Drama genre books (173)
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Fuenteovejuna by Lope de Vega ES
SpainDescription:
b"Quien mato al comendador? b"Fuenteovejuna lo hizo.La frase que todos los habitantes de Fuenteovejuna responden, al unisono, trascendio el nombre de esa lejana aldea espanola y se convirtio en el grito de lucha de los pueblos oprimidos que hacen justicia
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Ghost Town : A Novel by Kevin Chen EN
ChinaDescription:
A NEW YORK TIMES MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF FALL 2022 FROM THE BEST-SELLING AUTHOR & WINNER OF THE TAIWAN LITERATURE AWARD Keith Chen, the second son of a traditional Taiwanese family of seven, runs away from the oppression of his village to Berlin in the hope of finding acceptance as a young gay man. The novel begins a decade later, when Chen has just been released from prison for killing his boyfriend. He is about to return to his family’s village, a poor and desolate place. With his parents gone, his sisters married, mad, or dead, there is nothing left for him there. As the story unfurls, we ... continue
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Gostaria que você estivesse aqui by Fernando Scheller PT
Country: South America / 
Brazil
Brazil
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Quando a década de 1980 começa a dar as caras no Rio de Janeiro, o tempo é de contradições. À efervescência musical e a uma febril vontadede viver, unem-se a instabilidade política, a aterrorizadora epidemia de aids e o aumento do tráfico nas favelas. E cinco personagens, de idades diferentes, aspirações diferentes, mundos diferentes, veem a vida mudar completamente. Inácio, apaixonado por Baby, larga a faculdade de engenharia quando conhece César, produtor musical gay que, como Baby, busca encontrar o próprio lugar no mundo. Selma, mãe de César, lida com o abandono do marido e o medo de perde... continue
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Haïkus de Sibérie by Jurga Vilé FR
LithuaniaDescription:
La vie est belle. Lituanie, 1941. Algis est encore un enfant quand il est déporté dans un camp sibérien. Il raconte son quotidien où l'on croise le fantôme de son jars domestique, une chorale, des Russes impitoyables, et même des soldats japonais ! Avec son regard pur comme l'azur et sa fantaisie d'enfant, Algis nous fait rire, nous surprend et nous émeut.
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Haralds mamma by Johanna Frid SV
SwedenDescription:
Svärdotter och svärmor möts på en flygplats. Under ett dygn inväntar de ett försenat plan och alltefter timmarna går blir konfrontationerna mer obönhörliga. Vad händer när man inser att man plötsligt är tre personer i en parrelation? ”Jag var inte tillfångatagen. Jag satt inte gisslan. Jag var inte i helvetet. Det var inte djävulen som slagit sig ner vid mitt bord för ett kort småprat. Djävulen hade bockfot. Djävulen drack inte päronfestis. Haralds mamma var en helt vanlig kvinna som ville träffa sin son efter att han tillbringat sex veckor på ett behandlingshem i norska fjällen. Den stora frå... continue
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Henry VI Part 2 by William Shakespeare EN
EnglandDescription:
Henry VI, Part 2 presents a kind of story that was popular before Shakespeare began writing, tracing the fall of powerful individuals to their untimely deaths. The first to go is the Duke of Gloucester, Lord Protector of England and the most powerful man in the kingdom, who is murdered after his wife goes into exile. Next to meet a bad end is the Duke of Suffolk, the queen’s lover, who rules England through her. After Suffolk conspires with the cardinal of Winchester to kill Gloucester, he is banished and assassinated. The cardinal dies raving of his own guilt. Ultimately, the king’s weakness ... continue
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Henry VI, Part 1 by William Shakespeare EN
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The acclaimed Pelican Shakespeare series edited by A. R. Braunmuller and Stephen Orgel The legendary Pelican Shakespeare series features authoritative and meticulously researched texts paired with scholarship by renowned Shakespeareans. Each book includes an essay on the theatrical world of Shakespeare’s time, an introduction to the individual play, and a detailed note on the text used. Updated by general editors Stephen Orgel and A. R. Braunmuller, these easy-to-read editions incorporate over thirty years of Shakespeare scholarship undertaken since the original series, edited by Alfred Harbag... continue
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Hyper by Agri Ismaïl SV
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En uppslukande och skarp roman om en kurdisk familjs sönderfall, med finanskrisen 2008 som fond.I skydd av natten flyr Rafiq Kermanj Teheran med sin fru Xezal och deras tre barn. Rafiq försöker bygga ett nytt liv åt sin familj i London, men förlamas av allt han har förlorat.I vuxen ålder går de tre syskonen skilda vägar. Äldste sonen Mohammed stannar i London och söker sig till den brutala finansbranschen. Siver, dottern i familjen, försvinner in i ett olyckligt äktenskap i Bagdad. Yngsta sonen Laika drar sig undan till en tillvaro helt levd online. Från en visningslägenhet vid Manhattans Wall... continue
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United States of America