Contemporary fiction genre books (511)
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Dance Dance Dance by Haruki Murakami EN
JapanDescription:
High-class call girls billed to Mastercard. A psychic 13-year-old dropout with a passion for Talking Heads. A hunky matinee idol doomed to play dentists and teachers. A one-armed beach-combing poet, an uptight hotel clerk and one very bemused narrator caught in the web of advanced capitalist mayhem. Combine this offbeat cast of characters with Murakami's idiosyncratic prose and out comes Dance Dance Dance. 'If Raymond Chandler had lived long enough to see Blade Runner, he might have written something like Dance Dance Dance' Observer 'Mr Murakami writes metaphysical Far Easterns with a Western ... continue
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Das Ungeheuer by Terézia Mora DE
HungaryDescription:
Für diese Erzählungen wurde sie mit dem Open-Mike-Literaturpreis, dem Ingeborg-Bachmann-Preis (1999) und dem Adelbert-von-Chamisso-Förderpreis (2000) ausgezeichnet. 2004 erschien der Roman 'Alle Tage', der ausnahmslos von der Kritik gelobt wurde und grossen Anklang bei den Lesern fand. Für den Roman erhielt sie den Mara-Cassens-Preis für das beste Roman-Debüt des Jahres, den Kunstpreis Berlin, den LiteraTour-Nord-Preis und den Preis der Leipziger Buchmesse.
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Turkey94.
De Niro's Game by Rawi Hage EN
LebanonDescription:
In this explosive, captivating portrait of life in a war zone, two young men must choose their futures: to stay in the war-torn Beirut and consolidate power through crime, or to go into exile abroad, alienated from the only existence they have known.
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United States of America96.
Delia's Way by Olga Berrocal Essex EN
Country: North America / 
Panama
Panama
Description:
Fiction. Latino/Latina Studies. Growing up in Panama City in the 1950s, young Delia Pineda is aware of a strained relationship because of her mother's past. Delia's growth is marked by a blossoming compassion for her tormented family and a firm conviction to lead a different life, free from unspeakable bonds of deception that keep the family together. "A quintessential coming-of-age novel... a haunting tale of sibiling rivalry"--Booklist
Germany98.
Demonios / Djinns by Fatma Aydemir ES
Description:
Finalista del Deutscher Buchpreis Premio Robert Gernhardt Premio LiteraTour Nord «Es difícil no quedarse enganchado a Demonios». -Der Spiegel «Un fresco familiar de una intensidad extraordinaria». -Süddeutsche Zeitung «Una lectura que te abre los ojos». -ARD Druckfrisch Hüseyin Yilmaz muere de un infarto el día que cumple su sueño de regresar a Estambul para jubilarse. Han pasado treinta años desde que este hombre de origen kurdo emigrara a Alemania, en la década de 1970, para trabajar de forma incansable y sacar adelante a su familia, que ahora viaja a Turquía para enterrarle. Cada uno de ell... continue
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Désorientale by Négar Djavadi FR
IranDescription:
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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Devilry by Marley Valentine EN
AustraliaDescription:
Attending King University was at the top of my bucket list. Falling in love with my Professor wasn't. Earning a full scholarship to King University was my hard earned ticket out of hell. I'm happy to be away from the small town I grew up in and all the equally small minded people who live there. King was going to be my safe haven. A place where I could leave the old me behind and finally grow into the young man my family had desperately tried to hide away. Diving head first into new experiences, new friends, and parties, I didn't expect to run straight into the one thing I wasn't ready for. Hi... continue