Read Around Europe Challenge
Read at least one book by an author from each country in Europe.
Best books from Europe (4391)
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How to Be Both by Ali Smith EN
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WINNER OF THE BAILEYS WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2015 WINNER OF THE GOLDSMITHS PRIZE 2014 SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2014 WINNER OF THE 2014 COSTA NOVEL AWARD WINNER OF THE SALTIRE SOCIETY LITERARY BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2014 NOMINATED FOR THE FOLIO PRIZE 2015 How to be both is the dazzling new novel by Ali Smith Passionate, compassionate, vitally inventive and scrupulously playful, Ali Smith's novels are like nothing else. How to be both is a novel all about art's versatility. Borrowing from painting's fresco technique to make an original literary double-take, it's a fast-moving genr... continue
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Porno by Irvine Welsh RO
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La zece ani dupa evenimentele care au marcat actiunea din Trainspotting, Simon „Sick Boy” Williamson se intoarce in Edinburgh dupa o lunga perioada petrecuta la Londra. Esuind spectaculos ca escroc, peste, sot, tata si om de afaceri, Sick Boy profita de ceea ce i se pare a fi ultima lui sansa: pornografia. Pe de alta parte, pentru a-si infaptui visul de a produce si a regiza un film porno, Sick Boy trebuie sa faca echipa cu vechiul lui prieten, Mark Renton, exilat in ultimii ani la Amsterdam, si cu o gasca pestrita care ii include pe unul dintre cei mai mari obsedati sexual, fiul f... continue
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Poor Things by Alasdair Gray EN
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What strange secret made rich, beautiful, tempestuous Bella Baxter irresistible to the poor Scottish medical student Archie McCandless? Was it her mysterious origin in the home of his monstrous friend Godwin Baxter, the genius whose voice could perforate eardrums? This story of true love and scientific daring whirls the reader from the private operating-theatres of late-Victorian Glasgow through aristocratic casinos, low-life Alexandria and a Parisian bordello, reaching an interrupted climax in a Scottish church.
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Deep Wheel Orcadia by Harry Josephine Giles EN
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Deep Wheel Orcadia is, effortlessly, a first: a science-fiction verse novel written in the Orcadian dialect, it's also the first full-length book in the Orkney language in over 50 years Astrid is returning home from art school on Mars, looking for inspiration. Darling is fleeing a life that never fit, searching for somewhere to hide. They meet on Deep Wheel Orcadia, a distant space station struggling for survival as the pace of change threatens to leave the community behind. Deep Wheel Orcadia is a magical first: a science fiction verse novel written in the Orkney dialect. This unique adventur... continue
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Poor Things [Movie Tie-In] : A Novel by Alasdair Gray EN
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Basis for the Major Motion Picture starring Emma Stone, Ramy Youssef, Mark Ruffalo, and Willem Dafoe, directed by Yorgos Lanthimos. "Witty and delightfully written" (New York Times Book Review), Alasdair Gray's Poor Things echoes Mary Shelley's Frankenstein in this novel of a young woman freeing herself from the confines of the suffocating Victorian society she was created to serve. Winner of the Whitbread Award and the Guardian Fiction Prize In the 1880s in Glasgow, Scotland, medical student Archibald McCandless finds himself enchanted with the intriguing creature known as Bella Baxter. Suppo... continue
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Jurnalul unui librar by Shaun Bythell RO
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Când Bythell, orgoliosul patron al celui mai mare magazin de cărți vechi din Scoția șia înființat, în 2010, pagina de Facebook, a hotărât, în mod premeditat, să se concentreze asupra comportamentului clienților.
Acest jurnal, ținut timp de un an, nu face altceva, ba chiar mai aduce și alte personaje pitorești în colimatorul autorului. Deși este cutremurător de amuzantă, cartea aceasta conține și un miez mai mult decât serios: este o scrisoare furibundă din linia întâi a luptei dintre proprietarii micilor afaceri cu cărți și giganți pr... continue
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A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle EN
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The first of the Sherlock Holmes' adventures, this book introduces the great sleuth and explains how Dr. Watson and Holmes come to share rooms together and solve mysteries together.
