Read Around Europe Challenge
Read at least one book by an author from each country in Europe.
Best books from Europe (4404)
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Rhythms of Learning : What Waldorf Education Offers Children, Parents & Teachers by Rudolf Steiner EN
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Key lectures on children and education have been thoughtfully chosen from the vast amount of material by Steiner and presented in a context that makes them approachable and accessible. In his many discussions and lectures, Steiner shared his vision of an education that considers the spirit, soul, and physiology in children as they grow.
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In a Sentimental Mood by Ivana Bodrozic EN
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Ivana Bodrozic's In a Sentimental Mood is emotional, but never woeful, deliberate, yet playful poetry capable of reaching both the highest and deepest registers of expression. From abstract jazz-inspired musings to bedroom intimacies, these poems converse with the idea that being alone is not the worst thing that can happen to a person. To lose your dignity and the dignity of your words - that is the worst thing.
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How We Survived Communism & Even Laughed by Slavenka Drakulic EN
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Hailed by feminists as one of the most important contributions to women's studies in the last decade, this gripping, beautifully written account describes the daily struggles of women under the Marxist regime in the former republic of Yugoslavia.
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Croatian War Nocturnal by Spomenka Štimec EN
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Croatian War Nocturnal is a fictionalized memoir of the wars in former Yugoslavia in the early 1990s, told from the perspective of a Croatian Esperanto activist and teacher. Composed on an early machine-translation computer while the author hid in her bathroom during bomb raids, the book consists of short, interconnected episodes describing the daily traumas of war and genocide and their effect on life and family, memory and language. Told in a unique and elegant staccato style, it’s an emotional account of a woman trying to make sense of the seeming collapse of the two utopian projects that h... continue
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The Museum of Broken Relationships by Olinka Vistica, Drazen Grubisic EN
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When Olinka Vistica and Drazen Grubisic split up, they did what no separated couple had ever done before - they set up a museum dedicated to mementos of love, and the touching, often humorous stories of how that love developed. And how it ended. The Museum of Broken Relationships, in the Old Town of Zagreb, has since become an international phenomenon. Tens of thousands of people from around the world have sent in objects that summed up or marked their relationship, including a red wedding dress, an axe, and a modem from a Commodore 64. Through this collection of curious exhibits, the museum b... continue
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Our Man in Iraq by Robert Perišić EN
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The first of Robert Perisic’s novels to be translated into English, Our Man in Iraq gets to the heart of life made and remade by war and serves as an unforgettable introduction to a vibrant voice from Croatia that's filled with characteristic humor and insight. 2003: As Croatia lurches from socialism into globalized capitalism, Toni, a cocky journalist in Zagreb, struggles to balance his fragile career, pushy family, and hotheaded girlfriend. But in a moment of vulnerability he makes a mistake: volunteering his unhinged Arabic–speaking cousin Boris to report on the Iraq War. Boris begins filin... continue
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Miracle à la combe aux Aspics by Ante Tomić FR
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A sept kilomètres de Smiljevo, haut dans les montagnes, dans un hameau à l'abandon, vivent Jozo Aspic et ses quatre fils. Leur petite communauté aux habitudes sanitaires, alimentaires et sociologiques discutables n'admet ni l'Etat ni les fondements de la civilisation, jusqu'à ce que le fils aîné, Kresimir, en vienne à l'idée saugrenue de se trouver une femme. Bientôt, il devient clair que la recherche d'une épouse est encore plus difficile et hasardeuse que la lutte quotidienne des Aspic pour la sauvegarde de leur autarcie. La quête amoureuse du fils aîné des Aspic fait de ce road movie littér... continue
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Dientes de leche by Lana Bastasic ES
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Un conjunto de relatos deliciosos y despiadados sobre el siempre traumático proceso de hacerse mayor. La infancia que retrata Dientes de leche , muy lejos de la edulcorada idealización a la que tantas veces la sometemos, nunca es tierna, sentimental o inocente. En estos relatos deliciosos y despiadados, que hacen pie en el siempre conflictivo universo de la vida familiar, los niños y los adolescentes se enfrentan a lo oscuro y a lo espeluznante, porque en el cruel mundo que habitamos esa es la única manera en que es posible crecer.