Popular European Satire Books
Find satire books written by authors from Europe for the next part of the Read Around The World Challenge. (43)
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Living Things by Munir Hachemi EN
SpainDescription:
Nella stanza in fondo alla casa, una donna anziana parla e un uomo giovane ascolta. Con tre elementi in apparenza tanto semplici, Jorge Galán scrive una storia universale, antica come l'Umanità, e insieme moderna come il futuro. La memoria, il pozzo inesauribile che si alimenta allo stesso tempo dell'esperienza di chi ha vissuto molto e della necessità di sapere da parte di chi sta iniziando a vivere, dispiega qui, ancora una volta, l'irresistibile capacità di seduzione che attrae allo stesso tempo il nipote della protagonista e il lettore che avanza, aggrappato alla sua mano, attraverso un ro... continue
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Look Who's Back by Timur Vermes EN
GermanyDescription:
THE SMASH-HIT HITLER SATIRE - MORE THAN 3 MILLION COPIES SOLD "A brilliant book" RUSSELL KANE "Brilliant and hilarious" KEN FOLLETT "An uproarious, disturbing book that will resonate long after you turn the final page" Caroline Jowett, Daily Express "There's no question that the novel has hit upon the key paradox of our modern obsession with Hitler" Philip Olterman, Observer Berlin, Summer 2011. Adolf Hitler wakes up on a patch of open ground, alive and well. Things have changed - no Eva Braun, no Nazi party, no war. Hitler barely recognises his beloved Fatherland, filled with immigrants and r... continue
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Manalive by G. K. Chesterton EN
EnglandDescription:
Light-hearted work introduces Innocent Smith, a bubbly, eccentric gentleman of questionable character, into the lives of a group of young disillusioned people -- and the result is inspired, high-spirited nonsense.
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Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen EN
Description:
Austen's witty exploration of the perils of mistaking fiction for reality During an eventful season at Bath, young, naïve Catherine Morland experiences the joys of fashionable society for the first time. She is delighted with her new acquaintances: flirtatious Isabella, who shares Catherine's love of Gothic romance and horror, and sophisticated Henry and Eleanor Tilney, who invite her to their father's mysterious house, Northanger Abbey. There, her imagination influenced by novels of sensation and intrigue, Catherine imagines terrible crimes committed by General Tilney. With its broad comedy a... continue
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RussiaDescription:
A satire about the Soviet space program finds Omon, who has dreamed of space flight all of his life, enrolled as a cosmonaut only to learn that his task will be piloting a supposedly unmanned lunar vehicle to the Moon and remaining there to die.
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Tartuffe : Comedy in Five Acts, 1669 by Molière EN
FranceDescription:
An imposter cleric gets into the house of the wealthy Orgon, whom he fools into promising him his wealth, position, and his young daughter. The translation into English verse of one of Molière's most masterful and most popular plays. A continuous delight from beginning to end (Richard Eberhart). Introduction by Richard Wilbur.
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The Cyclist Conspiracy by Svetislav Basara EN
SerbiaDescription:
The Cyclist Conspiracy tells the tale of a secret Brotherhood who meet in dreams, gain esoteric knowledge from contemplation of the bicycle and seek to move in and out of history, manipulating events. The brothers are part of a conspiracy so vast and so secret that, in many cases, the conspirators themselves are unaware of their participation in it. The novel details the story of these interventions and the important moments where the Brotherhood had made its influence felt.
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The Giddy Death of the Gays & the Strange Demise of Straights by Redfern Jon Barrett EN
Description:
A compelling comedy of polyamorous romance and nonbinary adventure, this reissue of The Giddy Death of the Gays and the Strange Demise of Straights--includes a Foreword by the author and an Afterword by noted queer writer Meg-John Barker. Caroline and her Dom live out their normal lives amongst the poverty, alcoholics, and street preachers of Swansea, Wales. But when Dom and his straight roommate fall in love--a passionate, secret, non-sexual love--their lives are transformed into a queer chaos of cross-dressing, gender-bending and free love. Will Dom hold on to his relationship? Can religious... continue