Contemporary fiction genre books (1025)
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Orient, Occident by Salman Rushdie RO
IndiaDescription:
Reunind noua povestiri publicate pe parcursul mai multor ani, Orient, Occident reia una dintre temele predilecte ale lui Salman Rushdie, si anume suspendarea intre doua lumi de care se simte atras in egala masura si pe care este, tot in egala masura, dispus sa le critice. O incercare de apropriere si definire culturala a doua teritorii care si-au spus cuvintul in formarea sa ca scriitor, volumul de fata problematizeaza perceptia celor doua universuri si propune un spatiu intermediar, in care memoria, istoria si imaginatia se intilnesc si se fertilizeaza reciproc.
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Os Irmãos Karamázov by Fiódor Dostoiévski PT
RussiaDescription:
Fiódor Karamázov é um golpista cínico e inescrupuloso que, através de seus dois casamentos infelizes, ascende socialmente até tornar-se um rico senhor de terras. Mas, junto com sua fortuna, ele recebe das falecidas esposas outra herança, nem tão desejável assim: Aliocha, Ivan e Dmítri, os seus três filhos. Abandonados à própria sorte ainda na infância, eles retornam misteriosamente à casa do pai anos mais tarde, movidos por intenções ocultas e incompreensíveis. E, mais uma vez reunidos, não demora até que todos sejam arrastados pela impetuosidade inerente ao sangue Karamazov, ocasionando uma t... continue
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Os Supridores by Jose Falero, Paula Carvalho PT
Country: South America / 
Brazil
Brazil
Description:
Com este seu primeiro romance, José Falero já se apresenta como um dos nomes mais relevantes da nova literatura brasileira. Ao criar um narrador culto e perspicaz — que contrasta com o dialeto a um só tempo urbano e filosófico da periferia —, o autor mostra seu talento incomum, fazendo uma verdadeira arqueologia da pobreza. Falero nos leva direto ao supermercado Fênix, na região central de Porto Alegre. É ali que trabalham Pedro e Marques, dupla que aos poucos veste a carapuça de um Dom Quixote e de um Sancho Pança amotinados. Moradores de "vila" (a favela no Sul), eles invertem o jogo mesmo q... continue
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Other Names for Love : A Novel by Taymour Soomro EN
PakistanDescription:
Fahad hopes to spend the summer with his mother in London, but his father, Rafik, is hauling his son to Abad, the family's feudal estate in upcountry, Pakistan. Rafik wants to toughen up his sensitive boy, to teach him about power, duty, family-- make him a man. He enlists Ali, a local teenager, in this project, hoping his presence will prove instructive. Attraction blooms between the two boys, and Fahad finds himself seduced by the wildness of the land and its inhabitants. Decades later, Fahad, living abroad, receives a call from his mother summoning him home. His return will force him to fac... continue
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Our Evenings : A Novel by Alan Hollinghurst EN
EnglandDescription:
From the internationally acclaimed winner of the Booker Prize, “an engrossing tale of one man’s personal odyssey as he grows up, framed in exquisite language” (The New York Times Book Review) “The finest novel yet from one of the great writers of our time.”—The Guardian A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: The New York Times Book Review, The Washington Post, The New Yorker, Town & Country, Slate, Good Housekeeping, Financial Times, The Economist, Chicago Public Library, Parade, Publishers Weekly, BookPage, Kirkus Reviews Did I have a grievance? Most of us, without looking far, could find something that ha... continue
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Our Souls at Night : A novel by Kent Haruf EN
Country: North America / 
United States of America
United States of America
Description:
A spare yet eloquent, bittersweet yet inspiring story of a man and a woman who, in advanced age, come together to wrestle with the events of their lives and their hopes for the imminent future. In the familiar setting of Holt, Colorado, home to all of Kent Haruf’s inimitable fiction, Addie Moore pays an unexpected visit to a neighbor, Louis Waters. Her husband died years ago, as did his wife, and in such a small town they naturally have known of each other for decades; in fact, Addie was quite fond of Louis’s wife. His daughter lives hours away in Colorado Springs, her son even farther away in... continue
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Outra novelinha russa by Gonzalo Maier ES
Country: South America / 
Chile
Chile
Description:
João e Dante são dois amigos recém-saídos da universidade no despertar dos anos 2000, idealistas e cheios de planos. Enquanto Dante acredita que pode fazer sua parte através de uma empresa inovadora, João tenta entender o mundo a partir da vivência nas ruas. De um lado, a ideia de que uma mudança real possa acontecer de dentro do sistema; do outro, o estado de constante vigilância e o medo de quem decidiu se juntar ao elo mais frágil da sociedade. Entre ideais compartilhados e ações opostas, os dois tentam manter a amizade e os sonhos enquanto lidam com a falência das suas escolhas.... continue
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Owlish by Dorothy Tse EN
ChinaDescription:
With your face covered, sneaking into a city you thought you knew, are you still yourself? Or have you crossed to another world, where the streets are unpredictable and the people strangers, where you might at any moment run into some unknown dream version of yourself? In a city called Nevers, there lives a professor of literature called Q. He has a dull marriage and a lacklustre career, but also a scrumptious collection of antique dolls locked away in his cupboard. And soon Q lands his crowning acquisition- a music box ballerina named Aliss who has tantalisingly sprung to life. Guided by his ... continue
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Oxen. Das erste Opfer by Jens Henrik Jensen DE
DenmarkDescription:
"Vorsicht: Gnadenlos fesselnd bis zum letzten Satz. EIn wahres Meisterwerk der Thrillerkunst!" Susann Fleischer, literaturmarkt.Info 11.09.2017
570.
Oxen. Der dunkle Mann by Jens Henrik Jensen DE
Description:
iels Oxen, der traumatisierte Elitesoldat, ist untergetaucht. Um dem mächtigen Geheimbund ›Danehof‹ das Handwerk zu legen, hat er Museumsdirektor Malte Bulbjerg brisante Unterlagen zugespielt. Doch kurze Zeit später ist Bulbjerg tot – und ein weiterer Mord wird Oxen in die Schuhe geschoben. Ihm bleibt keine andere Wahl, als aus dem Untergrund heraus zu agieren. Als es der Geheimdienstmitarbeiterin Margrethe Franck gelingt, Oxen aufzuspüren, werden beide vom ›Danehof‹ in eine raffinierte Falle gelockt.