Read Around Europe Challenge

Recommended Challenge Books (548)

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Lust by Elfriede Jelinek EN

Rating: 2 1 Vote

Country: Europe /

Austria

Description:

In post-World War II Austria, Gerti, a woman on the verge of a breakdown due to her husband's relentless sexual attentions, wanders away from home one day and is rescued by an ambitious young man who turns out to be much like her husband.

Genre fiction Feminism

Tags: Set in AUSTRIA Female author Nobel Prize in Literature

Recommended: 04 Jan 2023

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Les désarrois de l'élève Törless by Robert Musil FR

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Country: Europe /

Austria

Genre fiction

Recommended: 25 Jan 2023

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The Case of the Lamp That Went Out by Auguste Groner EN

Rating: 2 1 Vote

Country: Europe /

Austria

Description:

Reprint of the detective novel starring Joseph Müller, Secret Service detective of the Imperial Austrian police.

Genre fiction Mystery

Tags: Set in AUSTRIA Female author

Recommended: 25 Jan 2023

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The Unwomanly Face of War by Svetlana Alexievich EN

Rating: 4.6 8 Votes

Country: Europe /

Belarus

Description:

The long-awaited translation of the classic oral history of Soviet women's experiences in the Second World War - from the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature Bringing together dozens of voices in her distinctive style, The Unwomanly Face of War is Svetlana Alexievich's collection of stories from Soviet women who lived through the Second World War: on the front lines, on the home front, and in occupied territories. As Alexievich gives voice to women who are absent from official narratives - captains, sergeants, nurses, snipers, pilots - she shows us a new version of the war we're so familia... continue

Genre fiction

Tags: Female author

Recommended: 20 Feb 2022

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Voices from Chernobyl by Svetlana Alexiévich EN

Rating: 3.7 8 Votes

Country: Europe /

Belarus

Description:

The people of Chernobyl talk about their lives before, during, and after the worst nuclear reactor accident in history which occurred on April 26, 1986 in Chernobyl.

Genre fiction Historical

Tags: Set in UKRAINE Female author

Recommended: 06 Mar 2022

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Wave of Terror : A Novel by Theodore Odrach, Emma Odrach, T.F. Rigelhof EN

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Country: Europe /

Belarus

Description:

This novel is a major literary discovery, and Odrach is drawing favorable comparisons with such eminent writers as Chekhov and Solzhenitsyn. Odrach wrote in Ukrainian, while living an exile's life in Toronto. This remarkable book is a microcosm of Soviet history, and Odrach provides a first-hand account of events during the Stalinist era that newsreels never covered. It has special value as a sensitive and realistic portrait of the times, while capturing the internal drama of the characters with psychological concision. Odrach creates a powerful and moving picture, and manages to show what lif... continue

Genre fiction

Tags: Male author

Recommended: 07 Sep 2022

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