Books written by male authors (3467)


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A Tale of Love and Darkness by Amos Oz EN

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
Country: Asia / Israel flag Israel
Description:
Discover Amos Oz’s most iconic work in this extraordinary memoir that is at once a great family saga and a magical self-portrait of a writer who witnessed the birth of a nation *OVER 2 MILLION COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDE* ‘A hero of mine, a moral as well as literary giant’ Simon Schama Amos Oz's remarkable, moving story takes us on a seductive journey through his childhood and adolescence, along Jerusalem's war-torn streets in the 1940s and '50s and into a small apartment crowded with books in twelve languages and relatives speaking nearly as many. Caught between them is one small boy with the weigh... continue

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A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens EN

Rating: 4 (4 votes)
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Just before France's bloody revolution, watch the drama unfold through the eyes of Lucie, Charles and Sidney, three people whose lives are about to change forever.


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A Thousand Rooms of Dream and Fear by Atiq Rahimi EN

Rating: 5 (1 vote)
Country: Asia / Afghanistan flag Afghanistan
Description:
Farhad is a typical student, interested in wine, women & poetry. But one night changes all that. It is 1979 & Afghanistan is in the early days of the pro-Soviet coup. Farhad goes out drinking with a friend who is about to flee to Pakistan. A few hours later he regains consciousness in a strange house, beaten & confused.
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A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini EN

Rating: 4 (130 votes)
Country: Asia / Afghanistan flag Afghanistan
Description:
Propelled by the same superb instinct for storytelling that made The Kite Runner a beloved classic, the #1 New York Times bestseller A Thousand Splendid Suns is at once an incredible chronicle of thirty years of Afghan history and a deeply moving story of family, friendship, faith, and the salvation to be found in love. “Just as good, if not better, than Khaled Hosseini’s best-selling first book, The Kite Runner.”—Newsweek Khaled Hosseini returns with a beautiful, riveting, and haunting novel that confirms his place as one of the most important literary writers today. Born a generation apart a... continue

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A Town Like Alice by Nevil Shute EN

Rating: 5 (1 vote)
Description:
'Probably more people have shed tears over the last page of A Town Like Alice than about any other novel in the English language... remarkable' Guardian Jean Paget is just twenty years old and working in Malaya when the Japanese invasion begins. When she is captured she joins a group of other European women and children whom the Japanese force to march for miles through the jungle - an experience that leads to the deaths of many. Due to her courageous spirit and ability to speak Malay, Jean takes on the role of leader of the sorry gaggle of prisoners and many end up owing their lives to her in... continue

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A través del desierto y la selva by Henryk Sienkiewicz ES

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Country: Europe / Poland flag Poland
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Egipto, 1885. Durante la revuelta encabezada por el Mahdi, un sujeto que se proclama a sí mismo un enviado de Mahoma contra la dominación inglesa, Stas y Nel, un chico polaco y una niña inglesa, hijos de ingenieros que trabajan en la construcción del canal de Suez, son raptados por los fanatizados seguidores del Mahdi. Pero gracias a la determinación y valentía del joven Stas lograrán huir, iniciando un periplo que pondrá de relieve la abrumadora belleza del continente africano, junto a su ferocidad y rigores, en una aventura en la que vivirán las mayores inclemencias y penalidades. Nuestros p... continue

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A Tunisian Tale by Hassouna Mosbahi, مصباحي، حسونة EN

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Country: Africa / Tunisia flag Tunisia
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After ne'er-do-wells spread rumors about a widowed mother's weak moral character among the people of a slum on the outskirts of Tunis that festers with migrants who have come to the metropolis from the heartland in search of a better life, her twenty-year-old son takes matters into his own hands and commits an unspeakable crime. An imaginative and disturbing novel told from the alternating viewpoints of this unrepentant sociopath, as he sits and fumes on death row but willingly guides us through his juvenile exploits and twisted memories, and his murdered mother, who calmly gives an account of... continue
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A Whole Life by Robert Seethaler EN

Rating: 5 (2 votes)
Country: Europe / Austria flag Austria
Description:
Shortlisted for the Booker International Prize. Like John Williams' Stoner or Denis Johnson's Train Dreams, A Whole Life by Robert Seethaler is a tender book about finding dignity and beauty in solitude. An exquisite novel about a simple life, it has already demonstrated its power to move thousands of readers with a message of solace and truth. It looks at the moments, big and small, that make us what we are. Andreas lives his whole life in the Austrian Alps, where he arrives as a young boy taken in by a farming family. He is a man of very few words and so, when he falls in love with Marie, he... continue

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A Wild Sheep Chase by Haruki Murakami EN

Rating: 4 (8 votes)
Country: Asia / Japan flag Japan
Description:
Haruki Murakami's third novel, A Wild Sheep Chase is the mystery hybrid which completes the odyssey begun in Hear the Wind Sing and Pinball, 1973. The man was leading an aimless life, time passing, one big blank. His girlfriend has perfectly formed ears, ears with the power to bewitch, marvels of creation. The man receives a letter from a friend, enclosing a seemingly innocent photograph of sheep, and a request: place the photograph somewhere it will be seen. Then, one September afternoon, the phone rings, and the adventure begins. Welcome to the wild sheep chase. 'Mr. Murakami's style and ima... continue