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101.

How I Became Stupid by Martin Page EN

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / France flag France
Description:
Ignorance is bliss, or so hopes Antoine, the lead character in Martin Page's stinging satire, How I Became Stupid—a modern day Candide with a Darwin Award like sensibility. A twenty-five-year-old Aramaic scholar, Antoine has had it with being brilliant and deeply self-aware in today's culture. So tortured is he by the depth of his perception and understanding of himself and the world around him that he vows to denounce his intelligence by any means necessary in order to become "stupid" enough to be a happy, functioning member of society. What follows is a dark and hilarious odyssey as Antoine ... continue

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How to Cook Your Husband the African Way by Calixthe Beyala EN

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Country: Africa / Cameroon flag Cameroon
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The heroine falls in love with mysterious Bolobolo and attempts to win his love by preparing a variety of wonderful dishes for him. The novel is peppered throughout with recipes.


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I Feed Her to the Beast and the Beast Is Me by Jamison Shea EN

Rating: 3 (1 vote)
Description:
There will be blood. Ace of Spades meets House of Hollow in this villain origin story. Laure Mesny is a perfectionist with an axe to grind. Despite being constantly overlooked in the elite and cutthroat world of the Parisian ballet, she will do anything to prove that a Black girl can take center stage. To level the playing field, Laure ventures deep into the depths of the Catacombs and strikes a deal with a pulsating river of blood. The primordial power Laure gains promises influence and adoration, everything she’s dreamed of and worked toward. With retribution on her mind, she surpasses her b... continue

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I Wish Someone Were Waiting for Me Somewhere by Anna Gavalda EN

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Country: Europe / France flag France
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I Wish Someone Were Waiting For Me Somewhere explores how a life can be changed irrevocably in just one fateful moment. A pregnant mother's plans for the future unravel at the hospital; a travelling salesman learns the consequences of an almost-missed exit on the motorway in the newspaper the next morning; while a perfect date is spoilt by a single act of thoughtlessness. In those crucial moments Gavalda demonstrates her almost magical skill in conveying love, lust, longing, and loneliness. Someone I Loved is a hauntingly intimate look at the intolerably painful, yet sometimes valuable consequ... continue

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I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem by Maryse Condé EN

Rating: 5 (2 votes)
Country: Europe / France flag France
Description:
CARAF Books: Caribbean and African Literature Translated from FrenchThis book has been supported by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, an independent federal agencY

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Im Westen Nichts Neues by Erich Maria Remarque DE

Rating: 5 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / Germany flag Germany
Description:
Die Geschichte des neunzehnjährigen Paul Bäumer, der als ahnungsloser Kriegsfreiwilliger von der Schulbank an die Front kommt.

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In Concrete by Anne Garréta EN

Rating: 5 (2 votes)
Country: Europe / France flag France
Description:
The newest novel by Prix Medicis-winner Anne Garréta, In/concrete is a feminist inversion of a domestic drama crossed with Oulipian nursery rhyme.

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In Defense of Witches : The Legacy of the Witch Hunts and Why Women Are Still on Trial by Mona Chollet EN

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Country: Europe / Switzerland flag Switzerland
Description:
Witches continue to hold a unique fascination for many: as fairy tale villains, practitioners of pagan religion, as well as feminist icons. Witches are both the ultimate victim and the stubborn, elusive rebel. With arguments that range from the scholarly to the cultural, this book seeks to unite the mythic image of the witch with modern women who seek to live their lives on their own terms

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In Search of Lost Time by Marcel Proust EN

Rating: 5 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / France flag France
Description:
The first installment of the French author's multivolume autobiographical novel, originally published in 1913, in which he recalls his childhood and first infatuation.