Read Around Europe Challenge
Read at least one book by an author from each country in Europe.
Best books from Europe (4419)
1031.
FranceDescription:
The Juggler (La Jongleuse) is a "decadent" novel that was first published in 1900. Its author, Marguerite Eymery Vallette (1860-1953), who used the pseudonym Rachilde, was a prolific novelist (over sixty works of fiction), playwright, literary critic and reviewer, and a forceful presence in French literary society of her time. The protagonist of the novel, Eliante Donalger, is in some sense an exaggerated double for her creator--bizarre in appearance, clothing, and interests. Instinctively grasping a medical and psychological truth that the turn-of-the-century scientific world was only beginni... continue
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The Child and the River by Henri Bosco EN
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A new translation of an evocative, Huckleberry Finn–esque French bestseller about a young farmboy, the river where he is forbidden to play, and the adventures that ensue when he disobeys his family’s wishes. The Child and the River tells a simple but haunting tale. Pascalet, a boy growing up on a farm in the south of France, is permitted by his parents to play wherever he likes—only never by the river. Prohibition turns into temptation: Pascalet dreams of nothing so much as heading down to the river, and one day, with his parents away, he does. Wandering along the bank, intoxicated with newfou... continue
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Life with Picasso by Françoise Gilot, Carlton Lake EN
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Francoise Gilot met Picasso during the German occupation of Paris, she was twenty-one, he was sixty-two. For nearly a decade, Gilot shared her life with this giant of the art world, giving birth to two of his children, working as his model, and sharing his world. This uniquely candid and vivid memoir takes readers behind the Piccasso legend to meet the man.
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The Iron King by Maurice Druon EN
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'This is the original game of thrones' George R.R. Martin From the publishers that brought you A Game of Thrones comes the series that inspired George R.R. Martin's epic work. "Accursed! Accursed! You shall be accursed to the thirteenth generation!" The Iron King - Philip the Fair - is as cold and silent, as handsome and unblinking as a statue. He governs his realm with an iron hand, but he cannot rule his own family: his sons are weak and their wives adulterous; while his red-blooded daughter Isabella is unhappily married to an English king who prefers the company of men. A web of scandal, mu... continue
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Small Boat by Vincent Delecroix; Helen Stevenson EN
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Despite receiving numerous calls for help, the French authorities wrongly told the migrants they were in British waters and had to call the British authorities for help. By the time rescue vessels arrived on the scene, all but two of the migrants had died.
The narrator of Delecroix’s fictional account of the events is the woman who took the calls. Accused of failing in her duty, she refuses to be held more responsible than others for this disaster. Why should she be more responsible than the sea, than the war, than the crises behind these tragedies?
A shocking, moral tale of ou... continue
1036.
The Panda Theory by Pascal Garnier EN
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Despite being a stranger in a small town, Gabriel quickly earns acceptance due to his acts of kindess and exceptional cooking, but behind the reserved appearence is a dark and haunted past.
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Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert ES
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Considerada una de las mejores obras ling��sticas de la historia, es una de las novelas que dieron principio a la narrativa moderna. Gustave Flaubert nos muestra su punto de vista sobre la vida de la alta sociedad en la Francia de principios del siglo xix a trav�s de Emma Bovary, mujer infelizmente casada, cuyos sue�os chocan cruelmente con la realidad. El autor rompe con todas las convenciones morales y literarias de la burgues�a de la �poca, tal vez porque nadie antes se hab�a atrevido a presentar un prototipo de hero�na de ficci�n tan rebelde y poco resignada al destino. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION... continue
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La condición humana by André Malraux ES
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Shanghái, 1927, y la revolución se palpa en el aire. A medida que la ciudad se ve envuelta en la violencia y el derramamiento de sangre, las vidas de cuatro personas se ven inexorablemente alteradas: el idealista e intelectual Kyo Gisors, uno de los líderes de la insurrección comunista, quien también intenta lidiar con sus propios conflictos matrimoniales; Ch'en Ta Erh, un asesino y terrorista brutalizado por el asesinato; el barón de Clappique, un jugador francés, traficante de opio y traficante de armas; y el revolucionario ruso Katov, qu... continue
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Just Like Tomorrow by Faïza Guène EN
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First published in France in 2004 by Hachette Literatures under the title Kiffe Kiffe Demain. Translated from the French by Sarah Adams.