Books written by female authors (3280)
1901.
Prohibido morir aquí by Elizabeth Taylor ES
Country: Europe / 
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Description:
Una lluviosa tarde de domingo, poco después de haber enviudado, Laura Palfrey llega al Claremont para iniciar una nueva vida. En el hotel la esperan cuatro huéspedes permanentes, días ordenados en torno a las rutinas de las comidas y los programas de televisión. Solo modifica el tedio la visita esporádica de algunos familiares. Pero nadie va a ver a Laura. Cuando de pronto conoce en la calle a Ludo, un joven a quien desvela el deseo de ser escritor, juntos elaboran un plan para compensar la soledad a la que la tienen sometida.
Elegida por The Guardian como u... continue
1902.
Uruguay1903.
Prosopagnosia by Sònia Hernández EN
SpainDescription:
A sly and playful novel about the many faces we all have. Fifteen-year-old Berta says that beautiful things aren't made for her, or that she isn't destined to have them, or that the only things she deserves are ugly. It's why her main activity, when she's not at school, is playing the "prosopagnosia game"--standing in front of the mirror and holding her breath until she can no longer recognise her own face. An ibis is the only animal she wants for a pet. Berta's mother is in her forties. By her own estimation, she is at least twenty kilos overweight, and her husband has just left her. Her whol... continue
1904.
Przemieszczenie by Margaryta Jakowenko PL
UkraineDescription:
Historia Darii Kowalenko Petrowej, która urodziła się w 1992 roku w Mariupolu, lecz w dzieciństwie wyemigrowała z rodzicami do Hiszpanii, to opowieść o współczesnej miłości, problemach ekonomicznych, rodzinie naznaczonej emigracją, a zarazem świadectwo pokolenia, które żyje w trwałym kryzysie. To także historia dwóch rozczarowań – Związkiem Radzieckim w XX wieku i społeczeństwem Zachodu w wieku XXI.
U Margaryty Jakowenko, hiszpańskiej pisarki ukraińskiego pochodzenia, można odnaleźć ślady prozy Zadie Smith, tekstów Anne Carson czy reportaży Swietłany... continue
1905.
Pure by Rose Bretecher Cartwright EN
Country: Europe / United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Description:
Rose Bretécher has OCD, but not as you know it. Pure is the true story of her life with intrusive sexual thoughts âe" a rampant but little-known symptom of the disorder. It tracks her farcical ten-year path to redemption, from the time she was first seized by graphic mental images to her eventual recovery through therapy, acceptance and love. The book describes her obsessive questioning of her identity and her compulsive search for an answer: driving across the world in a double-decker bus; debating the respective erotic allure of Cherie and Tony Blair; watching Jake Gyllenhaal's face turn in... continue
1906.
Pure Colour : A Novel by Sheila Heti EN
Country: North America / 
Canada
Canada
Description:
"A short epic novel about art, grief, and love by Sheila Heti, the author of Motherhood and How Should A Person Be?"--
Finland1908.
Purge by Sofi Oksanen EN
Description:
A blowfly. Unusually large, loud, and eager to lay its eggs. It was lying in wait to get into the kitchen, rubbing its wings and feet against the curtain as if preparing to feast. It was after meat, nothing else but meat. Deep in an overgrown Estonian forest, two women, one young, one old, are hiding. Zara, a murderer and a victim of sex-trafficking, is on the run from brutal captors. Aliide, a communist sympathizer and a blood traitor, has endured a life of abuse and the country's brutal Soviet years. Their survival now depends on exposing the one thing that kept them hidden... the truth.
1909.
Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie EN
NigeriaDescription:
Fifteen-year-old Kambili's world is circumscribed by the high walls and frangipani trees of her family compound. Her wealthy Catholic father, under whose shadow Kambili lives, while generous and politically active in the community, is repressive and fanatically religious at home. When Nigeria begins to fall apart under a military coup, Kambili's father sends her and her brother away to stay with their aunt, a University professor, whose house is noisy and full of laughter. There, Kambili and her brother discover a life and love beyond the confines of their father's authority. The visit will li... continue
