Book type: fiction (6162)
4021.
Strugurii s-au copt în lipsa ei by Zully Mustafa RO
RomaniaDescription:
O poveste autentica despre doi tineri care se iubesc in contratimp, iar pentru ca nu sint in stare sa-si acordeze sentimentele, distanta pare sa le fie potrivnica. Un roman de dragoste ale carui nevroze par sa se intinda peste orasul de provincie in care se petrec atit de putine lucruri. Un oras-capcana din care putini reusesc sa scape si sa-si urmeze dorurile de duca. Tineri debusolati care incearca sa-si croiasca un drum in viata, fara sa-si anuleze devenirea spirituala. Un roman sudat din stari febrile si cautari interioare, care se construieste din praf si ura, dar care se transforma trept... continue
4022.
Stuck with You by Ali Hazelwood EN
ItalyDescription:
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Love Hypothesis comes a new steamy, STEMinist novella… Nothing like a little rivalry between scientists to take love to the next level. Mara, Sadie, and Hannah are friends first, scientists always. Though their fields of study might take them to different corners of the world, they can all agree on this universal truth: when it comes to love and science, opposites attract and rivals make you burn… Logically, Sadie knows that civil engineers are supposed to build bridges. However, as a woman of STEM she also understands that variables can change... continue
4023.
Study for Obedience : A novel by Sarah Bernstein EN
Country: North America / 
Canada
Canada
Description:
WINNER OF THE 2023 SCOTIABANK GILLER PRIZE Shortlisted for the 2023 Booker Prize Included in Granta's Best of Young British Novelists 2023 For readers of Shirley Jackson, Iain Reid, and Claire-Louise Bennett, a haunting, compressed masterwork from an extraordinary new voice in Canadian fiction. A young woman moves from the place of her birth to the remote northern country of her forebears to be housekeeper to her brother, whose wife has recently left him. Soon after her arrival, a series of inexplicable events occurs - collective bovine hysteria; the demise of a ewe and her nearly born lamb; a... continue
4024.
Belgium4025.
Such a Beautiful Thing to Behold by Umar Turaki EN
NigeriaDescription:
An inexplicable sickness. A small town cut off from the world. An unexpected community of survivors forges a family out of the despair, struggling against things known and unknown for survival and hope. A mysterious plague known as the Grey grips the small village of Pilam, which the world has quarantined without pity. Laying waste to Pilam's residents, the sickness saps its victims of strength, drains the color from their eyes, and kills all promise. Only the young are immune. But beyond the barricades and walls of soldiers--the manifestation of a nation's terror--there are rumors of a cure. ... continue
4026.
Such Small Hands by Andrés Barba EN
SpainDescription:
Shirley Jackson meets The Virgin Suicides, set at an all-girls orphanage.
4027.
Sudden Death by Álvaro Enrigue EN
Country: North America / 
Mexico
Mexico
Description:
Selected as a Guardian best book of 2016 A funny and mind-bending novel about the clash of empires and ideas in the sixteenth century, told over the course of one dazzling tennis match A brutal tennis match in Rome. Two formidable opponents: the wild Italian painter Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio and the loutish Spanish poet Francisco de Quevedo. Galileo, Saint Matthew and Mary Magdalene heckle from the sidelines. In England, Thomas Cromwell and Henry VIII execute Anne Boleyn, and her executioner transforms her legendary locks into the most sought-after tennis balls of the time. Across the ... continue
4028.
Country: South America / 
Argentina
Argentina
Description:
¿En qué mundo vivimos? Es difícil responder porque hay muchos. Sin embargo Boga, el héroe pasivo de Sudeste, lo sabe bien. Es un saber físico, inexpresivo, formado en un silencio interior que sólo es capaz de oír el suave llamado de la música fluvial. Boga no es del todo un hombre –un hombre con nombre de pez no es otra cosa que un hombre-pez–, no tiene lo que los manuales de la civilización llaman una personalidad. Es una partícula de naturaleza que, como los camalotes que bajan del norte, se deja llevar. El gen... continue
4029.
Sufocare by Chuck Palahniuk RO
Country: North America / 
United States of America
United States of America
Description:
Victor Mancini, personajul principal al romanului Sufocare, este un fost student la Medicina care, pentru a-si putea tine in spital mama bolnava de Alzheimer, recurge la un truc extrem de ingenios: simuleaza ca se ineaca in restaurante de lux. Simtindu-se responsabili pentru viata sa, „salvatorii” ii trimit cecuri. Obsedat sexual, incercind (in van) sa-si trateze adictia, suflet torturat care nu si-a cunoscut niciodata tatal, Victor Mancini descopera cu uimire ca ar putea avea (sau nu?) descendenta divina.
Dupa cum marturiseste Palahniuk, „Sufocare este cartea la a carei r... continue
4030.
Sugar Street by Naguib Mahfouz, Najīb Maḥfūẓ EN
EgyptDescription:
Sugar Street, the climactic conclusion to Mafhouz's masterpiece trilogy, is the captivating portrait of a family struggling to change with the rise of modern Egypt. As Cairo shrugs off the final vestiges of colonialism, Ahmad Al Jawad has lost his power and surveys the world from a latticed balcony. Unable to control his family's destiny, he watches helplessly as his dynasty and the traditions he holds dear disintegrate before his eyes. But through Ahamd's three grandsons we see how modern Egypt takes shape. One grandson is a communist activist, another a Muslim fundamentalist, both working fo... continue