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113 popular austrian books
Travel the world without leaving your chair. The target of the Read Around The World Challenge is to read at least one book written by an author from each and every country in the world. All books that are listed here as part of the "Read Around Europe Challenge" were written by authors from Austria. Find a great book for the next part of your reading journey around the world from this book list. The following popular books have been recommended so far.

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El hombre en busca de sentido by Viktor E. Frankl ES

Rating: 4.5 (15 votes)
Country: Europe / Austria flag Austria
Description:
El doctor Frankl, psiquiatra y escritor, suele preguntar a sus pacientes aquejados de múltiples padecimientos: «¿Por qué no se suicida usted?» Y muchas veces, de las respuestas extrae una orientación para la psicoterapia a aplicar: a éste, lo que le ata a la vida son los hijos; al otro, un talento, una habilidad sin explotar; a un tercero, quizás, sólo unos cuantos recuerdos que merece la pena rescatar del olvido. Tejer estas tenues hebras de vidas rotas en una urdimbre firme, coherente, significativa y responsable es el objeto con que se enfrenta la logoterapia. En esta obra, Viktor E. Frankl... continue




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Fremd by Ursula Poznanski, Arno Strobel DE

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Country: Europe / Austria flag Austria
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Vertrau oder stirb Stell dir vor, du bist allein zu Haus. Plötzlich steht ein Mann vor dir. Er behauptet, dein Lebensgefährte zu sein. Aber du hast keine Ahnung, wer er ist. Und nichts in deinem Zuhause deutet darauf hin, dass jemand bei dir wohnt. Er redet auf dich ein, dass du doch bitte zur Vernunft kommen sollst. Du hast Angst. Und du verspürst diesen unwiderstehlichen Drang, dich zu wehren. Ein Messer zu nehmen. Bist du verrückt geworden? Stell dir vor, du kommst nach Hause, und deine Frau erkennt dich nicht. Sie hält dich für einen Einbrecher. Schlimmer n... continue

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Frica. Scrisoare de la o necunoscută

Frica. Scrisoare de la o necunoscută by Stefan Zweig RO

Rating: 3 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / Austria flag Austria
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Protagonista povestirii Frica, Irene, frumoasa sotie a unui avocat prosper, gaseste viata plictisitoare, simte ca nu-i mai aduce nimic bun, iar asta o impinge sa-si caute ocupatii noi. Intr-o zi cunoaste un tinar pianist cu care intra intr-o relatie ferita de indiscretiile lumii si indepartata de caldura cuminte a familiei. Legatura clandestina o ajuta sa se regaseasca intr-o alta fiinta, ii da sperante noi, o face sa se simta mai vie ca niciodata… Pina intr-o zi cind, iesind de la iubitul ei, intilneste o femeie ciudata. Din acel moment neasteptat, mica aventura salvatoare, toate planu... continue
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Gargoyles by Thomas Bernhard EN

Rating: 2 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / Austria flag Austria
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The playwright and novelist Thomas Bernhard was one of the most widely translated and admired writers of his generation, winner of the three most coveted literary prizes in Germany. Gargoyles, one of his earliest novels, is a singular, surreal study of the nature of humanity. One morning a doctor and his son set out on daily rounds through the grim mountainous Austrian countryside. They observe the colorful characters they encounter—from an innkeeper whose wife has been murdered to a crippled musical prodigy kept in a cage—coping with physical misery, madness, and the brutality of the austere ... continue

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Going Dark : The Secret Social Lives of Extremists by Julia Ebner EN

Rating: 3 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / Austria flag Austria
Description:
By day, Julia Ebner works at a counter-extremism think tank, monitoring radical groups from the outside, but two years ago, she began to feel that she was only seeing half the picture. She needed to get inside the groups to truly understand them. So she decided to go undercover in her spare hours - late nights, holidays, weekends - adopting five different identities, and joining a dozen extremist groups from across the ideological spectrum. Her journey would take her from a Generation Identity global strategy meeting in a pub in Mayfair, to a Neo-Nazi Music Festival on the border of Germany an... continue

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Grande Hotel by Vicki Baum PT

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Country: Europe / Austria flag Austria
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Grande Hotel é um livro de Vicki Baum, escrito em 1931, cujo título original é "Menschen in Hotel". O livro conta as histórias entrelaçadas de várias personagens que transitam por um hotel situado em Berlim, o qual dá título ao verbete. Participam do enredo uma bailarina russa em decadência (Grusinskaia), um barão inescrupuloso que tenta enganá-la (Barão von Geigern) e um empregado de escritório (Kringelein) que, sabendo estar próxima a sua morte, decide viver com fausto seus últimos dias.

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Herr Katō spielt Familie by Milena Michiko Flašar DE

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / Austria flag Austria
Description:
Den ehemaligen Kollegen hat er immer beneidet. Um den Ruhestand, das Motorrad und die neue Freiheit. Doch jetzt steht er selbst frisch verrentet auf den bemoosten Treppen vor seinem Haus und weiß nicht wohin. Eine Krawatte braucht er nicht mehr, zu Hause ist er im Weg, die Kinder sind längst ausgezogen. Ob die junge Frau, die er jüngst auf dem Friedhof getroffen hat, ihm nur etwas vormacht, vermag er nicht zu sagen. Er ist aus der Übung. Und dennoch nimmt er ihren Vorschlag an, lässt sich von ihrer Agentur »Happy family« mal als Opa, mal als Exmann, dann w... continue


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