Books written by female authors (3308)
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Dreams Of Trespass : Tales Of A Harem Girlhood by Fatima Mernissi EN
MoroccoDescription:
This "wonderful and enchanting" memoir tells the revelatory true story of one Muslim girl's life in her family's French Moroccan harem, set against the backdrop of World War II (The New York Times Book Review). "I was born in a harem in 1940 in Fez, Morocco..." So begins Fatima Mernissi in this illuminating narrative of a childhood behind the iron gates of a domestic harem. In Dreams of Trespass, Mernissi weaves her own memories with the dreams and memories of the women who surrounded her in the courtyard of her youth -- women who, without access to the world outside, recreated it from sheer i... continue
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Drinking from Graveyard Wells by Yvette Lisa Ndlovu EN
ZimbabweDescription:
"Even in death, who has ownership over Black women's bodies?" Questions like this lurk between the lines of this stunning collection of stories that engage with African women's histories, both personal and generational. Their history is not just one thing: there is heartbreak and pain, and joy, and flying and magic, so much magic. An avenging spirit takes on the patriarchy from beyond the grave. An immigrant woman undergoes a naturalization ceremony in an imagined American state that demands that immigrants pay a toll of the thing they love the most. A first-generation Zimbabwean-American woma... continue
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Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk EN
PolandDescription:
WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE "A brilliant literary murder mystery." —Chicago Tribune "Extraordinary. Tokarczuk's novel is funny, vivid, dangerous, and disturbing, and it raises some fierce questions about human behavior. My sincere admiration for her brilliant work." —Annie Proulx In a remote Polish village, Janina devotes the dark winter days to studying astrology, translating the poetry of William Blake, and taking care of the summer homes of wealthy Warsaw residents. Her reputation as a crank and a recluse is amplified by her not-so-secret preference for the company of animals ov... continue
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Drowned Country by Emily Tesh EN
Country: Europe / 
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Description:
Even the Wild Man of Greenhollow can’t ignore a summons from his mother, when that mother is the indomitable Adela Silver, practical folklorist. Henry Silver does not relish what he’ll find in the grimy seaside town of Rothport, where once the ancient wood extended before it was drowned beneath the sea—a missing girl, a monster on the loose, or, worst of all, Tobias Finch, who loves him. In this stunning sequel to Silver in the Wood, Emily Tesh once again invites readers to lose themselves in the story of Henry and Tobias, and the magic of a myth they’ve always known. Praise for Silver in the ... continue
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Dschinns : Roman by Fatma Aydemir DE
GermanyDescription:
Fatma Aydemirs großer Familienroman – Auf der Shortlist für den Deutschen Buchpreis 2022
Dreißig Jahre hat Hüseyin in Deutschland gearbeitet, nun erfüllt er sich endlich seinen Traum: eine Eigentumswohnung in Istanbul. Nur um am Tag des Einzugs an einem Herzinfarkt zu sterben. Zur Beerdigung reist ihm seine Familie aus Deutschland nach. Fatma Aydemirs großer Gesellschaftsroman erzählt von sechs grundverschiedenen Menschen, die zufällig miteinander verwandt sind. Alle haben sie ihr eigenes Gepäck dabei: Geheimnisse, Wünsche, Wunden. Wa... continue
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Du bon usage des étoiles by Dominique Fortier FR
Country: North America / 
Canada
Canada
Description:
Mai 1845, les navires Terror et Erebus, sous le commandement de Sir John Franklin, partent à la conquête du mythique passage du Nord-Ouest avec, à leur bord, cent trente-trois hommes et suffisamment de provisions pour survivre trois ans aux rigueurs de l'Arctique. L'expédition doit permettre à l'Angleterre d'asseoir sa suprématie sur le reste du globe, mais les deux navires se trouvent bientôt prisonniers des glaces. Débute alors un tout autre voyage, immobile celui-là, au coeur de la nuit polaire, dont Francis Crozier, commandant du Terror, rend compte dans son journal. Lui-même, qui se langu... continue
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Du Pain et du Jasmin by Monia Mazigh FR
TunisiaDescription:
1984: les Emeutes du pain -- 2010: la REvolution du jasmin. Deux pEriodes tumultueuses vEcues A prEs de trente ans de distance par une mEre et sa fille. Nadia quitte sa Tunisie natale pendant les Emeutes qui secouent le pays en 1984. REvoltEe contre ses parents, elle est surtout indignEe par la culture du silence et la soumission que la jeunesse ne peut plus tolErer. ReniEe par sa famille, elle Emigre au Canada et y refait sa vie. Vingt-cinq ans plus tard, sa fille, Lila, encouragEe par sa mEre, sEjourne A Tunis chez un couple ami, Tante Neila et Oncle Mounir. Elle fera face A une autre rEvolu... continue
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Dumba Nengue, Run for Your Life : Peasant Tales of Tragedy in Mozambique by Lina Magaia EN
Country: Africa / 
Mozambique
Mozambique
Description:
A personal account of the horrifying effects of life caused by apartheid South African backed MNR rebels in Mozambique