Contemporary fiction genre books (1024)
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ChinaDescription:
The sweeping history of modern China through the lens of the nation's controversial one-child policy. Frog opens with a playwright nicknamed Tadpole who plans to write about his aunt. In her youth, Gugu-- the beautiful daughter of a famous doctor and staunch Communist-- is revered for her skill as a midwife. But when her lover defects, Gugu's own loyalty to the Party is questioned. She decides to prove her allegiance by strictly enforcing the one-child policy, keeping tabs on the number of children in the village, and performing abortions on women as many as eight months pregnant.--
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Für eine schlechte Überraschung gut : Roman by Arto Paasilinna DE
FinlandDescription:
Winter 1942. Finnland und die Sowjetunion befinden sich im Krieg. Zwei sowjetische Soldaten, Savolenko und Kunitsjin, werden in den finnischen Wäldern ausgesetzt. Ihr Spionage-Auftrag, geplant als Heldeneinsatz im Feindesland, entwickelt sich jedoch zu einem skurrilen Abenteuer. Auf ihrem Marsch durch die Winterlandschaft haben sie überraschende Begegnungen: mit einer verführerischen Apothekerin, einem trinkfreudigen Bauern und einem müden Militärpferd. Viel Stoff für einen kurzweiligen Roman aus Finnland!
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German Room by Carla Maliandi EN
Country: South America / 
Venezuela
Venezuela
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A non-coming of age story where a woman tries to escape her problems by moving to Germany, but instead finds her life only becoming more complicated.
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Gesang der Fledermäuse by Olga Tokarczuk DE
PolandDescription:
Ein Dorf an der polnisch-tschechischen Grenze. Im Sommer tummeln sich hier wohlhabende Warschauer. In den Wintermonaten fliehen die meisten Einwohner das windumtoste Hochplateau im Glatzer Kessel. Die alleinstehende Englischlehrerin Janina Deszeijko widmet sich in den langen dunklen Tagen ihren astrologischen Studien und der Übersetzung von Gedichten des verehrten Willam Blake. Man hält die alte Dame für verschroben, wenn nicht gar für verrückt, auch weil sie die Gesellschaft von Tieren der von Menschen vorzieht. Dann gibt es einen Toten. Janinas ungeliebter Nachbar Big Foot ist grausam erstic... continue
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ScotlandDescription:
Shortlisted for the RSL Ondaatje Prize Seventeen-year-old Silvie is camping in rural Northumberland with her father and a group of archaeologists, who hope to uncover evidence of human sacrifice. As Silvie glimpses new freedoms with the students, her relationship with her overbearing father deteriorates, until the haunting rites of the past begin to bleed into the present.
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Glänzende Aussicht : Roman by Fang Fang DE
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Dieser heute in China unterdrückte Roman machte Fang Fang bei seinem Erscheinen 1987 schlagartig berühmt: Glänzende Aussicht erzählt das Leben einer einfachen Arbeiterfamilie aus Wuhan aus Sicht des verstorbenen jüngsten Sohnes. Es ist ein drastisches Porträt: Zu elft haust die Familie in einer dreizehn Quadratmeter kleinen Hütte. Schon die Jüngsten lernen stehlen, um ihren Beitrag zum Familienleben zu leisten, Schlägereien sind an der Tagesordnung und zärtlichere Töne rar. Im Schatten eines Vaters, der vor allem mit der Faust erzieht, ver... continue
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Go Deep by Rilzy Adams EN
Country: North America / 
Antigua and Barbuda
Antigua and Barbuda
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It was all supposed to be so simple. Navaya Howard is an erotic writer in a rut. Her readers are fed up of her stale plots and Navaya can't blame them. She's been celibate for over a year and a half since finding her now ex-boyfriend's side chick's positive pregnancy test on her bathroom counter. How can she write steamy romances if she can barely remember which body parts go into the other? Navaya enlists the help of her best friend, Xander, to revive the inspiration that used to have her sitting comfortably at the top of her game. What happens when the sex hits deeper than either of them exp... continue
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Going Down River Road by Meja Mwangi EN
KenyaDescription:
After an exhausting day of hard labour, Ben finds oblivion in the seedy bars and clubs of River Road – anything to leave his cockroach-infested rooms and ignore the reality of living paycheck to paycheck. At times, it's difficult to remember that it wasn't always this way. Somehow, he went from a promising career as a soldier to a disgraceful dismissal and a steady decline into poverty. Now the only thing Ben has left to lose is hope. Writing with colourful realism, Meja Mwangi paints an unforgettable depiction of life in Nairobi's slums – drawing attention to the hardships of the working poor... continue
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Gold Boy, Emerald Girl by Yiyun Li EN
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"The stories in this collection are mostly set in the China of the 21st century, where economic development has led to situations unknown to previous decades: residents in a shabby block of flats witnessing in awe the property boom; a local entrepreneur-turned-philanthropist sheltering women in trouble in her mansion; a group of retired women discovering fame late in their lives as private investigators specialising in extramarital affairs; a young woman setting up a blog to publicise an alleged affair of her father. Beneath the veneer of prosperity and opportunity, however, lie the struggles ... continue