Drama genre books (167)


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The Mountain Wreath by Petar II Petrović Njegoš EN

Rating: 4 (2 votes)
Country: Europe / Montenegro flag Montenegro
Description:
The Mountain Wreath (Serbian: Gorski vijenac) is a poem and a play, a masterpiece of Serbian literature, written by Montenegrin Prince-Bishop and poet Petar II Petrovic-Njegos. Njegos wrote The Mountain Wreath during 1846 in Cetinje and published it the following year after the printing in an Armenian monastery in Vienna. It is a modern epic written in verse as a play, thus combining three of the major modes of literary expression. Set in 18th-century Montenegro, the poem deals with attempts of Njegos's ancestor Danilo to regulate relations among the region's warring tribes. Written as a serie... continue

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The Notebook : The Proof ; The Third Lie : Three Novels by Agota Kristof EN

Rating: 5 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / Hungary flag Hungary
Description:
Kristof's postmodern saga begins with The Notebook, in which the brothers are children, lost in a country torn apart by conflict, who must learn every trick of evil and cruelty merely to survive.

153.

The Plays of Oscar Wilde by Oscar Wilde EN

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / Ireland flag Ireland
Description:
Oscar Wilde took London by storm with his first comedy, Lady Windermere's Fan. His other plays include: A Woman of No Importance and The Importance of Being Earnest. This work features Wilde's plays ranging from his early tragedy era to the controversial Salome and little known fragments, La Sainte Courtisane and A Florentine Tragedy.
Genre Drama

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The Queen of Dirt Island : A Novel by Donal Ryan EN

Rating: 5 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / Ireland flag Ireland
Description:
“From its opening pages, this book exerts a quiet, propulsive hold over its reader. The three generations of Aylward women will break your heart and then put it back together again.” –Maggie O'Farrell "This is a generous mosaic of a novel about the staying power of love and pride and history and family." –Colum McCann, author of Apeirogon and Let The Great World Spin From the multi-award-winning and internationally bestselling author Donal Ryan, a searing, jubilant story about four generations of women and fierce love The Aylward women of Nenagh, Tipperary, are mad about each other, but you wo... continue

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The Radetzky March : Introduction by Alan Bance by Joseph Roth EN

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Country: Europe / Ukraine flag Ukraine
Description:
By one of the most distinguished Austrian writers of our century, a portrait of three generations set against the panoramic background of the declining Austro-Hungarian Empire. Translated by a three-time winner of the PEN Translation Prize.

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The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden EN

Rating: 4 (4 votes)
Country: Asia / Israel flag Israel
Description:
"It is 1961 and the rural Dutch province of Overijssel is quiet. Bomb craters have been filled, buildings reconstructed, and the war is truly over. Living alone in her late mother's country home, Isabel knows her life is as it should be, led by routine and discipline. But all is upended when her brother Louis brings his graceless new girlfriend Eva, leaving her at Isabel's doorstep as a guest, to stay for the season. Eva is Isabel's antithesis: she sleeps late, walks loudly through the house, and touches things she shouldn't. In response, Isabel develops a fury-fueled obsession, and when thing... continue

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The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden EN

Rating: 5 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / Netherlands flag Netherlands
Description:
"It is 1961 and the rural Dutch province of Overijssel is quiet. Bomb craters have been filled, buildings reconstructed, and the war is truly over. Living alone in her late mother's country home, Isabel knows her life is as it should be, led by routine and discipline. But all is upended when her brother Louis brings his graceless new girlfriend Eva, leaving her at Isabel's doorstep as a guest, to stay for the season. Eva is Isabel's antithesis: she sleeps late, walks loudly through the house, and touches things she shouldn't. In response, Isabel develops a fury-fueled obsession, and when thing... continue

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The Sand Child by Tahar Ben Jelloun EN

Rating: 5 (1 vote)
Country: Africa / Morocco flag Morocco
Description:
A poetic vision of power, colonialism, and gender in North Africa, The Sand Child has been justifiably celebrated around the world as a daring and significant work of international fiction.

159.

The Third Policeman : A Novel by Flann O'Brien EN

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / England flag England
Description:
With the publication of The Third Policeman, Dalkey Archive Press now has all of O'Brien's fiction back in print.

160.

The Winter's Tale by William Shakespeare EN

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Country: Europe / England flag England
Description:
The acclaimed Pelican Shakespeare series edited by A. R. Braunmuller and Stephen Orgel The legendary Pelican Shakespeare series features authoritative and meticulously researched texts paired with scholarship by renowned Shakespeareans. Each book includes an essay on the theatrical world of Shakespeare’s time, an introduction to the individual play, and a detailed note on the text used. Updated by general editors Stephen Orgel and A. R. Braunmuller, these easy-to-read editions incorporate over thirty years of Shakespeare scholarship undertaken since the original series, edited by Alfred Harbag... continue