Books written by male authors (3552)
2521.
Country: Asia / 
South Korea
South Korea
Description:
Winner of the Munhakdongne Novel Award, South Korea's most prestigious literary prize. Cabinet 13 looks exactly like any normal filing cabinet…Except this cabinet is filled with files on the ‘symptomers’, humans whose strange abilities and bizarre experiences might just mark the emergence of a new species. But to Mr Kong, the harried office worker whose job it is to look after the cabinet, the symptomers are a headache; especially the one who won’t stop calling every day, asking to be turned into a cat. A richly funny and fantastical novel about the strangeness at the heart of even the most ev... continue
2522.
The Cairo Trilogy : Palace Walk, Palace of Desire, Sugar Street by Najīb Maḥfūẓ EN
EgyptDescription:
A series of historical fiction based on the life of a family living in Cairo during the British Colonial period and afterward.
2523.
The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories by H.P. Lovecraft EN
Country: North America / 
United States of America
United States of America
Description:
H P Lovecraft is credited with reinventing the horror genre in the twentieth century. In this volume, Lovecraft's preeminent interpreter, S T Joshi, presents a selection of the master's fiction. These stories reveal the development of Lovecraft's mesmerizing narrative style and establish him as a canonical - and visionary - American writer.
2524.
The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer EN
Country: Europe / 
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Description:
Nevill Coghill’s masterly and vivid modern English verse translation with all the vigor and poetry of Chaucer’s fourteenth-century Middle English A Penguin Classic In The Canterbury Tales Chaucer created one of the great touchstones of English literature, a masterly collection of chivalric romances, moral allegories and low farce. A story-telling competition between a group of pilgrims from all walks of life is the occasion for a series of tales that range from the Knight’s account of courtly love and the ebullient Wife of Bath’s Arthurian legend, to the ribald anecdotes of the Miller and the ... continue
2525.
The Canterville Ghost by Oscar Wilde EN
IrelandDescription:
Despite warnings from Lord Canterville that their new home is haunted and that several family have fled form it in the middle of the night the Otis family chooses to go forward with their relocation. Almost immediately the Otis Family discovers that the stories are true and that their house is haunted by the ghost of Sir Simon. It is Sir Simon's intent not to share the house with anyone but the Otis family is not like previous families that Sir Simon has scared off in the past. Narrated by the ghost himself this Gothic ghost story takes the reader on many unexpected twists and turns. Wilde at ... continue
2526.
The Captive Mind by Czesław Miłosz EN
PolandDescription:
The Captive Mind examines the moral and intellectual conflicts faced by men and women living under totalitarianism of the left or right.
2527.
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
Told against the backdrop of the Korean War as a small Appalachian town sends its sons to battle, The Caretaker by award-winning author Ron Rash ("One of the great American authors at work today" --The New York Times) is a breathtaking love story and a searing examination of the acts we seek to justify in the name of duty, family, honor, and love. It's 1951 in Blowing Rock, North Carolina. Blackburn Gant, his life irrevocably altered by a childhood case of polio, seems condemned to spend his life among the dead as the sole caretaker of a hilltop cemetery. It suits his withdrawn personality, an... continue
2528.
The Cartographer Tries to Map a Way to Zion by Kei Miller EN
Country: North America / 
Jamaica
Jamaica
Description:
A collection of poetry by acclaimed Jamaican novelist and poet Kei Miller.
2529.
Country: Europe / 
Czech Republic
Czech Republic
Description:
From the author of The Metamorphosis and The Trial—one of the greatest writers of the twentieth century—the haunting tale of K.’s relentless, unavailing struggle with an inscrutable authority in order to gain access to the Castle. Translated and with a preface by Mark Harman. Arriving in a village to take up the position of land surveyor for the mysterious lord of a castle, the character known as K. finds himself in a bitter and baffling struggle to contact his new employer and go about his duties. The Castle's original manuscript was left unfinished by Kafka in 1922 and not published until 19... continue
2530.
BelgiumDescription:
Psychological novel of a husband and wife, both past 70, whose affection has turned to hate.