Magical realism genre books (219)
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L'enfant de sable : La nuit sacrée by Tahar Ben Jelloun FR
MoroccoDescription:
Enfant née fille et élevée comme un garçon pour l'honneur de son père, Ahmed traverse son douloureux destin, affrontant l'incompréhension de sa famille et les tabous d'une société bridée. Ce personnage, digne des contes des Mille et Une Nuits inspiré d'un authentique fait divers, est le héros de ces deux romans tragiques et merveilleux.
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La belleza es una herida by Eka Kurniawan ES
IndonesiaDescription:
Dewi Ayu, una bella prostituta dada por muerta veinte años antes, aparece en medio del paisaje bélico y de tumultuosa inestabilidad política de la Indonesia del siglo XX. Esta inesperada reaparición es el punto de partida para la narración de su vida.
Dewi siempre supo cómo tratar a los hombres, y su fama de buena amante y de mujer hermosa la obligaron a tomar decisiones drásticas que cambiarían la vida de sus cuatro hijas.
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Labyrinths by Jorge Luis Borges EN
Country: South America / 
Argentina
Argentina
Description:
Forty short stories and essays have been selected as representative of the Argentine writer's metaphysical narratives.
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Landscape Painted with Tea by Milorad Pavic EN
SerbiaDescription:
A failed architect's search for his father, an officer who vanished in Greece during World War II, becomes a labyrinthine puzzle, inextricably bound to the history of the ancient monastery on Mount Athos.
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Las cosas que perdimos en el fuego/ Things We Lost in The Fire by Mariana Enriquez ES
Country: South America / Argentina
Argentina
Description:
Women who set themselves on fire to protest against domestic violence, distressed teenagers, friends till death do them apart, street children, young women bored with their partners, black magic, and superstition in northern Argentina. A work that is classic and contemporary at once.
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Las Siete Lunas de Maali Almeida by Shehan Karunatilaka ES
Sri LankaDescription:
Colombo, 1990. Maali Almeida -war photographer, gambler, and closet queen- has woken up dead in what seems like a celestial visa office. His dismembered body is sinking in the serene Beira Lake and he has no idea who killed him. In a country where scores are settled by death squads, suicide bombers, and hired goons, the list of suspects is depressingly long, as the ghouls and ghosts with grudges who cluster round can attest. But even in the afterlife, time is running out for Maali. He has seven moons to contact the man and woman he loves most and lead them to the photos that will rock Sri Lank... continue
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Latitudes of Longing by Shubhangi Swarup EN
IndiaDescription:
A sweeping, lyrical debut about the love and longing between humanity and the earth itself, by a major new literary talent from India “A marvel of magical realism.”—O: The Oprah Magazine A spellbinding work of literature, Latitudes of Longing follows the interconnected lives of characters searching for true intimacy. The novel sweeps across India, from an island, to a valley, a city, and a snow desert, to tell a love story of epic proportions. We follow a scientist who studies trees and a clairvoyant who speaks to them; a geologist working to end futile wars over a glacier; octogenarian lovers... continue