Book type: fiction (6000)
France442.
Aue by Becky Manawatu EN
Country: Oceania / 
New Zealand
New Zealand
Description:
WINNER OF THE JANN MEDLICOTT ACORN PRIZE FOR FICTION WINNER OF THE MITOQ BEST FIRST BOOK OF FICTION WINNER OF THE NGAIO MARSH AWARD FOR BEST CRIME NOVEL auē (verb) to cry, howl, groan, wail, bawl. (interjection) expression of astonishment or distress. Taukiri was born into sorrow. Auē can be heard in the sound of the sea he loves and hates, and in the music he draws out of the guitar that was his father’s. It spills out of the gang violence that killed his father and sent his mother into hiding, and the shame he feels about abandoning his eight-year-old brother to a violent home. But Taukiri’s... continue
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Auf dem Strom by Hermann Schulz DE
TanzaniaDescription:
Als der Missionar Friedrich Ganse nach einer Reise nach Bujora zurückkehrt, ist seine Frau Eva tot und seine Tochter Gertrud lebensgefährlich erkrankt. Der herbeigeeilte Schamane des afrikanischen Dorfes hilft Gertrud mit seinen Heilkünsten, und doch sieht er nur einen Weg, das Leben des Kindes zu retten: Vater und Tochter müssen die lange Fahrt mit dem Boot flussabwärts auf sich nehmen, damit Gertrud im Krankenhaus behandelt werden kann. Fünf Tage und fünf Nächte ist er mit dem Kind unterwegs. Unterbrochen wird ihre Fahrt mit dem Boot durch kurze Landg&... continue
Kyrgyzstan445.
Augustown : A Novel by Kei Miller EN
Country: North America / 
Jamaica
Jamaica
Description:
PEN OPEN BOOK AWARD FINALIST ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Slate • Publishers Weekly • Kirkus Reviews • Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel Ma Taffy may be blind but she sees everything. So when her great-nephew Kaia comes home from school in tears, what she senses sends a deep fear running through her. A teacher has cut off Kaia’s dreadlocks—a violation of the family’s Rastafari beliefs—and this single impulsive action will have ramifications that stretch throughout the entire community. Kaia’s story brings back memories from Ma Taffy’s youth, including the legend of the flying preacherman and hi... continue
446.
Country: North America / 
Mexico
Mexico
Description:
Esta novela, leyenda del amor y el desierto, presenta el trueque de los poderes más sugestivos y tiernos de la imaginación: el agua y la tierra, la pubertad y el valor, el reino animal y los genios malignos, la búsqueda y los caminos del aprendizaje. Como ha dicho Carlos Fuentes sobre {Auliya}, “la gran metáfora de la pérdida y recuperación de poderes ilumina este libro mágico y generoso. Me pregunto a veces si toda literatura, poema o narración, no es, en el fondo, consciente o inconscientemente, un heroico intento de recuperar los poderes perdidos”.
447.
Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter by Mario Vargas Llosa EN
Country: South America / 
Peru
Peru
Description:
'A comic novel on the grand scale written with tremendous confidence and verve. Mario, 18-year-old law student and radio news-editor, falls scandalously for his Aunt Julia, the 32-year-old divorced wife of a cousin, and the progressively lunatic story of this affair is interwoven with episodes from a series of radio soap-operas written by his friend Pedro Comacho. Vargas Llosa's huge energy and inventiveness is extravagant and fabulously funny.' New Statesman
448.
Auntie Mame : An Irreverent Escapade by Patrick Dennis EN
Country: North America / 
United States of America
United States of America
Description:
With a wit as sharp as a vodka stinger and a heart as free as her spirit, Auntie Mame burst onto the literary scene in 1955--and today remains one of the most unforgettable characters in contemporary fiction. Wildly successful when it was first published in 1955, Patrick Dennis’ Auntie Mame sold over two million copies and stayed put on the New York Times bestseller list for 112 weeks. It was made into a play, a Broadway and a Hollywood musical, and a fabulous movie starring Rosalind Russell. Since then, Mame has taken her rightful place in the pantheon of Great and Important People as the wor... continue
449.
Aura by Carlos Fuentes ES
Country: North America / 
Panama
Panama
Description:
"Lees ese anuncio: una oferta de esa naturaleza no se hace todos los días. Lees y relees el aviso. Parece dirigido a ti, a nadie más": asícomienza Aura, novela hechizante, donde lo verdadero es lo imposible, donde el amor a la vez sacrifica y devuelve la vida, y la inmortalidad tiene un precio que algunos están dispuestos a pagar.Pocos textos en la literatura mexicana de imaginación tienen la belleza y la expresividad de este relato en que los procedimientos de la ficción están llevados a sus últimas consecuencias. Las imágenes del sueño alteran la realidad o la realidad se ve contaminada por ... continue
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Aussicht auf eigene Schatten by Chirikure Chirikure DE
ZimbabweDescription:
Dreisprachige Ausgabe: Shona - Englisch - Deutsch