Essay genre books (87)
Norway12.
Contra viento y marea : (1964-1988). by Mario Vargas Llosa ES
Country: South America / 
Peru
Peru
Description:
Adieu, Sartre
Novelista y dramaturgo, Mario Vargas Llosa es también un ensayista de gustos eclécticos. Si su país, el Perú, le preocupa ante todo -su historia, su futuro político y, más allá, el futuro de toda América Latina-, estas páginas, escritas entre 1962 y 1983, dan testimonio de un interés apasionado por los grandes Preguntas del momento: ¿Qué tipo de sociedad para América Latina? ¿Qué papel debe jugar el intelectual en la ciudad? Su disputa con Günter Grass muestra que no tie... continue
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Venezuela14.
Dominican Republic
Romania16.
Dinner on Monster Island: Essays by Tania De Rozario EN
SingaporeDescription:
In this unusual, engaging, and intimate collection of personal essays, Lambda Literary Award finalist Tania De Rozario recalls growing up as a queer, brown, fat girl in Singapore, blending memoir with elements of history, pop culture, horror films, and current events to explore the nature of monsters and what it means to be different. Tania De Rozario was just twelve years old when she was gay-exorcised. Convinced that her boyish style and demeanor were a sign of something wicked, her mother and a pair of her church friends tried to "banish the evil" from Tania. That day, the young girl realiz... continue
Trinidad and Tobago18.
El lenguaje de la pasión by Mario Vargas Llosa ES
Country: South America / Peru
Peru
Description:
Resumen: es una seleccion de los articulos que, en su columna Piedra de Toque, Mario Vargas LLosa publico en el diario el Pais entre los anos 1992 y 2000. En ellos nos ofrece su vision y analisis de la convulsa sociedad de fin de siglo abordando temas como la despenalizacion del aborto en Espana, los problemas derivados de la emigracion o sucesos como el presidio de Nelson Mandela en Robben Island. Es un libro que aporta claves significativas para entender la complejidad de nuestro tiempo.
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Spain20.
Embers : One Ojibway's Meditations by Richard Wagamese EN
Country: North America / 
Canada
Canada
Description:
"Life sometimes is hard. There are challenges. There are difficulties. There is pain. As a younger man I sought to avoid them and only ever caused myself more of the same. These days I choose to face life head on--and I have become a comet. I arc across the sky of my life and the harder times are the friction that lets the worn and tired bits drop away. It's a good way to travel; eventually I will wear away all resistance until all there is left of me is light. I can live towards that end." --Richard Wagamese, Embers In this carefully curated selection of everyday reflections, Richard Wagamese... continue