Book type: fiction (6201)
3201.
Noapte de Sânziene II by Mircea Eliade RO
RomaniaDescription:
Prin tema care-i conferă şi titlul, romanul pare să-şi aibă sursa în perioada portugheză, aşa cum menţionează Eliade în Jurnal, în 21 iunie 1949: „Solstiţiul de vară şi noaptea de Sânziene îşi păstrează, pentru mine, toate farmecele şi toate prestigiile. Se întâmplă ceva şi ziua aceasta mi se pare nu numai cea mai lungă, ci, pur şi simplu, alta decât cea de ieri sau cea de mâine. Cândva, în Portugalia, imaginasem un fel de poveste cu miracolul regenerării şi tinereţii veşnice dobândite într-o noapte de Sâ... continue
3202.
Nobber by Oisín Fagan EN
IrelandDescription:
LONGLISTED FOR THE DESMOND ELLIOTT PRIZE SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOLLINGER EVERYMAN WODEHOUSE PRIZE 'A writer out to do whatever the hell he wants . . . a grisly, gross-out slice of medieval life and death, it's vigorously, writhingly itself, spilling out of any box you put it in' Observer 'A dark and bloody tale, well leavened with bone-dry humour, and with a dramatic climax that has about it the flavour of a Jacobean tragedy' Guardian 'Set to become an Irish cult classic' Sunday Business Post 'A tremendously engaging and fun read . . . a crazed, quixotic odyssey' Kevin Barry An ambitious noble a... continue
3203.
Nocturno de Chile by Roberto Bolaño ES
Country: South America / 
Chile
Chile
Description:
Sebastián Urrutia Lacroix, sacerdote del Opus Dei, crítico literario y poeta mediocre, revisa su vida en una noche de fiebre alta en la que cree que va a morir. Y en su delirio febril van apareciendo Jünger y un pintor guatemalteco que se deja morir de in
3204.
Noli Me Tangere (Touch Me Not) by Jose Rizal EN
Country: Asia / 
Philippines
Philippines
Description:
The great novel of the Philippines In more than a century since its appearance, José Rizal's Noli Me Tangere has become widely known as the great novel of the Philippines. A passionate love story set against the ugly political backdrop of repression, torture, and murder, "The Noli," as it is called in the Philippines, was the first major artistic manifestation of Asian resistance to European colonialism, and Rizal became a guiding conscience—and martyr—for the revolution that would subsequently rise up in the Spanish province. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher... continue
3205.
Nombres y animales by Rita Indiana Hernández ES
Country: North America / 
Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic
Description:
"Mientras los padres de la protagonista dejan el Caribe para visitar la Exposición Universal de Sevilla de 1992, ella se emplea en la clínica veterinaria de sus tíos Fin y Celia, dos personajes dibujados con una precisión y un humor únicos, marca de la autora. Historias rocambolescas, animales sin nombre, hijos ilegítimos, haitianos maltratados, amantes de otro tiempo. Y, por supuesto, como en todos los veranos a esa edad, el descubrimiento del sexo. O sea, Armenia, Radamés, Vita, Guido, Mandy, Uriel, Claudia... Magia y estupor unas veces; misterio y deseo otras."--Del editor.
3206.
Nomenclatures of Invisibility by Mahtem Shiferraw EN
EritreaDescription:
Through a lens simultaneously historical and political, Mahtem Shiferraw attends to personal and collective experiences of migration, motherhood, and immigration's complicated notions of home. In Nomenclatures of Invisibility, Shiferraw calls us to carve out space for the multitudes of selves we carry when we migrate across boundaries of body, language, and state. Through a decolonial poetics, giving name to everything in her path from the Italian colonization of Eritrea (and failure to colonize Ethiopia) to her beloved eucalyptus tree, she blurs physical and temporal borders, paying homage to... continue
3207.
None of This Is True by Lisa Jewell EN
Country: Europe / 
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Description:
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author known for her “superb pacing, twisted characters, and captivating prose” (BuzzFeed), Lisa Jewell returns with a scintillating new psychological thriller about a woman who finds herself the subject of her own popular true crime podcast. Celebrating her forty-fifth birthday at her local pub, popular podcaster Alix Summer crosses paths with an unassuming woman called Josie Fair. Josie, it turns out, is also celebrating her forty-fifth birthday. They are, in fact, birthday twins. A few days later, Alix and Josie bump into each other again, this time ou... continue
3208.
Norah's Secrets by Samia Shariff EN
AlgeriaDescription:
The many vicissitudes in Norah’s story possess an empowering impudence which leads to believe that, despite the prevailing fundamentalism in some countries, the new generation of Muslim women will not be silently crushed and humiliated as were its predecessors. Norah’s undaunted strength and hope for a brighter future are characteristics which somehow prevail in those whose destinies are held captive by perpetrators who use religion and sacred scriptures as an excuse to torment their victims at will. This book recalls some events found in Samia Shariff’s notorious Veil of Fear, published in 20... continue
3209.
Nordische Mythen und Sagen by Neil Gaiman EN
Country: Europe / United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Description:
The great Norse myths, which have inspired so much of modern fiction, are dazzlingly retold by Neil Gaiman. Tales of dwarfs and frost giants, of treasure and magic, and of Asgard, home to the gods: Odin the all-father, highest and oldest of the Aesir; his mighty son Thor, whose hammer Mjollnir makes the mountain giants tremble; Loki, wily and handsome, reliably unreliable in his lusts; and Freya, more beautiful than the sun or the moon, who spurns those who seek to control her.
From the dawn of the world to the twilight of the gods, this is a thrilling, vivid retelling of the Norse myths fr... continue
3210.
Norma by Sofi Oksanen EN
FinlandDescription:
From the internationally best-selling author of Purge and When the Doves Disappeared, a spellbinding new novel set in present-day Helsinki, about a young woman with a fantastical secret who is trying to solve the mystery of her mother's death. When Anita Naakka jumps in front of an oncoming train, her daughter, Norma, is left alone with the secret they have spent their lives hiding: Norma has supernatural hair, sensitive to the slightest changes in her mood--and the moods of those around her--moving of its own accord, corkscrewing when danger is near. And so it is her hair that alerts her, whi... continue