Drama genre books (173)


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The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden EN

Rating: 4 (7 votes)
Country: Asia / Israel flag Israel
Description:
"It is 1961 and the rural Dutch province of Overijssel is quiet. Bomb craters have been filled, buildings reconstructed, and the war is truly over. Living alone in her late mother's country home, Isabel knows her life is as it should be, led by routine and discipline. But all is upended when her brother Louis brings his graceless new girlfriend Eva, leaving her at Isabel's doorstep as a guest, to stay for the season. Eva is Isabel's antithesis: she sleeps late, walks loudly through the house, and touches things she shouldn't. In response, Isabel develops a fury-fueled obsession, and when thing... continue

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The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden EN

Rating: 5 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / Netherlands flag Netherlands
Description:
"It is 1961 and the rural Dutch province of Overijssel is quiet. Bomb craters have been filled, buildings reconstructed, and the war is truly over. Living alone in her late mother's country home, Isabel knows her life is as it should be, led by routine and discipline. But all is upended when her brother Louis brings his graceless new girlfriend Eva, leaving her at Isabel's doorstep as a guest, to stay for the season. Eva is Isabel's antithesis: she sleeps late, walks loudly through the house, and touches things she shouldn't. In response, Isabel develops a fury-fueled obsession, and when thing... continue

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The Sand Child by Tahar Ben Jelloun EN

Rating: 5 (1 vote)
Country: Africa / Morocco flag Morocco
Description:
A poetic vision of power, colonialism, and gender in North Africa, The Sand Child has been justifiably celebrated around the world as a daring and significant work of international fiction.

164.

The Third Policeman : A Novel by Flann O'Brien EN

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / England flag England
Description:
With the publication of The Third Policeman, Dalkey Archive Press now has all of O'Brien's fiction back in print.

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The Winter's Tale by William Shakespeare EN

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Country: Europe / England flag England
Description:
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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Through Black Spruce by Joseph boyden EN

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A young Cree woman who has been searching for her missing sister sits at the hospital bedside of her unconscious uncle, an injured bush pilot. Both share family tragedies and personal resiliance.


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Verwirrung der Gefühle by Stefan Zweig DE

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Country: Europe / Austria flag Austria
Description:
»Wir erleben Myriaden Sekunden, und doch wird’s immer nur eine, eine einzige, die unsere ganze innere Welt in Wallung bringt« – und es ist jene Sekunde, an die sich der 60-jährige Englischprofessor erinnert, als er die ihm gewidmete Festschrift durchsieht, in der so viele Namen stehen, aber der eine fehlt: der Name jenes Mannes, der sein Schicksal bestimmte. Die Erinnerung ruft ihn in seine Jugend zurück, in seine Studienzeit, als eine brillante Vorlesung seine Leidenschaft für das Lernen weckte – und eine eigentümliche Faszination für den... continue

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Victoria by Knut Hamsun EN

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Country: Europe / Norway flag Norway
Description:
The Nobel Prize winner’s poetic, psychologically intense portrayal of love’s predicament in a class-bound society A Penguin Classic Set in a coastal village of late nineteenth-century Norway, Victoria follows two lovers whose yearnings are as powerful as the circumstances that conspire to thwart their romance. Johannes, a miller’s son turned poet, finds inspiration for his writing in his passionate devotion to Victoria, a daughter of the impoverished lord of the manor, who feels constrained by family loyalty to accept the wealthy young man of her father’s choice. Separated by class barriers an... continue

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Violets by Kyung-Sook Shin EN

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Country: Asia / South Korea flag South Korea
Description:
Terlahir sebagai anak yang tak diinginkan, Oh San-yi sudah merasakan penolakan dan kehilangan sejak kecil, yang—walaupun tak kasatmata—tetap meninggalkan jejak yang mengikutinya sampai ia tumbuh dewasa. Kini Oh San-yi yang berusia 23 tahun bekerja di toko bunga dan menjalani kehidupan sepi di tengah hiruk-pikuk pusat kota Seoul. Pada suatu hari di musim panas, ia bertemu dengan seorang fotografer yang datang ke toko bunga untuk memotret bunga violet. Pertemuan itu menjungkirbalikkan hidupnya yang monoton dan abu-abu, menariknya ke dalam pusaran gairah, dan memerangkapnya dalam obsesi yang meng... continue