Contemporary fiction genre books (1025)
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La ruta del huracán by Care Santos ES
SpainDescription:
Aida, una chica de 13 años, viaja con su padre a El Salvador. Allí vive un gran choque cultural y conoce un sinfín de cosas nuevas, desde los sabores de las comidas a los volcanes en erupción. Se trata de un mundo por descubrir donde la naturaleza parece dictar sus propias normas. Tanto es así que, sin previo aviso, estalla la peor catástrofe meteorológica que ha vivido Centroamérica en los últimos años: el huracán Mitch. Aunque las dimensiones del huracán son tremendas, Aida, sin pensarlo demasiado, se lanza, en compañía de su amigo Roque, desde El Salvador pasando por Honduras, hasta llegar ... continue
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La sud de graniță, la vest de soare by Haruki Murakami RO
JapanDescription:
Romanul exploreaza adincimile sufletului uman, concentrindu-se asupra metamorfozelor prin care trece sentimentul iubirii de la adolescenta pina la maturitate. Personajul principal, Hajime, proprietarul unui bar din Tokyo (autorul transfera asupra personajului propria experienta de viata), duce o existenta aparent linistita si indestulatoare, dar in fapt tulburata de amintirea unei povesti de dragoste din tinerete. Ceea ce il obsedeaza insa pe erou nu e neaparat imaginea iubitelor din trecut, ci caracterul unic si irepetabil al relatiei dintre doi oameni si convingerea ca destinul uman e o prob... continue
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La vallée des fleurs by Niviaq Korneliussen FR
Country: North America / 
Greenland
Greenland
Description:
Elle vit à Nuuk, la capitale du Groenland. Elle est inuite, jeune, moderne et pleine d'humour. Elle est amoureuse de sa copine. Elle a été acceptée à l'Université d'Aarhus au Danemark et va enfin sortir du nid familial. Mais l'arrivée sur le continent réveille en elle une souffrance muette, une fêlure qui tue lentement le goût de vivre. Un événement tragique dans sa belle-famille la rappelle opportunément dans l'est du Groenland, au pied de la Vallée des Fleurs où, contre toute attente, la beauté des montagnes déclenche chez elle le début d'une rupture radicale. Elle, qui enfant avait sauté d'... continue
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Lady Oracle by Margaret Atwood EN
Country: North America / 
Canada
Canada
Description:
From the bestselling author of The Handmaid's Tale and The Testaments—the "brilliant and funny" story (Joan Didion, bestselling author of Let Me Tell You What I Mean) of a woman whose attempts to escape herself become instead an occasion for confronting the self-deception that has driven her since childhood Joan Foster is a woman with numerous identities and a talent for shedding them at will. She has written trashy gothic romances, had affairs with a Polish count and an absurd avant-garde artist, and played at being a politically engaged partner to her activist husband. After a volume of her ... continue
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Lampa cu căciulă : povestiri by Florin Lăzărescu RO
RomaniaDescription:
Cartea reprezinta o selectie din povestirile scrise de autor in ultimii zece ani, reunite sub titlul celei mai cunoscute dintre acestea, Lampa cu caciula, care a fost ecranizata in 2006, in regia lui Radu Jude si care a obtinut peste 30 de premii la festivaluri internationale, printre care trofeul pentru cel mai bun scurtmetraj la Sundance, SUA.
Cu exceptia altor citeva povestiri relativ cunoscute (prin aparitia in reviste sau intr-un volum colectiv publicat in Franta), cele mai multe dintre ele sint inedite. Povestirile construiesc o carte despre copilarie, despre inocenta pierduta a lumii... continue
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Last call Manila : Roman by Jose Yap Dalisay DE
Country: Asia / 
Philippines
Philippines
Description:
Ein Zinksarg trifft auf dem Manila International Airport ein, in dem laut Begleitschein eine Tote namens Aurora V. Cabahug liegt. Ein Polizist, der den Sarg in ihre Heimatstadt transportieren soll, kennt den Namen der Frau – er hat sie erst gestern als Sängerin »Rory« in einer Bar gesehen. Er erfährt, dass die Tote die Schwester von Rory ist, die unter deren Namen nach Saudi-Arabien als Dienstmädchen vermittelt wurde. Aus der Recherche, warum sie das tat, ob und warum sie umgebracht wurde, wie sie auf den Philippinen und dann in Hongkong und Saudi-Arabien gelebt hat, entwickelt sich ein wunder... continue
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Late Nights on Air by Elizabeth Hay EN
Country: North America / Canada
Canada
Description:
The Scotiabank Giller Prize–winning novel from Elizabeth Hay. Harry Boyd, a hard-bitten refugee from failure in Toronto television, has returned to a small radio station in the Canadian North. There, in Yellowknife, in the summer of 1975, he falls in love with a voice on air, though the real woman, Dido Paris, is both a surprise and even more than he imagined. Dido and Harry are part of the cast of eccentric, utterly loveable characters, all transplants from elsewhere, who form an unlikely group at the station. Their loves and longings, their rivalries and entanglements, the stories of their p... continue
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Moldova