Romance genre books (573)


271.

Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert ES

Rating: 4 (2 votes)
Country: Europe / France flag France
Description:
Considerada una de las mejores obras ling��sticas de la historia, es una de las novelas que dieron principio a la narrativa moderna. Gustave Flaubert nos muestra su punto de vista sobre la vida de la alta sociedad en la Francia de principios del siglo xix a trav�s de Emma Bovary, mujer infelizmente casada, cuyos sue�os chocan cruelmente con la realidad. El autor rompe con todas las convenciones morales y literarias de la burgues�a de la �poca, tal vez porque nadie antes se hab�a atrevido a presentar un prototipo de hero�na de ficci�n tan rebelde y poco resignada al destino. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION... continue

272.

Madonna in a Fur Coat by Sabahattin Ali EN

Rating: 5 (5 votes)
Country: Europe / Bulgaria flag Bulgaria
Description:
"The pain of losing something precious can be forgotten over time. But our missed opportunities never leave us, and every time they come back to haunt us, we ache.' A shy young man leaves his home in rural Turkey to learn a trade and discover life in 1920s Berlin. There, amid the city's bustling streets, elegant museums, passionate politics and seedy cabarets, a chance meeting transforms his life forever. Caught between his desire for freedom and his yearning to belong, he struggles to hold on to the new life he has found."

273.

Madonna in a Fur Coat by Sabahattin Ali EN

0 Ratings
Country: Asia / Turkey flag Turkey
Description:
"The pain of losing something precious can be forgotten over time. But our missed opportunities never leave us, and every time they come back to haunt us, we ache.' A shy young man leaves his home in rural Turkey to learn a trade and discover life in 1920s Berlin. There, amid the city's bustling streets, elegant museums, passionate politics and seedy cabarets, a chance meeting transforms his life forever. Caught between his desire for freedom and his yearning to belong, he struggles to hold on to the new life he has found."

274.

Magnolia Parks by Jessa Hastings EN

Rating: 4 (3 votes)
Country: Oceania / Australia flag Australia
Description:
She is a beautiful, affluent, self-involved and mildly neurotic London socialite. He is Britain's most photographed bad-boy lothario who broke her heart. But Magnolia Parks and BJ Ballentine are meant to be, and everyone knows it. They're in the stars... just suspended in a strange kind of love that looks like hurting each other a lot of the time: She dates other people to keep him at bay; he sleeps with other girls to get back at her for it. But at the end of their every sad endeavour to get over one another, it's still each other they crawl back to. But their dysfunction is catching up with ... continue


276.

Maitreyi by Mircea Eliade RO

Rating: 3 (2 votes)
Country: Europe / Romania flag Romania
Description:
A semi-autobiographical romance between a French engineer and the daughter of a Hindu family with which he stayed in India. A case of East meets West with all the joys and woes that such encounters bring.

277.

Mãn by Kim Thúy EN

Rating: 3 (1 vote)
Country: Asia / Vietnam flag Vietnam
Description:
Mañ has three mothers: the one who gave birth to her in wartime, the nun who plucks her from a vegetable garden, and her beloved Maman, who becomes a spy to survive. Seeking security for her grown daughter, Maman finds Mañ a husband - a lonely Vietnamese restaurateur who lives in Montreal. Mañ is a mystery, yet she and her husband seem to drift along, respectfully and dutifully. But when she encounters a married chef in Paris, everything changes in an instant of fleeting touch, and Mañ discovers the all-encompassing obsession and ever-present dangers of a love affair.

278.

Mangos and Mistletoe: A Foodie Holiday Novella by Adriana Herrera EN

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
Description:
One is grumpy. One is sunshine. There is only one bed. Kiskeya Burgos left the tropical beaches of the Dominican Republic with a lot to prove. As a pastry chef on the come up, when she arrives in Scotland, she has one goal in mind: win the Holiday Baking Challenge. Winning is her opportunity to prove to her family, her former boss, and most importantly herself, she can make it in the culinary world. Kiskeya will stop at nothing to win, that is, if she can keep her eyes on the prize and off her infuriating teammate's perfect lips. Sully Morales, home cooking hustler, and self-proclaimed baking ... continue


280.

Marina by Carlos Ruiz Zafón EN

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / Spain flag Spain
Description:
A mysterious ritual in a cemetery leads two teenagers to a journey into Barcelona's forgotten past