Contemporary fiction genre books (1025)
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Misinterpretation by Ledia Xhoga EN
AlbaniaDescription:
"Xhoga writes with sly, benign wit. Read this novel."--Tom Grimes
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Country: Oceania / 
New Zealand
New Zealand
Description:
In a novel that is at once intense, beautiful, and fablelike, Lloyd Jones weaves a transcendent story that celebrates the resilience of the human spirit and the power of narrative to transform our lives. On a copper-rich tropical island shattered by war, where the teachers have fled with most everyone else, only one white man chooses to stay behind: the eccentric Mr. Watts, object of much curiosity and scorn, who sweeps out the ruined schoolhouse and begins to read to the children each day from Charles Dickens’s classic Great Expectations. So begins this rare, original story about the abiding ... continue
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Mit uns wäre es anders gewesen by Éliette Abécassis DE
FranceDescription:
Amélie und Vincent treffen sich in jungen Jahren an der Sorbonne in Paris. Aus tiefen Blicken wird eine Nacht, in der sie an der Seine entlangspazieren. Im Morgengrauen verabreden sie sich für den nächsten Tag. Vincent kommt, Amélie nicht. Zerfressen von Unsicherheit befürchtet sie, Vincents Interesse könne nicht ernst gemeint sein. Als sie schließlich doch zum Treffpunkt eilt, ist Vincent fort. Jahre vergehen, Vincent und Amélie erleben andere Leidenschaften und andere Ernüchterungen. Sie gehen Ehen ein, bekommen Kinder und warten auf ein Fa... continue
Croatia475.
Molly Fox's Birthday by Deirdre Madden EN
Country: Europe / 
Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland
Description:
A Finalist for the Orange Prize It is the height of summer, and celebrated actor Molly Fox has loaned her house in Dublin to a friend while she is away performing in New York. Alone among all of Molly's possessions, struggling to finish her latest play, she looks back on the many years and many phases of her friendship with Molly and their college friend Andrew, and comes to wonder whether they really knew each other at all. She revisits the intense closeness of their early days, the transformations they each made in the name of success and security, the lies they told each other, and betrayal... continue
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Mondhitze by Gioconda Belli DE
Country: North America / 
Nicaragua
Nicaragua
Description:
"Mondhitze", der neue Roman der lateinamerikanischen Kultautorin Gioconda Belli, handelt von den Geheimnissen, Erfahrungen und Abenteuern einer Frau um die Fünfzig. Oder davon, wie der Verlust der physischen Fruchtbarkeit auch der Beginn einer persönlichen Revolution sein kann.
Emma ist eine attraktive Arztgattin aus Nicaragua, und sie hat etwas gegen die unschöne Rolle, die einer reiferen Frau von der Gesellschaft zugedacht wird. Da ihr Körper erste Zeichen des Alterns zu zeigen beginnt, packt sie die Panik. An einem besonders schwarzen Tag voller negativer Geda... continue
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Sweden478.
Morning and Evening -- WINNER of the 2023 NOBEL PRIZE in LITERATURE by Jon Fosse EN
NorwayDescription:
A novel about the birth and death of Johannes the fisherman - a key work in 2023 Nobel laureate Jon Fosse's oeuvre.
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Motherthing by Ainslie Hogarth EN
Country: North America / 
Canada
Canada
Description:
A NEW YORK TIMES BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR • A darkly funny take on mothers and daughters, about a woman who must take drastic measures to save her husband and herself from the vengeful ghost of her mother-in-law. “A quirky, gruesome, utterly original feminist horror experience.” —The New York Times Book Review When Ralph and Abby Lamb move in with Ralph’s mother, Laura, Abby hopes it’s just what she and her mother-in-law need to finally connect. After a traumatic childhood, Abby is desperate for a mother figure, especially now that she and Ralph are trying to become parents themselves. Abby just ... continue
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Costa Rica