Book type: fiction (6167)


1801.

Gold Boy, Emerald Girl by Yiyun Li EN

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
Country: Asia / China flag China
Description:
"The stories in this collection are mostly set in the China of the 21st century, where economic development has led to situations unknown to previous decades: residents in a shabby block of flats witnessing in awe the property boom; a local entrepreneur-turned-philanthropist sheltering women in trouble in her mansion; a group of retired women discovering fame late in their lives as private investigators specialising in extramarital affairs; a young woman setting up a blog to publicise an alleged affair of her father. Beneath the veneer of prosperity and opportunity, however, lie the struggles ... continue

1802.

Gold Dust by Ibrahim al-Koni EN

Rating: 3 (1 vote)
Country: Africa / Libya flag Libya
Description:
Gold Dust is a classic story of the brotherhood between man and beast, the thread of companionship that is all the difference between life and death in the desert. It is a story of the fight to endure in a world of limitless and waterless wastes, and a parable of the struggle to survive in the most dangerous landscape of all: human society.

1803.

Golden Age : A Novel by Wang Xiaobo EN

Rating: 3 (1 vote)
Country: Asia / China flag China
Description:
"At the time Wang was writing, novels about the Cultural Revolution tended to be fairly conventional tales of how good people suffered nobly during this decade of madness. The system itself was rarely called into question. Wang’s book was radically different . . . The idea of how to stand up to power underlies Golden Age." —Ian Johnson, The New York Times Book Review Like Gary Shteyngart or Michel Houellebecq, Wang Xiaobo is a Chinese literary icon whose satire forces us to reconsider the ironies of history. “Apparently, there was a rumour that Chen Qingyang and I were having an affair. She wa... continue

1804.

Golden Child : A Novel by Claire Adam EN

Rating: 5 (1 vote)
Description:
"Published in Great Britain by Faber and Faber UK"--Title page verso.

1805.

Golpéate el corazón by Amélie Nothomb ES

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Country: Europe / Belgium flag Belgium
Description:
Marie, joven belleza de provincias, despierta admiración, se sabe deseada, disfruta siendo el centro de atención y se deja cortejar por el galán más guapo de su entorno. Pero un embarazo imprevisto y una boda precipitada cortan en seco sus devaneos juveniles, y cuando nace su hija Diane vierte sobre ella toda su frialdad, envidia y celos. Diane crecerá marcada por la carencia de afecto maternal e intentando comprender los motivos de la cruel actitud de su madre hacia ella. Años después, la fascinación por el verso de Alfred de Musset que da origen al título del libro la impulsará a estudiar ca... continue
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1806.

Gone Girl : A Novel by Gillian Flynn EN

Rating: 4 (9 votes)
Description:
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The “mercilessly entertaining” (Vanity Fair) instant classic “about the nature of identity and the terrible secrets that can survive and thrive in even the most intimate relationships” (Lev Grossman, Time)—now featuring never-before-published deleted scenes NAMED ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL BOOKS OF THE DECADE BY CNN AND ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE DECADE BY TIME AND ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY Janet Maslin, The New York Times • People • Entertainment Weekly • O: The Oprah Magazine • Slate • Kansas City Star • USA Today • ... continue

1807.

Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell EN

Rating: 4 (3 votes)
Description:
The story of the tempestuous romance between Rhett Butler and Scarlet O'Hara is set amid the drama of the Civil War.

1808.

Good Girl, Bad Blood by Holly Jackson EN

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Description:
THE MUST-READ MULTIMILLION BESTSELLING MYSTERY SERIES—A GOOD GIRL'S GUIDE TO MURDER NOW ON NETFLIX! • More dark secrets are exposed in this addictive, true-crime fueled sequel when Pip finds herself in another deadly case. Pip is not a detective anymore. With the help of Ravi Singh, she released a true-crime podcast about the murder case they solved together last year. The podcast has gone viral, yet Pip insists her investigating days are behind her. But she will have to break that promise when someone she knows goes missing. Jamie Reynolds has disappeared, on the very same night the town host... continue

1809.

Good morning comrades : a novel by Ondjaki EN

Rating: 4 (3 votes)
Country: Africa / Angola flag Angola
Description:
Luanda, Angola, 1990. Ndalu is a normal twelve-year old boy in an extraordinary time and place. Like his friends, he enjoys laughing at his teachers, avoiding homework and telling tall tales. But Ndalu's teachers are Cuban, his homework assignments include writing essays on the role of the workers and peasants, and the tall tales he and his friends tell are about a criminal gang called Empty Crate which specializes in attacking schools. Ndalu is mystified by the family servant, Comrade Antonio, who thinks that Angola worked better when it was a colony of Portugal, and by his Aunt Dada, who liv... continue

1810.

Good Morning, Midnight by Jean Rhys EN

Rating: 3 (1 vote)
Description:
The last of the four novels Jean Rhys wrote in interwar Paris, Good Morning, Midnight is the culmination of a searing literary arc, which established Rhys as an astute observer of human tragedy. Her everywoman heroine, Sasha, must confront the loves-- and losses-- of her past in this mesmerizing and formally daring psychological portrait.