Showing posts with label European Literature. Show all posts
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Thursday, 22 December 2016

The Queen of the South By Arturo Pérez-Reverte


The Queen of the South
Title : The Queen of the South
Author :
ISBN : 0330413147
Format : Paperback
Number of Pages : 528




Guero Davila is a pilot engaged in drug smuggling for the local cartels Teresa Mendoza is his girlfriend, a typical narco s morra quiet, doting, submissive But then Guero s caught playing both sides, and in Sinaloa, that means death Teresa finds herself alone, terrified, friendless and running to save her life, carrying nothing but a gym bag containing a pistol and a Guero Davila is a pilot engaged in drug smuggling More...

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Friday, 16 December 2016

Vissen voeren By Fabio Genovesi


Vissen voeren
Title : Vissen voeren
Author :
ISBN :
Format : Hardcover
Number of Pages : 384




Fiorenzo, Mirko en Tiziana drie levens die elkaar kruisen op een onwaarschijnlijke, desolate plek in de wereld Muglione, in het Toscaanse binnenland, een streek van werkeloosheid en stilstaande wateren Het is de plek waar Fiorenzo al jong zijn moeder verloor, waar Tiziana naar terugkeert vanuit Berlijn en waar Mirko voorbestemd lijkt voor een grote fietstoekomst. More...

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The Convalescent By Jessica Anthony


The Convalescent
Title : The Convalescent
Author :
ISBN : 193478110X
Format : Hardcover
Number of Pages : 240




The Convalescent is the story of a small, bearded man selling meat out of a bus parked next to a stream in suburban Virginiaand also, somehow, the story of ten thousand years of Hungarian history Jessica Anthony, the inaugural winner of the Amanda Davis Highwire Fiction Award, makes an unforgettable debut with an unforgettable hero Rovar kos Pfliegmand unlikely band The Convalescent is the story of a small, bearded man selling meat out of a More...

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Sunday, 27 November 2016

Molly Fox's Birthday By Deirdre Madden


Molly Fox's Birthday
Title : Molly Fox's Birthday
Author :
ISBN : 0312429541
Format : Paperback
Number of Pages : 221




A Finalist for the Orange PrizeIt is the height of summer, and celebrated actor Molly Fox has loaned her house in Dublin to a friend while she is away performing in New York Alone among all of Molly s possessions, struggling to finish her latest play, she looks back on the many years and many phases of her friendship with Molly and their college friend Andrew, and comes t A Finalist for the Orange PrizeIt is the heig More...

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Saturday, 12 November 2016

Bashan and I By Thomas Mann


Bashan and I
Title : Bashan and I
Author :
ISBN : 0812218337
Format : Paperback
Number of Pages : 247




Bashan and I is the moving story of Thomas Mann s relationship with his spirited German short haired pointer From their first encounter at a local farm, Mann reveals how he slowly grows to love this energetic, loyal, and intelligent animal Taking daily walks in the nearby parkland, Mann begins to understand and appreciate Bashan as a living being, witnessing his native d

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Wednesday, 5 October 2016

Montfort (Monfort, #1) By Katherine Ashe


Montfort (Monfort, #1)
Title : Montfort (Monfort, #1)
Author :
ISBN : 143926466X
Format : Paperback
Number of Pages : 332




Simon begins his life in England as a callow and prudish youth who must win his family s lapsed earldom at King Henry s dissolute Court Soon Simon s pride and presumption are shattered as he first becomes obsessed with a passion for the young heretic Queen Eleanor, and then falls in love with a nun who is the King s sister High points a jousting tournament, the decadent Simon begins his life in England as a callow and prudish youth who must win his family More...

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Ich bin dann mal weg By Hape Kerkeling


Ich bin dann mal weg
Title : Ich bin dann mal weg
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ISBN : 3890293123
Format : Hardcover
Number of Pages : 347




Hape Kerkeling, Deutschlands vielseitigster TV Entertainer, lief zu Fu zum Grab des heiligen Jakob ber 600 Kilometer durch Spanien bis nach Santiago de Compostela und erlebte die reinigende Kraft der Pilgerreise Ein au ergew hnliches Buch voller Witz, Weisheit und W rme, ein ehrlicher Bericht ber die Suche nach Gott und sich selbst und den unsch tzbaren Wert des Wa Hape Kerkeling, Deutschlands vielseitigster TV Enter More...

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De zwaardvis By Hugo Claus


De zwaardvis
Title : De zwaardvis
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ISBN : 9070066742
Format : Paperback
Number of Pages : 95




Tijdens het verloop van een idyllische zomerdag op het land kruisen de lotsbestemmingen van vier mensen elkaar Een jonge, gescheiden vrouw, haar grillige zoontje, een aan lager wal geraakte veearts en een dorpsonderwijzer Een redeloze misdaad wordt begaan Droombeeld en hartstocht, verlangen en teloorgang worden met elkaar verweven tot een intrigerend en bovenal spannend Tijdens het verloop van een idyllische zomerdag More...

