Drama genre books (101)
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The Margot affair by Sanae Lemoine EN
FranceDescription:
A NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICE The secret daughter of a French politician and a famous actress drops the startling revelation that will shatter her family in this beguiling debut novel of intrigue and betrayal. NAMED ONE OF SUMMER’S BEST BOOKS BY The Skimm • Marie Claire • LitHub • Subway Book Review • Paperback Paris Margot Louve is a secret: the child of a longstanding affair between an influential French politician with presidential ambitions and a prominent stage actress. This hidden family exists in stolen moments in a small Parisian apartment on the Left Bank. It is a house of cards th... continue
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The Mountain Wreath by Petar II Petrović Njegoš EN
Country: Europe / 
Montenegro
Montenegro
Description:
The Mountain Wreath (Serbian: Gorski vijenac) is a poem and a play, a masterpiece of Serbian literature, written by Montenegrin Prince-Bishop and poet Petar II Petrovic-Njegos. Njegos wrote The Mountain Wreath during 1846 in Cetinje and published it the following year after the printing in an Armenian monastery in Vienna. It is a modern epic written in verse as a play, thus combining three of the major modes of literary expression. Set in 18th-century Montenegro, the poem deals with attempts of Njegos's ancestor Danilo to regulate relations among the region's warring tribes. Written as a serie... continue
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The Notebook : The Proof ; The Third Lie : Three Novels by Agota Kristof EN
HungaryDescription:
Kristof's postmodern saga begins with The Notebook, in which the brothers are children, lost in a country torn apart by conflict, who must learn every trick of evil and cruelty merely to survive.
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The Plays of Oscar Wilde by Oscar Wilde EN
IrelandDescription:
Oscar Wilde took London by storm with his first comedy, Lady Windermere's Fan. His other plays include: A Woman of No Importance and The Importance of Being Earnest. This work features Wilde's plays ranging from his early tragedy era to the controversial Salome and little known fragments, La Sainte Courtisane and A Florentine Tragedy.
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The Queen of Dirt Island : A Novel by Donal Ryan EN
Description:
“From its opening pages, this book exerts a quiet, propulsive hold over its reader. The three generations of Aylward women will break your heart and then put it back together again.” –Maggie O'Farrell "This is a generous mosaic of a novel about the staying power of love and pride and history and family." –Colum McCann, author of Apeirogon and Let The Great World Spin From the multi-award-winning and internationally bestselling author Donal Ryan, a searing, jubilant story about four generations of women and fierce love The Aylward women of Nenagh, Tipperary, are mad about each other, but you wo... continue
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The Radetzky March : Introduction by Alan Bance by Joseph Roth EN
UkraineDescription:
By one of the most distinguished Austrian writers of our century, a portrait of three generations set against the panoramic background of the declining Austro-Hungarian Empire. Translated by a three-time winner of the PEN Translation Prize.
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The Third Policeman : A Novel by Flann O'Brien EN
Country: Europe / 
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Description:
With the publication of The Third Policeman, Dalkey Archive Press now has all of O'Brien's fiction back in print.
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Through Black Spruce by Joseph boyden EN
Country: North America / 
Canada
Canada
Description:
A young Cree woman who has been searching for her missing sister sits at the hospital bedside of her unconscious uncle, an injured bush pilot. Both share family tragedies and personal resiliance.
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Verwirrung der Gefühle by Stefan Zweig DE
AustriaDescription:
»Wir erleben Myriaden Sekunden, und doch wird’s immer nur eine, eine einzige, die unsere ganze innere Welt in Wallung bringt« – und es ist jene Sekunde, an die sich der 60-jährige Englischprofessor erinnert, als er die ihm gewidmete Festschrift durchsieht, in der so viele Namen stehen, aber der eine fehlt: der Name jenes Mannes, der sein Schicksal bestimmte. Die Erinnerung ruft ihn in seine Jugend zurück, in seine Studienzeit, als eine brillante Vorlesung seine Leidenschaft für das Lernen weckte – und eine eigentümliche Faszination für den... continue
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Während die Welt schlief by Susan Abulhawa DE
KuwaitDescription:
Jenin im Blumenmonat April: Frühmorgens, bevor die Welt um sie herum erwacht, liest Amals Vater ihr aus den Werken großer Dichter vor. Es sind Momente des Friedens und des Glücks, die Amal ihr Leben lang im Herzen trägt — ein Leben, das im Flüchtlingslager beginnt, nach Amerika führt und dennoch stets geprägt ist vom scheinbar ausweglosen Konflikt zwischen Israel und Palästina. Über vier Generationen erzählt Susan Abulhawa eine tief berührende Geschichte über den Verlust der Heimat, eine zerrissene Familie und die immerwährende Hoffnung auf Versöhnung.