Books set in Moldova (14)
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Bessarabian Nights by Stela Brinzeanu EN
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'Bessarabian Nights' explores issues besetting contemporary Moldova. The plot rests on modern topics such as economic migration, the East/West culture-clash, the sexual exploitation of East European women and the role of local religion - which has a penchant for the sensational - in the psychological makeup of these victims.
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Der erste Horizont meines Lebens : Roman by Liliana Corobca DE
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Die 12-jährige Cristina lebt allein mit ihren 2 kleinen Brüdern in einem moldawischen Dorf. Die Eltern sind weit weg, um den Lebensunterhalt zu verdienen und müssen die Kinder sich selbst überlassen.
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Der Garten aus Glas by Tatiana Țîbuleac DE
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Die junge Lastotschka ist hart im Nehmen. Voller Zielstrebigkeit und mit festem Willen hat sie sich hochgearbeitet, von der Flaschensammlerin zur Chefärztin. Doch ihre von Armut geprägte Kindheit im Moldawien der Achtziger- und Neunzigerjahre verfolgt sie immer noch. Warum musste sie so viele Jahre im Waisenhaus zubringen? Warum hat ihre ruppige Ziehmutter Tamara sie schließlich zu sich geholt und zum Flaschensammeln mitgenommen? Und was ist aus den Frauen in ihrer damaligen Nachbarschaft geworden, ohne die Lastotschka nicht die wäre, die sie heute ist? Gemeinsam mit der E... continue
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El Jardin de Vidrio by Tatiana Țîbuleac ES
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Reseña:Una novela iniciática sobre el trauma y la búsqueda de la identidad. Una lectura contundente, hechizante, cruel e inquietante que cuestiona la maternidad, el amor y los vínculos que nos unen con nuestro pasado.Moldavia en los años más grises del comunismo. La anciana Tamara Pavlovna rescata a la pequeña Lastotchka de un orfanato. Lo que en principio puede parecer un acto de piedad esconde una realidad terrorífica. Lastotchka ha sido comprada como esclava, para ser explotada durante casi una década recolectando botellas por la calle. Aprender. a sobrevivir robando y mendigando, rechazand... continue
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Grădina de sticlă by Tatiana Țîbuleac RO
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Tatiana Țîbuleac revine, în forță, într-un alt context și la un alt nivel, la tema maternă, a copilului iubit/neiubit, a consecințelor tragice ale „neiubirii“, a remușcării, într-o carte la fel de tulburătoare ca și Vara în care mama a avut ochii verzi. Orfana care descoperă un Chișinău multicultural a fost înfiată dintr-un orfelinat sătesc de o femeie singură și ambițioasă, care vrea să-i ofere un viitor prosper ori poate cumpărată ca mână de lucru și exploatată la fel de nemilos ca în romanele lui Dickens? Întrebările te urmăr... continue
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Hartenvrouw by Iulian Ciocan NL
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Een corrupte ambtenaar In Moldavië wordt geconfronteerd met een gat in het asfalt voor zijn villa dat steeds groter wordt en waarin van alles verdwijnt.
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Kinderland by Liliana Corobca EN
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Kinderland unfolds through the letters of a young girl to her absent parents. Her dispatches go unanswered, but they relay to a reader lively tales of cruel pranks and jovial reconciliations, pain and tenderness, despair and hope as these young children grow up alone with sadness, and longing. With her parents gone in search of work, twelve-year-old Cristina must act as a mother to her two younger brothers. Through her eyes, we roam the streets of a contemporary Moldovan village populated almost entirely with children and old people. Just as most of the inhabitants left their countryside and h... continue
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Kinderland by Liliana Corobca NL
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Analytische annotatie: Een 12-jarig meisje zorgt in Moldavië voor haar twee jongere broertjes en de dieren waarvan het gezin afhankelijk is. Ze wacht op de terugkeer van hun ouders die in het buitenland zijn gaan werken om hun schulden af te betalen.
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La Ciudad Prometida by Valentina Scerbani ES
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Oscillating between disappointment and insecurity, between disenchantment and despair, Ileana struggles to hold on to the idea of seeing her seriously ill mother again, who has left her in the care of her aunts. But her fear grips her, her dreams return pieces of a lost past, and her reflection has disappeared from all the mirrors. Valentina Şcerbani's narrative mastery manages to establish an obsessive atmosphere, accentuated by the imposing presence of the landscape, by the unrepentant rain and by human relationships in a small community made up exclusively of women.