Books from Moldova
22 popular moldovan books
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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 Moldova.
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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Kinderland by Liliana Corobca NL
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Analytische annotatie: Een 12-jarig meisje zorgt in Moldavië voor haar twee jongere broertjes en de dieren waarvan het gezin afhankelijk is. Ze wacht op de terugkeer van hun ouders die in het buitenland zijn gaan werken om hun schulden af te betalen.
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Kinderland by Liliana Corobca EN
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Kinderland unfolds through the letters of a young girl to her absent parents. Her dispatches go unanswered, but they relay to a reader lively tales of cruel pranks and jovial reconciliations, pain and tenderness, despair and hope as these young children grow up alone with sadness, and longing. With her parents gone in search of work, twelve-year-old Cristina must act as a mother to her two younger brothers. Through her eyes, we roam the streets of a contemporary Moldovan village populated almost entirely with children and old people. Just as most of the inhabitants left their countryside and h... continue
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La Ciudad Prometida by Valentina Scerbani ES
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Oscillating between disappointment and insecurity, between disenchantment and despair, Ileana struggles to hold on to the idea of seeing her seriously ill mother again, who has left her in the care of her aunts. But her fear grips her, her dreams return pieces of a lost past, and her reflection has disappeared from all the mirrors. Valentina Şcerbani's narrative mastery manages to establish an obsessive atmosphere, accentuated by the imposing presence of the landscape, by the unrepentant rain and by human relationships in a small community made up exclusively of women.
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Literary Theory for Robots : How Computers Learned to Write by Dennis Yi Tenen EN
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In the industrial age, automation came for the shoemaker and the seamstress. Today, it has come for the writer, physician, programmer, and attorney.
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Moldavian Autumn by Ion Drutse EN
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Ion Drutse was born in Moldavia, the son of a peasant. He graduated from a village school, worked on the staff of several Moldavian papers for some years, and then left for Moscow to continue his studies at the Higher Literary Courses. Ten years later, in 1967, Drutse was awarded the State Prize for Literature of the Moldavian SSR. Ion Drutze is the author of several collections of short stories, a novel, The Burden of Our Kindness, a play Casa Mare, and a short novel Georghe, the Widow?s Son. This edition of Drutse?s selected works is a cheerful book, though there is also an undertone of sadn... continue
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Set in Stone by Stela Brinzeanu EN
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In medieval Moldova, two women from opposing backgrounds fall in love. But this is a world where a woman's role is defined by religion and class. To make a life together means defying their families, the law, and the Church. The closer they become, and the more they refuse the roles assigned to them, the more sacrifices they have to make. While Mira's rebellion puts her life in the gravest danger, Elina must fight to change her legal status to 'son' so she can inherit her father's land and change their destiny. Set in Stone delves into the past to uncover a story which is just as relevant toda... continue
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The Censor's Notebook by Liliana Corobca EN
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Emilia Codrescu had been responsible for the burning and shredding of Romanian censors' notebooks, viewed as State secrets, but prior to fleeing the country in 1974 she had stolen one. Now, forty years later, she makes the notebook available to 'Liliana Corobca' for the newly instituted Museum of Communism The Censor's Notebook is a window into the intimate workings of censorship under communism, steeped in mystery and secrets and lies, confirming the power of literature to capture personal and political truths.
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The Good Life Elsewhere by Vladimir Lorchenkov EN
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Vladimir Lorchenkov tells the story of a group of villagers and their tragicomic efforts, against all odds and at any cost, to emigrate from Moldova, Europe's most impoverished nation, to Italy for work. In this uproarious tale, an Orthodox priest is deserted by his wife for an art-dealing atheist; a mechanic redesigns his tractor for travel by air and sea; thousands of villagers take to the road on a modern-day religious crusade to make it to the promised land of Italy; meanwhile, politicians remain politicians. "Outstanding ... darkly hilarious." -- The Wall Street Journal "A simultaneously ... continue