Contemporary fiction genre books (1051)
1041.
You Truly Assumed by Laila Sabreen EN
Country: North America / 
United States of America
United States of America
Description:
"You Truly Assumed is a beautiful portrayal of the multitude of ways to be Black and Muslim while navigating our contemporary world. A must-read for everyone."--Adiba Jaigirdar, author of The Henna Wars In this compelling and thought-provoking debut novel, after a terrorist attack rocks the country and anti-Islamic sentiment stirs, three Black Muslim girls create a space where they can shatter assumptions and share truths. Sabriya has her whole summer planned out in color-coded glory, but those plans go out the window after a terrorist attack near her home. When the terrorist is assumed to be ... continue
1042.
Haiti
Philippines1044.
Your Absence Is Darkness by Jón Kalman Stefánsson, Kalman Stefànsson Jã3n EN
IcelandDescription:
"Comparisons do not do justice to the complexity of Stefansson's book, nor the uniqueness of his prose" DANIEL MASON, author of North Woods "Stefánsson shares the elemental grandeur of Cormac McCarthy" EILEEN BATTERSBY, TLS "A rich depiction of life, love and loss . . . Stefánsson is a writer of great scope and imagination" RONAN HESSION, author of Leonard and Hungry Paul "Stefánsson's prose rolls and surges with oceanic splendour" BOYD TONKIN, Spectator A spellbinding saga about the inhabitants and inheritors of one rural community, by one of Iceland's most celebrated novelists. A man comes t... continue
1045.
Zikora by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie EN
NigeriaDescription:
The emotional storms weathered by a mother and daughter yield a profound new understanding in a moving short story by the bestselling, award-winning author of Americanah and We Should All Be Feminists When Zikora, a DC lawyer from Nigeria, tells her equally high-powered lover that she's pregnant, he abandons her. But it's Zikora's demanding, self-possessed mother, in town for the birth, who makes Zikora feel like a lonely little girl all over again. Shunned by the speed with which her ideal life fell apart, Zikora turns to reflecting on her mother's painful past and struggle for dignity. Prepa... continue
1046.
Zündels Abgang by Markus Werner DE
Country: Europe / 
Switzerland
Switzerland
Description:
Een dertiger breekt bij het aanbreken van de grote vakantie uit zijn burgerlijk bestaan los.
Denmark
Afghanistan1049.
Ο Άντρας μου by Rumena Bužarovska GR
Country: Europe / 
North Macedonia
North Macedonia
Description:
Έντεκα γυναίκες μιλούν χωρίς ταμπού για την καθημερινότητά τους και τη σχέση με τους συντρόφους τους. Οι αφηγήτριες πλάθουν με τρόπο ανελέητο τα πορτρέτα των ανδρών παρουσιάζοντας τα ελαττώματά τους -μοιχοί, χειριστικοί, υποκριτές, βάναυσοι, απατεώνες, φαντασμένοι-, ενώ αποκαλύπτουν με τόλμη και τον εαυτό τους: τα σχέδια της ζωής τους, τις ήττες, τις ελπίδες, τις ψευδαισθήσεις, αλλά και τις αδυναμίες τους. Έντεκα ιστορίες, έντεκα παραλλαγές της πατριαρχίας, άλλοτε σκληρά ρεαλιστικές, άλλοτε σουρεαλιστικές ακόμα και αστείες, από τη Ρούμενα Μπουζάροφσκα (Βόρεια Μακεδονία, γενν. 1981), μια από τι... continue
Czech Republic