Books written by female authors (3279)
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Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky EN
UkraineDescription:
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The remarkable story of men and women thrown together in circumstances beyond their control during World War II—a heartrending "portrait of a small French town under seige, and the people trying to survive, even to live, as Hitler’s horrors march closer and closer to their doors" (New York). “Stunning.... A tour de force.” —The New York Times Book Review Beginning in Paris on the eve of the Nazi occupation in 1940, as Parisians flee the city, human folly surfaces in every imaginable way: a wealthy mother searches for sweets in a town without food; a couple is terrified at... continue
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Sula by Toni Morrison EN
Country: North America / 
United States of America
United States of America
Description:
In clear, dark, resonant language, Nobel Prize winner Toni Morrison brilliantly evokes not only a bond between two lives, but the harsh, loveless, ultimately mad world in which that bond is destroyed, the world of the Bottom and its people. Unabridged. 5 CDs.
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Sulphuric Acid by Amélie Nothomb EN
Description:
Tells the fictional story of a reality TV death camp show which becomes an obsession with the French public, and how it is played out in the media.
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Sultana's Dream and Padmarag by Rokeya Hossain EN
Country: Asia / 
Bangladesh
Bangladesh
Description:
One of the first science-fiction utopian stories and one of the first feminist utopias by India’s widely celebrated, pioneering feminist, educator, writer, and activist Rokeya Hossain A Penguin Classics Edition Sultana, a Muslim woman living in contemporary India, falls asleep and wakes up in a transformed future world: a utopia in which men rather than women are relegated to the domestic sphere. Women, now free to explore the outside world at will and pursue an education, run a peaceful and just society, using scientific principles to harvest energy from the sun and live in harmony with natur... continue
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Country: North America / 
Mexico
Mexico
Description:
A New York Times bestseller! Featured in its own episode in the Netflix original show Bookmarks: Celebrating Black Voices! Recipient of a Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Award Recipient of an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Children’s Literary Work From Academy Award–winning actress Lupita Nyong’o comes a powerful, moving picture book about colorism, self-esteem, and learning that true beauty comes from within. Sulwe has skin the color of midnight. She is darker than everyone in her family. She is darker than anyone in her school. Sulwe just wants to be beautiful and bright, like her mo... continue
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Suncranes and Other Stories : Modern Mongolian Short Fiction by Various EN
MongoliaDescription:
Over the course of the twentieth century, Mongolian life was transformed, as a land of nomadic communities encountered first socialism and then capitalism and their promises of new societies. The stories collected in this anthology offer literary snapshots of Mongolian life throughout this tumult. Suncranes and Other Stories showcases a range of powerful voices and their vivid portraits of nomads, revolution, and the endless steppe. Spanning the years following the socialist revolution of 1921 through the early twenty-first century, these stories from the country’s most highly regarded prose w... continue
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Sunset by Jessie Cave EN
Country: Europe / 
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Description:
The story of two sisters - inseparable until a disastrous holiday leaves one sister heartbroken and alone. A comedy about love, grief and reconciliation.
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JapanDescription:
Anzu acaba de modelar y hornear un delicado jarrón de arcilla. Está satisfecha, lo exhibirá en su próxima exposición, y, como su forma le recuerda la de una campanilla, lo llama Suzuran. Porque Anzu es una joven y reputada ceramista consagrada al mundo de la loza tradicional japonesa. Está divorciada, vive con su hijo preadolescente y, por más que le insistan sus amigas, no quiere volver a enamorarse. Su apacible vida cotidiana, en una ciudad junto al mar del Japón y al pie del monte Daisen, se ve alterada de pronto cuando su hermana mayo... continue
Zimbabwe