Contemporary fiction genre books (1023)
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Country: South America / 
Chile
Chile
Description:
On a long, near-silent drive with his father, a young man surveys the worn-out puzzle of his broken family.
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Cămașa în carouri și alte zece întâmplări din București by Doina Ruști RO
RomaniaDescription:
„Prozatoare de cursa lunga, Doina Rusti isi articuleaza tot mai vizibil, cu fiecare volum, proiectul unei proze integratoare, «totale», in care documentul de viata si proiectia fantasmatica, viziunea proaspat-«realista» si jocul meta-narativ se armonizeaza perfect. Camasa in carouri si alte 10 intimplari din Bucuresti imagineaza − intr-o alambicata naratiune construita modular − iesiri din timp, suprapuneri de planuri, intilniri revelatorii cu personaje din veacuri apuse (cum ar fi fabulosul Iane Farmacistu’), totul sub umbrela foarte incapatoare... continue
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Cancelado by Percival Everett ES
Country: North America / 
United States of America
United States of America
Description:
Thelonious “Monk” Ellison es un escritor en crisis, aclamado por la crítica y rechazado por diecisiete editoriales que creen que no hay lectores para sus libros. Además, está pasando por un momento familiar muy difícil. Su madre está enferma de Alzheimer y tiene que enfrentarse al suicidio de su padre, ocurrido siete años atrás. Necesita dinero y, arrebatado por la ira y la desesperación, publica bajo seudónimo una novela con todos los ingredientes del típico bestseller de escritor negro.
El mundo cotidiano del ... continue
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Carnality : A Novel by Lina Wolff EN
SwedenDescription:
In this latest novel from the award-winning author of The Polyglot Lovers, a writer searching for inspiration in Spain goes on a darkly comic, delightfully absurd journey through an underground society. Awarded a three-month stipend to travel and work, a Swedish writer flies to Madrid, where in a bar she meets a man with an extraordinary story to tell. In exchange for somewhere to sleep and to hide out for a few days, he is willing to tell her the whole astonishing tale. What follows is an account of fantastic proportions and ingredients: the existence of a shadowy Internet TV show with a cert... continue
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Cartea râsului şi a uitării by Milan Kundera RO
Country: Europe / 
Czech Republic
Czech Republic
Description:
„Această carte este în totalitatea ei un roman în formă de variaţiuni. În succesiunea lor, fiecare capitol constituie o etapă diferită a unei călătorii ce duce în interiorul unei teme, în interiorul unei idei, în interiorul unei situaţii unice, a cărei înţelegere se pierde pentru mine în nemărginire. E un roman despre Tamina şi, din clipa în care Tamina părăseşte scena, devine un roman pentru Tamina.Ea este personajul principal şi principalul ascultător, toate celelalte întâmplări fiind o variaţiune a propriei sale poveşti... continue
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Casa de verano con piscina by Herman Koch ES
Country: Europe / 
Netherlands
Netherlands
Description:
Een arts begaat een medische fout, die misschien geen fout is maar opzet.
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Catalina by Karla Cornejo Vollavicencio EN
Country: South America / 
Ecuador
Ecuador
Description:
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD • A year in the life of the unforgettable Catalina Ituralde, a wickedly wry and heartbreakingly vulnerable student at an elite college, forced to navigate an opaque past, an uncertain future, tragedies on two continents, and the tantalizing possibilities of love and freedom “[A] sparkling fiction debut.”—The New York Times Book Review “[A] fresh and unflinching take on the campus novel.”—People (Ten Best Books of the Year) “Diabolically charming and magnetic.”—Ira Glass A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: Time, The Washington Post, NPR, them Wh... continue
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Catalogue of a Private Life by Najwa Bin Shatwan AR
LibyaDescription:
A collection of short stories by one of the Arab world's most accomplished and acclaimed writers. A grandmother who takes on a thief trying to seduce her daughters. A guard who fantasises about killing his general while locked in battle with a non-existent enemy. A film script about Libya's traffic problems improvised at a workshop. A woman's letter from her old school, which is now a makeshift refugee camp. A cow straying into a field, breaking an age-old truce between warring factions. The eight stories of Catalogue of a Private Life feel like oft-recounted folktales, where the ordinary has ... continue
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Ceilings by Zuzana Brabcová EN
Country: Europe / Czech Republic
Czech Republic
Description:
Awarded the Magnesia Litera Prose Book of the Year in 2013, Ceilings is a polyphonic novel kin to the work of Leonora Carrington and Unica Zürn. Taking place in a mental hospital in Prague where the "narrator" is undergoing detox treatment for substance abuse, the borders blur between inner experience and the outer world, between reality and dream. As the walls and ceilings hemming in the desire for freedom fantastically break open as if into the unknown and gender fluidly shifts between brother and sister, who are one and the same, Brabcová's flights of imagination portray how difficult it is... continue