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Monday, 12 September 2016

Howards End By E.M. Forster


Howards End
Title : Howards End
Author :
ISBN : 0453008097
Format : Audio CD
Number of Pages :




A strong willed and intelligent woman refuses to allow the pretensions of her husband s smug English family to ruin her life Read by Emma Thompson Movie tie in Book available. More...

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Thursday, 25 August 2016

Painted Ladies By Catherine MacLeod


Painted Ladies
Title : Painted Ladies
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ISBN : 1855143216
Format : Hardcover
Number of Pages :




The court of Charles II was a focus for exuberance, glamor and revelry after the constraints of the Civil War and Interregnum Portraits, both literary and visual, were an important part of the cultural production of the court, reflecting the spirit of the age as much as the characteristics of the individuals portrayed The magnificent oil paintings of court women are some The court of Charles II was a focus for exuber More...

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Friday, 1 July 2016

Perfume By Patrick Süskind


Perfume
Title : Perfume
Author :
ISBN : 0307277763
Format : Paperback
Number of Pages : 255




An acclaimed bestseller and international sensation, Patrick Suskind s classic novel provokes a terrifying examination of what happens when one man s indulgence in his greatest passion his sense of smell leads to murder.In the slums of eighteenth century France, the infant Jean Baptiste Grenouille is born with one sublime gift an absolute sense of smell As a boy, he lives An acclaimed bestseller and international sen More...

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Kiss of the Spider Woman By Manuel Puig


Kiss of the Spider Woman
Title : Kiss of the Spider Woman
Author :
ISBN : 0679724494
Format : Paperback
Number of Pages : 288




Sometimes they talk all night long In the still darkness of their cell, Molina re weaves the glittering and fragile stories of the film he loves, and the cynical Valentin listens Valentin believes in the just cause which makes all suffering bearable Molina believes in the magic of love which makes all else endurable Each has always been alone, and always especially n Sometimes they talk all night long In the still darkness of their cell, Molina re weaves t More...

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Friday, 10 June 2016

Wittgenstein's Nephew By Thomas Bernhard


Wittgenstein's Nephew
Title : Wittgenstein's Nephew
Author :
ISBN : 0226043924
Format : Paperback
Number of Pages : 106




It is 1967 In separate wings of a Viennese hospital, two men lie bedridden The narrator, Thomas Bernhard, is stricken with a lung ailment his friend Paul, nephew of the celebrated philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein, is suffering from one of his periodic bouts of madness As their once casual friendship quickens, these two eccentric men begin to discover in each other a pos It is 1967 In separate wings of a Viennese hospital, two men lie bedridden The narrator, More...

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Wednesday, 20 April 2016

The Selected Poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke By Rainer Maria Rilke


The Selected Poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke
Title : The Selected Poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke
Author :
ISBN : 0679722017
Format : Paperback
Number of Pages : 356




Parallel German text and English translation.The influence and popularity of Rilke s poetry in America have never been greater than they are today, than fifty years after his death Rilke is unquestionably the most significant and compelling poet of romantic transformation, of spiritual quest, that the twentieth century has known His poems of ecstatic identification Parallel German text and English translation.The influence and popularity of Rilke s poetry in America have never been greater than More...

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Friday, 4 March 2016

Troll By Johanna Sinisalo


Troll
Title : Troll
Author :
ISBN : 0802141293
Format : Paperback
Number of Pages : 278




Everyone has their rough nights, but things have clearly taken a turn for the surreal when Angel, a young photographer, finds a group of drunken teenagers in the courtyard of his apartment building, taunting a young troll Trolls are known in Scandinavian mythology as wild beasts like the werewolf, but this troll is just a small, wounded creature Angel decides to offer it Everyone has their rough nights, but things ha More...

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Thursday, 4 February 2016

Soldier Against the Odds By Lofty Large


Soldier Against the Odds
Title : Soldier Against the Odds
Author :
ISBN : 1840183462
Format : Paperback
Number of Pages : 320




Lofty Large has known the exhilaration of victory and the terrible despondency of defeat, the satisfaction of seeing his enemies go down and the horrific crash of bullets smashing into his own body In Soldier Against the Odds he discusses the paradox of army life, from the great parades with hundreds of marching troops, to the weeks and months of silent movement, every ne Lofty Large has known the exhilaration More...

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Saturday, 9 January 2016

De Bijenkorf By Camilo José Cela


De Bijenkorf
Title : De Bijenkorf
Author :
ISBN : 9029076151
Format : Hardcover
Number of Pages : 286




Madrid tijdens de winter van 1942 De kleine burgerij vegeteert in koffiehuizen en bordelen het leven sleept zich voort in de monotonie van onbeduidende conflicten en schaarse momenten van geluk Een bonte stoet Madrilenen trekt voorbij biddend, ruzi nd, roddelend, de liefde bedrijvend More...

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