Book type: fiction (6156)
Argentina1512.
English: A Novel by Wang Gang EN
ChinaDescription:
"I loved this book and can't stop talking about it. . . . Transcendent." —Carolyn See, The Washington Post In the tradition of Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress, Wang Gang's English is a captivating coming-of-age novel about the power of language to launch a journey of self-discovery. When a new teacher—a tall, elegantly dressed man from Shanghai carrying an English dictionary under his arm—comes to Urumqi, the capital of China's far west region of Xinjiang, twelve-year-old Love Liu turns away from Chairman Mao's little red book and toward the teacher's big blue book for answers to his ... continue
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Enigma Otiliei by George Călinescu RO
RomaniaDescription:
Tânărul Felix Sima vine de la Iaşi la tutorele său, Costache Giurgiuveanu, la Bucureşti, ca să înceapă cursurile Universităţii de Medicină. Aici o întâlneşte pe fiica acestuia, Otilia.
Enigma Otiliei este, pe scurt, un roman puternic, impecabil construit, un roman auctorial cu un narator care ştie tot şi comentează cu mare volubilitate toate actele eroilor şi toate situaţiile prin care aceştia trec. Ştie chiar ce se află scris într-un plic înainte ca adresantul să-l deschidă... Naratorul călinescian este, apoi, informat în toate direcţiile, de la ar... continue
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Ensayo sobre la ceguera by Jose Saramago ES
PortugalDescription:
Saramago arranca con una idea interesante: ¿Qué pasaría si…? En este caso, elabora un ensayo sobre que pasaría si todos quedaran ciegos, en forma de historia en torno a un grupo de personajes. Tiene humor, historia, situaciones, reflexiones y una prosa muy interesante, casi española. Lo sucedido, las opiniones, los mecanismos lógicos son del autor, que a pesar de escenas terribles, se cuida de evitar el espanto. Buena.
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Enter Ghost by Isabella Hammad EN
Country: Europe / 
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Description:
A woman reeling from a disastrous love affair finds love and hope in Shakespeare and Palestine. 'A novel to savour' SUNDAY TIMES 'A vital storyteller' ALI SMITH After years away from her family's homeland, and reeling from a disastrous love affair, actress Sonia Nasir returns to Haifa to visit her older sister Haneen. On her arrival, she finds her relationship to Palestine is fragile, both bone-deep and new. When Sonia meets the charismatic Mariam, a local director, she joins a production of Hamlet in the West Bank. Soon, Sonia is rehearsing with a dedicated, if competitive, group of men - yet... continue
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IsraelDescription:
Amos Oz (Israel, 1939) es el autor de este libro de ocho cuentos, ambientados en un kibutz imaginario, en el que el protagonista de uno aparece como personaje en otros. Muy buena descripción de la vida en los kibutz, y una excelente visión del alma humana.
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Country: Oceania / 
New Zealand
New Zealand
Description:
Inspired by Heart of Darkness but set in a dystopian New Zealand, it explores themes of family, love, solitude, fulfilment, success, survival, death and many others.
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Época de migración al Norte by Tayyeb Saleh ES
SudanDescription:
Después de años de estudio en Europa, el joven narrador de Temporada de migración al norte regresa a su pueblo a lo largo del Nilo en Sudán. Estamos en la década de 1960 y está ansioso por hacer una contribución a la nueva vida poscolonial de su país. De regreso a casa, descubre a un extraño entre los rostros familiares de la infancia: el enigmático Mustafa Sa'eed. Mustafa confía en el joven y le cuenta la historia de sus propios años en Londres, de su brillante carrera como economista y de la serie de rel... continue
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Equus by Peter Shaffer EN
Country: Europe / United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Description:
An explosive play that took critics and audiences by storm, Equus is Peter Shaffer's exploration of the way modern society has destroyed our ability to feel passion. Alan Strang is a disturbed youth whose dangerous obsession with horses leads him to commit an unspeakable act of violence. As psychiatrist Martin Dysart struggles to understand the motivation for Alan's brutality, he is increasingly drawn into Alan's web and eventually forced to question his own sanity. Equus is a timeless classic and a cornerstone of contemporary drama that delves into the darkest recesses of human existence.
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Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows : A Novel by Balli Kaur Jaswal EN
SingaporeDescription:
Reese Witherspoon’s Book Club Pick A lively, sexy, and thought-provoking East-meets-West story about community, friendship, and women’s lives at all ages—a spicy and alluring mix of Together Tea and Calendar Girls. Every woman has a secret life . . . Nikki lives in cosmopolitan West London, where she tends bar at the local pub. The daughter of Indian immigrants, she’s spent most of her twenty-odd years distancing herself from the traditional Sikh community of her childhood, preferring a more independent (that is, Western) life. When her father’s death leaves the family financially strapped, Ni... continue