Adult genre books (426)



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Deep Down Dark : The Untold Stories of 33 Men Buried in a Chilean Mine, and the Miracle That Set Them Free by Héctor Tobar EN

Rating: 5 (1 vote)
Description:
Deep Down Dark is the novel that inspired the film The 33 starring Lou Diamond Phillips, Cote de Pablo and Antonio Banderas. When the San José mine collapsed outside of Copiapó, Chile, in August 2010, it trapped thirty-three miners beneath thousands of feet of rock for a record-breaking sixty-nine days. After the disaster, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Héctor Tobar received exclusive access to the miners and their tales, and in Deep Down Dark, he brings them to haunting, visceral life. We learn what it was like to be imprisoned inside a mountain, understand the horror of being slowly consu... continue


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Der letzte Tag des Präsidenten by Nagib Machfus DE

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
Country: Africa / Egypt flag Egypt
Description:
Dieser Roman zeichnet mit höchster Konzentration und Dichte das Lebensgefühl der Ära Sadat.

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Der Spieler by Fjodor M. Dostojewski DE

Rating: 3 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / Russia flag Russia
Description:
Die zentrale Thematik dieses 1866 erstmals erschienenen Romans kreist um zwei Pole - die zerstörerische Leidenschaft zum Spiel und die Qual einer komplizierten Liebesbeziehung. Zunächst will Aleksej Iwanowitsch am Spieltisch nur seine ruinöse Finanzlage verbessern, aber wie der berühmte Autor selbst erliegt er der Faszination des Rouletts. Als ihm schließlich seine heimliche Liebe Paulina ihre ZUneigung gesteht, kann er den eingeschlagenen Weg nicht mehr verlassen. Er verliert die Geliebte, die erkennt, dass sie gegen die 'Poesie des Spiels' ohnmächtig ist.

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Der Steppenwolf by Hermann Hesse DE

Rating: 5 (3 votes)
Country: Europe / Germany flag Germany
Description:
Een filosofisch ingestelde man tracht het dualisme in zijn wezen te accepteren.

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Désorientale by Négar Djavadi FR

Rating: 3 (1 vote)
Country: Asia / Iran flag Iran
Description:
Kimiâ Sadr, née à Téhéran puis exilée en France, suit un protocole d'insémination artificielle pour avoir un enfant avec son amie, Anna. Dans la salle d'attente, elle se remémore ses souvenirs, sa famille, ses parents, opposés aux différents régimes en place. Un récit qui évoque l'Iran des années 1970, la France d'aujourd'hui, l'exil, l'homosexualité, l'identité et la transmission. Premier roman.

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Die Nacht : Erinnerung und Zeugnis by Elie Wiesel DE

0 Ratings
Country: Europe / Romania flag Romania
Description:
Atemlos, bewusst karg im Stil erzählt der Friedensnobelpreisträger seine Erfahrung als Kind in Auschwitz. Jede Zeile spricht uns unmittelbar an.

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Dirt Creek by Hayley Scrivenor EN

Rating: 4 (2 votes)
Country: Oceania / Australia flag Australia
Description:
In Hayley Scrivenor's Dirt Creek, a small-town debut mystery described as The Dry meets Everything I Never Told You, a girl goes missing and a community falls apart and comes together. When twelve-year-old Esther disappears on the way home from school in a small town in rural Australia, the community is thrown into a maelstrom of suspicion and grief. As Detective Sergeant Sarah Michaels arrives in town during the hottest spring in decades and begins her investigation, Esther's tenacious best friend, Ronnie, is determined to find Esther and bring her home. When schoolfriend Lewis tells Ronnie t... continue

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Disfigured : On Fairy Tales, Disability, and Making Space by Amanda Leduc EN

Rating: 5 (1 vote)
Description:
"Challenges the ableism of fairy tales and offers new ways to celebrate the magic of all bodies. In fairy tales, happy endings are the norm - as long as you're beautiful and walk on two legs. After all, the ogre never gets the princess. And since fairy tales are the foundational myths of our culture, how can a girl with a disability ever think she'll have a happy ending? By examining the ways that fairy tales have shaped our expectations of disability, Disfigured will point the way toward a new world where disability is no longer a punishment or impediment but operates, instead, as a way of ce... continue