abandona la nieve de la montaña oscense para iniciar junto a su hermano, Jacobo, el viaje de ida hacia una tierra desconocida, lejana y exótica, la isla de Fernando Poo. En las entrañas de este territorio exuberante y seductor, le espera su padre, un veterano de la finca Sampaka, el lugar donde se cultiva y tuesta uno de los mejores cacaos del mundo. En esa tierra eternamente verde, cálida y voluptuosa, los jóvenes hermanos descubren la ligereza de la vida social de la colonia en comparación con una España encorsetada y gris; comparten el duro trabajo necesario para conseguir ... continue
1823.
PANDORA'S JAR : Women in the Greek Myths by Natalie Haynes EN
Country: Europe / 
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Description:
'Funny, sharp explications of what these sometimes not-very-nice women were up to!' – Margaret Atwood, author of The Handmaid's Tale The Greek myths are among the world's most important cultural building blocks and they have been retold many times, but rarely do they focus on the remarkable women at the heart of these ancient stories. Now, in Pandora's Jar: Women in the Greek Myths, Natalie Haynes – broadcaster, writer and passionate classicist – redresses this imbalance. Taking Pandora and her jar (the box came later) as the starting point, she puts the women of the Greek myths on equal footi... continue
1824.
FranceDescription:
A haunting, bizarre short story collection about violence, mental illness, and the warped contradictions of the twentieth-century female experience. A close friend and protégé of Marguerite Duras, Barbara Molinard (1921-1986) wrote and wrote feverishly, but only managed to publish one book in her lifetime: the surreal, nightmarish collection Panics. These thirteen stories beat with a frantic, off-kilter rhythm as Molinard obsesses over sickness, death, and control. A woman becomes transfixed by a boa constrictor at her local zoo, mysterious surgeons dismember their patient, and the author narr... continue
1825.
Pânza de păianjen by Cella Serghi RO
RomaniaDescription:
Glisând între spațiul vrăjit de la Balcic și tumultul Bucureștiului interbelic, eroina Diana Slavu își trăiește iubirile cu deznădejde și demnitate, luptându-se să evadeze din pânza de păianjen a unei existente cenușii, marcate de apăsarea săraciei și a inconsecvenței celor din jur. Orice ființa care-a avut puterea să-și urmărească, cu ochi lucizi și uimiți, propria devenire, orice femeie care măcar o clipa s-a simțit încorsetată de condiția sa strâmba într-o lume care nu mai are puterea să-și asume răspunderile iubirii împlinite, se poate ... continue
1826.
Papaya Salad by Elisa Macellari EN
ItalyDescription:
The debut graphic novel from Thai-Italian illustrator Elisa Macellari, Papaya Salad tells the story of her great-uncle Sompong who found himself in Europe on military scholarship on the eve of World War II. A gentle and resolute man in love with books and languages, in search of his place in the world, Sompong chronicles his life during the war and falling for his wife, finding humor and joy even as the world changes irrevocably around him This Winner of the 2019 Autori di Immagini Silver Medal in the Comics category tells the human story of the War, from a perspective not typically seen. "An ... continue
1827.
Papi : A Novel by Rita Indiana Hernández EN
Country: North America / 
Dominica
Dominica
Description:
Chapter One -- Chapter Two -- Chapter Three -- Chapter Four -- Chapter Five -- Chapter Six -- Chapter Seven -- Chapter Eight -- Chapter Nine -- Chapter Ten -- Chapter Eleven -- Chapter Twelve
1828.
Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler EN
Country: North America / 
United States of America
United States of America
Description:
This highly acclaimed post-apocalyptic novel of hope and terror from award-winning author Octavia E. Butler "pairs well with 1984 or The Handmaid's Tale" (John Green, New York Times)--now with a new foreword by N. K. Jemisin. When global climate change and economic crises lead to social chaos in the early 2020s, California becomes full of dangers, from pervasive water shortage to masses of vagabonds who will do anything to live to see another day. Fifteen-year-old Lauren Olamina lives inside a gated community with her preacher father, family, and neighbors, sheltered from the surrounding anarc... continue
1829.
Parable of the Talents by Octavia E. Butler EN
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
Parable of the Talents celebrates the usual Butlerian themes of alienation and transcendence, violence and spirituality, slavery and freedom, and separation and community, to astonishing effect in the shockingly familiar, broken world of 2032.
1830.
ChinaDescription:
A wealthy Chinese teen is sent to America on her own to attend private school. Claire is a rich 11th grader in Shanghai; Dani is a scholarship student at a private school in Southern California who helps her mother clean houses. When Claire is parachuted into America to finish high school and Dani's mother needs the income from a boarder, they become unlikely housemates.