Contemporary fiction genre books (1023)
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Ve, cuéntaselo al sol by Wame M. Molefhe ES
BotswanaDescription:
Una mujer se presenta en el funeral de su amante, un prolífico escritor botsuanés. Otra, rememora un viejo amor con su amiga de la infancia, mientras medita sobre la libertad que ha alcanzado un chimpancé que se escapa de un zoo. Esta misma mujer —que podría ser otra— recibe una carta: «No pude soportarlo. Me voy a un lugar mejor». La «enfermedad aguda», conocida como «las cuatro letras» y a la que nadie le quiere dar un nombre, empieza a hacer estragos en el entorno de una mujer, su esposo y su amante. En el pueblo de su madre, una mujer recuerda su infancia y los dictámenes de la tradición. ... continue
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Venenos de Deus , Remédios do Diabo by Mia Couto PT
Country: Africa / 
Mozambique
Mozambique
Description:
O jovem médico português Sidónio Rosa, perdido de amores pela mulata moçambicana Deolinda, que conheceu em Lisboa num congresso médico, deslocou-se como cooperante para Moçambique em busca da sua amada. Em Vila Cacimba, onde encontra os pais dela, espera pacientemente que ela regresse do estágio que está a frequentar algures. Mas regressará ela algum dia? Entretanto vão-se-lhe revelando, por entre a névoa que a cobre, os segredos e mistérios, as histórias não contadas de Vila Cacimba - a família dos Sozinhos, Munda e Bartolomeu, o velho marinheiro, o administrador, Suacelência e sua Esposinha,... continue
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Slovenia965.
Country: North America / 
United States of America
United States of America
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Whose truth is the lie? Stay up all night reading the sensational psychological thriller that has readers obsessed, from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Too Late and It Ends With Us. #1 New York Times Bestseller · USA Today Bestseller · Globe and Mail Bestseller · Publishers Weekly Bestseller Lowen Ashleigh is a struggling writer on the brink of financial ruin when she accepts the job offer of a lifetime. Jeremy Crawford, husband of bestselling author Verity Crawford, has hired Lowen to complete the remaining books in a successful series his injured wife is unable to finish. Lowen ... continue
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Vernon God Little by D.B.C. Pierre EN
AustraliaDescription:
“If Huckleberry Finn were set on the Mexican-American border and written by the creators of South Park, it might read something like this.” —San Francisco Chronicle Hailed by critics and lauded by readers for its riotously funny and scathing portrayal of America in an age of trial by media, materialism, and violence, Vernon God Little was an international sensation when it was first published in 2003 and awarded the prestigious Man Booker Prize. The memorable portrait of America is seen through the eyes of a wry, young protagonist. Fifteen-year-old Vernon narrates the story with a cynical twan... continue
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Vertigo by Winfried Georg Sebald EN
GermanyDescription:
Part fiction, part travelogue, the narrator of this compelling masterpiece pursues his solitary, eccentric course from England to Italy and beyond, succumbing to the vertiginous unreliability of memory itself. What could possibly connect Stendhal's unrequited love, the artistry of Pisanello, a series of murders by a clandestine organisation, a missing passport, Casanova, the suicide of a dinner companion, stale apple cake, the Great Fire of London, a story by Kafka about a doomed huntsman and a closed-down pizzeria in Verona?
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Country: Asia / 
South Korea
South Korea
Description:
Terlahir sebagai anak yang tak diinginkan, Oh San-yi sudah merasakan penolakan dan kehilangan sejak kecil, yang—walaupun tak kasatmata—tetap meninggalkan jejak yang mengikutinya sampai ia tumbuh dewasa. Kini Oh San-yi yang berusia 23 tahun bekerja di toko bunga dan menjalani kehidupan sepi di tengah hiruk-pikuk pusat kota Seoul. Pada suatu hari di musim panas, ia bertemu dengan seorang fotografer yang datang ke toko bunga untuk memotret bunga violet. Pertemuan itu menjungkirbalikkan hidupnya yang monoton dan abu-abu, menariknya ke dalam pusaran gairah, dan memerangkapnya dalam obsesi yang meng... continue
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Voices of the Lost by Hoda Barakat EN
LebanonDescription:
Winner of the International Prize for Arabic Fiction, this novel weaves together a series of devastating confessions about life in contemporary Arab society “Barakat isn't writing about ‘the immigrant.’ She's writing about the human.”—Rumaan Alam, 4columns “Spare and deep, Voices of the Lost captivates. Hoda Barakat is one of Lebanon's greatest gifts to literature, and Booth allows her English audience to explore this painful and irresistible present.”—Amy Bloom, author of White Houses In an unnamed country torn apart by war, six strangers are compelled to share their darkest secrets. Taking p... continue
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Von Norden rollt ein Donner : Roman by Markus Thielemann DE
Description:
Täglich treiben der 19-jährige Jannes und seine Familie die Schafe über die Flächen der Lüneburger Heide. Doch es herrscht eine gärende Unruhe in der Gegend, der Wolf ist zurück. Es mehren sich Schafsrisse und mit ihnen Konflikte im Dorf, die schnell politisch werden.
Kann Heimatschutz Gewalt rechtfertigen? Während sich die Situation zuspitzt und in Selbstjustiz der Bevölkerung zu eskalieren droht, flüchtet Jannes zu seinen Schafen in die Heide. Bis er dort immer wieder auf eine merkwürdige Frau trifft. Er beginnt, ihr zu folgen, und ko... continue