Book type: fiction (6203)


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Lailah's Lunchbox : A Ramadan Story by Reem Faruqi EN

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
Description:
*2019 Daybreak Children's Picture Book Award -- Recognizing Muslim Women's Contributions to Literature* *Notable Social Studies Trade Book For Young People 2016, a cooperative Project of the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) and the Children's Book Council* *Featured Book of the Month, Anti-Defamation League* *American Library Association Notable Book for Children 2016* * Skipping Stones Honor 2016* *International Literacy Association Choices Reading List* Lailah is in a new school in a new country, thousands of miles from her old home, and missing her old friends. When Ramadan be... continue

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Lajja by Taslima Nasrin EN

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Country: Asia / Bangladesh flag Bangladesh
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The Dattas have lived in Bangladesh all their lives. Despite being members of a small Hindu community, they refuse to leave the country. And then, on 6 December 1992, the Babri Masjid at Ayodhya is demolished by a mob of Hindu fundamentalists. The nightmare inevitably arrives at the Dattas' doorstep, and their world begins to fall apart.


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Lake Like A Mirror by Ho Sok Fong EN

Rating: 3 (1 vote)
Country: Asia / Malaysia flag Malaysia
Description:
Winner of a PEN Translates award By an author described by critics as "the most accomplished Malaysian writer, full stop," Lake Like a Mirror is a scintillating exploration of the lives of women buffeted by powers beyond their control. Squeezing themselves between the gaps of rabid urbanization, patriarchal structures and a theocratic government, these women find their lives twisted in disturbing ways. In precise and disquieting prose, Ho Sok Fong draws her readers into a richly atmospheric world of naked sleepwalkers in a rehabilitation center for wayward Muslims, mysterious wooden boxes, gos... continue

2565.

Lake Like a Mirror by Sok Fong Ho EN

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Country: Asia / Malaysia flag Malaysia
Description:
Winner of a PEN Translates award By an author described by critics as "the most accomplished Malaysian writer, full stop," Lake Like a Mirror is a scintillating exploration of the lives of women buffeted by powers beyond their control. Squeezing themselves between the gaps of rabid urbanization, patriarchal structures and a theocratic government, these women find their lives twisted in disturbing ways. In precise and disquieting prose, Ho Sok Fong draws her readers into a richly atmospheric world of naked sleepwalkers in a rehabilitation center for wayward Muslims, mysterious wooden boxes, gos... continue


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Land of Milk and Honey by C Pam Zhang EN

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Country: Asia / China flag China
Description:
NATIONAL BESTSELLER A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK Finalist for the New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award Longlisted for the Joyce Carol Oates Award Longlisted for the Carol Shields Prize Longlisted for the Aspen Words Literary Prize NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY NPR, HARPER'S BAZAAR, TOWN & COUNTRY, KIRKUS REVIEWS, ESQUIRE, ELECTRIC LITERATURE, SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN AND MORE! “One of the most pleasurable, inventive reads of the year… fiendishly, deliciously fun."—San Francisco Chronicle "A profound exploration of human nature, the allure of pleasure and the choices we make in the ... continue

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Land of My Fathers by Vamba Sherif EN

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Country: Africa / Liberia flag Liberia
Description:
Gripping story of conflict and turmoil in Liberia.

2569.

Landscape Painted with Tea by Milorad Pavic EN

Rating: 5 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / Serbia flag Serbia
Description:
A failed architect's search for his father, an officer who vanished in Greece during World War II, becomes a labyrinthine puzzle, inextricably bound to the history of the ancient monastery on Mount Athos.

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Lanseloet van Denemerken : een abel spel by Hans van Dijk NL

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Country: Europe / Netherlands flag Netherlands
Description:
Lanseloet van Denemerken is een van de abele spelen die zijn overgeleverd in het bekende handschrift Van Hulthem. De abele spelen dateren uit de veertiende eeuw en zijn hiermee het oudst overgeleverde ernstige wereldlijke toneel van West-Europa. In Lanseloet van Denemerken is Lanseloet, de kroonprins van Denemarken, verliefd op Sanderijn, een hofdame van zijn moeder. Deze verzet zich hevig tegen de liefde en zorgt dat Sanderijn het hof verlaat. Lanseloet sterft uiteindelijk van liefdesverdriet De Alfa-reeks omvat Poëzie, proza en toneel uit verschillende eeuwen en van verschillende auteurs. De... continue