Books written by female authors (3183)
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Una mañana perdida by Gabriela Adameşteanu ES
RomaniaDescription:
Una mañana perdida es una novela monumental, al modo de las de Dostoievski o Mann.
Sus 566 páginas son engañosas; si no fuera por su letra pequeña y escasos márgenes, podría tener cerca de mil.
Pero no sólo por eso; la cantidad de personajes y vínculos, en general evocados por los diálogos o relatos en primera persona, conforman un árbol difícil de seguir.
La novela puede dividirse en tres partes: la primera en los años ’70 con el paseo matinal de Vica Delca, que sale de visita, y al no encontrar a nad... continue
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Una mujer no muere jamás by Elisa Beni ES
SpainDescription:
¿Qué potentes hilos pueden ligar a una anónima mujer de postguerra con una joven periodista recién divorciada del siglo XXI? Esta es la historia de dos mujeres o puede que de todas las mujeres. La nueva novela de Elisa Beni nos traslada al Madrid franquista de posguerra en una historia llena de secretos que reivindica el papel de las mujeres en la época más reciente y convulsa de la historia de España. Lara, desde un Madrid frenético y prepandémico, se lanza en busca de explicaciones sobre la vida de la mujer que murió en el piso que acaba de alquilar y que fue encontrada momificada diez años ... continue
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Honduras2964.
Unbowed: A Memoir by Wangari Maathai EN
KenyaDescription:
Born in a rural Kenyan village in 1940, Wangari Maathai was already an iconoclast as a child, determined to get an education even though most African girls then were uneducated.
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Unburnable : A Novel by Marie-Elena John EN
Country: North America / 
Antigua and Barbuda
Antigua and Barbuda
Description:
Set partly in contemporary Washington, D.C., and post-World War II Dominica, this debut novel deftly intertwines the cultures of blacks in the United States and the West Indies as an extraordinary multigenerational family saga unfolds.
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Uncertain Kin by Janice Lynn Mather EN
Country: North America / 
Bahamas
Bahamas
Description:
From Governor General's Literary Award finalist Janice Lynn Mather comes this mesmerizing collection of linked stories that explores the beauty and brutality of being alive. SET AGAINST THE VIVID backdrop of The Bahamas, these eighteen luminous and haunting stories introduce us to women and girls searching for certainty and belonging as they navigate profound upheaval. The characters are bold and big-hearted, complex and intimately familiar. They grapple with the bonds of kinship and the responsibilities of parenthood, with grief, longing, betrayal, coming of age and what it means to be a woma... continue
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Under a Red Sky : Memoir of a Childhood in Communist Romania by Haya Leah Molnar EN
Description:
The author shares her early memories of being a Jewish child living in postwar Bucharest, Romania, and the eccentric and opinionated adults who surrounded her and who would do anything to keep her safe while living in this communist country.
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Under Lock & Skeleton Key : A Secret Staircase Mystery by Gigi Pandian EN
Country: North America / 
United States of America
United States of America
Description:
"Wildly entertaining." —The New York Times Book Review A Lefty Nominee for Best Mystery Novel Known for her wonderfully addictive characters, multiple award-winning author Gigi Pandian introduces her newest heroine in this heartfelt series debut. Under Lock & Skeleton Key layers stunning architecture with mouthwatering food in an ode to classic locked-room mysteries that will leave readers enchanted. An impossible crime. A family legacy. The intrigue of hidden rooms and secret staircases. After a disastrous accident derails Tempest Raj’s career, and life, she heads back to her childhood home i... continue
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under the net by iris murdoch EN
Country: Europe / 
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Description:
The sea: turbulent and leaden, transparent and opaque, magician and mother... When Charles Arrowby, over sixty, a demi god of the theatre- director, playwright and actor - retires from his glittering London world in order to `abjure magic and become a hermit', it is to the sea that he turns. He hopes at least to escape from `the woman' - but unexpectedly meets one whom he loved long ago. His Buddhist cousin, James, also arrives. He is menaced by a monster from the deep. Charles finds his `solitude' peopled by the drama of his own fantasies and obsessions.
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Under the Silk Cotton Tree : A Novel by Jean Buffong EN
Country: North America / 
Grenada and Carriacuou
Grenada and Carriacuou
Description:
This series is designed to bring to North American readers the once-unheard voices of writers who have achieved wide acclaim at home, but are not recognized beyond the borders of their native lands. With special emphasis on women writers, Interlink's Emerging Voices series publishes the best of the world's contemporary literature in translation or original English.