Contemporary fiction genre books (552)
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Simpatía by Rodrigo Blanco Calderón EN
Country: South America / 
Venezuela
Venezuela
Description:
Rodrigo Blanco Calderón has established himself as one of the great voices of Latin American literature with his debut novel The Night, and his short story collection Sacrifices. Simpatía is a suspenseful novel with unexpected twists and turns about the agony of Venezuela and the collapse of Chavismo. Simpatía is set in the Venezuela of Nicolas Maduro amid a mass exodus of the intellectual class who have been leaving their pets behind. Ulises Kan, the protagonist and a movie buff, receives a text message from his wife, Paulina, saying she is leaving the country (and him). Ulises is not heartbr... continue
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Sinka Mensch by Anna Kordsaia-Samadaschwili DE
GeorgiaDescription:
Es war einmal eine Stadt, deren Bewohner schworen, sie sei die schönste der Welt und in ihr würden Dinge passieren, von denen andere Städte nur träumen könnten. Genau in dieser Stadt, am ehemaligen Revolutionärsplatz Nummer eins, wohnt der verkrüppelte, in einem Kinderheim aufgewachsene Musiker Aleksi Adamiani, dessen Nachname schlicht »Mensch« bedeutet. Auch wenn das Schicksal ihm ein sehr schweres Leben beschieden hatte, lächelte es ihm auch zu und schenkte ihm das treue Akkordeon »Raviata«, seine zwei engsten Freunde Kotiko und... continue
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Sipsworth by Simon Van Booy EN
Country: Europe / 
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Description:
'Loaded with charm, resilience, and the deep desire for connection that all mammals share. I loved it' Ann Patchett 'Utterly charming and beautifully written, Sipsworth is a tender tale about loss, loneliness and the healing power of connection that you won't want to put down' Mike Gayle ' Utterly charming and heartwarming' Ruth Hogan, The Keeper of Lost Things 'Beautiful and enchanting' Washington Post Following the deaths of her husband and son, Helen Cartwright returns from sixty years in Australia to the English village of her childhood. Her only wish is to die quickly and without fuss. He... continue
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Sitt Marie Rose : A Novel by Etel Adnan EN
LebanonDescription:
Translated from the French by Georgina Kleege. SITT MARIE ROSE, an SPD bestseller, is the story of a woman abducted by militiamen during the civil war in Lebanon. Already a classic of war literature, it won the France-Pays Arabes award in Paris and has been translated into six languages. Fiction.
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Spain366.
IrelandDescription:
An exquisitely talented young Irish writer makes her literary debut with this powerful and haunting novel--a tale of love and family, depression and joy, and coming of age in the twenty-first century that is a blend of Sally Rooney and Colm Tóibín. Eighteen-year-old Debbie was raised on her family's rural dairy farm, forty minutes and a world away from Dublin. She lives with her mother, Maeve, a skittish woman who takes to her bed for days on end, claims not to know who Debbie's father is, and believes her dreams are prophecies. Rounding out their small family is Maeve's brother Billy, who liv... continue
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Soleil à coudre by Jean d'Amérique FR
Country: North America / 
Haiti
Haiti
Description:
C'est une lecture difficile tant pour le sujet abordé que pour le style d'écriture qui contribue à alourdir une histoire déjà chargée. On est dans le tragique du début à la fin et il n'y a aucun moyen de reprendre son souffle. J'ai trouvé ça un peu pénible.
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Sommersonnenwende by Pascal Engman, Johannes Selåker DE
SwedenDescription:
Der packende Nr. 1-Bestseller aus Schweden! »Hochaktuell und spannend bis zur letzten Seite.« David Lagercrantz Die Sonne brennt heiß auf den Asphalt in einem Stockholmer Vorort, als eine junge Frau gefunden wird, vergewaltigt und erdrosselt. Kriminalkommissar Tomas Wolf kann den Anblick der Toten kaum ertragen – zu sehr erinnert sie ihn an die dunkle Zeit in seiner Vergangenheit, die er am liebsten vergessen würde. Doch in diesem Sommer '94 ist er der Erste am Tatort. Er ahnt nicht, dass auch die Journalistin Vera Berg in diesem Mordfall ermittelt und dabei alles aufs Spiel setzt – vor allem ... continue
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Son of the Native Soil by S. A. Ambanasom EN
CameroonDescription:
Son of the Native Soil is a work whose quiet maturity glows in both subject and style. Here, love heals but the force of hate is very real. The hero, Lucas Achamba, by charisma and love undertakes to unite Dudum clan which politicking and egotism have split. His quick success stirs bitter rivalry and heartless cruelty that decide his fate. Nature is jumpy and even hysterical at this, and Ambanasom exposes it with fine evocative mastery. The style is refined and honeyed by sonal devices and visual tropes that half conceal subtle slashes at human foibles.
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