Read Around Europe Challenge
Read at least one book by an author from each country in Europe.
Best books from Europe (2605)
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LatviaDescription:
Told more or less in reverse chronological order, High Tide is the story of Ieva, her dead lover, her imprisoned husband and the way their youthful decisions dramatically impacted the rest of their lives. Taking place over three decades, High Tide functions as a sort of psychological mystery, with the full scope of Ieva's personal situation and the relationship between the three main characters only becoming clear at the end of the novel. One of Latvia's most notable young writers, Abele is a fresh voice in European fiction, her prose is direct, evocative and exceptionally beautiful.
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Natasha and Other Stories by David Bezmozgis EN
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National Bestseller Globe and Mail Best Book of the Year New York Times Notable Book of the Year Winner of the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize for Best First Book (Canada and Caribbean Region) Winner of the Canadian Jewish Book Award, Fiction Category Winner of the Toronto Book Award Winner of the Jewish Quarterly Wingate Literary Prize for Fiction Winner of the Danuta Gleed Literary Award Finalist for the Governor General’s Award for Fiction Finalist for CBC’s Canada Reads Finalist for the Guardian First Book Award Finalist for the Borders Books and Music 2004 Original Voices Award Finalist for t... continue
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Description:
Originally written in 1967 and not released in its uncensored form until 2003, Bels's infamous novel, Insomnia (translated from the Latvian, Bezmiegs) concerns the taboo subject of the Latvian Legion, and the atmosphere of inertia and paralysis in Soviet-era Latvia. The story is told through the thoughts and emotions of the main character, portrayed as an outwardly apathetic man and typical of Bels's characters in the 1960s and 1970s--a period marked by powerlessness and stagnation amongst ordinary people. The protagonist lives by a principle of non-involvement, content with the small material... continue
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Liechtenstein - Roman einer Nation by Armin Öhri DE
Country: Europe / 
Liechtenstein
Liechtenstein
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Liechtenstein - elf Gemeinden, ein Dutzend Banken und ein Fürst. Armin Öhri, mit dem Literaturpreis der Europäischen Union ausgezeichneter Schriftsteller, beschreibt sein Heimatland. Mühelos spannt der Autor einen weiten zeitlichen Bogen über das Leben seiner Protagonisten. In einem fesselnden Roman von ungeheurer Zugkraft nimmt er seine Leserschaft mit auf eine Reise durch ein turbulentes Jahrhundert, mit Auftritten von A wie Adolf Hitler bis zu Z wie Zotow. Eine mitreißende Saga und zugleich der erste große Roman über das Fürstentum.
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La musa oscura by Armin Öhri ES
Country: Europe / Liechtenstein
Liechtenstein
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Una novela de detectives, situada en 1865 en Berlín, por entonces capital del reino de Prusia. En este caso, aunque comienza con el clásico homicidio, el misterio no gira en torno a quién lo hizo, sino que se enfoca en los inteligentes giros retóricos, que tienen como fin generar suficiente duda razonable para lograr la perfección del crimen.
El detective amateur es Julius Bentheim, estudiante de derecho, que mejora sus magros ingresos con su habilidad y talento para dibujar, principalmente escenas del crimen para la policía. Y lo acompañan, su... continue
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Best European Fiction 2011 (Best European Fiction) by Aleksandar Hemon, Various EN
Country: Europe / Liechtenstein
Liechtenstein
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“Best European Fiction is an exhilarating read.”—Time The launch of Dalkey’s Best European Fiction series was nothing short of phenomenal, with wide-ranging coverage in international media such as Time magazine, the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Chicago Tribune, Financial Times, and the Guardian; glowing reviews and interviews in print and online magazines such as the Believer, Bookslut, Paste, and the Huffington Post; radio interviews with editor Aleksandar Hemon on NPR stations in the US and BBC Radio 3 and 4 in the UK; and a terrific response from booksellers, who made Best European ... continue
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Vilnius Poker by Ričardas Gavelis, Elizabeth Novickas EN
LithuaniaDescription:
four different perspectives, and it captures the surreal horror of life under the Soviet yoke." --Book Jacket.
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In the Shadow of Wolves by Alvydas Šlepikas EN
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A Times Book of the Year, 2019 THE SECOND WORLD WAR IS OVER. BUT THE WORLD IS FAR FROM SAFE. As victorious Russian troops sweep across East Prussia, a group of desperate children face a new battle. Confronted by critical food shortages and the onset of a bitterly cold winter, these 'wolf children' secretly cross the border into Lithuania in search of work or food to take back to their starving families. In a world still reeling from the devastation of war, the children must risk everything to survive. In the Shadow of Wolves is a story of resilience, devastation and, ultimately, hope. Based on... continue
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Those Whom I Would Like to Meet Again by Giedra Radvilaviciute EN
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Ten stories on the border of fiction and essay, in which the experiences of life “are unrecognizably transformed, like the flour, eggs, nuts, and apples in a cake.” In ten of her best essay-stories, Giedra Radvilavičiute travels between the ridiculous and the sublime, the everyday and the extraordinary. In the place of plot, which the author claims to have had “shot and buried with the proper honors,” the reader finds a dense, subtly interwoven structure of memory and reality, banalities and fantasy, all served up with a good dollop of absurdity and humor. We travel from the old town of Vilniu... continue
