Books written by male authors (5177)
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Wut ist ein Geschenk : Das Vermächtnis meines Großvaters Mahatma Gandhi by Arun Gandhi DE
Country: Africa / 
South Africa
South Africa
Description:
Eine bessere Welt beginnt bei jedem Einzelnen
Verwandtschaft verpflichtet. Das gilt besonders, wenn man der Enkel eines Mannes ist, der wie kein anderer politischer Vordenker für Gewaltlosigkeit und Sanftmut steht. Doch der junge Arun Gandhi war in dieser Hinsicht kein Musterschüler, er war berüchtigt für seine Wutanfälle und immer wieder in Prügeleien verwickelt. Als er zwölf Jahre alt war, wussten sich seine Eltern nicht mehr zu helfen; sie schickten ihn in den Sevagram-Ashram nach Zentralindien, zu seinem Großvater. In den folgenden zwei Jahren lern... continue
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SenegalDescription:
"Ousmane's satirical fable tells of the downfall of El Hadji, a member of the African elite who have taken the place of white businessmen in Francophone Africa. The protagonist is stricken with xala--impotence--in a racous bedrroom scene with his new young wife. The novel subtly traces the interplay among his three wives as El Hadji desperately tries to over come the affliction. In his obsession he resorts to primitive incantation, and his unscrupulous business associates cynically reject their former friend."--Cover
5113.
Description:
Looks at how the new African middle class have taken over from the colonialists as the exploiters of the people.
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Xenocide by Orson Scott Card EN
Country: North America / 
United States of America
United States of America
Description:
The war for survival of the planet Lusitania will be fought in the heart of a child named Gloriously Bright. On Lusitania, Ender found a world where humans and pequininos and the Hive Queen could all live together; where three very different intelligent species could find common ground at last. Or so he thought. Lusitania also harbors the descolada, a virus that kills all humans it infects, but which the pequininos require in order to become adults. The Startways Congress so fears the effects of the descolada, should it escape from Lusitania, that they have ordered the destruction of the entir... continue
Turkey5116.
Yalo by Elias Khoury EN
LebanonDescription:
Award-winning author Elias Khoury's latest novel is a searing look at truth and memory, love and trancendence, told through the contradictory confessions of a young Lebanese prisoner During the Lebanese civil war in the 1980s, a young man is arrested and charged with rape. Repeatedly interrogated and tortured, Yalo is forced--like Scheherazade--to tell a different story each day to stay alive. As he battles to understand his past and the forces that have shaped him, he comes to discover his own voice and the true Yalo begins to emerge. This is a searing look at truth and memory, love and trans... continue
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Yalo by Elias Khoury ES
Description:
«Yalo no lo entendió, y ese fue su pecado capital. Se agarró a las cuerdas de una voz quebrada y siguió jugando con una mujer rota.». Elias Khoury nos sumerge en un universo de malentendidos brutales, amor y alienación, autodescubrimiento y luminosa trascendencia. En el centro del torbellino, Yalo: un joven que vaga entre mundos como un perro callejero en las calles de Beirut durante la guerra civil libanesa. Vive con su madre y entra en contacto con un grupo peligroso cuyas arriesgadas aventuras le parecen un juego. Sin embargo, el juego se convierte en una amenazante realidad cuando le acusa... continue
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Yamilia by Chinguiz Aitmátov ES
Country: Asia / 
Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan
Description:
Es 1942 y Yamilia vive con su familia política en una pequeña aldea kirguiza rodeada de montañas. A casi todas partes la acompaña el joven Seit, todavía un niño, fascinado por el magnético carácter y el descaro de la joven y siempre dispuesto a defenderla de cualquier agravio. Como el resto de hombres, el esposo de Yamilia lucha en el frente en defensa de la madre patria, y las mujeres, los niños y los heridos deben asumir las duras labores del campo: una tarea que se repite cada día, desde el amanecer hasta el ocaso. Pronto... continue
Iraq5120.
Year of the Drought by Roland Buti EN
Country: Europe / 
Switzerland
Switzerland
Description:
Europe is in the grip of the worst drought in living memory. The Sutter household teeters on the brink of ruin. The farmer and father of the family has invested his entire fortune in 10,000 chickens and a modern barn. But the barn's cooling system are failing, and the chicks are dying off in the heat. Meanwhile his wife invites the mysterious Cecile to stay at the farm. Their son, 13-year-old Gus, observes helplessly as both his family and his carefree childhood dissolve in the heat.