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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Estado del malestar by Nina Lykke, Ana Flecha Marco ES
NorwayDescription:
Nadie conoce tan bien como un médico de cabecera las corrientes subyacentes de la población. He pasado por todo, sin gluten, sin lactosa, sin azúcar; cada dos titulares en los periódicos y en la web llevan a las personas sanas a creer que si simplemente dejan de comer pan o queso, todo se arreglará. Las personas de mediana edad no entienden por qué están tan cansadas todo el tiempo. Es porque estás envejeciendo, les digo, pero ellos piensan que esto del envejecimiento no se aplica a ellos, de la misma manera que creen que esto de la muert... continue
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Hunger by Knut Hamsun EN
Description:
A modernist masterpiece: the Nobel Prize winner’s first and most important novel A Penguin Classic First published in Norway in 1890, Hunger probes the depths of consciousness with frightening and gripping power. Contemptuous of novels of his time and what he saw as their stereotypical plots and empty characters, Knut Hamsun embarked on “an attempt to describe the strange, peculiar life of the mind, the mysteries of the nerves in a starving body.” Like the works of Dostoyevsky, it marks an extraordinary break with Western literary and humanistic traditions. For more than seventy years, Penguin... continue
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Hedda Gabler by Henrik Ibsen EN
Description:
Ibsen's great social drama of a caged woman in the late 19th century explores her tormented desire for escape and her yearning for individual and spiritual freedom. Plays for Performance Series.
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Scheißrentiere by Magne Hovden DE
Description:
Die Nordnorweger Leif und Roy träumen davon, das schnelle Geld zu machen. Da hat Leif eine geniale Idee: ein Erlebniscamp, in dem gestresste Urlauber wie Samen leben und im Kontakt mit der Natur wieder zu sich finden können. Braucht ja niemand zu wissen, dass Leif und Roy in Wirklichkeit wenig Ahnung von den Traditionen der Samen haben. Doch manche Touristen stellen echt viele Fragen ...
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Zero by Gine Cornelia Pedersen EN
Description:
"Gina Cornelia Pedersen debuted with this explosive novel, which won the prestigious Tarjei Vesaas First Book Award. Compared, in its home country of Norway, with a 'punk rock single', the unique lyrical style and frank description of life with mental health problems have come together to create on of the most exciting works of fiction from Scandinavia in recent years."--Cover
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Doppler by Erlend Loe EN
Description:
A Guardian Book of the Year and Chapters/Indigo Best Book A bestseller in Scandinavia -- Doppler is the enchanting, subversive, and very unusual story about one man and his moose. This beguiling modern fable tells the story of a man who, after the death of his father, abandons his home, his family, his career, and the trappings of civilization for a makeshift tent in the woods where he adopts a moose-calf named Bongo. Or is it Bongo who adopts him? Together they devote themselves, with some surprising results, to the art of carefree living. Hilarious, touching, and poignant in equal measure --... continue