Book type: fiction (3891)
3711.
Vida y época de Michael K by J. M. Coetzee ES
Country: Africa / 
South Africa
South Africa
Description:
Cuenta la historia que estando el filósofo Diógenes sentado frente al tonel donde vivía con su perro, se le presentó Alejandro Magno: “Mis respetos, Diógenes. Soy el hombre más poderoso de la tierra; decime que puedo hacer por vos". Y Diógenes le respondió: “Correte un poco que me tapas el sol”. Diógenes era un hombre libre, porque había reducido sus necesidades a los esencial.
Michael K es un hombre que tiene todos los factores de la vida en su contra, desde su defecto de nacimiento hasta el contexto... continue
3712.
View With A Grain Of Sand : Selected Poems by Wislawa Szymborska EN
PolandDescription:
From one of Europe’s most prominent and celebrated poets, a collection remarkable for its graceful lyricism. With acute irony tempered by a generous curiosity, Szymborska documents life’s improbability as well as its transient beauty to capture the wonder of existence. Preface by Mark Strand. Translated by Stanislaw Baranczak and Clare Cavanagh, winners of the PEN Translation Prize.
3713.
Villa Triste by Patrick Modiano ES
FranceDescription:
Principios de los años sesenta. Un joven de dieciocho años, bajo la identidad de conde Victor Chmara, se oculta del horror de la guerra franco-argelina en una ciudad de provincias. Chmara conoce a Yvonne, una joven actriz con la que iniciará una historia de amor, y a su mano derecha, René Meinthe, un médico homosexual. Y con ellos Victor se introduce en ese círculo de gente mundana que se reúne en la estación termal y que vive de espaldas a la Francia poscolonial de los años sesenta... Pero las cosas no son lo que parecen. Descubrimos que la mirada del narrador salta entre el presente y un pas... continue
3714.
Vilnius : three short stories by Kristina Sabaliauskaitė EN
LithuaniaDescription:
A journey across time and space. A journey into the soul, despair and the meaning of art. A young polish woman finds solace in art and the company of Wehrmacht troops in occupied Lithuania. The girl's school where she studies is opened by the influence of art to a wider world she is forced to inhabit and must learn to love.
An elderly KGB agent is confronted by an ideological past which crosses time to haunt his last days. Soviet Man is a long dead dream killed by the descendants of those oppressed because of art. Soviet monolith art and culture is once again overcome by the new past ove... continue
3715.
Vilnius Poker by Ričardas Gavelis, Elizabeth Novickas EN
Description:
four different perspectives, and it captures the surreal horror of life under the Soviet yoke." --Book Jacket.
Liberia3717.
Vintage Murder by Ngaio Marsh EN
Country: Oceania / 
New Zealand
New Zealand
Description:
When Inspector Roderick Alleyn travels to New Zealand with members of an English comedy company, he stumbles upon a deadly diversion among the company's operatic intrigues, and must investigate.
Ukraine3719.
Country: South America / 
Peru
Peru
Description:
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • This sweeping novel from the author of A Long Petal of the Sea tells the epic story of Violeta Del Valle, a woman whose life spans one hundred years and bears witness to the greatest upheavals of the twentieth century. “An immersive saga about a passion-filled life.”—People Violeta comes into the world on a stormy day in 1920, the first girl in a family with five boisterous sons. From the start, her life is marked by extraordinary events, for the ripples of the Great War are still being felt, even as the Spanish flu arrives on the shores of her South American homela... continue
3720.
Visitation by Jenny Erpenbeck EN
GermanyDescription:
A forested property on a Brandenburg lake outside of Berlin lies at the heart of this novel. This novel offers us the stories of twelve individuals who make their homes here.