Book type: fiction (6177)
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Purgatory: A Novel by Tomás Eloy Martínez EN
Country: South America / 
Argentina
Argentina
Description:
Simón Cardoso had been dead for thirty years when Emilia Dupuy, his wife, found him at lunchtime in the dining room of Trudy Tuesday. So begins Purgatory, the final and perhaps most personal work of the great Latin American novelist Tomás Eloy Martínez. Emilia Dupuy's husband vanished in the 1970s, while the two were mapping an Argentine country road. All evidence seemed to confirm that he was among the thousands disappeared by the military regime. Yet Emilia never stopped believing that the disappeared man would reappear. And then he does, in New Jersey. And for Simón, no time at all has pass... continue
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Purge by Sofi Oksanen EN
FinlandDescription:
A blowfly. Unusually large, loud, and eager to lay its eggs. It was lying in wait to get into the kitchen, rubbing its wings and feet against the curtain as if preparing to feast. It was after meat, nothing else but meat. Deep in an overgrown Estonian forest, two women, one young, one old, are hiding. Zara, a murderer and a victim of sex-trafficking, is on the run from brutal captors. Aliide, a communist sympathizer and a blood traitor, has endured a life of abuse and the country's brutal Soviet years. Their survival now depends on exposing the one thing that kept them hidden... the truth.
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Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie EN
NigeriaDescription:
Fifteen-year-old Kambili's world is circumscribed by the high walls and frangipani trees of her family compound. Her wealthy Catholic father, under whose shadow Kambili lives, while generous and politically active in the community, is repressive and fanatically religious at home. When Nigeria begins to fall apart under a military coup, Kambili's father sends her and her brother away to stay with their aunt, a University professor, whose house is noisy and full of laughter. There, Kambili and her brother discover a life and love beyond the confines of their father's authority. The visit will li... continue
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IndiaDescription:
Saroja and Kumaresan are in love. After a hasty wedding, they arrive in Kumaresan's village, harbouring the dangerous secret that their marriage is an intercaste one, likely to anger the villagers should they learn of it. Kumaresan is confident that all will be well. He naively believes that after the initial round of curious questions, the inquiries will die down and the couple will be left alone. But nothing is further from the truth. The villagers strongly suspect that Saroja must belong to a different caste. It is only a matter of time before their suspicions harden into certainty and, out... continue
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Description:
Arrested for unbelievably answering all twelve questions on the Indian game show "Who Will Win a Billion?" semi-literate waiter Ram Mohammad Thomas explains to his lawyer how he knew the answer to each question due to events in his personal life, from a past meeting with a zealous Australian army colonel to his tour guide job at the Taj Mahal. A first novel. Reprint. 25,000 first printing.
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Quantas madrugadas tem a noite by Ondjaki PT
AngolaDescription:
Em 'Quantas madrugadas tem a noite', o jovem escritor angolano Ondjaki conta várias histórias em uma, que são relatadas ao estilo da linguagem angolana - alegre e rica em imagens. O protagonista é um morto - AdolfoDido - que acaba por ser preso pela kabomba (polícia) e é disputado por duas viúvas ditas legítimas. Fala-se, ainda, da criação de um sindicato muito especial, o SNP. À medida que apresenta seu elenco de personagens peculiares, Ondjaki deixa transparecer suas reflexões sobre os tugas (portugueses), racismo e mesmo Jesus Cristo.
Spain
Hungary3589.
Country: North America / 
Dominica
Dominica
Description:
In Jean Rhys's stunning debut novel, a young woman finds herself alone and penniless in Paris when her husband is arrested. She is taken in by a kind English couple--and finds herself drawn inexorably into a world both fascinating and strange. Love and obsession intertwine in this captivating and sinister tale.
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Quarto aberto by Tobias Carvalho PT
Country: South America / 
Brazil
Brazil
Description:
Relacionamentos abertos, aplicativos de paquera, exposição nas redes sociais: para os jovens de vinte e poucos anos, as opções de encontros amorosos e sexuais se multiplicam ao infinito, e Tobias Carvalho registra com primor literário essa revolução cotidiana. Narrado por Artur, um jovem gay introvertido que às noites vira uma drag queen exuberante, Quarto aberto conta a história de uma reviravolta pessoal inesperada. Quando Artur se reconecta com Eric, um garoto com quem se envolvera anos antes, este agora está em um relacionamento aberto com Antônio, jovem rico de beleza padrão com quem Artu... continue