Read Around Europe Challenge
Read at least one book by an author from each country in Europe.
Best books from Europe (2978)
2011.
Il senso delle parole rotte by Massimiliano Giri IT
Country: Europe / 
San Marino
San Marino
Description:
Nella villa sulla collina, oltre il cancello di ferro battuto, le pattuglie aspettano all'ingresso. Gli aloni bluastri dei lampeggianti nella pioggerella nebulizzata che riempie l'aria. La casa è stata già perlustrata e la ragazza non c'è. Il cellulare, staccato. Segni di una colluttazione in soggiorno, schegge di ceramica spuntano dal parquet come denti di squalo. Tracce di sangue, un arabesco scuro come melassa che va verso una porta sul retro e prosegue nel parco, fra la ghiaia e l'erba. La recinzione di metallo è stata tranciata, un buco delle dimensioni di una persona spezza il verde dell... continue
2012.
Country: Europe / San Marino
San Marino
Description:
L'enigma della vita e della morte rappresenta l'oggetto della ricerca dell'autrice declinato nella vicenda della protagonista. Una donna tenace, soggetta alle costrizioni di una mentalità maschilista che la sottopone a violenze e forti limitazioni della libertà. Celesta combatte strenuamente e la sua vita diventa simbolo della lotta di liberazione di tutte le donne. Come afferma Alessandro Quasimodo nella introduzione, 'nel romanzo si ricongiungono le aspirazioni delle donne del mondo'. Nelle righe di Milena Ercolani si ritrova il plasma che dà for... continue
2013.
2014.
The Republic of San Marino by Charles De Bruc EN
Country: Europe / San Marino
San Marino
Description:
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for b... continue
2015.
The Morningside : A Novel by Téa Obreht EN
SerbiaDescription:
From the critically beloved, New York Times bestselling author of The Tiger's Wife and Inland, a magical novel of mothers and daughters, displacement and belonging, and myths both old and new. There’s the world you can see. And then there’s the one you can’t. Welcome to the Morningside. After being expelled from their ancestral home in a not-so-distant-future, Silvia and her mother finally settle at The Morningside, a crumbling luxury tower in a place called Island City where Silvia’s aunt Ena serves as the superintendent. Silvia feels unmoored in her new life because her mother has been so di... continue
2016.
La mano de la buena fortuna by Goran Petrović ES
Description:
La mano de la buena fortuna es ya un libro de culto. Miles de lectores se han sumergido en él buscando ese maravilloso concepto inventado por el autor: el de la lectura total. Son pocos los elegidos que lo logran. Los que lo hacen, se percatarán de que al interior de las páginas uno puede encontrarse con las personas que están leyendo el mismo libro en ese preciso instante.
2017.
The Legend of the Sleepers by Danilo Kis EN
Description:
'Sleepers awake in a remote cave and the ancient mystic Simon Magus attempts a miracle, in these two magical, otherworldly tales from one of the greatest voices of twentieth-century Europe.
2018.
2019.
Alondra by Dezső Kosztolányi ES
Description:
Septiembre de 1899. en una pequeña ciudad de provincias del Imperio austrohúngaro, la hija de los Vajkay, llamada cariñosamente Alondra, se dispone a pasar una semana de vacaciones con sus tíos. La despedida en la estación es dolorosa, pues los días que d
2020.
Walk Through Walls : A Memoir by Marina Abramovic EN
Description:
“I had experienced absolute freedom—I had felt that my body was without boundaries, limitless; that pain didn’t matter, that nothing mattered at all—and it intoxicated me.” In 2010, more than 750,000 people stood in line at Marina Abramović’s MoMA retrospective for the chance to sit across from her and communicate with her nonverbally in an unprecedented durational performance that lasted more than 700 hours. This celebration of nearly fifty years of groundbreaking performance art demonstrated once again that Marina Abramović is truly a force of nature. The child of Communist war-hero parents ... continue