Book type: fiction (6071)


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Buurtsupermens by Sayaka Murata NL

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Country: Asia / Japan flag Japan
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Een jonge Japanse vrouw die de wereld en de mensen niet goed begrijpt, vindt haar geluk in het werken in een kleine buurtsupermarkt.
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Buxton Spice by Oonya Kempadoo EN

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Back in print: an extraordinary first novel by'a writer to watch and to enjoy.'* Told in the voice of a girl as she moves from childhood into adolescence, Buxton Spice is the story the town of Tamarind Grove: its eccentric families, its sweeping joys, and its sudden tragedies. The novel brings to life 1970s Guyana-a world at a cultural and political crossroads-and perfectly captures a child's keen observations, sense of wonder, and the growing complexity of consciousness that marks the passage from innocence to experience.

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Buzón de tiempo by Mario Benedetti ES

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Este libro de cuentos es un verdadero mosaico de emociones dibujadas entre señales de humo, naufragios, sueños y cartas arrojadas al centro del corazón: el mejor remedio para los incurables de soledad. Buzón de tiempo recorre las diferentes formas del encuentro: el recuerdo nostálgico de un amor perdido, los rumores de otras épocas, las llamadas sin respuesta, la identidad dolorosamente recuperada, los espejos que envejecen las imágenes, la inminencia de la muerte, el regreso de la conciencia con máscara de fantasma, y los guiños compartidos: el fútbol, el cine, Viglietti, el subcomandante Mar... continue

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By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept by Elizabeth Smart EN

Rating: 3 (1 vote)
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Elizabeth Smart’s passionate fictional account of her intense love-affair with the poet George Barker, described by Angela Carter as ‘Like MADAME BOVARY blasted by lightning ... A masterpiece’.

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By Night the Mountain Burns by Juan Tomás Ávila Laurel EN

Rating: 4 (4 votes)
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Exiled Equatorial Guinean writer shows the life of the native people of his west African island destroyed by distant rulers.
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By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept by Paulo Coelho EN

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From Paulo Coelho, author of the international bestseller The Alchemist, comes a poignant, richly poetic story that reflects the depth of love and life. Rarely does adolescent love reach its full potential, but what happens when two young lovers reunite after eleven years? Time has transformed Pilar into a strong and independent woman, while her devoted childhood friend has grown into a handsome and charismatic spiritual leader. She has learned well how to bury her feelings . . . and he has turned to religion as a refuge from his raging inner conflicts. Now they are together once again, embark... continue

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By the Sea by Abdulrazak Gurnah EN

Rating: 4 (3 votes)
Country: Africa / Tanzania flag Tanzania
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On a late November afternoon Saleh Omar arrives at Gatwick Airport from Zanzibar, a far away island in the Indian Ocean. With him he has a small bag in which there lies his most precious possession - a mahogany box containing incense. He used to own a furniture shop, have a house and be a husband and father. Now he is an asylum seeker from paradise; silence his only protection. Meanwhile Latif Mahmud, someone intimately connected with Saleh's past, lives quietly alone in his London flat. When Saleh and Latif meet in an English seaside town, a story is unravelled. It is a story of love and betr... continue

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Bye bye blackbird : krim by Jesper Stein NO

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / Denmark flag Denmark
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Visepolitimester Axel Steen blir innhentet av fortiden da han får en telefon fra Kriminalteknisk Center. En DNA-prøve som er tatt i forbindelse med en voldtektssak matcher DNA fra den såkalte svarttrost-saken, et uoppklart seksualdrap fra 2004. Endelig får Axel Steen sjansen til å løse saken som har ridd han som en mare siden den gang, og som i sin tid ødela både ekteskapet hans og nesten tok livet av han. Han starter jaken på det som skal vise seg å være en sadistisk serievoldtektsforbryter. Omtalen er utarbeidet av BS.

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Byron and the Beauty by Muharem Bazdulj EN

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Byron and the Beauty is very loosely based on Byron's biography and takes place during two weeks of October, 1809, during his visit to the Balkans. Muharem Bazdulj marvelously combines facts with imagination, history, and romance, resulting in an exceptionally beautiful novel. Lord Byron ends up experiencing and embodying the lyrical Balkan condition of unrequited love called sevdah, but his valiant behavior also lands him in a regional folk song; this nod to changing cultural production in the Ottoman lands calls to mind the works of Ismail Kadare. From coffee to customary law, from courtship... continue