Drama genre books (167)
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Daughters of the Bamboo Grove by Barbara Demick EN
Country: North America / 
United States of America
United States of America
Description:
The heartrending story of twin sisters torn apart by China’s one-child policy and the rise of international adoption—from the author of the National Book Award finalist Nothing to Envy “Excellent . . . entrancing and disturbing . . . [Demick] is one of our finest chroniclers of East Asia. . . . [Her] characters are richly drawn, and her stories, often reported over a span of years, deliver a rare emotional wallop.”—The New York Times On a warm day in September 2000, a woman named Zanhua gave birth to twin girls in a small hut behind her brother’s home in China’s Hunan province. The twins, Fang... continue
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De saffierweduwe by Dinah Jefferies NL
MalaysiaDescription:
Ceylon, 1935. Louisa Reeve en haar man Elliot lijken een stel te zijn dat alles heeft; zij is de dochter van een succesvolle Britse juwelier, hij een charmante zakenman vol levenslust. Maar hun allergrootste verlangen mist: een kind. Terwijl Louisa met miskramen worstelt, trekt Elliot zich terug en brengt hij steeds meer tijd door op een nabijgelegen kaneelplantage met uitzicht op de Indische Oceaan. Wanneer hij plots sterft moet Louisa het mysterie dat hij achterlaat alleen oplossen. Bij het bezoeken van de plantage voelt zij zich onverwacht aangetrokken tot eigenaar Leo, een ruige man met ee... continue
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Der Besuch der alten Dame : eine tragische Komödie by Friedrich Dürrenmatt DE
Country: Europe / 
Switzerland
Switzerland
Description:
A rich woman agrees to share her wealth the people in her poor village in return for the life of the man who ruined her reputation when she was young.
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Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
The story of Desdemona from Shakespeare's Othello is re-imagined by Nobel Prize laureate Toni Morrison, Malian singer and songwriter Rokia Traoré, and acclaimed stage director Peter Sellars. Morrison's response to Othello is an intimate dialogue of words and music between Desdemona and her African nurse Barbary. Morrison gives voice and depth to the female characters, letting them speak and sing in the fullness of their hearts. Desdemona is an extraordinary narrative of words, music and song about Shakespeares doomed heroine, who speaks from the grave about the traumas of race, class, gender, ... continue
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Diario by Anne Frank ES
Description:
Tras la invasión de Holanda, los Frank, comerciantes judíos alemanes emigrados a Amsterdam en 1933, se ocultaron de la Gestapo en una buhardilla anexa al edificio donde el padre de Ana tenía sus oficinas. Eran ocho personas y permanecieron recluidas desde junio de 1942 hasta agosto de 1944, fecha en que fueron detenidos y enviados a campos de concentración. En ese lugar y en las más precarias condiciones, Ana, a la sazón una niña de trece años, escribió su estremecedor Diario; un testimonio único en su género sobre el horror y la barbarie nazi, y sobre los sentimientos y experiencias de la pro... continue
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Diary of the Fall by Michel Laub EN
Country: South America / 
Brazil
Brazil
Description:
Years after a prank leaves the only Catholic boy in an elite Jewish school in Porto Alegre terribly injured, one of his classmates revisits that episode, trying to come to terms with his own story, and those of his father and grandfather.
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Dom Casmurro by Machado de Assis PT
Country: South America / Brazil
Brazil
Description:
Dom Casmurro" é uma das obras-primas da literatura brasileira, escrita por Machado de Assis. Este romance, publicado pela Editora Planeta do Brasil LTDA, mergulha o leitor em uma narrativa rica e complexa, explorando temas como ciúmes, memória e a natureza da realidade. Através da história de Bentinho e Capitu, o autor nos convida a refletir sobre as nuances das relações humanas e a subjetividade da percepção. O livro físico, impresso em português, é uma excelente adição à sua coleção literária. Com uma apresentação cuidadosa, suas páginas trazem a beleza da escrita de Assis, permitindo que vo... continue