Book type: fiction (6177)


2031.

How We Disappeared by Jing-Jing Lee EN

Rating: 5 (2 votes)
Country: Asia / Singapore flag Singapore
Description:
A beautiful, stunningly ambitious tale of endurance, identity, and memory, for fans of Min Jin Lee's Pachinko and Georgia Hunter's We Were the Lucky Ones.

2032.

Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones EN

Rating: 5 (2 votes)
Description:
In the land of Ingary, such things as spells, invisible cloaks, and seven-league boots were everyday things. The Witch of the Waste was another matter. After fifty years of quiet, it was rumored that the Witch was about to terrorize the country again. So when a moving black castle, blowing dark smoke from its four thin turrets, appeared on the horizon, everyone thought it was the Witch. The castle, however, belonged to Wizard Howl, who, it was said, liked to suck the souls of young girls. The Hatter sisters--Sophie, Lettie, and Martha--and all the other girls were warned not to venture into th... continue


2034.

Huasipungo by Jorge Icaza ES

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A classic of Ecuadorian literature published in 1934. Knows as 'The Villagers' in English.

2035.

Huasipungo by Jorge Icaza EN

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
Description:
An indispensable analysis of great Spanish literature is offered. The objective is to permit teachers & students of Spanish literature an access for a clear understanding of the author & his work.

2036.

HUGE by Brent Butt EN

Rating: 5 (1 vote)
Description:
In comedy, killing is a good thing. From the award-winning screenwriter and International Emmy nominee comes this unexpectedly dark and twisted thriller. It's 1994, and three stand-up comedians have embarked on a tour of smaller communities across a remote stretch of rural Canadian countryside. Dale is a 40-something comic from Chicago who's on the back half of a mediocre career and thinking about quitting the business. Rynn is a 20-something fast-rising comedy star from Dublin with a big break into TV on her horizon. And who is this third guy, the hulking young man added to the bill at the la... continue

2037.

Huida a las tinieblas by Arthur Schnitzler ES

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Country: Europe / Austria flag Austria
Description:
Una trágica historia sobre un hombre que sufre de paranoia. Cuando Robert se da cuenta de que tiene una enfermedad mental y ya no puede separar la realidad de la fantasía, deja a su prometida, pero pronto busca una nueva amante. Su hermano Otto, médico, al principio no se toma muy en serio la enfermedad de Robert, pero cuando el estado de su hermano empeora y él intenta ansiosamente comprobar que todo va bien, esto se convierte en su perdición.
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2038.

Hum If You Don't Know the Words by Bianca Marais EN

Rating: 5 (3 votes)
Description:
Perfect for readers of The Secret Life of Bees and The Help, a perceptive and searing look at Apartheid-era South Africa, told through one unique family brought together by tragedy. Life under Apartheid has created a secure future for Robin Conrad, a ten-year-old white girl living with her parents in 1970s Johannesburg. In the same nation but worlds apart, Beauty Mbali, a Xhosa woman in a rural village in the Bantu homeland of the Transkei, struggles to raise her children alone after her husband's death. Both lives have been built upon the division of race, and their meeting should never have ... continue

2039.

Human Acts by Han Kang EN

Rating: 5 (15 votes)
Country: Asia / South Korea flag South Korea
Description:
From the internationally bestselling author of The Vegetarian, a “rare and astonishing” (The Observer) portrait of political unrest and the universal struggle for justice. In the midst of a violent student uprising in South Korea, a young boy named Dong-ho is shockingly killed. The story of this tragic episode unfolds in a sequence of interconnected chapters as the victims and the bereaved encounter suppression, denial, and the echoing agony of the massacre. From Dong-ho’s best friend who meets his own fateful end; to an editor struggling against censorship; to a prisoner and a factory worker,... continue
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2040.

Human Sacrifices : Stories by María Fernanda Ampuero EN

Rating: 4 (4 votes)
Description:
A groundbreaking voice in contemporary Latin American literature, María Fernanda Ampuero's writing is "raw and savage" as she confronts machismo, inequity, and violence in this acclaimed short story collection (Vistazo). An undocumented woman answers a job posting only to find herself held hostage, a group of outcasts obsess over boys drowned while surfing, and an unhappy couple finds themselves trapped in a terrifying maze. With scalpel-like precision, Ampuero considers the price paid by those on the margins so that the elite might lounge comfortably, considering themselves safe in their home... continue