Book type: fiction (6024)


4931.

The Oresteian Trilogy by Aeschylus EN

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Country: Europe / Greece flag Greece
Description:
Comprised of three tragedies - The theme is the chain of murder and revenge within the royal family of Argus, a chain finally broken only by the intervention of the goddess Athene_______________
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4932.

The Orphan Sky by Ella Leya EN

Rating: 4 (4 votes)
Country: Asia / Azerbaijan flag Azerbaijan
Description:
Leila, a young classical pianist, dreams of winning international competitions and bringing awards to her beloved country Azerbaijan. When she receives an assignment from her communist mentor to spy on a music shop suspected of traitorous Western influences, she is determined to prove her worth to the Party. When Leila meets Tahir, the painter who owns the music shop, his jazz recordings, abstract art, and subversive political opinions crack open the veneer of the world she's been living in. Now her comrades force her to make an impossible choice.

4933.

The Orphanage: A Novel by Serhiy Zhadan EN

Rating: 5 (2 votes)
Country: Asia / Ukraine flag Ukraine
Description:
"A Margellos World Republic of Letters Book."

4934.

The Other Americans by Laila Lalami EN

Rating: 5 (1 vote)
Country: Africa / Morocco flag Morocco
Description:
***2019 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST*** Winner of the Arab American Book Award in Fiction Finalist for the Kirkus Prize in Fiction Finalist for the California Book Award Longlisted for the Aspen Words Literary Prize A Los Angeles Times bestseller Named a Best Book of the Year by The Washington Post, Time, NPR, Minneapolis Star Tribune, Dallas Morning News, The Guardian, Variety, and Kirkus Reviews Late one spring night in California, Driss Guerraoui—father, husband, business owner, Moroccan immigrant—is hit and killed by a speeding car. The aftermath of his death brings together a diverse cast... continue

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The Other Face

4936.

The Other Name : Septology I-II by Jon Fosse EN

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / Norway flag Norway
Description:
An elegiac meditation on our unlived lives, from the author of Scenes from a Childhood.

4937.

The Other Side of the Bridge by Mary Lawson EN

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
Description:
The troubled relationship between two brothers--Arthur Dunn, the dutiful eldest son, and the mercurial, dangerous Jake--escalates when they are both drawn to a beautiful young woman.

4938.

The Other Woman by Colette EN

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Country: Europe / France flag France
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The colours and scents of the Parisian world provide the backdrop to this book and its observations on the loss of childhood magic, the insecurity of solitude and the stresses and strains between husbands, wives, lovers and mistresses.

4939.

The Others by Seba Al-Herz, Ṣabā Ḥirz EN

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Country: Asia / Saudi Arabia flag Saudi Arabia
Description:
A daring literary debut from Saudi Arabia reveals the secret world of a sexually rebellious woman.

4940.

The Outside by Ada Hoffmann EN

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Humanity’s super-intelligent AI Gods brutally punish breaches in reality, as one young scientist discovers, in this intense and brilliant space opera. Autistic scientist Yasira Shien has developed a radical new energy drive that could change the future of humanity. But when she activates it, reality warps, destroying the space station and everyone aboard. The AI Gods who rule the galaxy declare her work heretical, and Yasira is abducted by their agents. Instead of simply executing her, they offer mercy – if she’ll help them hunt down a bigger target: her own mysterious, vanished mentor. With h... continue