Books written by male authors (3468)


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Beneath the Pyramid by Christian Jacq EN

Rating: 3 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / France flag France
Description:
The first in a new trilogy by Christian Jacq, BENEATH THE PYRAMID is a gripping novel of suspense which takes place during the reign of Ramses the Great. A young, intelligent, incorruptible novice judge, Pazair, is called to Memphis to investigate the mysterious deaths of five guards standing watch over the sphinx at Giza. His inquiries unearth a plot to overthrow Ramses, and with the help of Souti, a former scribe, and the beautiful Nefertet, a young doctor, he sets out to discover the truth.

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Bengal Nights : A Novel by Mircea Eliade EN

Rating: 4 (4 votes)
Country: Europe / Romania flag Romania
Description:
A semi-autobiographical romance between a French engineer and the daughter of a Hindu family with which he stayed in India. A case of East meets West with all the joys and woes that such encounters bring. For her version of the story see her novel, It Does Not Die.

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Berättelse om ett liv by Peter Handke SV

Rating: 3 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / Austria flag Austria
Description:
I Berättelse om ett liv skriver Peter Handke om sin mammas tröstlösa liv och självmord i början av sjuttiotalet. Han berättar om att vara det första barnet med "fel" man, om ett äktenskap som faller samman och om en uppslitande tillvaro i Österrike och krigets och efterkrigstidens Berlin. Det är ett liv som ingen reagerar på, och som till slut går mot sin upplösning. Handkes berättelse är också en reflexion över det som berättas, över svårigheterna att skriva.

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Berlin Alexanderplatz : The Story of Franz Biberkopf by Alfred Döblin EN

Rating: 3 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / Poland flag Poland
Description:
Alfred Döblin (1878-1957) studied medicine in Berlin and specialized in the treatment of nervous diseases. Along with his experiences as a psychiatrist in the workers' quarter of Berlin, his writing was inspired by the work of Holderlin, Schopenhauer and Nietzsche and was first published in the literary magazine, Der Sturm. Associated with the Expressionist literary movement in Germany, he is now recognized as on of the most important modern European novelists. Berlin Alexanderplatz is one of the masterpieces of modern European literature and the first German novel to adopt the technique of Ja... continue

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Best European Fiction 2011 (Best European Fiction) by Aleksandar Hemon, Various EN

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
Description:
“Best European Fiction is an exhilarating read.”—Time The launch of Dalkey’s Best European Fiction series was nothing short of phenomenal, with wide-ranging coverage in international media such as Time magazine, the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Chicago Tribune, Financial Times, and the Guardian; glowing reviews and interviews in print and online magazines such as the Believer, Bookslut, Paste, and the Huffington Post; radio interviews with editor Aleksandar Hemon on NPR stations in the US and BBC Radio 3 and 4 in the UK; and a terrific response from booksellers, who made Best European ... continue


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Betrayal in the City by Francis Imbuga EN

Rating: 4 (3 votes)
Country: Africa / Kenya flag Kenya
Description:
Betrayal in the City, first published in 1976 and 1977, was Kenya's national entry to the Second World Black and African Festival of Arts and Culture in Lagos, Nigeria. The play is an incisive, thought-provoking examination of the problems of independence and freedom in post-colonial African states, where a sizeable number of people feel that their future is either blank or bleak. In the words of Mosese, one of the characters: "It was better while we waited. Now we have nothing to look forward to. We have killed our past and are busy killing our future."--Page 4 of cover
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Bettý by Arnaldur Indriðason ES

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / Iceland flag Iceland
Description:
EL ARTE DE LA MANIPULACIÓN LLEGA A SU CIMA. Desde mi celda pienso en ella, en Bettý, tan bella, tan libre... Se me acercó en aquel congreso para decirme cuánto le había gustado mi conferencia. ¿Quién se habría resistido? ¿Y luego? ¿Qué pasó? No quería ese trabajo ni esa relación. Debería haber detectado las señales de peligro. Debería haber entendido mucho antes lo que pasaba. Debería, debería, debería... Recuerdo toda nuestra historia desde la primera mirada y descubro lentamente cómo mi culpabilidad parece indiscutible, pero sé que no soy culpable.


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Between the Assassinations by Aravind Adiga EN

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Country: Asia / India flag India
Description:
Welcome to Kittur, India. Of its 193,432 residents, only 89 declare themselves to be without religion or caste. And if the characters in "Between the Assassinations" are any indication, Kittur is an extraordinary crossroads between the brightest minds and the poorest morals, the up-and-coming and the downtrodden, and the poets and the prophets of an India that modern literature has rarely addressed. A series of sketches that together form a blinding, brilliant, and brave mosaic of Indian life as it is lived in a place called Kittur, "Between the Assassinations," with all the humor, sympathy, a... continue