Books written by male authors (3573)
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Night Vision : Poems by Kendel Hippolyte EN
Country: North America / 
St. Lucia
St. Lucia
Description:
Because we see with history, it is difficult to see through it. And yet we must or we become it, become nothing else but history. It is this challenge, laid down in the powerful title poem of this collection, which Kendel Hippolyte takes up in Night Vision. And the history that Hippolyte penetrates is a history of the change overtaking the island of St. Lucia. As town becomes city and city spreads like a cancer, the poet's searching verse finds among the waste of humanity, nature, and culture a microcosm of the transforming Caribbean-from tradition, community, rooted identity, to social fragme... continue
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Nightmare in Berlin by Hans Fallada EN
GermanyDescription:
Available for the first time in English, here is an unforgettable portrayal by a master novelist of the physical and psychological devastation wrought in the homeland by Hitler’s war. Late April, 1945. The war is over, yet Dr Doll, a loner and ‘moderate pessimist’, lives in constant fear. By night, he is haunted by nightmarish images of the bombsite in which he is trapped — he, and the rest of Germany. More than anything, he wishes to vanquish the demon of collective guilt, but he is unable to right any wrongs, especially in his position as mayor of a small town in north-east Germany that has ... continue
1843.
Nights of Plague : A novel by Orhan Pamuk EN
TurkeyDescription:
From the the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature: Part detective story, part historical epic—a bold and brilliant novel that imagines a plague ravaging a fictional island in the Ottoman Empire. It is April 1900, in the Levant, on the imaginary island of Mingheria—the twenty-ninth state of the Ottoman Empire—located in the eastern Mediterranean between Crete and Cyprus. Half the population is Muslim, the other half are Orthodox Greeks, and tension is high between the two. When a plague arrives—brought either by Muslim pilgrims returning from the Mecca or by merchant vessels coming from Alex... continue
1844.
Nimrod : Selected Writings by Nimrod ; ed. Frieda Ekotto EN
ChadDescription:
The Chadian writer Nimrod—philosopher, poet, novelist, and essayist—is one of the most dynamic and vital voices in contemporary African literature and thought. Yet little of Nimrod’s writing has been translated into English until now. Introductory material by Frieda Ekotto provides context for Nimrod’s work and demonstrates the urgency of making it available beyond Francophone Africa to a broader global audience. At the heart of this volume are Nimrod’s essays on Léopold Sédar Senghor, a key figure in the literary and aesthetic Négritude movement of the 1930s and president of Senegal from 1945... continue
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Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell EN
Country: Europe / 
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Description:
George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four is unquestionably the most famous dystopian novel of all times. Written in the year of 1948, the author swapped the last two digits while describing a future totalitarian society where the minds, attitudes and actions of the subjects are thoroughly scrutinized by the "Thought Police", suspected dissidents tracked down and where the worship of the mythical party leader Big Brother is forced upon the masses. The low-ranking party member Winston Smith begins secretly to question the whole system and initiates a forbidden love affair with another party member.
1846.
Ningún lugar sagrado by Rodrigo Rey Rosa ES
Country: North America / 
Guatemala
Guatemala
Description:
Aunque en algunas de sus páginas se halle presente, a veces con dureza y notable intensidad, la problemática de Guatemala, Ningún lugar sagrado se diferencia de los precedentes libros de Rodrigo Rey Rosa por el hecho de situarse fundamentalmente en el escenario urbano de Nueva York en la actualidad. Por lo demás, el estilo de Rodrigo Rey Rosa, siempre de magistral concisión y fuerza expresiva y aquí de extraordinaria y muy bien dominada variedad técnica, se mantiene fiel a sus constantes y explora en el mundo narrativo que le es propio y distint... continue
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Niños muertos by Martin Amis ES
Country: Europe / United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Description:
Construida utilizando la siempre fascinante estructura de la reunión de personajes en un lugar aislado, que tiene precursores tan ilustres y diversos como el Marqués de Sade o Agatha Christie, Niños muertos es un esperpéntico, sangriento y muy divertido ajuste de cuentas del autor con la cultura del placer inmediato, del sexo, las drogas y la fama instantáneos.
Los habitantes de la rectoría de Appleseed -el rubio y elegante Quentin y su esposa Celia, ambos de muy buena familia, la bella e inteligente Diana, el bufonesco Keith, el ansioso y rico Giles-... continue
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Ninth Building by Zou Jingzhi EN
ChinaDescription:
Ninth Building is a fascinating collection of vignettes drawn from Zou Jingzhi's experience growing up during the Cultural Revolution, first as a boy in Beijing and then as a teenager exiled to the countryside. Zou poetically captures a side of the Cultural Revolution that is less talked about--the sheer tedium and waste of young life, as well as the gallows humor that accompanies such desperate situations. Jeremy Tiang's enthralling translation of this important work of fiction was awarded a PEN/Heim Grant.
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No Exit and Three Other Plays by Jean-Paul Sartre EN
FranceDescription:
Four seminal plays by one of the greatest philosophers of the twentieth century. An existential portrayal of Hell in Sartre's best-known play, as well as three other brilliant, thought-provoking works: the reworking of the Electra-Orestes story, the conflict of a young intellectual torn between theory and conflict, and an arresting attack on American racism.
1850.
No knives in the kitchens of this city by Khaled khalifa EN
SyriaDescription:
In the once beautiful city of Aleppo, one family descends into ruin in this novel from one of the rising stars of Arab fiction-- New York Times Irrepressible Sawsan flirts with militias, the ruling party, and finally religion, seeking but never finding salvation. She and her siblings and mother are slowly choked in violence and decay, as their lives are plundered by a brutal regime. Set between the 1960s and 2000s, No Knives in the Kitchens of this City unravels the systems of fear and control under Assad. With eloquence and startling honesty, it speaks of the persecution of a whole society.