Contemporary fiction genre books (1023)


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Cleopatra and Frankenstein by Coco Mellors EN

Rating: 3 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / England flag England
Description:
For readers of Modern Lovers and Conversations with Friends, an addictive, humorous, and poignant debut novel about the shock waves caused by one couple's impulsive marriage. Twenty-four-year-old British painter Cleo has escaped from England to New York and is still finding her place in the sleepless city when, a few months before her student visa ends, she meets Frank. Twenty years older and a self-made success, Frank's life is full of all the excesses Cleo's lacks. He offers her the chance to be happy, the freedom to paint, and the opportunity to apply for a Green Card. But their impulsive m... continue


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Coeur tambour by Scholastique Mukasonga FR

Rating: 5 (1 vote)
Country: Africa / Rwanda flag Rwanda
Description:
"Personne ne savait plus trop qui était cette présumée princesse africaine appelée Nyabinghi. Son nom était venu s'échouer sur les plages de la Jamaïque en d'étranges circonstances... Le 12 décembre 1935, peu de temps avant l'invasion de l'Ethiopie par l'Italie fasciste, paraissait dans le journal Jamaïca Times un article intitulé "Une société secrète pour détruire les Blancs" : vingt millions de nègres, au nom d'une mystérieuse reine appelée Nya-Binghi, allaient déferler sur l'Europe et l'Amérique, Nya-Binghi signifiant "mort aux Blancs". Les rastas, qui adoptèrent le nom de nyabinghi, n'avai... continue

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Collide by Bal Khabra EN

Rating: 3 (1 vote)
Description:
A USA TODAY BESTSELLER! She’s an honors student with ambitious graduate school plans and he’s a jock with only hockey on his mind, but once their worlds collide, their connection is hot enough to melt an ice rink. An ultimatum from Summer Preston’s thesis advisor thrusts her into an unexpected collision with the hockey team’s captain, Aiden Crawford. She’s caught between conflicting desires of fulfilling her lifelong dream of becoming a sport psychologist and staying as far away as possible from the god-awful sport. And once she meets Aiden—well, let’s just say he confirms all her worst assump... continue

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Come Rain Or Come Shine by Kazuo Ishiguro EN

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
Country: Asia / Japan flag Japan
Description:
In Kazuo Ishiguro's hands, a snapshot of domestic realism becomes a miniature masterpiece of memory and forgetting.

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Cometierra by Dolores Reyes ES

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Description:
Electrifying and provocative, visceral and profound, a powerful literary debut novel about a young woman whose compulsion to eat earth gives her visions of murdered and missing people--an imaginative synthesis of mystery and magical realism that explores the dark tragedies of ordinary lives. Set in an unnamed slum in contemporary Argentina, Earth-eater is the story of a young woman who finds herself drawn to eating the earth--a compulsion that gives her visions of broken and lost lives. With her first taste of dirt, she learns the horrifying truth of her mother's death. Disturbed by what she w... continue


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Copila de zǎpadǎ

Copila de zǎpadǎ by Eowyn Ivey RO

Rating: 5 (1 vote)
Description:
Ajunşi la jumătatea vieţii, Jack şi Mabel se luptă să-şi clădească o viaţă nouă în Alaska anilor ’20, însă durerea pricinuită de lipsa copiilor sapă o prăpastie tot mai adâncă între ei. Într-o clipă de exaltare, la căderea primei zăpezi din an, cei doi clădesc o copilă de zăpadă cu chip delicat, buze trandafirii şi păr bălai. Nu mică le este însă mirarea a doua zi, când descoperă că fetiţa de zăpadă a prins viaţă, ca şi cum povestea Snegurocikăi, ce încântase copilăria lui Mabel, ar fi devenit dintr-odată realitate. Din acea clipă, Fa... continue

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Corazón giratorio by Donal Ryan ES

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Country: Europe / Ireland flag Ireland
Description:
El estallido de la burbuja inmobiliaria ha dejado secuelas en un pequeǫ pueblo irlandš, donde la prosperidad de los l︢timos aǫs ha dado paso a urbanizaciones fantasma, desempleo y desesperacin̤. La quiebra de la constructora local, el asesinato de Frank Mahon, viejo malhumorado y de lengua viperina, y el secuestro del pequeǫ Dylan han conmocionado a los vecinos de esta poblacin̤ poco habituada a salir en los perid̤icos.