Book type: fiction (5990)
5971.
Zonia's Rain Forest by Juana Martinez-Neal EN
Country: South America / 
Peru
Peru
Description:
Enjoying days spent with animal friends near her home in the Amazon, young Zonia wonders what to do on a day when the rainforest calls out to her for help, in an illustrated story that's complemented by back matter about the Ashâaninka community.
5972.
JapanDescription:
L to R (Western Style). Ten stories of horror and science fiction from Japan’s hottest young author. In one story, the last man on Earth turns out to be a robot. In another story, a man builds a house from the bodies of his murder victims. And in the book’s eponymous story, a man sees his girlfriend’s corpse decompose… one Polaroid snapshot at a time!
5973.
Country: Africa / 
South Africa
South Africa
Description:
Zinzi has a talent for finding lost things. To save herself, she's got to find the hardest thing of all: The truth.
5974.
Zorba the Greek by Nikos Kazantzakis EN
GreeceDescription:
First published in 1946, "Zorba the Greek," is, on one hand, the story of a Greek working man named Zorba, a passionate lover of life, the unnamed narrator who he accompanies to Crete to work in a lignite mine, and the men and women of the town where they settle. On the other hand it is the story of God and man, The Devil and the Saints; the struggle of men to find their souls and purpose in life and it is about love, courage and faith.
5975.
Zorro : A Novel by Isabel Allende EN
Country: South America / Peru
Peru
Description:
A swashbuckling adventure story that reveals for the first time how Diego de la Vega became the masked man we all know so well Born in southern California late in the eighteenth century, he is a child of two worlds. Diego de la Vega's father is an aristocratic Spanish military man turned landowner; his mother, a Shoshone warrior. Diego learns from his maternal grandmother, White Owl, the ways of her tribe while receiving from his father lessons in the art of fencing and in cattle branding. It is here, during Diego's childhood, filled with mischief and adventure, that he witnesses the brutal in... continue
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Zulajka opent haar ogen by Guzel Jachina NL
RussiaDescription:
In 1930 wordt een Tartaars dorp binnengevallen door de communisten. Ook Zulajka wordt op transport gesteld naar Siberië, nadat haar man, die haar onderdrukte, is doodgeschoten. De erbarmelijke treinreis in de veewagon duurt een halfjaar, en uiteindelijk belanden enkelen op een stuk tajga waar ze zelf moeten zien te overleven. Zulajka weet zich staande te houden, dankzij een krankzinnige Duitse arts, die haar helpt bij de bevalling van haar zoon, en Ignatov, de moordenaar van haar man op wie ze verliefd wordt. Maar het is vooral haar eigen ontwikkeling die haar sterk maakt, en ervoor zorgt... continue
5977.
Zuleijá abre los ojos by Guzel Yakhina ES
Description:
Corre la década de 1930 en la pequeña aldea de Tartaria donde viven Zuleijá, su rústico marido, treinta años mayor, y su anciana suegra, empeñada en castigarla por no darle nietos. La educación recibida impide a la joven resentir siquiera el grado de servidumbre al que está sometida o desear una vida distinta. Pero cuando una serie de acontecimientos la arranquen de su pequeña familia y la arrojen a un mundo no menos brutal, pero sí más ancho y diverso, lleno de personas de distintas procedencias, oficios y credos, ve... continue
5978.
Description:
WINNER OF THE BIG BOOK AWARD, THE LEO TOLSTOY YASNAYA POLYANA AWARD AND THE BEST PROSE WORK OF THE YEAR AWARD A sweeping, multi-award winning novel set in the aftermath of the Russian Revolution, as gangs of marauding soldiers terrorise and plunder the countryside. Zuleikha, the 'pitiful hen', is living in the home of her brutal husband and despotic mother-in-law in a small Tatar village. When her husband is executed by communist soldiers for hiding grain, she is arrested and sent into exile in Siberia. In the first gruelling winter, hundreds die of hunger, cold and exhaustion. Yet forced to s... continue
5979.
Zumbidos en la cabeza by Drago Jancar ES
SloveniaDescription:
En la prisión de Maribor, en Eslovenia, Keber, líder histórico de la revuelta de Livada (una penitenciaría en Montenegro), fue encarcelado en el verano de 1975. Se confía con gran detalle al narrador, deseoso de transcribir la crónica de este heroico levantamiento, desencadenado durante la retransmisión de un partido de baloncesto. Keber, que tiene sentido de leyenda, no puede evitar establecer un paralelo con el asedio de Masada en Judea, en el siglo I. Durante siete meses, mil judíos se enfrentaron a ocho mil romanos que los rodearon en... continue
5980.
Zündels Abgang by Markus Werner DE
Country: Europe / 
Switzerland
Switzerland
Description:
Een dertiger breekt bij het aanbreken van de grote vakantie uit zijn burgerlijk bestaan los.