Historical fiction genre books (1707)
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Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke EN
EnglandDescription:
In nineteenth-century England, all is going well for reclusive Mr Norell, who has regained some of the power of England's magicians from the past, until a rival magician, Jonathan Strange, appears and becomes Mr Norrell's pupil.
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Journey by Moonlight by Antal Szerb EN
HungaryDescription:
Travelling to Italy on their honeymoon, Erszi and Mihaly are ready to take in all the beauties and pleasures of the country. But when they reach Venice, it is clear that Mihaly prefers to roam around the back alleys and the canals on his own, and as they continue their journey through the Bel Paese there is a growing sense of unrest between them, until Mihaly misses the train to Rome they were due to take together. Wandering alone from city to city, with his marriage rapidly falling apart, Mihaly must confront the ghosts of his past and try to find a sense of purpose.
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Juan de la Rosa : Memorias del último soldado de la Independencia by Nataniel Aguirre ES
Country: South America / 
Bolivia
Bolivia
Description:
Esta novela, considerada como la más importante de la historia de Bolivia, narra la historia de un niño huérfano desde la Revolución de Cochabamba (1810) hasta el ataque que sufrió la ciudad dos años después. En sus páginas se relatan las batallas de Aroma y de Amiraya o el sacrificio de las mujeres de Cochabamba, que resisten la carga de la caballería de Goyeneche en la colina de San Sebastián. Tradicionalmente, siempre se ha considerado al diplomático e historiador Nataniel Aguirre (Cochabamba, 1843 - Montevideo, 1888) como su autor, pero algunos estudiosos bolivianos creen que en realidad f... continue
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Juanamanuela, mucha mujer by Martha Mercader ES
Country: South America / 
Argentina
Argentina
Description:
Un cuadro fascimante de la sociedad hispanoamerica. en los años de formación de las nuevas. nacionalidades.
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IsraelDescription:
International Bestseller Winner of the International Literature Prize Finalist for the Man Booker International Prize A New York Times Editors' Choice " A] magnificent novel . . . Oz pitches the book's heartbreak and humanism perfectly from first page to last." -- New York Times Book Review "Scintillating . . . An old-fashioned novel of ideas that is strikingly and compellingly modern." -- Observer Jerusalem, 1959. Shmuel Ash, a biblical scholar, is adrift in his young life when he finds work as a caregiver for a brilliant but cantankerous old man named Gershom Wald. There is, however, a third... continue
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Description:
Jerusalem im Winter 1959/60: Schmuel Asch bricht sein Studium kurz vor der Abschlussarbeit zum Thema Judas ab, wird von seiner Freundin verlassen und seine Eltern können ihn nicht mehr unterstützen wiel sie sich finanziell ruiniert haben. Nur eine Anzeige hält ihn davon ab, die Stadt zu verlassen: ohne jemanden etwas erzählen zu dürfen beginnt er, einem alten Mann des Nachts vorzulesen und sich mit ihm über die Ideale des Zionismus, die jüdisch-arabischen Konflikte, kurz über Gott und die Welt zu unterhalten. Dabei trifft er auch auf die Tochter eines ehemaligen Anführers der Zionisten, von de... continue
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Juno Loves Legs : A Novel by Karl Geary EN
IrelandDescription:
For fans of Shuggie Bain and A Little Life, Juno Loves Legs is the epic and heartbreaking story of a young friendship set in working-class Dublin in the 1980s Juno Loves Legs is the story of two teens labeled as delinquents. Juno and "Legs" grow up on the same housing estate in Dublin, where spirited, intelligent Juno is ostracized for her poverty and Legs is persecuted for his sexuality; they find safety only in each other. Set against the backdrop of Dublin in the 1980s, a place of political, social and religious change, the friends yearn for an unbound life and together they begin to fight ... continue
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Kain by José Saramago DE
PortugalDescription:
Kain, der Brudermörder, wandelt in der Zeit des Alten Testamentes hin und her, um in den unterschiedlichsten biblischen Geschichten aufzutauchen: als Retter von Isaak, Liebhaber von Lilith, Zeuge der Zerstörung von Sodom und Gomorrha. Ist Gottes Handeln vernünftig?
609.
GermanyDescription:
Jenny Erpenbeck's much anticipated new novel Kairos is a complicated love story set amidst swirling, cataclysmic events as the GDR collapses and an old world evaporates
610.
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East Berlin, 1986. One day in November, nineteen-year-old Katharina meets Hans on a bus, a writer in his fifties, married with a teenage son. They begin a complex and not necessarily idyllic love relationship. Meanwhile, the communist bloc begins to falter, and the GDR will eventually collapse, with the iconic image of the fall of the Wall. A time of hope opens, but also uncertainty. A time of anxiety and confusion, which each of the characters will experience in a very different way due to the difference in age that separates them. Running away from archetypes and clichés, Jenny Erpenbeck bui... continue