Deutscher Bücherbund
Stutgart / München
Germany
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Alle Herrlichkeit auf Erden
An autobiographical romance novel about a Eurasian doctor and a Western journalist in Hong Kong in 1949, amidst wars and prejudice. The best-known work of Chinese-Belgian doctor and writer Han Suyin.
Boheme
The novel depicts the lives of poor artists, writers, and musicians in Paris's Latin Quarter in the 1840s. A romantic, cheerful, and tragic portrayal of bohemian life full of love, poverty, and art.
Das Foucaultsche Pendel
Three bored Milanese editors invent a gigantic conspiracy "Plan" linked to the Templars and occult societies. The game becomes a deadly reality.
Das große Versprechen
After being rescued as an orphan by a wealthy worker, Lally grows up with his family. Through the hardships of war and the social upheavals of the 20th century, her loyalty and promise are put to the test.
Der Wächter des Herzens / Blaue Flecken auf der Seele / Ein bißchen Sonne im kalten Wasser
Françoise Sagan's three novels tell elegant, melancholic stories of love, depression, transience, and the intellectual bourgeoisie of the 1960s/70s.
Deutsche Gedichte des 19. Jahrhunderts
Deutsche Gedichte des 19. Jahrhunderts is an anthology edited in 1984 by the distinguished German writer, poet, and essayist Peter Härtling (1933–2017) for the Deutscher Bücherbund.
Die amerikanische Braut
A psychological novel by Italian writer and director Mario Soldati about a love triangle, later adapted into a film: Italian professor Edoardo, his American wife Edith and her friend Anna. Passion, deception and tragedy.
Die Camerons
Robert Crichton's epic saga about a Scottish family from the late 19th century. Marital discord, pride and an uncompromising pursuit of a better life intertwine through the miners' struggle against exploitation.
Die Geheimnisse von Pittsburgh
Michael Chabon's novel "The Secrets of Pittsburgh" is the story of student Arthur coming of age, as he confronts love, friendship, and the search for identity in the city of Pittsburgh.
Die Kameliendame
The young Armand Duval falls in love with the courtesan Marguerite Gautier, known as the Lady with the Camellias. Their passionate love is destroyed by social prejudice and victimhood.