Historical fiction genre books (1699)
1691.
Zennor in Darkness by Helen Dunmore EN
EnglandDescription:
They stand by side on the rock, facing out to sea. They are hidden from land here. Even spies would see nothing of them. It is spring 1917 in the Cornish coastal village of Zennor, and the young artist Clare Coyne is waking up to the world. Ignoring the whispers from her neighbours, she has struck a rare friendship with D.H. Lawrence and his German wife, who are hoping to escape the war-fever of London. In between painting and visits to her new friends she whiles away the warm days with her cousin John, who is on leave from the trenches, harbouring secrets she couldn't begin to understand. But... continue
1692.
Zuleiha deschide ochii by Guzel Yakhina RO
RussiaDescription:
Marea revelație a literaturii ruse din 2015, romanul Zuleiha deschide ochii, salutat cu entuziasm la apariție de Ludmila Ulițkaia și Evgheni Vodolazkin, a fost recompensat cu cele mai importante premii: Bolșaia Kniga (dublu câștigãtor, Premiul întâi și Premiul cititorilor – Locul întâi), Iasnaia Poliana (Lev Tolstoi) și Kniga Goda. Este în curs de traducere în peste treizeci de limbi.
Zuleiha, o tânără gravidă dintr-un sat de tătari, e deportată în Siberia după uciderea soțului ei de către un ofițer din Armata Roșie. Face o ... continue
1693.
Zuleijá abre los ojos by Guzel Yakhina ES
Description:
Corre la década de 1930 en la pequeña aldea de Tartaria donde viven Zuleijá, su rústico marido, treinta años mayor, y su anciana suegra, empeñada en castigarla por no darle nietos. La educación recibida impide a la joven resentir siquiera el grado de servidumbre al que está sometida o desear una vida distinta. Pero cuando una serie de acontecimientos la arranquen de su pequeña familia y la arrojen a un mundo no menos brutal, pero sí más ancho y diverso, lleno de personas de distintas procedencias, oficios y credos, ve... continue
1694.
Description:
WINNER OF THE BIG BOOK AWARD, THE LEO TOLSTOY YASNAYA POLYANA AWARD AND THE BEST PROSE WORK OF THE YEAR AWARD A sweeping, multi-award winning novel set in the aftermath of the Russian Revolution, as gangs of marauding soldiers terrorise and plunder the countryside. Zuleikha, the 'pitiful hen', is living in the home of her brutal husband and despotic mother-in-law in a small Tatar village. When her husband is executed by communist soldiers for hiding grain, she is arrested and sent into exile in Siberia. In the first gruelling winter, hundreds die of hunger, cold and exhaustion. Yet forced to s... continue
1695.
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