Books written by female authors (3175)
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Zuleijá abre los ojos by Guzel Yakhina ES
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Corre la década de 1930 en la pequeña aldea de Tartaria donde viven Zuleijá, su rústico marido, treinta años mayor, y su anciana suegra, empeñada en castigarla por no darle nietos. La educación recibida impide a la joven resentir siquiera el grado de servidumbre al que está sometida o desear una vida distinta. Pero cuando una serie de acontecimientos la arranquen de su pequeña familia y la arrojen a un mundo no menos brutal, pero sí más ancho y diverso, lleno de personas de distintas procedencias, oficios y credos, ve... continue
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WINNER OF THE BIG BOOK AWARD, THE LEO TOLSTOY YASNAYA POLYANA AWARD AND THE BEST PROSE WORK OF THE YEAR AWARD A sweeping, multi-award winning novel set in the aftermath of the Russian Revolution, as gangs of marauding soldiers terrorise and plunder the countryside. Zuleikha, the 'pitiful hen', is living in the home of her brutal husband and despotic mother-in-law in a small Tatar village. When her husband is executed by communist soldiers for hiding grain, she is arrested and sent into exile in Siberia. In the first gruelling winter, hundreds die of hunger, cold and exhaustion. Yet forced to s... continue
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