Contemporary fiction genre books (516)
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Room : A Novel by Emma Donoghue EN
IrelandDescription:
Held captive for years in a small shed, a woman and her precocious young son finally gain their freedom, and the boy experiences the outside world for the first time. Inspiration for the MAJOR MOTION PICTURE starring Academy Award winner Brie Larson To five-year-old-Jack, Room is the world. . . . It's where he was born, it's where he and his Ma eat and sleep and play and learn. At night, his Ma shuts him safely in the wardrobe, where he is meant to be asleep when Old Nick visits. Room is home to Jack, but to Ma it's the prison where she has been held for seven years. Through her fierce love fo... continue
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IndiaDescription:
'Anita Desai is a magnificent writer' - Salman Rushdie From three times Booker-shortlisted author Anita Desai, Rosarita is a beautiful, haunting novel that explores memory, grief, and a young woman’s determination to forge her own path. A young student sits on a bench in a park in San Miguel, Mexico. Bonita is away from her home in India to learn Spanish. She is alone, somewhere she has no connection to. It is bliss. And then a woman approaches her. The woman claims to recognize Bonita because she is the spitting image of her mother, who made the same journey from India to Mexico as a young ar... continue
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Country: Europe / 
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Description:
A TODAY and LGBTQ Reads Most Anticipated Book of 2023 - A Goodreads Buzziest Debut Novel of the New Year - An Electric Lit Most Anticipated LGBTQ+ Book of Spring 2023 For fans of Queenie and Such a Fun Age comes a deliciously gritty and strikingly bold debut novel about discovering love where it has always been. Elsie is a sexy, funny, and fiercely independent woman in south London. But, at just 28, she is also tired. Though she spends her days writing tender poetry in her journal, her nights are spent working long hours for minimum wage at a neighborhood dive bar. Not even sleeping with her a... continue
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Sadness Is a White Bird : A Novel by Moriel Rothman-Zecher EN
IsraelDescription:
**A 2019 Dayton Literary Peace Prize Finalist** **A 2018 National Jewish Book Award Finalist for Debut Fiction** “Nuanced, sharp, and beautifully written, Sadness Is a White Bird manages, with seeming effortlessness, to find something fresh and surprising and poignant in the classic coming-of-age, love-triangle narrative, something starker, more heartbreaking: something new.” —Michael Chabon “Unflinching in its honesty, unyielding in its moral complexity.” —Pulitzer Prize–winning author Geraldine Brooks In this lyrical and searing debut novel written by a rising literary star and MacDowell Fel... continue
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Sado by Mikaela Nyman EN
VanuatuDescription:
Sado n. shadow 2. reflection 3. humiliation, dishonour ¿A New Bislama Dictionary Friday 13 March, 2015: Category 5 Tropical Cyclone Pam makes landfall with devastating consequences. Vanuatu is bruised but not broken. Reeling from the loss of livelihood and struggling to meet basic human needs, people start to reassemble their lives. Cathryn is an NGO worker from New Zealand who has a ruined home, a teenage son and a Ni-Vanuatu boyfriend she hasn¿t heard from since the phone lines went dead. Faia is a community organiser, a radio journalist and a survivor who fights for women to be heard. Toget... continue
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Salvar el fuego by Guillermo Arriaga ES
Country: North America / 
Mexico
Mexico
Description:
Una historia de violencia en el México contemporáneo donde el amor y la redención aún son posibles.
Marina, una mujer casada, con tres hijos y una vida familiar resuelta, coreógrafa de cierto prestigio, se ve involucrada en un amorío improbable con un hombre impensable. Salvar el fuego retrata dos Méxicos completamente escindidos uno del otro, donde Marina, que pertenece a la clase social más alta, se vincula con un hombre al extremo de la sociedad.
Esta es una novela que retrata las contradicciones de un país y las contradicci... continue
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Sam : A Novel by Allegra Goodman EN
Country: North America / 
United States of America
United States of America
Description:
READ WITH JENNA BOOK CLUB PICK AS FEATURED ON TODAY • “I’ve been an Allegra Goodman fan for years, but Sam is hands down my new favorite. I loved this powerful and endearing portrait of a girl who must summon deep within herself the grit and wisdom to grow up.”—Lily King, New York Times bestselling author of Writers & Lovers What happens to a girl’s sense of joy and belonging—to her belief in herself—as she becomes a woman? This unforgettable portrait of coming-of-age offers subtle yet powerful reflections on class, parenthood, addiction, lust, and the irrepressible power of dreams. “There is ... continue
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Sarong Party Girls : A Novel by Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan EN
SingaporeDescription:
Amazon's "Best Book of the Month" A brilliant and utterly engaging novel—Emma set in modern Asia—about a young woman’s rise in the glitzy, moneyed city of Singapore, where old traditions clash with heady modern materialism. On the edge of twenty-seven, Jazzy hatches a plan for her and her best girlfriends: Sher, Imo, and Fann. Before the year is out, these Sarong Party Girls will all have spectacular weddings to rich ang moh—Western expat—husbands, with Chanel babies (the cutest status symbols of all) quickly to follow. Razor-sharp, spunky, and vulgarly brand-obsessed, Jazzy is a determined wo... continue
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Sauvagines by Gabrielle Filteau-Chiba FR
Country: North America / 
Canada
Canada
Description:
"Pourquoi donc a-t-on tant besoin de posséder la beauté ? Et si on la laissait vivre en paix dans l'espoir de la recroiser un jour ?" Garde-forestière, Raphaëlle vit dans une cabane isolée au coeur de la forêt du Kamouraska. Pour rien au monde elle n'échangerait cette vie loin des hommes. Mais une nuit, sa chienne disparaît. Raphaëlle suspecte rapidement des braconniers et les prend en chasse. Elle ignore que, depuis l'ombre, des yeux la guettent. Dans cette nature aussi belle que féroce, proie et pr&eacut... continue
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Schtum by Jem Lester EN
Country: Europe / United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Description:
'Will make you laugh, make you cry, and make you think' Graeme Simsion Inspired by the author's experiences with his own son, SHTUM is a novel about three generations of a family learning how to get along. Ten-year-old Jonah lives in a world of his own. He likes colours and feathers and the feel of fresh air on his skin. He dislikes sudden loud noises and any change to his daily routine. Jonah has never spoken, yet somehow he communicates better than all of the adults in his life. 'Fiercely funny ... an unforgettable first novel' The Times 'A book with true heart and soul' Joanna Cannon, autho... continue