Book type: fiction (6167)
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Song of the Mango and Other Myths by Vida Cruz-Borja EN
Country: Asia / 
Philippines
Philippines
Description:
Short story collection
3952.
Song of the Soil by Chuden Kabimo EN
IndiaDescription:
On a day of earthquake and rain, a young man gets bad news. Ripden, his childhood friend, has been swept away by a landslide. He makes his way back to Malbung, the village of his birth, and the memories come rushing back: growing up together, harsh teachers at school and playing truant, bullies and backyard fights. He remembers, also, the day they ran away from home to Lolay to find out about Ripden's father, vanished years earlier in the revolution. There the pair meet Nasim, who narrates to them an extraordinary tale from his younger days. Set in the foothill town of Kalimpong in the Himalay... continue
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Songbirds : A Novel by Christy Lefteri EN
Country: Europe / 
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Description:
"From the prize-winning author of The Beekeeper of Aleppo, a stunning novel about the disappearance of a Sri Lankan nanny and how the most vulnerable people find their voices. "It began with a crunch of leaves and earth. So early, so cold, the branches shone with ice. I'd returned to collect the songbirds. They are worth more than their weight in gold." Yiannis is a poacher, trapping the tiny protected songbirds that stop in Cyprus as they migrate each year from Africa to Europe and selling them on the black market. He dreams of finding a new way of life, and of marrying Nisha, who works on th... continue
Romania3955.
Sóniechka by Liudmila Ulitskaia ES
RussiaDescription:
Sonia, una chica judía poco agraciada, confiere a los personajes de ficción la misma categoría que a las personas. En Sverdlovsk, donde trabaja en una biblioteca, conoce al pintor Víktorovich, que ha viajado mucho por Europa y cumplido varios años de reclusión en un campo de trabajo soviético. Siguen años de felicidad conyugal coronada con el nacimiento de la hija de ambos, Tania. El interés de Sóniechka hacia la literatura se desvanece; la familia, las labores de la casa, ocupan ahora su vida. Esa felicidad se verá truncada con la aparición de una amiga de Tania, Yasia, de la que Víktorovich ... continue
Poland3957.
Description:
La historia sencilla e intensa de la nueva novela de Ignacy Karpowicz reflexiona sobre el dolor, el amor y la muerte, pero también sobre la forma en la que la literatura.
El Mercedes del prometedor dramaturgo Igor Grycowski se estropea en Królowe Stojło, un recóndito pueblo del este de Polonia. Este hecho casual propicia el encuentro del joven autor con Sonka, una solitaria y aparentemente insignificante anciana a la que se le ofrece la inesperada oportunidad de mostrar el mayor de sus tesoros: la historia de su vida. Una desdichada historia de guerra, de tragedia, de amo... continue
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Sophie's World : A Novel about the History of Philosophy by Jostein Gaarder EN
NorwayDescription:
The protagonists are Sophie Amundsen, a 14-year-old girl, and Alberto Knox, her philosophy teacher. The novel chronicles their metaphysical relationship as they study Western philosophy from its beginnings to the present. A bestseller in Norway.
3959.
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz : Selected Works by Juana Ines de la Cruz EN
Country: North America / 
Mexico
Mexico
Description:
Latin America's great poet rendered into English by the world's most celebrated translator of Spanish-language literature. Sor Juana (1651–1695) was a fiery feminist and a woman ahead of her time. Like Simone de Beauvoir, she was very much a public intellectual. Her contemporaries called her "the Tenth Muse" and "the Phoenix of Mexico," names that continue to resonate. An illegitimate child, self-taught intellectual, and court favorite, she rose to the height of fame as a writer in Mexico City during the Spanish Golden Age. This volume includes Sor Juana's best-known works: "First Dream," her ... continue
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Sorgo rojo by Mo Yan ES
ChinaDescription:
«Si pudiera escoger el Premio Nobel, sería Mo Yan» (Kenzaburo Oe).«Mo Yan merece un lugar en la literatura universal. Su voz encontrará el camino hasta el corazón de los lectores» (Amy Tan).Mo Yan es el autor más famoso, prohibido y al mismo tiempo pirateado de la China contemporánea. Conocida en Occidente gracias a la adaptación cinematográfica de Zhang Yimou, Sorgo rojo es una novela sobre la familia, el mito y la memoria, en la que fábula e historia se unen para crear una ficción cruel e inolvidable. Ambientada en una zona rural de la provincia de Shangdong, Sorgo rojo arranca con la invasi... continue