European Fiction

The Importance of Being Earnest is undoubtably Oscar Wilde's best known play probably due to its sharp wit that cannot help but enchant and entertain any reader, theatregoer or listener with this performance.

OPOWIEŚĆ O POLSKIEJ NIEMCE, KTÓRA MUSIAŁA DOKONAĆ OSTATECZNEGO WYBORU. Magdalena Pohl jest dziedziczką fortuny łódzkiego fabrykanta niemieckiego pochodzenia, maturzystką 1938 roku. Ma wokół siebie czwórkę przyjaciół: Polkę, Żydówkę oraz ich braci. Młodość to także miłość – Magda kocha Poldka Rosenmana i jednocześnie wzdycha do brata przyjaciółki, Stefana Brychczyńskiego. Wybuch II wojny światowej przerywa beztroskie lata i dziewczyna musi zmierzyć się z ciężarem swojej podwójnej tożsamości. Wkrótce nawiązuje współpracę z niemieckimi władzami okupacyjnymi, a jednocześnie podejmuje służbę w ZWZ, a potem w Armii Krajowej.

Narin ist neun, als in dem ezidischen Dorf am Tigris Planierraupen auftauchen. Ihre Heimat soll einem Dammbauprojekt der türkischen Regierung weichen. Die Großmutter, fest entschlossen, die Enkelin an einem ungestörten Ort taufen zu lassen, bereitet alles für die Reise ins heilige Lalisch-Tal vor. Kurz vor Aufbruch stößt Narin auf das Grab eines gewissen Arthur – direkt neben dem ihrer Ururgroßmutter Leila.

È mattina, e Fie non vede l’ora di ricevere il suo messaggio quotidiano. Poche righe che contengono un compito da svolgere per tornare a vivere davvero e rompere la monotonia di giornate sempre uguali. Da qualche settimana, infatti, segue un calendario dell’Avvento in cui a ogni casella corrispondono un consiglio, un obiettivo o una motivazione. Non è certa di farcela, ma non ha nulla da perdere, e decide di accettare la sfida: solo così, in fondo, può mettersi in gioco davvero. A inventare questo stratagemma è stata sua sorella.

This is the story of Katherine Plantagenet, self-proclaimed “daughter, sister, and aunt of kings,” who endures extraordinarily traumatic reversals of fortune, as her life swings through wealth and adversity. A glittering future as an English princess is swept away by the untimely death of her father, Edward IV, and the usurpation of her brother Edward V's throne. Surrounded by murderous intrigue, conspiracy and ambition, Katherine and her sisters fear what lies in store.

When London Rose, 33, is proposed to by her longtime boyfriend, she realizes she is facing a stable, predictable, predetermined (and passionless) life. She freaks out and runs the other way, accepting instead a job across the Atlantic, as a tour-guide on a high-end European cruise line that travels through a country a day. London and her crew sail into the beautiful northern city of Oslo, admiring its gorgeous archipelago of islands and its local architecture and cuisine. It is the perfect stop - until, on a fishing outing, London reels in not the local cod, but a dead body.

1860. Después de que la madre no lograra sobrevivir al parto, el doctor Eldh decide cuidar y esconder en su casa de campo a la bebé sobreviviente. Desde su nacimiento, la niña, bautizada como Cesárea, vive aislada en el bosque de Liltuna, donde se enfrenta a una serie de situaciones que moldean su percepción del mundo y la llevan a experimentar el amor, la curiosidad, el miedo y la soledad en un asfixiante espacio de reclusión. Mientras la niña es acosada por sueños perturbadores, también parece recordar una serie de instrucciones que podrían provenir de su difunta madre.

Spanning politics and art, music and baseball, Cuba on the Verge is a timely look at a society’s profound transformation - from inside and out. Standing on both sides of the divide between the US and Cuba, 12 of our most celebrated writers investigate this period of momentous transition.

