Read Around Europe Challenge
Read at least one book by an author from each country in Europe.
Best books from Europe (2668)
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Vaak ben ik gelukkig by Jens Christian Grøndahl NL
DenmarkDescription:
Ellinor en haar man Henning zijn goed bevriend met Anna en Georg. Maar alles verandert wanneer de twee stellen op skivakantie gaan en Anna en Henning omkomen in een lawine. Hun echtgenoten blijven alleen achter. In hun verdriet trekken Elli en Georg steeds meer naar elkaar toe, maar kunnen twee mensen zomaar opnieuw beginnen? Pas wanneer Georg jaren later overlijdt en Elli helemaal alleen achterblijft, durft ze het verleden onder ogen te komen – een verleden dat meer ontsluit dan rouw en verraad.
'Vaak ben ik gelukkig' is een aangrijpende roman over liefde, huwelijk en vrien... continue
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The Chestnut Man : The Chilling and Suspenseful Thriller Soon to Be a Major Netflix Series by Søren Sveistrup EN
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A young woman is found brutally murdered in a playground and one of her hands is missing. Above her hangs a small doll made of chestnuts. Ambitious young detective Naia Thulin is assigned the case. Her partner, Mark Hess, is a burned-out investigator who's just been kicked out of Europol
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'Utterly, agonisingly compulsive ... a masterpiece' Liz Jensen, Guardian The second volume in The Copenhagen Trilogy, the searing portrait of a woman's journey through love, friendship, ambition and addiction, from one of Denmark's most celebrated twentieth-century writers Forced to leave school early, Tove embarks on a chequered career in a string of low-paid, menial jobs. But she is hungry: for poetry, for love, for real life to begin. As Europe slides into war, she must navigate exploitative bosses, a Nazi landlady and unwelcome sexual encounters on the road to hard-won independence. Yet sh... continue
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Childhood : The Copenhagen Trilogy: Book 1 by Tove Ditlevsen EN
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The celebrated Danish poet Tove Ditlevsen begins the Copenhagen Trilogy ("A masterpiece" —The Guardian) with Childhood, her coming-of-age memoir about pursuing a life and a passion beyond the confines of her upbringing—and into the difficult years described in Youth and Dependency Tove knows she is a misfit whose childhood is made for a completely different girl. In her working-class neighborhood in Copenhagen, she is enthralled by her wild, red-headed friend Ruth, who initiates her into adult secrets. But Tove cannot reveal her true self to her or to anyone else. For "long, mysterious words b... continue
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Dependency : The Copenhagen Trilogy: Book 3 by Tove Ditlevsen EN
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The final volume in the renowned Danish poet Tove Ditlevsen’s autobiographical Copenhagen Trilogy ("A masterpiece" —The Guardian). Following Childhood and Youth, Dependency is the searing portrait of a woman’s journey through love, friendship, ambition, and addiction, from one of Denmark’s most celebrated twentieth century writers Tove is only twenty, but she's already famous, a published poet, and the wife of a much older literary editor. Her path in life seems set, yet she has no idea of the struggles ahead—love affairs, wanted and unwanted pregnancies, artistic failure, and destructive addi... continue
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The Faces : A Novel by Tove Ditlevsen EN
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From Tove Ditlevsen, the acclaimed author of the Copenhagen Trilogy, comes The Faces, a searing, haunting novel of a woman on the edge, portrayed with all the vividness of lived experience. Copenhagen, 1968. Lise, a children’s book writer and married mother of three, is increasingly haunted by disembodied faces and voices. She is convinced that her husband, already extravagantly unfaithful, will leave her. Most of all, she is scared that she will never write again. Yet as she descends into a world of pills and hospitals, she begins to wonder—is insanity really something to be feared, or does i... continue
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The Trouble with Happiness : And Other Stories by Tove Ditlevsen EN
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The Trouble with Happiness is a powerful new collection of short stories by Tove Ditlevsen, “a terrifying talent” (Parul Sehgal, The New York Times). A newly married woman longs, irrationally, for a silk umbrella; a husband chases away his wife’s beloved cat; a betrayed mother impulsively sacks her housekeeper. Underneath the surface of these precisely observed tales of marriage and family life in midcentury Copenhagen pulse currents of desire, violence, and despair, as women and men struggle to escape from the roles assigned to them and dream of becoming free and happy—without ever truly unde... continue
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Oxen. Das erste Opfer by Jens Henrik Jensen DE
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"Vorsicht: Gnadenlos fesselnd bis zum letzten Satz. EIn wahres Meisterwerk der Thrillerkunst!" Susann Fleischer, literaturmarkt.Info 11.09.2017
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Oxen. Der dunkle Mann by Jens Henrik Jensen DE
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iels Oxen, der traumatisierte Elitesoldat, ist untergetaucht. Um dem mächtigen Geheimbund ›Danehof‹ das Handwerk zu legen, hat er Museumsdirektor Malte Bulbjerg brisante Unterlagen zugespielt. Doch kurze Zeit später ist Bulbjerg tot – und ein weiterer Mord wird Oxen in die Schuhe geschoben. Ihm bleibt keine andere Wahl, als aus dem Untergrund heraus zu agieren. Als es der Geheimdienstmitarbeiterin Margrethe Franck gelingt, Oxen aufzuspüren, werden beide vom ›Danehof‹ in eine raffinierte Falle gelockt.