Books written by male authors (3470)
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Cain's Jawbone by E. Powys Mathers EN
Country: Europe / 
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Description:
Six murders. One hundred pages. Millions of possible combinations... but only one is correct. Can you solve Torquemada's murder mystery?
In 1934, the Observer's cryptic crossword compiler, Edward Powys Mathers (aka Torquemada), released a novel that was simultaneously a murder mystery and the most fiendishly difficult literary puzzle ever written.
The pages have been printed in an entirely haphazard order, but it is possible - through logic and intelligent reading - to sort the pages into the only correct order, revealing six murder victims and their respective murderers.
On... continue
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Ireland403.
Çalıkuşu by Reşat Nuri Güntekin TR
TurkeyDescription:
Reşat Nuri Güntekin'in 1922 yılında ilk kez Vakit gazetesinde tefrika edilen en tanınmış eseridir. Fransız Lisesi mezunu gencecik, delişmen bir kız olan Feride'nin serüveni yaşadığı derin bir hayal kırıklığı sonrasında nişanlısını, ailesini İstanbul'da bırakarak Anadolu'nun küçük bir köyüne öğretmen olmasıyla başlar. Daha sonra bu köyü diğer kasabalar, şehirler izler. Önceleri her gittiği yerde Kurtuluş Savaşı'nın etkileri görülür, güç koşulların, sefaletin izlerine rastlanır. Sonraları... continue
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Call Me American by Abdi Nor Iftin EN
SomaliaDescription:
Abdi Nor Iftin first fell in love with America from afar. As a child, he learned English by listening to American pop and watching action films starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. When U.S. marines landed in Mogadishu to take on the warlords, Abdi cheered the arrival of these Americans, who seemed as heroic as those of the movies. Sporting American clothes and dance moves, he became known around Mogadishu as Abdi American, but when the radical Islamist group al-Shabaab rose to power in 2006, it became dangerous to celebrate Western culture. Desperate to make a living, Abdi used his language skills... continue
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Call Me by Your Name : A Novel by André Aciman EN
EgyptDescription:
The sudden and powerful attraction between a teenage boy and a summer guest at his parents' house on the Italian Riviera has a profound and lasting influence that will mark them both for a lifetime.
406.
Calle de las Tiendas Oscuras by Patrick Modiano ES
FranceDescription:
La novela es relatada por Guy Roland, un hombre que ha perdido la memoria y trata de reconstruir su pasado y saber quien fue. Aplica la experiencia de sus ocho años como detective para recorrer pistas, e incluso algunas falsas permiten retomar el tenue hilo de Ariadna. Por momentos la ilación puede dificultar el seguimiento, y puede ser conveniente hacer un resumen. Bueno.
407.
Calling a Wolf a Wolf : Poems by Kaveh Akbar EN
IranDescription:
Addiction. Recovery. Repeat. Akbar blazes the poetry scene with this introspective, powerful and passionate debut.
408.
Country: South America / 
Chile
Chile
Description:
On a long, near-silent drive with his father, a young man surveys the worn-out puzzle of his broken family.
409.
Camarada Papa by Gauz ES
Country: Africa / 
Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast
Description:
Dabilly, sacerdote recién ordenado, se enfrenta en pocos días a la muerte de ambos padre; huérfano y en crisis, reniega y antes que lo vayan a buscar, huye a África.
El niño adoctrinado y estereotipado que llama Camarada Papá a su padre (y que da el título al libro), más allá del humor y sutileza (una excelente caricatura del militante) volcado en el personaje, tiene un papel menor en la historia. Su madre no está con ellos, pero no los abandonó: se fue con su militancia al paraíso de Hoxha (Albania), con du... continue
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Cancer Ward by Aleksandr Solzhenit︠s︡yn EN
RussiaDescription:
One of the great allegorical masterpieces of world literature, Cancer Ward is both a deeply compassionate study of people facing terminal illness and a brilliant dissection of the "cancerous" Soviet police state.