Books written by male authors (3498)
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Devils in Daylight by Junichiro Tanizaki EN
JapanDescription:
A suspenseful early novella about obsession, voyeurism, and Tokyo's seedy criminal underworld
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Diaboliad by Mikhail Bulgakov EN
UkraineDescription:
The five, irreverant, satirical and imaginative stories contained in Diaboliad caused an uproar upon the book's first publication in 1925. Full of invention, they display Bulgakov's breathtaking stylistic range, moving at dizzying speed from grotesque satire to science fiction, from the plainest realism to the most madcap fantasy. Diaboliad is a wonderful introduction to literature's most uncategorisable and subversive genius.
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Dial a for Aunties by Jesse Q. Sutanto EN
IndonesiaDescription:
"Sutanto brilliantly infuses comedy and culture into the unpredictable rom-com/murder mystery mashup as Meddy navigates familial duty, possible arrest and a groomzilla. I laughed out loud and you will too.”—USA Today (four-star review) “A hilarious, heartfelt romp of a novel about—what else?—accidental murder and the bond of family. This book had me laughing aloud within its first five pages… Utterly clever, deeply funny, and altogether charming, this book is sure to be one of the best of the year!”—Emily Henry, New York Times bestselling author of Beach Read One of NPR's Best Books of 2021! O... continue
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Diario de un mal año by J. M. Coetzee ES
Country: Africa / 
South Africa
South Africa
Description:
El Sr. C., que envejece, escribe varios ensayos por encargo de una editora, y contrata como dactilógrafa a la atractiva Anya, vecina de edificio, filipina, casada con un joven y ambicioso australiano (“con pecas en la espalda”).
La historia (cada página), transcurre en tres planos: el ensayo, y los “diarios” del Sr. C, y los pensamientos de Anya.
La lectura es inicialmente difícil (he utilizado varias técnicas para seguirlo), pero vale la pena: los ensayos tienen aportes originales y valiosos; y la pequeña historia que transcurre, re... continue
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Diary of a Mad Old Man by Junichiro Tanizaki EN
Description:
The journals of a seventy-seven year old man recovering from a stroke and frustrated with the limitations of his decaying body sustain a novel of the tragicomedy of human existence.
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Diary of a Madman and Other Stories: The Nose; the Carriage; the Overcoat; Taras Bulba by Nikolai Gogol EN
Description:
Hailed by Nabokov as "the greatest artist that Russia has yet produced," Nikolai Gogol (1809-1852) left his mark as a playwright, novelist, and writer of short stories. Gogol's works remain popular with both writers and readers, who prize his originality, imaginative gifts, and sheer exuberance.
This collection offers an excellent introduction to the author's works. Opening a door to his bizarre world of broad comedy, fantasy, and social commentary, the title story portrays a petty official's mental disintegration as he struggles for the attention of the woman he love... continue
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Diary of the Fall by Michel Laub EN
Country: South America / 
Brazil
Brazil
Description:
Years after a prank leaves the only Catholic boy in an elite Jewish school in Porto Alegre terribly injured, one of his classmates revisits that episode, trying to come to terms with his own story, and those of his father and grandfather.
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Dicționar de lagăr by Oliver Lustig RO
RomaniaDescription:
A personal testimony of life and death in the Nazi concentration and extermination camps (Birkenau, Kaufering, Landsberg, etc.) in the form of a dictionary of terms specific to the camps and the mass murder of the Jews. also recalls Jewish attempts to resist, such as the Sonderkommando revolt in Birkenau in 1944.
Serbia