Book type: fiction (6138)



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Crónicas desde el país de la gente más feliz de la Tierra / Chronicles from the Land of the Happiest People on Earth by Wole Soyinka ES

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Country: Africa / Nigeria flag Nigeria
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«Una vez que has oído una voz como la suya, no vuelves a ver las cosas del mismo modo.» Toni Morrison Crónicas desde el país de la gente más feliz de la Tierra es una divertida y amarga sátira política sobre la corrupción en forma de novela de misterio. En una Nigeria imaginaria, pero muy parecida a la real, un grupo de pícaros, predicadores, emprendedores y políticos se ve inmerso en una trama sobre tráfico de miembros humanos robados de un hospital. Y el médico que desvela ese turbio negocio se lo cuenta a su íntimo amigo, el hombre de moda en el país, que está a punto de incorporarse a un p... continue


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Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo EN

Rating: 5 (5 votes)
Country: Asia / Israel flag Israel
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Kaz Brekker and his crew have just pulled off a heist so daring even they didn't think they'd survive. But instead of divvying up a fat reward, they're right back to fighting for their lives. Double-crossed and badly weakened, the crew is low on resources, allies, and hope. As powerful forces from around the world descend on Ketterdam to root out the secrets of the dangerous drug known as jurda parem, old rivals, and new enemies emerge to challenge Kaz's cunning and test the team's fragile loyalties. A war will be waged on the city's dark and twisting streets -- a battle for revenge and redemp... continue

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Crooked Plow by Itamar Vieira Junior EN

Rating: 5 (6 votes)
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Heralded as the most important Brazilian novel of the century so far, this bestseller's unique blend of magic and social realism won it three literary awards and global acclaim 'I heard our grandmother asking what we were doing.'"Say something!" she demanded, threatening to tear out our tongues. Little did she know that one of us was holding her tongue in her hand.' Deep in Brazil's neglected Bahia hinterland, two sisters find an ancient knife beneath their grandmother's bed and, momentarily mystified by its power, decide to taste its metal. The shuddering violence that follows marks their liv... continue

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Crops : Anthology of Qatari short stories

Crops : Anthology of Qatari short stories by Kalthm Jabr, Dalal Khalifa, et al. EN

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Country: Asia / Qatar flag Qatar
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This collection of Qatari short stories was edited by Dr. Amir Al-Azab and translated by Samar Hammood Alchichakli.

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Crossing by Pajtim Statovci EN

Rating: 3 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / Kosovo flag Kosovo
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The critically acclaimed novel about two young men on a fearless journey across cities, borders and identities Imagine . . . we can do anything now, we can be anyone, we can go anywhere Bujar's world is collapsing. His father is dying and his homeland, Albania, bristles with hunger and unrest. When his fearless friend Agim is discovered wearing his mother's red dress and beaten with his father's belt, he persuades Bujar that there is no place for them in their country. Desperate for a chance to shape their own lives, they flee. This is the beginning of a journey across cities, borders and iden... continue

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Crossing the Farak River by Michelle Aung Thin EN

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Country: Asia / Myanmar flag Myanmar
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"Original Australian edition published in 2019 by Allen & Unwin as part of the Through my eyes series, under the title Hasina"--Copyright page.

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Crossing the River by Caryl Phillips EN

Rating: 3 (1 vote)
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Shortlisted for the Booker Prize Winner of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction Caryl Phillips' ambitious and powerful novel spans two hundred and fifty years of the African diaspora. It tracks two brothers and a sister on their separate journeys through different epochs and continents- one as a missionary to Liberia in the 1830s, one a pioneer on a wagon trail to the American West later that century, and one a GI posted to a Yorkshire village in the Second World War. 'Epic and frequently astonishing' The Times 'Its resonance continues to deepen' New York Times

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Crow by Amy Spurway EN

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
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This Crow will ruffle a few feathers. When Stacey Fortune is diagnosed with three highly unpredictable -- and inoperable -- brain tumours, she abandons the crumbling glamour of her life in Toronto for her mother Effie's scruffy trailer in rural Cape Breton. Back home, she's known as Crow, and everybody suspects that her family is cursed. With her future all but sealed, Crow decides to go down in a blaze of unforgettable glory by writing a memoir that will raise eyebrows and drop jaws. She'll dig up "the dirt" on her family tree, including the supposed curse, and uncover the truth about her mys... continue