Historical fiction genre books (1700)


1591.
Totul este iluminat

Totul este iluminat by Jonathan Safran Foer RO

Rating: 2 (1 vote)
Description:
Roman tradus în treizeci şi două de ţări, distins cu Guardian First Book Prize, National Jewish Book Award şi New York Public Library Young Lions Prize. În anul 2005 a fost ecranizat în regia lui Liev Schreiber, cu Elijah Wood în rolul principal. „Ar trebui să daţi uitării tot ce aţi citit despre acest roman. Căci veţi citi că Totul este iluminat e o adevărată capodoperă, că Jonathan Safran Foer, la numai douăzeci şi patru de ani, şi-a câştigat locul printre autorii de prima mână, scriind o carte cu totul nouă şi originală, care a schimbat îns... continue

1592.

Touba and the Meaning of Night by Shahrnush Parsipur EN

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Country: Asia / Iran flag Iran
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An Iranian woman forges her own path through life in this “stylishly original contribution to modern feminist literature” (Publishers Weekly). After her father’s death, fourteen-year-old Touba takes her family’s financial security into her own hands by proposing to a fifty-two-year-old relative. But, intimidated by her outspoken nature, Touba’s husband soon divorces her. When she marries again, it is to a prince with whom she experiences tenderness and physical passion and bears four children—but their relationship sours when he proves unfaithful. Touba is granted a divorce, and as her unconve... continue

1593.

Trade Wind by M. M. Kaye EN

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Country: Asia / India flag India
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An American missionary encounters disease, revolution, intrigue, and a renegade slave trader in a faraway land in this classic historical adventure. When Boston bluestocking Hero Athena Hollis travels to Zanzibar to visit her uncle, an American consul, she arrives filled with self-righteousness and bent on good deeds. She believes that slavery is wrong and is determined to do what she can to stop it. But she soon finds that maintaining her ideals is not so easy. Then she meets Rory Frost, a cynical, wicked, shrewd, and good-humored trader in slaves. What is Hero to make of him—and of her feeli... continue

1594.

Train Dreams : A Novella by Denis Johnson EN

Rating: 5 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / Germany flag Germany
Description:
A New York Times Notable Book for 2011 One of The Economist's 2011 Books of the Year One of NPR's 10 Best Novels of 2011 From the National Book Award-winning author Denis Johnson (Tree of Smoke) comes Train Dreams, an epic in miniature, and one of Johnson's most evocative works of fiction. Suffused with the history and landscapes of the American West—its otherworldly flora and fauna, its rugged loggers and bridge builders—this extraordinary novella poignantly captures the disappearance of a distinctly American way of life. It tells the story of Robert Grainer, a day laborer in the American Wes... continue

1595.

Train to Pakistan by Khushwant Singh EN

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
Country: Asia / India flag India
Description:
A novel about the suffering of millions during the partition of India.

1596.

TransAtlantic by Colum McCann EN

Rating: 5 (2 votes)
Country: Europe / Ireland flag Ireland
Description:
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • LONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE • NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY KIRKUS REVIEWS In the National Book Award–winning Let the Great World Spin, Colum McCann thrilled readers with a marvelous high-wire act of fiction that The New York Times Book Review called “an emotional tour de force.” Now McCann demonstrates once again why he is one of the most acclaimed and essential authors of his generation with a soaring novel that spans continents, leaps centuries, and unites a cast of deftly rendered characters, both real and imagined. Newfoundland, 1919. Two a... continue

1597.

Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson EN

Rating: 4 (13 votes)
Country: Europe / Scotland flag Scotland
Description:
'Fifteen men on the dead man's chest - Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum!' All hands on deck for the swashbuckling adventure of a lifetime! Treasure Island has captivated children for decades and remains Robert Louis Stevenson's most famous book. With the legendary Long John Silver leading a mutinous pirate crew, children won't want to miss the boat on this classic tale of treasure and treachery.

1598.
Trenul spre Samarkand

Trenul spre Samarkand by Guzel Yakhina RO

Rating: 3 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / Russia flag Russia
Description:
Anul 1923. Noua Uniune Sovietică e un tărâm haotic, bântuit de o foamete cruntă și încă zguduit de ultimele zvâcniri ale Războiului Civil. Neîndurătoarea politică a rechiziționărilor a ucis milioane de oameni, a pustiit sate, a destrămat familii și a lăsat fără adăpost cohorte întregi de copii, care acum rătăcesc flămânzi peste tot. Combatantul forțelor civile de tineret Deev primește misiunea de a forma un tren care să transporte 500 de copii de la Kazan până în Samarkandul mai îndestulat. Astfel începe o călătorie aventuroasă,... continue

1599.

Trespasses by Louise Kennedy EN

Rating: 3 (2 votes)
Description:
**THE NO. 1 BESTSELLER (The Times), SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2023** 'Like Sally Rooney mixed with a political thriller' RUSSELL KANE 'Intense, unflinchingly honest, it broke my heart a million times' MARIAN KEYES 'Absolutely loved it' MAX PORTER 'A beautiful, devastating novel' NICK HORNBY ------------------------- One by one, she undid each event, each decision, each choice. If Davy had remembered to put on a coat. If Seamie McGeown had not found himself alone on a dark street. If Michael Agnew had not walked through the door of the pub on a quiet night in February in his... continue

1600.
Trial Valley

Trial Valley by Vera Cleaver, Bill Cleaver EN

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An abandoned child, found in the woods near Mary Call's Smoky Mountain home, further complicates the life of the proud sixteen-year-old girl, who is struggling to raise a younger brother and sister and trying to cope with two suitors.