Books written by female authors (1937)


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Gallows Rock by Yrsa Sigurdardottir EN

Rating: 3 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / Iceland flag Iceland
Description:
On a jagged, bleak lava field just outside Reykjavik stands the Gallows Rock. Once a place of execution, it is now a tourist attraction. Until this morning, when a man was found hanging from it... The nail embedded in his chest proves it wasn't suicide. But when the police go to his flat, a further puzzle awaits: a four-year-old boy has been left there. He doesn't seem to have any link with the victim, his parents cannot be found, and his drawings show he witnessed something terrible. As detective Huldar hunts the killer, and child psychologist Freyja looks for the boy's parents, the mystery u... continue

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Games with Greta : & Other Stories by Suzana Tratnik EN

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Country: Europe / Slovenia flag Slovenia
Description:
A new collection of stories that has not appeared together before in any language.

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Garden by the Sea by Mercè Rodoreda EN

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / Spain flag Spain
Description:
A Gatsby-esque novel about Spain in the 1920s on the eve of the Spanish Civil War

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Garsonieră în centru

Garsonieră în centru by Antoaneta Zaharia RO

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / Romania flag Romania
Description:
Esecul este tema centrala a cartii, esecul in dragoste, esecul unor prietenii – de aici, o scriitura „nevrotica”, de-a lungul careia personajul trage cu dintii de copilarie, in ciuda unei relative independente spre care pare sa tinda: garsoniera in centru este locul care ar asigura prelungirea spatiului infantil, al zimbetului bunicii (care apare doar ca moarte anuntata). O carte pe alocuri dura, un „strigat” foarte bine controlat stilistic de catre autoare, cu o structura ce subliniaza, prin aparent necontrolatul amalgam de sentimente, detasarea treptata de real... continue


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Geisha : A Life by Mineko Iwasaki EN

Rating: 4.5 (3 votes)
Country: Asia / Japan flag Japan
Description:
A Kyoto geisha describes her initiation into an okiya at the age of four, the intricate training that made up most of her education, her successful career, and the traditions surrounding the geisha culture.

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Gem Squash Tokoloshe by Rachel Zadok EN

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
Description:
Faith struggles to make sense of the complex world in which she lives and come to terms with the beliefs her society and upbringing have inculcated in her. This tale of courage, set against the backdrop of a chaotically divided country, recreates the voice of a young girl growing up during the height of apartheid unrest in South Africa.

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Generation haram : Warum Schule lernen muss, allen eine Stimme zu geben by Melisa Erkurt DE

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Jetzt sind die Verlierer dran mit Reden! Die Journalistin und Lehrerin Melisa Erkurt gibt denen eine Stimme, die im System Schule nicht gehört werden. Ein Perspektivenwechsel in der Bildungsdebatte Melisa Erkurt ist als Kind mit ihren Eltern aus Bosnien nach Österreich gekommen. Sie hat studiert. Sie arbeitet als Lehrerin und Journalistin. Sie hat es geschafft. Doch sie ist eine Ausnahme. Denn am Ende eines Schuljahres entlässt sie die Klasse mit dem Wissen, dass die meisten ihrer Schülerinnen und Schüler nie ausreichend gut Deutsch sprechen werden, um ihr vorgezeic... continue

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Geography for the lost by Kapka kassabova EN

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Country: Europe / Bulgaria flag Bulgaria
Description:
The voices speaking here - from a Roman housewife to a Chinese bar-owner in Berlin or an Argentine DJ - are the voices of the heart-sick, the culturally jet-lagged, people from photographs, the 'tenants' of lives, cities, and destinies.

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Gerta : A Novel by Kateřina Tučková EN

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Description:
The award-winning novel by Czech author Kateřina Tučková--her first to be translated into English--about the fate of one woman and the pursuit of forgiveness in a divided postwar world. 1945. Allied forces liberate Nazi-occupied Brno, Moravia. For Gerta Schnirch, daughter of a Czech mother and a German father aligned with Hitler, it's not deliverance; it's a sentence. She has been branded an enemy of the state. Caught in the changing tides of a war that shattered her family--and her innocence--Gerta must obey the official order: she, along with all ethnic Germans, is to be expelled from Czecho... continue