Books written by male authors (3469)


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Casa de muñecas ; Hedda Gabler by Henrik Ibsen ES

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / Norway flag Norway
Description:
Las raíces directas del teatro actual se encuentran en la obra de Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906), quien no sólo puso los cimientos de la escena moderna, sino que dio expresión a muchos de los problemas del mundo contemporáneo. Uno de los temas que están presentes a lo largo de todo su teatro -la mujer como ser capaz de elegir libremente- llega a su cima en la Nora de "Casa de muñecas" (1879) y en la protagonista de "Hedda Gabler" (1890). Si la primera obra fue causa de uno de los mayores escándalos en la historia del teatro occiden... continue

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Casa de verano con piscina by Herman Koch ES

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Country: Europe / Netherlands flag Netherlands
Description:
Een arts begaat een medische fout, die misschien geen fout is maar opzet.

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CASSIE P CARIBBEAN PI by Cecil Browne EN

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Frustrated with the progress of her application to join the St Vincent and the Grenadines detectives, Cassie Providence resigns from the police force and sets up as a private investigator. This collection features her first six cases: the disappearance of a young woman after work one Friday; the robbery of an Arts Centre; the theft of a cutlery set by two warring sisters; the murder of a businessman after a dance; the blackmail of a headmaster; a wife being abused by her van driver husband. Tenacious, funny and impulsive, Cassie P is a Caribbean woman readers will take to their heart. Written ... continue


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Cat's Cradle : A Novel by Kurt Vonnegut EN

Rating: 5 (4 votes)
Description:
“A free-wheeling vehicle . . . an unforgettable ride!”—The New York Times Cat’s Cradle is Kurt Vonnegut’s satirical commentary on modern man and his madness. An apocalyptic tale of this planet’s ultimate fate, it features a midget as the protagonist, a complete, original theology created by a calypso singer, and a vision of the future that is at once blackly fatalistic and hilariously funny. A book that left an indelible mark on an entire generation of readers, Cat’s Cradle is one of the twentieth century’s most important works—and Vonnegut at his very best. “[Vonnegut is] an unimitative and i... continue


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Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger EN

Rating: 4 (8 votes)
Description:
In an effort to escape the hypocrisies of life at his boarding school, sixteen-year-old Holden Caulfield seeks refuge in New York City.

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Catching Teller Crow by Ambelin Kwaymullina, Ezekiel Kwaymullina EN

Rating: 3 (1 vote)
Country: Oceania / Australia flag Australia
Description:
An extraordinary thriller, told from the perspective of two Aboriginal protagonists, which weaves together themes of grief, colonial history, violence, love and family. Nothing's been the same for Beth Teller since she died. Her dad, a detective, is the only one who can see and hear her, and he's drowning in grief. Only a suspected murder, and a mystery to solve, might save them both. And they have a potential witness: Isobel Catching. Aboriginal by birth, like Beth, she seems lost and isolated in the world. But as the two get closer, Isobel's strange tale of glass-eyed monsters and stolen col... continue

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Catfish and Mandala : A Two-Wheeled Voyage Through the Landscape and Memory of Vietnam by Andrew X. Pham EN

Rating: 5 (1 vote)
Country: Asia / Vietnam flag Vietnam
Description:
A collection of memoirs recounting the journey of a Vietnamese-American touring Vietnam and the Pacific rim in search of cultural identity.

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Cathedral of the Sea by Ildefonso Falcones de Sierra EN

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / Spain flag Spain
Description:
Follows the fortunes of the Estanyol family in medieval Barcelona, whose rise from peasantry is marked by their stoneworker son's role in building the Santa Maria del Mar cathedral and his forbidden love for a Jewish woman.