Book type: fiction (6203)
3151.
Nieve by Orhan Pamuk ES
TurkeyDescription:
Tras doce años de exilio en Alemania, el poeta y periodista Ka regresa a su Turquía natal por la muerte de su madre. Allí, un crimen político, una oleada de suicidios y la posibilidad de reencontrarse con su amor de juventud le conducirán a la ciudad de Kars, una tierra miserable donde la gente vive atrapada entre el terrorismo kurdo y la rigidez de una política islámica radical; el choque entre sus ideas occidentales y el lado más drástico del islam llevará a Ka replantearse su relación con sus orígenes y con Dios.
Norway3153.
Lebanon3154.
Night by Elie Weisel EN
RomaniaDescription:
A new translation from the French by Marion Wiesel. Night is Elie Wiesel's masterpiece, a candid, horrific, and deeply poignant autobiographical account of his survival as a teenager in the Nazi death camps. This new translation by Marion Wiesel, Elie's wife and frequent translator, presents this seminal memoir in the language and spirit truest to the author's original intent. And in a substantive new preface, Elie reflects on the enduring importance of Night and his lifelong, passionate dedication to ensuring that the world never forgets man's capacity for inhumanity to man. Night offers much... continue
Nepal3156.
Night Birds and Other Stories by Khet Mar EN
MyanmarDescription:
Since the age of 19, Khet Mar has been persecuted by the Burmese government enduring arrests, torture, incarcerations, and threats to her life. She fought back through her writing, political activism, and social work until she was forced to flee the country in 2009. Her novel Night Birds was banned in 1993, her nonfiction piece Life Row blacklisted in 2007. The same year, the government censored several paragraphs of Night Flow, highlighted in this book.
3157.
Night Driver by Marcelle Perks EN
Country: Europe / 
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Description:
A most unlikely heroine, pregnant Frannie must stay one step ahead of her murderous pursuer on the darkest of roads in order to survive.
3158.
night flight by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry EN
FranceDescription:
Fasten your seatbelt to experience the spectacle and solitude of flying high in the Andes in this novel from the author of The Little Prince. No writer has equaled Saint-Exupéry in describing the perilous and poetic experience of flying, in submission to what he calls “those damn elemental divinities—night, day, mountain, sea and storm.” In this gripping, beautifully written novel inspired by his experience as a pilot in South America, he tells of the brave men who pilot night mail planes from Patagonia, Chile, and Paraguay to Argentina in the early days of commercial aviation. They are impell... continue
3159.
Night of the Living Rez by Morgan Talty EN
Country: North America / 
United States of America
United States of America
Description:
Set in a Native community in Maine, Night of the Living Rez is a riveting debut collection about what it means to be Penobscot in the twenty-first century and what it means to live, to survive, and to persevere after tragedy. In twelve striking, luminescent stories, author Morgan Talty—with searing humor, abiding compassion, and deep insight—breathes life into tales of family and a community as they struggle with a painful past and an uncertain future. A boy unearths a jar that holds an old curse, which sets into motion his family’s unraveling; a man, while trying to swindle some pot from a de... continue
3160.
Night on the Galactic Railroad & Other Stories from Ihatov by Kenji Miyazawa EN
JapanDescription:
Kenji Miyazawa (1896-1933) is one of Japan's most beloved writers and poets, known particularly for his sensitive and symbolist children's fiction. This volume collects stories which focus on Miyazawa's love of space and his use of the galaxy as a metaphor for the concepts of purity, self-sacrifice and faith which were near and dear to his heart. "The Nighthawk Star" follows an lowly bird as he struggles to transform himself into something greater, a constellation in the night sky; "Signal & Signal-less" depicts a pair of star-crossed train signals who dream of eloping to the moon; and "Night ... continue