Read Around Europe Challenge
Read at least one book by an author from each country in Europe.
Best books from Europe (2851)
France
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A Very Easy Death by Simone De Beauvoir EN
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"[This book] has long been considered one of Simone de Beauvoir's masterpieces. The profoundly moving, day-by-day recounting of her mother's death, it is a deeply personal story that reveals a new side of the author and adds a dimension to the self-portrait that her other books have created. But it stands by itself too, as a classic account of an all-too-familiar yet unknown experience. Powerful and touching--and sometimes shocking--it is a story no reader is likely to forget."--p. [4] of cover.
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A Feminist Theory of Violence : A Decolonial Perspective by Françoise Vergès EN
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The State will not protect us from gender violence. Our feminism must be anti-racist and decolonial, and must fight for everyone's safety
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Anais Nin by The Veiled Woman EN
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'What did she expect of him? What was her quest? Did she have an unfulfilled desire?' Transgressive desires and sexual encounters are recounted in these four pieces from one of the greatest writers of erotic fiction. Penguin Modern: fifty new books celebrating the pioneering spirit of the iconic Penguin Modern Classics series, with each one offering a concentrated hit of its contemporary, international flavour. Here are authors ranging from Kathy Acker to James Baldwin, Truman Capote to Stanislaw Lem and George Orwell to Shirley Jackson; essays radical and inspiring; poems moving and disturbin... continue
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Los amnésicos : Historia de una familia europea by Géraldine Schwarz ES
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Una fascinante historia familiar entreverada con la historia reciente de Europa. Un apasionante documento sobre el auge de los populismos y los peligros de la desmemoria histórica. En la ciudad alemana de Mannheim, de donde es originario su padre, Géraldine Schwarz descubre que su abuelo Karl compró en 1938, a muy bajo precio, una empresa a sus propietarios judíos, los Löbmman, más tarde asesinados en Auschwitz. Tras la guerra, confrontado con un heredero que reclama una reparación, Karl Schwarz opta por la negación de sus responsabilidades como Mitläufer, es decir, aquellos que, como la mayor... continue
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The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank EN
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A timeless story rediscovered by each new generation. The Diary of a Young Girl stands without peer. For both young readers and adults it continues to bring to life this young woman, who for a time survived the worst horror the modern world had seen - and who remained triumphantly and heartbreakingly human throughout her ordeal. For those who know and love Anne Frank, The Definitive Edition is a chance to discover her anew. For readers who have not yet encountered her, this is the edition to cherish.
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Go, Went, Gone by Jenny Erpenbeck EN
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An unforgettable German bestseller about the European refugee crisis: “Erpenbeck will get under your skin” (Washington Post Book World) Go, Went, Gone is the masterful new novel by the acclaimed German writer Jenny Erpenbeck, “one of the most significant German-language novelists of her generation” (The Millions). The novel tells the tale of Richard, a retired classics professor who lives in Berlin. His wife has died, and he lives a routine existence until one day he spies some African refugees staging a hunger strike in Alexanderplatz. Curiosity turns to compassion and an inner transformation... continue
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All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque EN
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One by one the boys begin to fall...In 1914, a room full of German schoolboys, fresh-faced and idealistic, are goaded by their schoolmaster to troop off to the 'glorious war'. With the fire and patriotism of youth, they sign up. What follows is the moving story of a young 'unknown soldier' experiencing the horror and disillusionment of life in the trenches.