Books written by male authors (5178)


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Water by Rumi EN

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Country: Asia / Afghanistan flag Afghanistan
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A follow-up to her ground-breaking translations of Rumi in Gold, poet and musician Haleh Liza Gafori translates a new selection of work by the great Persian mystic that will muster the soul and stir the spirit. Water expands on Gold, Haleh Liza Gafori's inspired and widely praised translation of the lyric poetry of the Persian mystic Rumi. As in Gold, Gafori renders with fluid grace and moving immediacy these indisputable masterworks of world literature, drawing on the deep well of Rumi’s work to bring out the worldly wit and wisdom that accompany his otherworldly summons. Behold the divine wi... continue

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Watership Down by Richard Adams EN

Rating: 4 (4 votes)
Country: Europe / England flag England
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An allegorical tale of survival in which a band of wild rabbits leave their ancestral home to build a more humane society

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Watt by Samuel Beckett ES

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Country: Europe / Ireland flag Ireland
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Watt es un vagabundo irlandés que entra a trabajar en el servicio doméstico de la mansión del enigmático millonario Mr. Knot. Al que nunca se le llegará a ver. Deberá hacerse cargo de las meticulosas y absurdas exigencias del dueño de la casa, como su peculiar concepto de la comida, las disposiciones respecto a su perro y todo tipo de cosas relacionadas con la vida cotidiana. Un programa diario verdaderamente exhaustivo.Beckett tenía razón al afirmar que hay una cierta locura en el proyecto cartesiano de metodizar las operaciones del intelecto humano; pero también haba cierta locura en la form... continue

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Wave of Terror : A Novel by Theodore Odrach, Emma Odrach, T.F. Rigelhof EN

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Country: Europe / Belarus flag Belarus
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This novel is a major literary discovery, and Odrach is drawing favorable comparisons with such eminent writers as Chekhov and Solzhenitsyn. Odrach wrote in Ukrainian, while living an exile's life in Toronto. This remarkable book is a microcosm of Soviet history, and Odrach provides a first-hand account of events during the Stalinist era that newsreels never covered. It has special value as a sensitive and realistic portrait of the times, while capturing the internal drama of the characters with psychological concision. Odrach creates a powerful and moving picture, and manages to show what lif... continue
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Ways of Dying : A Novel by Zakes Mda EN

Rating: 5 (1 vote)
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A professional mourner, Toloki is reunited with Noria, a woman from his village, at the funeral of a young boy, and joins forces with her to heal the pain of the past and build new lives for themselves in post-apartheid South Africa. Original.

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Ways of Going Home by Alejandro Zambra EN

Rating: 5 (1 vote)
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The writer son of a quiet sympathizer with the Pinochet regime reflects on the progress of his novel, in which an unnamed boy from a Chilean suburb witnesses an earthquake and meets an older girl who asks him to spy on her uncle.

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We by Yevgeny Zamyatin EN

Rating: 4 (8 votes)
Country: Europe / Russia flag Russia
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In a glass city composed of absolute straight lines, ruled over by the all-powerful 'Benefactor', the citizens of OneState live their lives without passion or agency. That is until D-503, a man tasked with bringing the Revolution to the stars, meets a remarkable woman . . . Supressed in Russia for decades, Zamyatin's dystopian masterpiece prophesised the worst excesses of the Soviet Union, while creating an enduring and vivid vision of what future societies might look like - a vision which would inspire George Orwell's 1984 and many subsequent dystopias.

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We Are the Ocean: Selected Works by Epeli Hau‘ofa EN

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Hau'ofa's essays criss-cross Oceania, creating a navigator's star chart of discussion and debate. Spurning the arcana of the intellectual establishments where he was schooled, Hau'ofa has crafted a distinctive - often lyrical, at times angry - voice that speaks directly to the people of the region and the general reader. He conveys his thoughts from diverse standpoints: university-based analyst, essayist, satirist and humorist, and practical catalyst for creativity. According to Hau'ofa, only through creative originality in all fields of endeavor can the people of Oceania hope to strengthen th... continue


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We Could Have Been Friends, My Father and I : A Palestinian Memoir by Raja Shehadeh EN

Rating: 5 (2 votes)
Country: Asia / Palestine flag Palestine
Description:
Aziz Shehadeh was many things: lawyer, activist, and political detainee, he was also the father of bestselling author and activist Raja. In this new and searingly personal memoir, Raja Shehadeh unpicks the snags and complexities of their relationship. A vocal and fearless opponent, Aziz resists under the British mandatory period, then under Jordan, and, finally, under Israel. As a young man, Raja fails to recognise his father's courage and, in turn, his father does not appreciate Raja's own efforts in campaigning for Palestinian human rights. When Aziz is murdered in 1985, it changes Raja irre... continue