Read Around Europe Challenge
Read at least one book by an author from each country in Europe.
Best books from Europe (4419)
1041.
The Architect's Apprentice by Elif Shafak EN
FranceDescription:
'Tell me. What would be the right gift to send to a man who has everything?' 'An elephant, my Lord. The biggest animal on the land.' Sixteenth century Istanbul: a young stowaway arrives in the city bearing an extraordinary gift for the Sultan. The boy has no wordly possessions to his name except Chota, a rare and valuable white elephant destined for the palace menagerie. So begins an epic adventure that will see young Jahan rise from his lowly origins to the highest ranks of the Sultan's court. Along the way he will meet deceitful courtiers and false friends, gypsies, animal tamers, and the be... continue
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El Principito by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry ES
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Un aviador encuentra un hombrecito de una otra planeta que busca lo que es lo más importante de la vida. [An aviator whose plane is forced down in the Sahara Desert encounters a little man from a small planet who describes his adventures in the universe seeking the secret of what is really important in life.].
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Le vieil incendie by Elisa Shua Dusapin FR
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Agathe et Véra, sa cadette aphasique, se retrouvent après quinze ans. A 15 ans, l'aînée a fui la maison familiale pour ne plus avoir à protéger sa soeur de la méchanceté des autres. Ce n'est pas sans culpabilité qu'elle a mis un océan entre son père et Véra, laissés en tête à tête dans cette bâtisse en pleine nature qu'il faut maintenant débarrasser. Une fois vidée, les pierres des murs anciens restaureront le pigeonnier voisin, ravagé par un incendie vieux d'un siècle. Véra a changé. Agathe retrouve une femme qui cuisine avec agilité, lit Perec et répond à sa soeur "Humour SVP" grâce à son sm... continue
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There Are Rivers in the Sky by Elif Shafak EN
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The new novel from the Booker-shortlisted, internationally bestselling author of The Island of Missing Trees and 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World ***** There Are Rivers in the Sky is a rich, sweeping novel set between the 19th century and modern times, about love and loss, memory and erasure, hurt and healing, centred around three enchanting characters living on the banks of the River Thames and the River Tigris - their lives all curiously touched by the epic of Gilgamesh. ***** 'Elif Shafak is a unique and powerful voice in world literature' Ian McEwan 'Shafak makes a new home for ... continue
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La Loba de Francia by Maurice Druon ES
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Un intervalo de seis años separa La Ley de los Varones y La Loba de Francia. Durante esos años, de 1318 a 1324, el país ha sido sabiamente gobernado, aunque azotado por diversas calamidades: la cruzada de los campesinos, la rebelión de los leprosos, agitaciones, massacres y más. Felipe V el Largo muere sin haber llegado a los treinta años de edad y sin dejar descendencia masculina. El tercer hijo del Rey de Hierro, el débil Carlos IV, sucede a Felipe V. Durante su reinado, Francia será gobernada por representantes de la alta nobleza. El nuevo y dramático giro de la historia se originará en Ing... continue
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The Man Who Planted Trees by Jean Giono EN
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Twenty years ago Chelsea Green published the first trade edition of The Man Who Planted Trees, a timeless eco-fable about what one person can do to restore the earth. The hero of the story, Elz ard Bouffier, spent his life planting one hundred acorns a day in a desolate, barren section of Provence in the south of France. The result was a total transformation of the landscape-from one devoid of life, with miserable, contentious inhabitants, to one filled with the scent of flowers, the songs of birds, and fresh, flowing water. Since our first publication, the book has sold over a quarter of a mi... continue
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The Anomaly by Herve Le Tellier EN
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A New York Times bestseller and a "Best Thriller of the Year" Winner of the Goncourt Prize and now an international phenomenon, this dizzying, whip-smart novel blends crime, fantasy, sci-fi, and thriller as it plumbs the mysteries surrounding a Paris-New York flight. Who would we be if we had made different choices? Told that secret, left that relationship, written that book? We all wonder—the passengers of Air France 006 will find out. In their own way, they were all living double lives when they boarded the plane: Blake, a respectable family man who works as a contract killer. Slimboy, a Nig... continue
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Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See EN
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Lily is haunted by memories–of who she once was, and of a person, long gone, who defined her existence. She has nothing but time now, as she recounts the tale of Snow Flower, and asks the gods for forgiveness. In nineteenth-century China, when wives and daughters were foot-bound and lived in almost total seclusion, the women in one remote Hunan county developed their own secret code for communication: nu shu (“women’s writing”). Some girls were paired with laotongs, “old sames,” in emotional matches that lasted throughout their lives. They painted letters on fans, embroidered messages on handk... continue