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126 popular belgian 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 Belgium. 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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Acide sulfurique : roman by Amélie Nothomb FR

Rating: 3.5 (16 votes)
Country: Europe / Belgium flag Belgium
Description:
Roman de société. Roman philosophique.

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Act of Passion by Georges Simenon EN

Rating: 1 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / Belgium flag Belgium
Description:
For forty years Charles Alavoine has sleepwalked through his life. Growing up as a good boy in the grip of a domineering mother, he trains as a doctor, marries, opens a medical practice in a quiet country town, and settles into an existence of impeccable bourgeois conformity. And yet at unguarded moments this model family man is haunted by a sense of emptiness and futility. Then, one night, laden with Christmas presents, he meets Martine. It is time for the sleeper to awake.

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Allemaal willen we de hemel by Els Beerten NL

Rating: 5 (1 vote)
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Description:
Tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog valt er tijdens een aanslag op verzetsleden een dode.

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Barba Azul by Amélie Nothomb ES

Rating: 4 (2 votes)
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Description:
Como en la fábula de Charles Perrault, en el Barba Azul de Nothomb hay un ogro seductor y misterioso, un castillo y una habitación secreta. Saturnine es una hermosa joven que acude impaciente a una cita para alquilar una habitación en París. El propietario de la mansión es un aristócrata español amante de la buena cocina y ávido lector de las actas de la Inquisición, pero también de los textos del místico Ramon Llull. Antes de la bella Saturnine, otras ocho mujeres le alquilaron una habitación y desaparecieron en misteriosas circunstancias. Como en los mejores cuentos de hadas, en esta fantasí... continue



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Bruges-la-morte and the Death Throes of Towns by Georges Rodenbach EN

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Description:
Originally published: Paris: [s.n.], 1892.

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Cât de mult o iubim pe Glenda

Cât de mult o iubim pe Glenda by Julio Cortázar RO

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / Belgium flag Belgium
Description:
"Cit de mult o iubim pe Glenda" este o colectie de zece povestiri: cosmaruri care se petrec la lumina zilei, permutari imperceptibile intre realitate si fantastic, umor, violenta si melancolie. De la ambiguitatea extrema, care comunica cu tine fara sa-ti dai seama, construindu-ti in minte imagini care n-au fost niciodata pe hirtie, la structuri perfect coerente, dar cu atit mai nelinistitoare, temele lui Cortazar se incheaga dincolo de limbajul nostru, de gindurile pe care ni le-am fi imaginat posibile, jucindu-se cu visele, pisicile si femeile, pictura, timpul sau muzica in infinite... continue

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Catilinaires : by Amélie Nothomb FR

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Description:
La solitude à deux, tel était le rêve d'Emile et de Juliette. Une maison au fond des bois pour y finir leurs jours, l'un près de l'autre. Etrangement, cette parfaite thébaïde comportait un voisin. Un nommé Palamède Bernardin, qui d'abord est venu se présenter, puis a pris l'habitude de s'incruster chez eux chaque après-midi, de quatre à six heures. Sans dire un mot, ou presque. Et cette présence absurde va peu à peu devenir plus dérangeante pour le couple que toutes les foules du monde... C'est une comédie très noire, d'une lucidité tour à tour drôle et dévastatrice, que nous offre ici la roma... continue


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