Drama genre books (173)
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Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand EN
FranceDescription:
Une édition de référence de Cyrano de Bergerac d’Edmond Rostand, spécialement conçue pour la lecture sur les supports numériques. DE GUICHE. Personne ne va donc lui répondre ?... LE VICOMTE Personne ? Attendez ! Je vais lui lancer un de ces traits !... Il s'avance vers Cyrano qui l'observe, et se campant devant lui d'un air fat. Vous... vous avez un nez... heu... un nez... très grand. CYRANO, gravement Très. LE VICOMTE, riant Ha ! CYRANO, imperturbable C'est tout ?... LE VICOMTE Mais... CYRANO Ah ! non ! c'est un peu court, jeune homme ! On pouvait dire... Oh ! Dieu !... bien des choses en som... continue
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Daisy Jones & The Six : A Novel by Taylor Jenkins Reid EN
Country: North America / 
United States of America
United States of America
Description:
#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER • OVER TWO MILLION COPIES SOLD! A gripping novel about the whirlwind rise of an iconic 1970s rock group and their beautiful lead singer, revealing the mystery behind their infamous breakup—from the author of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, Malibu Rising, and Carrie Soto Is Back REESE’S BOOK CLUB PICK • NOW AN EMMY AWARD–NOMINATED ORIGINAL STREAMING SERIES EXECUTIVE PRODUCED BY REESE WITHERSPOON “An explosive, dynamite, down-and-dirty look at a fictional rock band told in an interview style that gives it irresistible surface energy.”—Elin Hilderbrand ONE OF THE BEST BO... continue
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Dangerous Liaisons by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos EN
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The complex moral ambiguities of seduction and revenge make Les Liaisons dangereuses (1782) one of the most scandalous and controversial novels in European literature. The subject of major film and stage adaptations, the novel's prime movers, the Vicomte de Valmont and the Marquise de Merteuil, form an unholy alliance and turn seduction into a game - a game which they must win. This new translation gives Laclos a modern voice, and readers will be able a judge whether the novel is as `diabolical' and `infamous' as its critics have claimed, or whether it has much to tell us about the kind of wor... continue
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Daughters of the Bamboo Grove by Barbara Demick EN
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
The heartrending story of twin sisters torn apart by China’s one-child policy and the rise of international adoption—from the author of the National Book Award finalist Nothing to Envy “Excellent . . . entrancing and disturbing . . . [Demick] is one of our finest chroniclers of East Asia. . . . [Her] characters are richly drawn, and her stories, often reported over a span of years, deliver a rare emotional wallop.”—The New York Times On a warm day in September 2000, a woman named Zanhua gave birth to twin girls in a small hut behind her brother’s home in China’s Hunan province. The twins, Fang... continue
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De saffierweduwe by Dinah Jefferies NL
MalaysiaDescription:
Ceylon, 1935. Louisa Reeve en haar man Elliot lijken een stel te zijn dat alles heeft; zij is de dochter van een succesvolle Britse juwelier, hij een charmante zakenman vol levenslust. Maar hun allergrootste verlangen mist: een kind. Terwijl Louisa met miskramen worstelt, trekt Elliot zich terug en brengt hij steeds meer tijd door op een nabijgelegen kaneelplantage met uitzicht op de Indische Oceaan. Wanneer hij plots sterft moet Louisa het mysterie dat hij achterlaat alleen oplossen. Bij het bezoeken van de plantage voelt zij zich onverwacht aangetrokken tot eigenaar Leo, een ruige man met ee... continue
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Der Besuch der alten Dame : eine tragische Komödie by Friedrich Dürrenmatt DE
Country: Europe / 
Switzerland
Switzerland
Description:
A rich woman agrees to share her wealth the people in her poor village in return for the life of the man who ruined her reputation when she was young.
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Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
The story of Desdemona from Shakespeare's Othello is re-imagined by Nobel Prize laureate Toni Morrison, Malian singer and songwriter Rokia Traoré, and acclaimed stage director Peter Sellars. Morrison's response to Othello is an intimate dialogue of words and music between Desdemona and her African nurse Barbary. Morrison gives voice and depth to the female characters, letting them speak and sing in the fullness of their hearts. Desdemona is an extraordinary narrative of words, music and song about Shakespeares doomed heroine, who speaks from the grave about the traumas of race, class, gender, ... continue
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Diario by Anne Frank ES
Description:
Tras la invasión de Holanda, los Frank, comerciantes judíos alemanes emigrados a Amsterdam en 1933, se ocultaron de la Gestapo en una buhardilla anexa al edificio donde el padre de Ana tenía sus oficinas. Eran ocho personas y permanecieron recluidas desde junio de 1942 hasta agosto de 1944, fecha en que fueron detenidos y enviados a campos de concentración. En ese lugar y en las más precarias condiciones, Ana, a la sazón una niña de trece años, escribió su estremecedor Diario; un testimonio único en su género sobre el horror y la barbarie nazi, y sobre los sentimientos y experiencias de la pro... continue
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