Books written by female authors (3310)



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Concerning My Daughter by KIM. HYE-JIN EN

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
Country: Asia / South Korea flag South Korea
Description:
Prize-winning Korean author Kim Hye-Jin's debut confronts familial love, duty, mortality, and generational schism through the incendiary gaze of a tradition-bound mother faced with her daughter's queer relationship. When a widowed, aging mother allows Green, her thirty-something daughter, to move into her apartment, all she wants for her is a stable and quiet existence like her own. Ideally, a steady income and, most importantly, a good husband with whom to start a family. But when Green turns up with her long-term girlfriend in tow, her mother is enraged and unwilling to welcome their relatio... continue

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Condiciones nerviosas by Tsitsi Dangarembga ES

Rating: 3 (1 vote)
Country: Africa / Zimbabwe flag Zimbabwe
Description:
Condiciones nerviosas es una de las obras maestras de la literatura africana contemporánea. Tambu, una campesina pobre de Zimbabue, pertenece, como la autora misma, a la generación que, entre la infancia y la primera juventud, asistió al tramo final de las luchas contra el régimen de la minoría blanca que culminan, en 1980, con la formación del primer gobierno negro. La lucha de Tambu por acceder a una buena educación simboliza la trayectoria de una colectividad nacional que conoce cambios profundos en la transición entre las incertidumbres de la lucha contra el colonialismo y las incertidumbr... continue

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Confessions by Kanae Minato EN

Rating: 5 (8 votes)
Country: Asia / Japan flag Japan
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When Yuko Moriguchi's four-year-old daughter died in the middle school where she teaches, everyone thought it was a tragic accident. It's the last day of term, and Yuko's last day at work. She tells her students that she has resigned because of what happened - but not for the reasons they think. Her daughter didn't die in an accident. Her daughter was killed by two people in the class. And before she leaves, she has a lesson to teach... But revenge has a way of spinning out of control, and Yuko's last lecture is only the start of the story. In this bestselling Japanese thriller of love, despai... continue

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Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings by Joy Harjo EN

Rating: 5 (1 vote)
Description:
A musical, magical, resilient volume from the first Native American Poet Laureate of the United States. In these poems, the joys and struggles of the everyday are played against the grinding politics of being human. Beginning in a hotel room in the dark of a distant city, we travel through history and follow the memory of the Trail of Tears from the bend in the Tallapoosa River to a place near the Arkansas River. Stomp dance songs, blues, and jazz ballads echo throughout. Lost ancestors are recalled. Resilient songs are born, even as they grieve the loss of their country. Called a "magician an... continue
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Congolina : De erfenis van Nele Marian by Nadia Nsayi NL

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Country: Africa / Congo flag Congo
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Nele Marian is een van de eerste schrijvers van Afrikaanse afkomst in Europa. In de jaren dertig verscheen haar dichtbundel Poèmes et Chansons, waarin ze koloniaal onrecht op aangrijpende wijze beschrijft. Het behoort tot de belangrijkste werken uit de Congolese literatuur. Toch is haar naam amper bekend. Nadia Nsayi dook in de archieven en bezocht symbolische plaatsen om het complexe leven van Nele Marian te reconstrueren met de grote geschiedenis op de achtergrond. Ze staat stil bij Marians werk en erfenis en legt opvallende parallellen met haar eigen leven. Congolina is een uniek verhaal, w... continue


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Consider Me : A Playing for Keeps Hockey Romance by Becka Mack EN

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In the sizzling hockey romance that has taken TikTok by storm, the ultimate player turns romantic to charm the woman he is desperate to win over. "Endlessly sexy and funny. Consider Me will have you fanning yourself and googling your closest hockey team hangout." --Hannah Grace, New York Times bestselling author of Wildfire and Icebreaker The first book in the globally popular Playing for Keeps series. For a shot at love, he'll do whatever it takes... Carter Beckett is the NHL's best player--both on and off the ice. His career is at its peak, his friends are performing better than ever, and th... continue