Read Around Europe Challenge
Read at least one book by an author from each country in Europe.
Best books from Europe (2679)
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KosovoDescription:
From the author of National Book Award finalist Crossing comes an unlikely love story in Kosovo with unpredictable consequences that reverberates throughout a young man's life—a dazzling tale full of fury, tenderness, longing, and lust. “Devastating in the most beautiful ways. From the first pages you realize that you are in the hands of an absolute artist.” —Torrey Peters, author of Detransition, Baby April 1995. Arsim is a twenty-four-year-old, recently married student at the University of Pristina, in Kosovo, keeping his head down to gain a university degree in a time and place deeply hosti... continue
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El corazón de Tirana by Pajtim Statovci ES
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Después de un vistazo al futuro, Roma en 1998, la historia vuelve a Tirana, capital de Albania, en los tiempos de la caída del régimen comunista, en la que el preadolescente Bujar nos va narrando su vida, su especial relación con su padre, y su gran amistad con Agim, brillante y con gran autodeterminación, quien disfruta de vestirse de mujer.
A través de las narraciones del padre de Bujar, podemos acceder a muchos de los mitos y leyendas de Albania, y comprender parte de su construcción cultural.
A medida que avanza, la historia alterna la nar... continue
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My Cat Yugoslavia by Pajtim Statovci EN
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A love story set in two countries in two radically different moments in time, bringing together a young man, his mother, a boa constrictor, and one capricious cat. In 1980s Yugoslavia, a young Muslim girl is married off to a man she hardly knows, but what was meant to be a happy match goes quickly wrong. Soon thereafter her country is torn apart by war and she and her family flee. Years later, her son, Bekim, grows up a social outcast in present-day Finland, not just an immigrant in a country suspicious of foreigners, but a gay man in an unaccepting society. Aside from casual hookups, his only... continue
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Crossing by Pajtim Statovci EN
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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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LatviaDescription:
Jacob Bird lives in Riga with his father. Jacob loves maps like his dad, and is fascinated by the legend which warns that no one must say `Riga is ready' or the river will flood the town, tall ships will sail down the main street, and the city will have to start all over again. One day Jacob mutters the fateful words. But all that happens is he is sent to live for the summer with his grumpy cousin Mimi and Uncle Eagle, because his dad is too busy to look after him. But strange things are afoot in the run-down Maskatchaka district of Riga, where Jacob now has to live. Evil Skylar Scraper's sche... continue
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Doom 94 is Jonevs' debut novel, published first as Jelgava 94 in Latvia in 2013 and was quickly proved to be a big hit and bestseller. Translated into 11 languages already, it is here for the first time in English. The story is set in the 1990s in the Latvian city of Jelgava and looks at the burgeoning craze during this decade for the alternative culture of heavy metal music. Jonevs takes the reader deep inside the world of music, combining the intimate diary of a youngster trying to find himself by joining a subculture, as well as a skilful, detailed, and almost documentary-like depiction of ... continue
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Soviet Milk by Nora Ikstena EN
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The central character in the story tries to follow her calling as a doctor. But then the state steps in. She is deprived first of her professional future, then of her identity and finally of her relationship with her daughter
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Leche materna by Nora Ikstena ES
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La novela nos sitúa en Letonia, tres generaciones de mujeres, en un período que va desde el fin de la Segunda Guerra Mundial y el inicio de la caída de la Unión Soviética; los capítulos son narrados, alternativamente, por hija y nieta.
Un recorrido muy interesante e instructivo sobre la vida y peripecias de esta familia, que podrían ilustrar en alguna medida, la de la sociedad letona. Se destaca especialmente cómo cada uno de los personajes hace frente y define su vida en las circunstancias que les toca vivir, en particular el fenó... continue