Contemporary fiction genre books (84)
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IsraelDescription:
Jerusalem im Winter 1959/60: Schmuel Asch bricht sein Studium kurz vor der Abschlussarbeit zum Thema Judas ab, wird von seiner Freundin verlassen und seine Eltern können ihn nicht mehr unterstützen wiel sie sich finanziell ruiniert haben. Nur eine Anzeige hält ihn davon ab, die Stadt zu verlassen: ohne jemanden etwas erzählen zu dürfen beginnt er, einem alten Mann des Nachts vorzulesen und sich mit ihm über die Ideale des Zionismus, die jüdisch-arabischen Konflikte, kurz über Gott und die Welt zu unterhalten. Dabei trifft er auch auf die Tochter eines ehemaligen Anführers der Zionisten, von de... continue
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Kamusari Tales Told at Night by Shion Miura EN
JapanDescription:
From Shion Miura, award-winning author of The Easy Life in Kamusari, comes a spirit-lifting novel about tradition, first love, and ancient lore in a Japanese mountain village. It's been a year since Yuki Hirano left home--or more precisely, was booted from it--to study forestry in the remote mountain village of Kamusari. Being a woodsman is not the future he imagined, but his name means "courage," and Yuki hopes to live up to it. He's adapting to his job and learning constantly. In between, he records local legends--tales pulsing with life, passion, and wondrous gods. Kamusari has other charms... continue
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Dominican Republic34.
La ruta del huracán by Care Santos ES
SpainDescription:
Aida, una chica de 13 años, viaja con su padre a El Salvador. Allí vive un gran choque cultural y conoce un sinfín de cosas nuevas, desde los sabores de las comidas a los volcanes en erupción. Se trata de un mundo por descubrir donde la naturaleza parece dictar sus propias normas. Tanto es así que, sin previo aviso, estalla la peor catástrofe meteorológica que ha vivido Centroamérica en los últimos años: el huracán Mitch. Aunque las dimensiones del huracán son tremendas, Aida, sin pensarlo demasiado, se lanza, en compañía de su amigo Roque, desde El Salvador pasando por Honduras, hasta llegar ... continue
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Moldova
Switzerland38.
MARTYR! by Kaveh Akbar EN
IranDescription:
Cyrus Shams is lost. The orphaned son of Iranian immigrants, Cyrus never knew his mother. Killed when her plane was shot down over the Persian Gulf in a senseless accident, Cyrus has spent his life grappling with the meaningless nature of his mother's death. Now he is set to learn the truth of her life. When Cyrus's obsession with the lives of the martyrs - Bobby Sands, Joan of Arc - leads him to a chance encounter with a dying artist, he finds himself drawn towards the mysteries of his past: an uncle who rode through Iranian battlefields dressed as the Angel of Death; and toward his mother, w... continue
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Minha vida de rata by Joyce Carol Oates PT
Country: North America / 
United States of America
United States of America
Description:
"O que deve prevalecer: a lealdade à família ou à verdade? Será que dizer a verdade é sempre um erro e mentir pela família é sempre justificável? É possível fazer o que é certo, mas se arrepender amargamente? Em uma sucessão de episódios vividamente rememorados, Violet Rue contempla as circunstâncias de quando ainda era a adorada filha mais nova dos Kerrigan. Até que seus irmãos assassinam brutalmente um adolescente negro e ela os denuncia para a polícia. Expulsa de casa, e rejeitada pela família, Violet passa sua vida consumida pela culpa e presa à fugidia esperança de retornar ao lar. A prem... continue
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Ms Ice Sandwich by Mieko Kawakami EN
Description:
A boy is obsessed with a woman who sells sandwiches. He goes to the supermarket almost every day, just so he can look at her face. She is beautiful to him, and he calls her "Ms Ice Sandwich", and endlessly draws her portrait