Book type: fiction (6160)
1611.
Fem by Magda Carneci EN
RomaniaDescription:
The lyrical, feminist novel that exploded onto the Romanian literary scene: a 21st-century Scheherazade recounts her life to a man whom she fears might leave her forever.
1612.
IndiaDescription:
"It was time for that tiny little dream that lay hidden all these years to gradually acquire a form and shape. The thought of making it come true was an audacious one. She dared not do it. On the other hand she dared a lot after all, she was Fateema Lokhandwala, a courageous young woman... " "As pots and words banged against each other, her two-wheeler would whizz past everything, leaving it all behind. Main road, Mashallah! Current-like, the city would course through her body... At such times, Fateema lived in the present, and in the future. " Thus begins Ila Arab Mehta s beautiful and skillf... continue
1613.
Festín de sangre by Malika Moustadraf ES
MoroccoDescription:
Los cuentos de Malika Moustadraf atraviesan con crudeza las distintas capas del Marruecos de principios del siglo XXI y ofrecen una mirada de las complejidades de una sociedad que, desde lejos, puede parecer sólida y homogénea. Con un estilo brutal y personajes contradictorios, el sexo, la prostitución, la enfermedad y la corrupción se muestran como grandes traumas, especialmente para las mujeres, en un escenario donde también hay lugar para la esperanza y la ternura.
1614.
Feuertaufe by Andrzej Sapkowski DE
PolandDescription:
In Nilfgaard wird die Verlobung des Kaisers mit Cirilla, Thronerbin von Cintra, proklamiert. Aber handelt es sich wirklich um die echte Ciri? GeraltGeralt macht sich auf den Weg nach Nilfgaard. Imner wieder zeigen ihm Wahrträume, dass Ciri in höchster Gefahr schwebt.
1615.
Fever by Jean Marie Le Clezio EN
FranceDescription:
In these nine unforgettable and impressionistic 'tales of little madness', the Nobel Prize-winning author Le Clézio explores how the physical sensations we experience every day can be as strong as feelings of love or hate, with their power to bring chaos to our lives. In 'The Day that Beaumont became Acquainted with his Pain', a man with toothache spends the night seeking ways to disown his throbbing jaw; in 'Fever', Roch finds his mind transported by sunstroke; while in 'A Day of Old Age' little Joseph tries to comprehend the physical suffering of a dying old woman. Set in a timeless, spacele... continue
1616.
Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson EN
Country: North America / 
United States of America
United States of America
Description:
It's late summer 1793, and the streets of Philadelphia are abuzz with mosquitoes and rumors of fever. Down near the docks, many have taken ill, and the fatalities are mounting. Now they include Polly, the serving girl at the Cook Coffeehouse. But fourteen-year-old Mattie Cook doesn't get a moment to mourn the passing of her childhood playmate. New customers have overrun her family's coffee shop, located far from the mosquito-infested river, and Mattie's concerns of fever are all but overshadowed by dreams of growing her family's small business into a thriving enterprise. But when the fever beg... continue
1617.
Fever Dream by Samanta Schweblin EN
Country: South America / 
Argentina
Argentina
Description:
NOW A FEATURE FILM COMING SOON TO NETFLIX "Genius." —Jia Tolentino, The New Yorker Finalist for the Man Booker International Prize! Experience the blazing, surreal sensation of a fever dream... A young woman named Amanda lies dying in a rural hospital clinic. A boy named David sits beside her. She’s not his mother. He's not her child. Together, they tell a haunting story of broken souls, toxins, and the power and desperation of family. Fever Dream is a nightmare come to life, a ghost story for the real world, a love story and a cautionary tale. One of the freshest new voices to come out of the... continue
1618.
Ficciones by Jorge Luis Borges ES
Country: South America / Argentina
Argentina
Description:
La primera parte, El jardin de senderos que se bifurcan (1941), reune el relato policial del mismo nombre, dos notas sobre libros imaginarios: Tlon, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius Y Examen de la obra de Herbert Quain, y cuatro cuentos de indole fantastica: Pierre Menard, autor del Quijote, Las ruinas circulares, La loteria de Babel.En la segunda parte, Artificios (1944), se incluyen, entre otros, La muerte y la brujula, de corte filosofico-policial; Funes el memorioso, metafora sobre el insomnio; Tema del traidor y d heroe, acerca de un mismo destino que pierde y que redime; y El Sur, cuento preferido d... continue
1619.
Fiebre de carnaval by Yuliana Ortiz Ruano ES
Country: South America / 
Ecuador
Ecuador
Description:
La memoria musical y sensible del carnaval de Esmeraldas resucita en Ainhoa, una niña de la isla de Limones, secretos familiares y episodios de violencia. En Fiebre de Carnaval cobra vida el mundo que la rodea en cada palabra, en cada ritmo que se baila, se contagia y que puede oírse en estas páginas. Gracias a una serie de recuerdos se construye una novela en la que cronología es imperceptible, y que da forma al cuerpo de la niña-máquina deseante, que a su vez es el de las mujeres que la criaron.
El barrio en el que vive la abuela materna de Ainhoa, ... continue
1620.
Fiebre Tropical : A Novel by Julián Delgado Lopera EN
Country: South America / 
Colombia
Colombia
Description:
Winner for the 2021 Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Fiction Winner of the 2021 Ferro-Grumley Literary Award for LGBTQ Fiction Finalist for the 2020 Kirkus Prize for Fiction Lit by the hormonal neon glow of Miami, this debut novel follows a Colombian teenager's coming-of-age as she plunges headfirst into lust and evangelism. Uprooted from her comfortable life in Bogotá, Colombia, into an ant-infested Miami townhouse, fifteen-year-old Francisca is miserable and friendless in her strange new city. Her alienation grows when her mother is swept up into an evangelical church, replete with Christia... continue