Magical realism genre books (316)
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Angola82.
Het overkwam me gewoon by Wally De Doncker NL
BelgiumDescription:
» Verrassend, magisch-realistisch leesboek met subtiele humor en een vleugje nostalgie.
» Vlot leesbaar geschreven verhaal aangevuld met authentiek beeldmateriaal, gegoten in eigentijdse collages.
» Wally De Doncker hervertelt enkele gebeurtenissen uit zijn jeugdjaren met de nodige kinderlijke fantasie en overdrijving.
Walter kan er niets aan doen dat er vreemde dingen rondom hem gebeuren; het overkomt hem gewoon …
Walter is speciaal. Al begrijpt hij zelf niet altijd waarom. Wat voor de een gewoon is, is voor de ander bijzonder. Heel veel dingen die hij ziet of... continue
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Hopscotch by Julio Cortazar EN
Description:
Julio Cortazar's crazed masterpiece, the forbearer of the Latin Boom in the 1960s - published in Vintage Classics for the first time 'Cortazar's masterpiece. This is the first great novel of Spanish America... A powerful anti-novel but, like deeply understood moments in life itself, rich with many kinds of potential meanings and intimations' Times Literary Supplement Dazed by the disappearance of his muse, Argentinian writer Horatio Oliveira wanders the bridges of Paris, the sounds of jazz and the talk of literature, life and art echoing around him. But a chance encounter with a literary idol ... continue
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I Gave You Eyes and You Looked Toward Darkness by Irene Solà EN
SpainDescription:
Dawn is breaking over the Guilleries, a rugged mountain range in Catalonia frequented by wolf hunters, brigands, deserters, race-car drivers, ghosts, and demons. In a remote farmhouse called Mas Clavell, an impossibly old woman lies on her deathbed. Family and caretakers drift in and out. Meanwhile, all the women who have lived and died in that house are waiting for her to join them. They are preparing to throw her a party.
As day turns to night, four hundred years’ worth of stories unspool, and the house reverberates with raucous laughter, pungent feasts, and piercing cries of pleasu... continue
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I Stared at the Night of the City by Bakhtiyar Ali EN
IraqDescription:
Iraqi Kurdistan at the turn of the twenty-first century is a territory ruled by strongmen, revolutionaries, fixers, bureaucrats and the "Barons," who control everything from livestock and land to Kurdish cultural life. Defying the absolute power wielded by the Barons, a band of friends led by a poet embarks on an odyssey to find the bodies of two lovers killed unjustly by the authorities. The Barons respond by attempting to crush these would-be avengers, though their real war is waged against the imagination itself - despite the fact that imagination in its myriad forms is a prized, elusive co... continue
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If on a Winter's Night a Traveler by Italo Calvino EN
Country: North America / 
Cuba
Cuba
Description:
Introduction by Peter Washington; Translation by William Weaver Italo Calvino’s masterpiece combines a love story and a detective story into an exhilarating allegory of reading, in which the reader of the book becomes the book’s central character. Based on a witty analogy between the reader’s desire to finish the story and the lover’s desire to consummate his or her passion, IF ON A WINTER’S NIGHT A TRAVELER is the tale of two bemused readers whose attempts to reach the end of the same book—IF ON A WINTER’S NIGHT A TRAVELER, by Italo Calvino, of course—are constantly and comically frustrated. ... continue
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In a Far Country by K. S. Maniam EN
MalaysiaDescription:
In A Far Country is a remarkable novel for its experiment. It moves beyond early Malayan writing in English which sought to establish a local literary imagination in opposition to an imposed colonial one. In A Far Country seeks to free itself from this literary ghetto by addressing national issues and departing from realism to do so.
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In the Distance by Hernán Díaz EN
Country: South America / 
Argentina
Argentina
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A young Swedish boy, separated from his brother, becomes a man; the man, despite himself, becomes a legend and outlaw.
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Incredibila şi trista poveste a candidei Eréndira şi a bunicii fără suflet by Gabriel García Márquez RO
Country: South America / 
Colombia
Colombia
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"În Incredibila şi trista poveste a candidei Eréndira şi a bunicii sale fără suflet, la fel ca în Un veac de singurătate, imaginile par a izvorî la fel de firesc ca florile silvestre într-un câmp mănos, după ploaie. Această capacitate uimitoare a lui García Márquez de a crea imagini (pe care, după spusele lui, a deprins-o de la bunica), nu se nutreşte dintr-o fantezie gratuită şi dezordonată, ci din toate manifestările şi caracteristicile care configurează culturile din zona Mării Caraibilor (printre acestea clima, geografia, organizarea ... continue
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Instructions for Dancing by Nicola Yoon EN
Country: North America / 
Jamaica
Jamaica
Description:
AN INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "A charming, wholehearted love story that's sure to make readers swoon."—Entertainment Weekly "Nicola Yoon writes from the heart in this beautiful love story."—Good Morning America “It’s like an emotional gut punch—so beautiful and also heart-wrenching."—US Weekly In this romantic page-turner from the author of Everything, Everything and The Sun is Also a Star, Evie has the power to see other people’s romantic fates—what will happen when she finally sees her own? Evie Thomas doesn't believe in love anymore. Especially after the strangest thing occurs one... continue