Read Around Europe Challenge
Read at least one book by an author from each country in Europe.
Best books from Europe (4467)
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Talking to My Daughter : A Brief History of Capitalism by Yanis Varoufakis EN
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'Why is there so much inequality?' Xenia asks her father, the world famous economist Yanis Varoufakis. Drawing on memories of her childhood and a variety of well-known tales - from Oedipus and Faust to Frankenstein and The Matrix - Varoufakis explains everything you need to know in order to understand why economics is the most important drama of our times. In answering his daughter's deceptively simple questions, Varoufakis disentangles our troubling world with remarkable clarity, while inspiring us to make it a better one.
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Freedom and Death by Nikos Kazantzakis EN
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Freedom and Death is Kazantzakis's modern Iliad. The context is Crete in the late nineteenth century, the epic struggle between Greeks and Turks, between Christianity and Islam. A new uprising takes place to rival those of 1854, 1866 and 1878, and the island is thrown into confusion yet again. In the village of Megalokastro a Cretan resistance fighter, Captain Michales, is matched by the Turkish bey, his blood-brother. The life of the local community continues shakily, but is disrupted by explosions of violence.
1433.
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Exploring motherhood, myth, and "transhumance," Chimera is a stunningly ambitious poetry volume by the award-winning Greek poet Phoebe Giannisi
1434.
Unsexed by Marina DelVecchio EN
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Marina DelVecchio's biological mother was a prostitute who taught her to fear sex. Her adoptive mother was a virgin who taught her that sex was shameful and dirty. Stuck between these two polarizing mothers and their dysfunctions, Marina struggles to find not only her own sexual power but also her own voice.
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At Twilight They Return: A Novel in Ten Tale by Zyranna Zateli EN
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This multigenerational saga is the story of Christoforos, who first weds Petroula, and then Evtha, followed, after her death, by Persa; of his sexually promiscuous son Hesychios and the many bastard children left on the doorstep following the untimely demise of so many would-be daughters-in-law; and of the sisters, brothers, children, and grandchildren who inhabit a household and a history expanding to near-bursting. Rich in symbolism and magical realism, this complex and wondrous family story unfolds nonsequentially in ten interrelated tales. It is a touchstone of contemporary Greek literatur... continue
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The Last Temptation of Christ by Nikos Kazantzakis EN
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In this story, Jesus is presented as both fully human and fully divine, free of sin but subject to all temptations.
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The Essential Homer : Selections from the Iliad and the Odyssey by Homer, Stanley Lombardo EN
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Selections from both Iliad and Odyssey, made with an eye for those episodes that figure most prominently in the study of mythology.
1439.
The Other Alexander by Margarita Liberaki EN
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First published in the 1950s to international acclaim, Margarita Liberaki's allegorical novel, The Other Alexander, speaks to the opposing forces inherent in human nature. This exquisite poetic drama reenacts Greek tragedy in its evocation of a country riven by civil war and a family divided against itself. A tyrannical father leads a double life; he has two families and gives the same first names to both sets of children. In an atmosphere of increasing unease and mistrust, the half-siblings meet, love, hate, and betray one another. Embroiled in absurdity, Liberaki's characters must confront t... continue
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Of Human Freedom by Epictetus EN
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In this personal and practical guide to moral self-improvement and living a good life, the second-century philosopher Epictetus tackles questions of freedom and imprisonment, stubbornness and fear, family, friendship and love, and leaves an intriguing document of daily life in the classical world. GREAT IDEAS. Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched lives - and destroyed them. Now Peng... continue