Book type: fiction (6185)


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Insecta by Claire Castillon RO

Rating: 3 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / France flag France
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Inseparable : A Never-Before-Published Novel by Simone de Beauvoir EN

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Country: Europe / France flag France
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A never-before-published novel by the iconic Simone de Beauvoir of an intense and vivid girlhood friendship From the moment Sylvie and Andrée meet in their Parisian day school, they see in each other an accomplice with whom to confront the mysteries of girlhood. For the next ten years, the two are the closest of friends and confidantes as they explore life in a post-World War One France, and as Andrée becomes increasingly reckless and rebellious, edging closer to peril. Sylvie, insightful and observant, sees a France of clashing ideals and religious hypocrisy--and at an early age is determined... continue

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Inseparable : A Never-Before-Published Novel by Simone de Beauvoir EN

Rating: 4 (4 votes)
Country: Europe / France flag France
Description:
A never-before-published novel by the iconic Simone de Beauvoir of an intense and vivid girlhood friendship From the moment Sylvie and Andrée meet in their Parisian day school, they see in each other an accomplice with whom to confront the mysteries of girlhood. For the next ten years, the two are the closest of friends and confidantes as they explore life in a post-World War One France, and as Andrée becomes increasingly reckless and rebellious, edging closer to peril. Sylvie, insightful and observant, sees a France of clashing ideals and religious hypocrisy--and at an early age is determined... continue

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Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhha Lai EN

Rating: 4 (2 votes)
Country: Asia / Vietnam flag Vietnam
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No one would believe me but at times I would choose wartime in Saigon over peacetime in Alabama. For all the ten years of her life, HÀ has only known Saigon: the thrills of its markets, the joy of its traditions, the warmth of her friends close by . . . and the beauty of her very own papaya tree. But now the Vietnam War has reached her home. HÀ and her family are forced to flee as Saigon falls, and they board a ship headed toward hope. In America, HÀ discovers the foreign world of Alabama: the coldness of its strangers, the dullness of its food, the strange shape of its landscape . . . and the... continue

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Insomnia by Alberts Bels EN

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Country: Europe / Latvia flag Latvia
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Originally written in 1967 and not released in its uncensored form until 2003, Bels's infamous novel, Insomnia (translated from the Latvian, Bezmiegs) concerns the taboo subject of the Latvian Legion, and the atmosphere of inertia and paralysis in Soviet-era Latvia. The story is told through the thoughts and emotions of the main character, portrayed as an outwardly apathetic man and typical of Bels's characters in the 1960s and 1970s--a period marked by powerlessness and stagnation amongst ordinary people. The protagonist lives by a principle of non-involvement, content with the small material... continue

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Instrucciones para un descenso al infierno by Doris May Lessing ES

Rating: 3 (1 vote)
Country: Asia / Iran flag Iran
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A brilliant and untamed image of the possibilities that may still constitute man's destiny. Time; Touching and beautiful. The New York Review of Books; An excursion into private consciousness...beginning with everyday mentality and ending up in the darkest reaches of the unconscious at its most primitive. The Washington Post Book World

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Instructions for Dancing by Nicola Yoon EN

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
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AN INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "A charming, wholehearted love story that's sure to make readers swoon."—Entertainment Weekly "Nicola Yoon writes from the heart in this beautiful love story."—Good Morning America “It’s like an emotional gut punch—so beautiful and also heart-wrenching."—US Weekly In this romantic page-turner from the author of Everything, Everything and The Sun is Also a Star, Evie has the power to see other people’s romantic fates—what will happen when she finally sees her own? Evie Thomas doesn't believe in love anymore. Especially after the strangest thing occurs one... continue

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Interesting Facts about Space : A Novel by Emily Austin EN

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"Meet Enid: a lesbian who's a serial dater and deaf in one ear. She works at The Space Agency as an information architect, and when she's not obsessing over true crime podcasts, she's managing her crippling phobia of bald people. While she tries not think about her teenage years, she can't seem to stop obsessively watching her childhood YouTube channel. But as Enid fumbles her way through her first serious relationship and navigates a new family life with her estranged half-sisters, she starts to worry that someone is following her. As her paranoia starts to take over her life, and the persona... continue

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Interior cero by Lavinia Braniste ES

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / Romania flag Romania
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Cristina es una joven de 30 años, y trabaja en una pequeña empresa donde padece el desorden de su jefa, así como escasa disciplina laboral de sus compañeros; tiene un novio a distancia, que no quiere asumir compromisos en la vida. Sobrevive, y vive su juventud con su mejor buen humor, con la sensación de que merecería algo mejor. Una historia cotidiana, en la que la era Ceaușescu ya ha ingresado al museo, y ya se vive con naturalidad en una sociedad moderna de un país semi desarrollado, en el que encontré muchas similitudes con mi propio... continue

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Intermezzo by Sally Rooney EN

Rating: 5 (4 votes)
Country: Europe / Ireland flag Ireland
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Aside from the fact that they are brothers, Peter and Ivan Koubek seem to have little in common. Peter is a Dublin lawyer in his thirties - successful, competent and apparently unassailable. But in the wake of their father's death, he's medicating himself to sleep and struggling to manage his relationships with two very different women - his enduring first love Sylvia, and Naomi, a college student for whom life is one long joke. Ivan is a twenty-two-year-old competitive chess player. He has always seen himself as socially awkward, a loner, the antithesis of his glib elder brother. Now, in the ... continue