When London Rose, 33, is proposed to by her longtime boyfriend, she realizes she is facing a stable, predictable, predetermined (and passionless) life. She freaks out and runs the other way - accepting instead a job across the Atlantic, as a tour guide on a high-end European cruise line that travels through a country a day. London is searching for a more romantic, unscripted, and exciting life that she feels sure exists out there somewhere.

When London Rose, 33, is proposed to by her longtime boyfriend, she realizes she is facing a stable, predictable, pre-determined (and passionless) life. She freaks out and runs the other way - accepting instead a job across the Atlantic, as a tour-guide on a high-end European cruise line that travels through a country a day. London is searching for a more romantic, unscripted, and exciting life that she feels sure exists out there somewhere.

In book three, Crime (and Lager), the cruise takes them into Germany, into its historic towns and fabled beer festivals. But when a festival goer - a loud, arrogant local - turns up dead from drinking too much beer, suspicion falls on the touring passengers. The death is quickly ruled a murder, and London realizes her future - and that of the ship - hinges on her solving the crime.

Triggered by a memory with her ex-boyfriend from college, Vanessa bought a ticket and backpacked in Germany to look for her first love, an exchange student with whom she had lost contact with many years ago. All she had was a travel guide full of clues and her memories to rely on.

When an eccentric millionaire presents at the Dublin Coroner's Office to report a found treasure, Benjamin Stirling sends him on to the National Museum. It is only when the man is found dead on his land on Tarrow Island and no treasure is mentioned when Stirling begins to get suspicious.

When Aideen Darker realizes she stands before a recently murdered man with wads of cash on him, she has two options. Call the police, or pocket the money and dispose of the body—she chose the wrong option!

In Murder (and Baklava), when London Rose, 33, is proposed to by her long-time boyfriend, she realizes she is facing a stable, predictable, pre-determined (and passionless) life. She freaks out and runs the other way—accepting instead a job across the Atlantic, as a tour-guide on a high-end European cruise line that travels through a country a day. London is searching for a more romantic, unscripted, and exciting life that she feels sure exists out there somewhere.

Unfolding on the vast grasslands of the steppes of Kazakhstan before its independence from the USSR, this haunting novel limns the struggles of the world through the eyes of Nasyr, a simple fisherman and village elder, and his resolute son, Kakharman. Both father and son confront the terrible future that is coming to the poisoned Aral Sea.

In Book 2, Death (and Apple Strudel), the cruise takes London Rose and friends into Vienna and Salzburg, home of Mozart and the birthplace of music, and all seems picture-perfect. Until, that is, their tour guide turns up dead after giving the passengers a tour of Mozart’s theatre. Suspicion falls on them. Who could have killed her? And why?

Жан-Мишель Генассия — писатель, стремительно набравший популярность в последние годы, автор романов "Клуб неисправимых оптимистов", "Удивительная жизнь Эрнесто Че" и "Обмани-Смерть". Критики по всему миру в один голос признали "Клуб неисправимых оптимистов" блестящей книгой, а французские лицеисты вручили автору Гонкуровскую премию. Герою романа двенадцать лет. Париж, начало 1960-х, пресловутый переходный возраст, когда все — школа, общение с родителями и вообще жизнь — дается трудно. Мишель Марини ничем не отличается от сверстников, кроме увлечения фотографией и самозабвенной любви к чтению.

Орхан Памук — известный турецкий писатель, обладатель многочисленных национальных и международных премий, в числе которых Нобелевская премия по литературе за «поиск души своего меланхолического города». Новый роман Памука «Мои странные мысли», над которым он работал последние шесть лет, возможно, самый стамбульский из всех. Его действие охватывает более сорока лет — с 1969 по 2012 год. Главный герой Мевлют работает на улицах Стамбула, наблюдая, как улицы наполняются новыми людьми, город обретает и теряет новые и старые здания, из Анатолии приезжают на заработки бедняки.

Blanc alcanzó su cima literaria contando de forma novelada su azarosa vida en tres novelas que abordan su problemática infancia, su paso por un batallón de castigo en África y su participación en la guerra civil española.