Read Around Europe Challenge
Read at least one book by an author from each country in Europe.
Best books from Europe (4465)
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Muntele vrăjit by Thomas Mann RO
GermanyDescription:
Una dintre capodoperele literaturii din secolul XX, Muntele vrăjit strânge laolaltă într-o frescă intelectuală toate forţele care acţionează asupra omului modern. În acest roman, Thomas Mann descrie societatea europeană înainte de Primul Război Mondial - o lume bolnavă care se năpusteşte spre catastrofă.
"Ce v-aş putea spune despre această carte şi despre felul în care ar trebui ea citită? Cred că modul deosebit în care este construită compoziţia ei face ca plăcerea lecturii să fie mai mare şi mai profundă când o citeşti a doua oară - aşa cum şi ... continue
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Doctor Faustus by Thomas Mann EN
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"John E. Woods is revising our impression of Thomas Mann, masterpiece by masterpiece." —The New Yorker "Doctor Faustus is Mann's deepest artistic gesture. . . . Finely translated by John E. Woods." —The New Republic Thomas Mann's last great novel, first published in 1947 and now newly rendered into English by acclaimed translator John E. Woods, is a modern reworking of the Faust legend, in which Germany sells its soul to the Devil. Mann's protagonist, the composer Adrian Leverkühn, is the flower of German culture, a brilliant, isolated, overreaching figure, his radical new music a breakneck ga... continue
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Buddenbrooks by Thomas Mann DE
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Aufstieg und Niedergang einer Lübecker Kaufmannsfamilie im Verlauf von vier Generationen zwischen 1830 und 1890
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Der Tod in Venedig by Thomas Mann DE
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Sehnsucht und Begehren, Schönheit und Tod. Wo sonst als im alten Venedig kann man sich so verlieben und verzehren wie der Schriftsteller Gustav Aschenbach in Thomas Manns berühmter Novelle. Vom »Einbruch der Leidenschaft« erzählt Thomas Mann, von der verbotenen Liebe des Schriftstellers zu dem schönen Jungen Tadzio. Zugleich aber erzählt er auch vom Ausbruch einer Pandemie, der Cholera, an der Aschenbach schließlich stirbt. Von Luchino Viscontis Verfilmung bis zu John Neumeiers Ballett hat die Novelle sehr unterschiedliche Künstler inspiriert &nd... continue
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Tree of Smoke by Denis Johnson EN
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Once upon a time there was a war . . . and a young American who thought of himself as the Quiet American and the Ugly American, and who wished to be neither, who wanted instead to be the Wise American, or the Good American, but who eventually came to witness himself as the Real American and finally as simply the Fucking American. That’s me. This is the story of Skip Sands—spy-in-training, engaged in Psychological Operations against the Vietcong—and the disasters that befall him thanks to his famous uncle, a war hero known in intelligence circles simply as the Colonel. This is also the story of... continue
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The Laughing Monsters by Denis Johnson EN
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"A literary spy thriller set in Africa, where an intelligence agent is caught up in a get rich quick scheme"--
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The Artificial Silk Girl by Irmgard Keun EN
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This is a hilarious, tragic novel about a would-be movie star in 1920s Berlin. Doris is going to be a big star. Wearing a stolen fur coat and recently fired from her office job, she takes an all-night train to Berlin to make it in the movies. But what she encounters in the city is not fame and fortune, but gnawing hunger, seedy bars, and exploitative men - and as Doris sinks ever lower, she resorts to desperate measures to survive. Very funny and intensely moving, this is a dazzling portrait of roaring Berlin in the 1920s, and a poignant exploration of the doomed pursuit of fame and glamour.
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Zorba the Greek by Nikos Kazantzakis EN
GreeceDescription:
First published in 1946, "Zorba the Greek," is, on one hand, the story of a Greek working man named Zorba, a passionate lover of life, the unnamed narrator who he accompanies to Crete to work in a lignite mine, and the men and women of the town where they settle. On the other hand it is the story of God and man, The Devil and the Saints; the struggle of men to find their souls and purpose in life and it is about love, courage and faith.
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The Republic by Plato EN
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A model for the ideal state includes discussion of the nature and application of justice, the role of the philosopher in society, the goals of education, and the effects of art upon character.