Books written by male authors (3544)


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Durst by Jo Nesbo DE

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / Norway flag Norway
Description:
Ein Serienkiller findet seine Opfer über die Dating-App Tinder. Die Osloer Polizei hat keine Spur. Der einzige Spezialist für Serientäter, Harry Hole, unterrichtet an der Polizeihochschule, weil er mehr Zeit für seine Frau Rakel und ihren Sohn Oleg haben möchte. Doch Holes alter Chef Mikael Bellmann kennt Olegs Vergangenheit und setzt Hole unter Druck. Der Kommissar gibt schließlich nach und arbeitet hochkonzentriert mit seinen Leuten an dem Fall. In einer Atmosphäre der Angst zögern viele Frauen, sich weiter über die App zu verabreden. Die schlimmsten Befürchtungen werden wahr, als tatsächlic... continue

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Dusk by F. Sionil Jose EN

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
Country: Asia / Philippines flag Philippines
Description:
With Dusk (originally published in the Philippines as Po-on), F. Sionil Jose begins his five-novel Rosales Saga, which the poet and critic Ricaredo Demetillo called "the first great Filipino novels written in English." Set in the 1880s, Dusk records the exile of a tenant family from its village and the new life it attempts to make in the small town of Rosales. Here commences the epic tale of a family unwillingly thrown into the turmoil of history. But this is more than a historical novel; it is also the eternal story of man's tortured search for true faith and the larger meaning of existence. ... continue

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Earth and Ashes by Atiq Rahimi EN

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
Country: Asia / Afghanistan flag Afghanistan
Description:
When the Soviet army arrives in Afghanistan, the elderly Dastaguir witnesses the destruction of his village. Haunting in its spareness, "Earth and Ashes" is a tale of devastating loss, but also of human perseverance in the face of madness and war.

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East of Eden by John Steinbeck EN

Rating: 5 (5 votes)
Description:
The biblical account of Cain and Abel is echoed in the history of two generations of the Trask family in California.

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East of the West : A Country in Stories by Miroslav Penkov EN

Rating: 4 (3 votes)
Country: Europe / Bulgaria flag Bulgaria
Description:
Collects stories inspired by the author's native Bulgaria, including the tales of a grandson who tries to buy Lenin's corpse on eBay for his grandfather and a boy who meets a cousin every five years on the river that divides their village.

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Echoes from the Dead by Johan Theorin EN

Rating: 5 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / Sweden flag Sweden
Description:
On a gray September day, on an island off the coast of Sweden, six -year -old Jens Davidsson ventured out of his backyard, walked out into a fog, and vanished….Now twenty years have passed, and in this magnificent debut novel of suspense—a runaway bestseller in Sweden—the boy’s mother returns to the place where her son disappeared, drawn by a chilling package sent in the mail… In it, lovingly wrapped, is one of Jens’ sandals—sandals Julia Davidsson put on her son’s feet that very last morning. Now, with only a handful of clues, Julia and her father are questioning islanders who were present th... continue

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Eclipse by John Banville ES

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / Ireland flag Ireland
Description:
El narrador, Alexander Cleave, está en medio de una crisis. Percibe que algo no está bien en su vida. Siente que el nudo central de su problema está en que toda su vida se ha ocupado más de representar que de ser, o de vivir, lo cual cuaja perfectamente con su profesión de actor (aunque el problema lo preceda). "A veces me parece que es en esos intervalos de vacío, sin que fuera consciente de ello, cuando he vivido de forma más real y auténtica." Hay al menos un aspecto de su vida que muestra otra cosa: la profunda conexi&oacu... continue

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Eclipse of the Crescent Moon by Gárdonyi Géza, (trans George F. Cushing) EN

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Country: Europe / Hungary flag Hungary
Description:
Novel based on the Seige of Eger in 1552, when a small Hungarian garrison resisted a far larger Turkish army for almost six weeks, forcing its humiliating retreat. The garrison commander, Istvan Dobo became a national hero, but he was helped by Gergely Bornemissza, whose ingenious use of explosives caused confusion in the Turkish forces. An exciting tale of chivalry, love, adventure & disaster, leading up to the seige itself. A convincing blend of history & fiction, a Hungarian literary classic beloved of adults & children alike

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Een jihad van liefde by Mohamed El Bachiri, David Van Reybrouck NL

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Country: Europe / Belgium flag Belgium
Description:
A heartbreaking plea for tolerance and compassion from Mohamed El-Bachiri, who lost his wife Loubna in the Brussels attack of March 2016. Mohamed El-Bachiri is a Muslim. He lost his wife Loubna in the Brussels bombing of March 2016 – a young woman murdered by a fanatical jihadist. Mohamed was left to bring up their three sons on his own. Instead of hating or collapsing into grief, he put together a short book of reflections on love, loss and the ways in which we can live together despite differences of religion and ideology. It is a plea for tolerance and compassion, a rejection... continue

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Een schitterend wit by Jon Fosse NL

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Country: Europe / Norway flag Norway
Description:
Een man rijdt in zijn auto zonder te weten waar hij heen gaat, slaat linksaf en rechtsaf en komt vast te zitten. Het wordt donker en begint te sneeuwen. In plaats van hulp te halen, loopt hij een pad in het bos af, wetend dat het dwaas is om te doen.