Books written by male authors (3617)
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Harsh Times by Mario Vargas Llosa EN
Country: South America / 
Peru
Peru
Description:
Guatemala, 1954. A CIA-supported military coup topples the government. Behind this violent act is a lie passed off as truth, which forever changed the development of Latin America: that those in power encouraged the spread of Soviet communism in the Americas.
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Harvest of Skulls by Abdourahman A. Waberi EN
DjiboutiDescription:
In 1994, the akazu, Rwandan's political elite, planned the genocidal mass slaughter of 500,000 to 1,000,000 Tutsi and Hutu who lived in the country. Given the failure of the international community to acknowledge the genocide, in 1998, ten African authors visited Rwanda in a writing initiative that was an attempt to make partial amends. In this multidimensional novel, Abdourahman A. Waberi claims, "Language remains inadequate in accounting for the world and all its turpitudes, words can never be more than unstable crutches, staggering along . . . And yet, if we want to hold on to a glimmer of ... continue
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Harvest of Thorns by Shimmer Chinodya EN
ZimbabweDescription:
The 1990 Commonwealth Writers Regional Prize voted Harvest of Thorns the winner in the Best Book category. Harvest of Thorns tells the story of Benjamin Tichafa who grows up in Rhodesia in the 1960s. From a conservative, religious family, but exposed to the heady ideas of the black nationalist movements, the young student is pulled in different directions. Isolated and troubled at boarding school, he is provoked into leaving, making his way to Mozambique, and joining the freedom fighters. There, in the crucible of a bitter civil war of liberation, the young man develops into manhood. Returning... continue
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Hauptsache nichts mit Menschen by Paul Bokowski DE
GermanyDescription:
Es liegt nicht unbedingt an Berlin, dass Paul Bokowski von einer absurd-komischen Begegnung in die nächste schlittert. Es liegt vielmehr in der Natur der Menschen, dass man viel Eigenartiges mit ihnen erleben kann. Mit seinen Eltern beispielsweise, einer wildfremden Dame, die ihm völlig ungefragt Vorträge über Backrezepte hält, oder aber auch gerne mit sich selbst: Sei es, dass der passionierte Hypochonder angesichts einer drohenden Mandel-OP Dutzende von Abschiedsbriefen verfasst oder beim Möbelkauf in eine unvergessliche Weihnachtsfeier von IKEA gerät. Paul... continue
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Hear the Wind Sing by Haruki Murakami EN
JapanDescription:
Hear the Wind Sing is the first novel by Haruki Murakami; it first appeared in the June 1979 issue of Gunzo, one of the most influential literary magazines in Japan.
It is the first of the "boku" tetralogy; translated by Alfred Birnbaum.
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Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad EN
UkraineDescription:
In this reprinting of the great Conrad classic, Green Integer presents his tale of white colonialism and the effects of the African world on European self-satisfaction. Marlow's tale of his voyage through the Congo and the legends surround a previous explorer-adventurer named Kurtz gradually reveal the dark horros of both the Western impact on Africa and its effects on Western civilisation. Conrad's tale is a brilliant symbolic work as well as a great adventure story. The book, one of the true classics of 20th century literature endures as a favourite to this day.
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ChinaDescription:
From "China's foremost literary satirist" (Financial Times) comes a captivating new novel set at a religious training center in Beijing, focusing on the unlikely love story of a Buddhist nun and a Daoist priest At the Religious Training Center on the campus of Beijing's National Politics University, disciples of China's five main religions--Buddhism, Daoism, Protestantism, Catholicism, and Islam--gather for a year of intensive study and training. They live in dormitories, eat at shared tables in the cafeteria, and attend lectures to learn about their own religion while also sharing in the less... continue
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Heartbreak Tango by Manuel Puig EN
Country: South America / 
Argentina
Argentina
Description:
Awash in small-town gossip, petty jealousy, and intrigues, Manuel Puig's Heartbreak Tango is a comedic assault on the fault lines between the disappointments of the everyday world, and the impossible promises of commercials, pop songs, and movies. This melancholy and hilarious tango concerns the many women in orbit around Juan Carlos Etchepare, an impossibly beautiful Lothario wasting away ever-so-slowly from consumption, while those who loved and were spurned by him move on into workaday lives and unhappy marriages. Part elegy, part melodrama, and part dirty joke, this wicked and charming nov... continue
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Heaven and Hell by Jón Kalman Stefánsson EN
IcelandDescription:
In a remote part of Iceland, a boy and his friend Barður join a boat to fish for cod. A winter storm surprises them out at sea and Barður, who has forgotten his waterproof as he was too absorbed in 'Paradise Lost', succumbs to the ferocious cold and dies. Appalled by the death and by the fishermen's callous ability to set about gutting the fatal catch, the boy leaves the village, intending to return the book to its owner. The extreme hardship and danger of the journey is of little consequence to him - he has already resolved to join his friend in death. But once in the town he immerses himself... continue