Contemporary fiction genre books (1025)
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Costa Rica452.
Marriage of a Thousand Lies by SJ Sindu EN
Sri LankaDescription:
Lucky is an unemployed millennial programmer. Her husband, Krishna, is an editor for a greeting card company. Both are secretly gay, presenting their conservative Sri Lankan-American families with a heterosexual front while dating on the side. When Lucky's grandmother falls, Lucky returns to her mother's home and unexpectedly reconnects with her childhood friend and first lover, Nisha. When the two rekindle old romantic feelings, Lucky tries to save Nisha from entering a marriage based on a lie and finds herself pushed to breaking point. A moving exploration of love and queerness.
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Marrom E Amarelo by Paulo Scott, Alceu Chiesorin Nunes PT
Country: South America / 
Brazil
Brazil
Description:
" Um romance impactante, sem paralelos na literatura contemporânea, sobre dois irmãos marcados pela discriminação racial no Brasil. Os irmãos Federico e Lourenço são muito diferentes. Federico, um ano mais velho, é grande, calado e carrega uma raiva latente. Lourenço é bonito, joga basquete e é “muito gente boa”. Federico é claro, “de cabelo lambido”. Lourenço é preto. Filhos de pai preto, célebre diretor-geral do instituto de perícia do Rio Grande do Sul, eles crescem sob a pressão da discriminação racial. Lourenço tenta enfrentá-la com naturalidade, e Federico se torna um incansável ativista... continue
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MARTYR! by Kaveh Akbar EN
IranDescription:
'I will carry this story, and the people in it, with me for the rest of my life' JOHN GREEN, author of The Fault in Our Stars AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER SHORTLISTED FOR WATERSTONES DEBUT FICTION PRIZE 2024 A NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST 2024 A BARNES & NOBLE DISCOVER PRIZE FINALIST SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKS ARE MY BAG READERS AWARD 2024 NAMED A BEST BOOK OF 2024 BY THE NEW YORK TIMES, AMAZON, TIME AND SARAH JESSICA PARKER ON BARACK OBAMA'S SUMMER READING LIST 2024 'Smart, dazzling, different . . . This book is thrilling.' Ann Patchett, author of Tom Lake 'Playful, soulful, kaleidosco... continue
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ScotlandDescription:
A heartbreaking novel of an extraordinary lifelong friendship.
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Me Before You by Jojo Moyes EN
Country: Europe / 
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Description:
Lou Clark knows lots of things. She knows how many footsteps there are between the bus stop and home. She knows she likes working in The Buttered Bun tea shop and she knows she might not love her boyfriend Patrick. What Lou doesn't know is she's about to lose her job or that knowing what's coming is what keeps her sane. Will Traynor knows his motorcycle accident took away his desire to live. He knows everything feels very small and rather joyless now and he knows exactly how he's going to put a stop to that. What Will doesn't know is that Lou is about to burst into his world in a riot of colou... continue
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MEIA-NOITE E VINTE by DANIEL GALERA PT
Country: South America / Brazil
Brazil
Description:
Em meio a uma onda de calor devastadora e a uma greve de ônibus que paralisa a cidade, três amigos se reencontram em Porto Alegre. No final dos anos 1990, eles haviam incendiado a internet com o Orangotango, um fanzine digital que se tornou cultuado em todo o Brasil. Agora, quase duas décadas depois, a morte do quarto integrante do grupo vai reaproximar Aurora, cientista e pesquisadora vivendo uma pequena guerra acadêmica, Antero, artista de vanguarda convertido em publicitário, e Emiliano, jornalista que tem uma difícil tarefa pela frente. Captando com maestria a geração que cresceu em meio a... continue
Croatia459.
Meine Stadt : Roman by Xi Xi DE
ChinaDescription:
Kann es ein Leben ohne Hongkong geben? Nicht für Aguo, den neunmalklugen, stolzen Bürger der Stadt. Mit seiner Schwester Afa lebt er im Haus der Tanten, genannt »die Lotusblumen«. Oder, an ihren übel gelaunten Tagen, »die Lotuswurzeln«. Aguo wundert sich über alles und jeden in der Schule, mutiert zum leidenschaftlichsten Elektroinstallateur der Stadt und lernt auf seinen Streifzügen durch das Hongkong der 70er Jahre die gesamte Bevölkerung kennen: Müllsammler und Telefonistinnen, Seemänner und Tischler. Sie alle sind vom Festland hier gestrandet, mit sehnsüchtigen Herzen und pompösen Plänen. ... continue
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Memoirs of a Life Cut Short by Ricardas Gavelis EN
LithuaniaDescription:
Levas Ciparis, the anti-hero of this masterly critique of life in the late Soviet Union, is a man alone and he desperately wants to belong. He is obstructed in this quest by his own innocence and decency, which occasionally cause him to act with absurd inflexibility. In fact, the irresolvable tension between moral probity and necessary compromise is one of the many themes of this novel: "Yes, I truly did believe, being an honest, sufficiently pure and persistent person, that if I took up the work of the Komsomol, I would most certainly be capable of changing and enriching that community." In p... continue