Popular European Essay Books
Find essay books written by authors from Europe for the next part of the Read Around The World Challenge. (50)
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Poland22.
How We Survived Communism & Even Laughed by Slavenka Drakulic EN
CroatiaDescription:
Hailed by feminists as one of the most important contributions to women's studies in the last decade, this gripping, beautifully written account describes the daily struggles of women under the Marxist regime in the former republic of Yugoslavia.
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În Ţara Miticilor : de şapte ori Caragiale by Ioana Pârvulescu RO
RomaniaDescription:
Lewis Carroll a imbogatit-o cu Tara Minunilor, Jonathan Swift cu Tara Piticilor, iar Caragiale cu Tara Miticilor. O tara care n-ar trebui intru totul confundata -- oricat de ispititor ar parea -- cu Romania.
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Incidental Inventions by Elena Ferrante EN
ItalyDescription:
"This is my last column, after a year that has scared and inspired me." With these words, Elena Ferrante, the bestselling author of My Brilliant Friend, bid farewell to her year-long collaboration with the Guardian. For a full year she penned short pieces, the subjects of which were suggested by editors at the Guardian, turning the writing process into a kind of prolonged interlocution; the subjects ranged from first love to climate change, from enmity among women to the adaptation of her novels to film and TV. As she said in her final column: "I have written as an author of novels, taking on ... continue
France26.
L’uomo che scambiò sua moglie per un cappello by Oliver Sacks IT
EnglandDescription:
Oliver Sacks è un neurologo, ma il suo rapporto con la neurologia è simile a quello di Groddeck con la psicoanalisi. Perciò Sacks è anche molte altre cose: «Mi sento infatti medico e naturalista al tempo stesso; mi interessano in pari misura le malattie e le persone; e forse anche sono insieme, benché in modo insoddisfacente, un teorico e un drammaturgo, sono attratto dall’aspetto romanzesco non meno che da quello scientifico, e li vedo continuamente entrambi nella condizione umana, non ultima in quella che è la condizione umana per eccellenza, la malattia: gli animali si ammalano, ma solo l’u... continue
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Czech Republic29.
No One is Too Small to Make a Difference by Greta Thunberg EN
SwedenDescription:
This book brings you Greta in her own words, for the first time. Collecting her speeches that have made history across Europe, from the UN to mass street protests
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Now and at the Hour of Our Death by Susana Moreira Marques EN
PortugalDescription:
A moving exploration of families facing death, in the voices of those affected in one rural corner of Portugal.