Book type: fiction (6211)
2721.
Lo que me queda por vivir by Elvira Lindo ES
SpainDescription:
Antonia tiene veintiséis años cuando se ve sola con un niño de cuatro en el cambiante Madrid de los ochenta. La suya es la historia de un viaje interior, el de una mujer que se enfrenta a la juventud y a la maternidad mientras intenta hacerse un lugar en la vida, en una ciudad y en una época de tiempo acelerado, más propicio a la confusión que a la certeza, sobre todo para alguien que ha tenido una experiencia demasiado temprana de la pérdida y de la soledad.Lo que me queda por vivir es la crónica de un aprendizaje: cómo se logra a duras penas sobreponerse a la deslealtad; cómo el desvalimient... continue
2722.
Lobizona : A Novel by Romina Garber EN
Country: South America / 
Argentina
Argentina
Description:
In Lobizona, the first in the Wolves of No World series, bestselling author Romina Garber weaves together Argentine folklore and what it means to be illegal in a timely, intimate, and emotionally powerful narrative. Some people ARE illegal. Lobizonas do NOT exist. Both of these statements are false. Manuela Azul has been crammed into an existence that feels too small for her. As an undocumented immigrant who's on the run from her father's Argentine crime-family, Manu is confined to a small apartment and a small life in Miami, Florida. Until Manu's protective bubble is shattered. Her surrogate ... continue
2723.
Lobster by Guillaume Lecasble EN
FranceDescription:
'There was a Lobster-shaped hole in world literature which has now been filled by this remarkable work.' Nick Lezard in The Guardian Aboard the Titanic, Lobster watches Angelina devour his father, before being plucked out of the aquarium himself. Just as he is put in the boiling pot, the ship hits the iceberg and the pot is thrown to the floor. Lobster survives, with some changes: he finds himself sexually attracted not only to a human, but to the very human who ate his father. He gives her one life-changing orgasm before their tragic separation, following an ugly incident in one of the lifebo... continue
2724.
Locust Girl : A Lovesong by Merlinda Bobis EN
Country: Asia / 
Philippines
Philippines
Description:
This novel is a fairytale, a political allegory, and a philosophical interrogation of the human heart. Most everything has dried up: water, the womb, even the love among lovers. The earth is now mostly desert, except the last green haven behind the border where the carers of the earth preserve the natural order. Carers manage the earth's last resources and keep the wasters out. But in the vast dry outside, hunger is the pernicious plague, and people feed on sand and locusts. So they walk the dry to cross the border. But once, terrible fires crossed it too and devastated the green haven. Since ... continue
Finland2726.
Lolita by Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov RO
RussiaDescription:
Poveste a iubirii obsesive si blestemate a lui Humbert Humbert pentru nimfeta Dolores Haze, capodopera lui Vladimir Nabokov a fost, pe rind, carte interzisa, roman scandalos, obiect de cult, pentru a deveni apoi un roman clasic al secolului XX.
Din cauza subiectului sau extrem de socant – pasiunea morbida a unui barbat matur pentru o fetita de doisprezece ani –, romanul Lolita a fost respins de editori, fiind publicat in Statele Unite abia dupa aparitia sa in Franta. Construita pe schema mitologica a povestirilor cu fauni si nimfe, Lolita este insa, inainte de toate, un poem ... continue
2727.
Description:
Awe and exhiliration--along with heartbreak and mordant wit--abound in Lolita, Nabokov's most famous and controversial novel, which tells the story of the aging Humbert Humbert's obsessive, devouring, and doomed passion for the nymphet Dolores Haze. Lolita is also the story of a hypercivilized European colliding with the cheerful barbarism of postwar America. Most of all, it is a meditation on love--love as outrage and hallucination, madness and transformation.
2728.
Lonely Castle in the Mirror by Mizuki Tsujimura EN
JapanDescription:
"How can you save your friend's life if she doesn't want to be rescued? In a tranquil neighbourhood of Tokyo, seven teenagers wake to find the mirrors in their bedrooms are shining. At a single touch, they are pulled from their lonely lives into to a wondrous castle filled with winding stairways, watchful portraits and twinkling chandeliers. In this new sanctuary, they are confronted with a set of clues leading to a hidden room where one of them will be granted a wish. But there's a catch -- if they don't leave by five o'clock, they will die. As time passes, a devastating truth emerges -- only... continue
2729.
Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry EN
Country: North America / 
United States of America
United States of America
Description:
Presents a love story and an epic of the frontier, richly authentic that makes readers laugh, weep, dream and remember.
2730.
Long Live The Post Horn! by Vidgis Hjorth EN
NorwayDescription:
A “gripping, inspiring, and politically revolutionary” novel about loneliness, inadequacy, and connection, set against the backdrop of the Norwegian postal service—for fans of Nicole Krauss and Sheila Heti (Vanity Fair). From the prize-winning Norwegian author of Will and Testament, longlisted for the National Book Award. Ellinor, a 35-year-old media consultant, has not been feeling herself; she’s not been feeling much at all lately. Far beyond jaded, she picks through an old diary and fails to recognize the woman in its pages, seemingly as far away from the world around her as she’s ever been... continue