Read Around Europe Challenge
Read at least one book by an author from each country in Europe.
Best books from Europe (2673)
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George Frideric Handel by Paul Henry Lang EN
HungaryDescription:
Exceptionally full, detailed study of the man, his music and times. Childhood, music training, years in London; analysis of Messiah and other works; much more. Introduction. Includes 35 illustrations.
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The Scarlet Pimpernel by Emmuska Orczy EN
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The first and most successful in the Baroness’s series of books that feature Percy Blakeney, who leads a double life as an English fop and a swashbuckling rescuer of aristocrats, The Scarlet Pimpernel was the blueprint for what became known as the masked-avenger genre. As Anne Perry writes in her Introduction, the novel “has almost reached its first centenary, and it is as vivid and appealing as ever because the plotting is perfect. It is a classic example of how to construct, pace, and conclude a plot. . . . To rise on the crest of laughter without capsizing, to survive being written, rewritt... continue
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The Bronze Eagle by Emmuska Orczy EN
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The perfect calm of an early spring dawn lies over headland and sea—hardly a ripple stirs the blue cheek of the bay. The softness of departing night lies upon the bosom of the Mediterranean like the dew upon the heart of a flower.A silent dawn.Veils of transparent greys and purples and mauves still conceal the distant horizon. Breathless calm rests upon the water and that awed hush which at times descends upon Nature herself when the finger of Destiny marks an eventful hour.But now the grey and the purple veils beyond the headland are lifted one by one; the midst of dawn rises upwards like the... continue
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The Nursery : A Novel by Szilvia Molnar EN
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A debut novel from a remarkable new talent: a visceral and revelatory portrait of a woman struggling with maternal fear and its looming madness, showing how difficult and fragile those postpartum days can be, and how vital love is to pull anyone out from the dark There is the before and the after. Withering in the maternal prison of her apartment, a new mother finds herself spiraling into a state of complete disaffection. As a translator, she is usually happy to spend her days as the invisible interpreter. But now home alone with her newborn, she is ill at ease with this state of perpetual giv... continue
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Katalin Street by Magda Szabó EN
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From the award-winning author of The Door comes Katalin Street, first published in Hungarian in 1968 and translated into French, German, and Swedish. This elegant English translation by Agnes Farkas Smith now makes Katalin Street available to an even wider audience.
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The Melancholy of Resistance by László Krasznahorkai EN
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Winner of the 2015 Man Booker International PrizeThe Melancholy of Resistance, László Krasznahorkai's magisterial, surreal novel, depicts a chain of mysterious events in a small Hungarian town.A circus, promising to display the stuffed body of the largest whale in the world, arrives in the dead of winter, prompting bizarre rumours. Word spreads that the circus folk have a sinister purpose in mind, and the frightened citizens cling to any manifestation of order they can find - music, cosmology, fascism.The novel's characters are unforgettable: the evil Mrs. Eszter, plotting her takeover of the ... continue
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Claus y Lucas by Agota Kristof ES
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Estas tres novelas de gran éxito internacional han confirmado la reputación de Agota Kristof como uno de los exponentes más provocadores de la narrativa europea. Con la simplicidad sórdida de un cuento de hadas, esta trilogía nos explica la historia de dos hermanos gemelos, Claus y Lucas, condicionados por un vínculo agonizante, que se convierte también en una alegoría de las fuerzas que han separado a Europa desde la Segunda Guerra Mundial.La saga empieza con El gran cuaderno, donde los hermanos Claus y Lucas se encuentran a merced de su abuela, una mujer analfabeta y cruel. Lejos de rendirse... continue