Howard Curtis
Author
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
An unflinching, inspirational, and incredibly moving novel based on the true story of Enaiatollah Akbari, a young boy whose agonizing struggle begins after his native Afghanistan becomes a dangerous place to live. His mother shepherds him across the border into Pakistan but has to leave him there to fend for himself.
2) Guys like me
Author
Publisher
New Vessel Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Dominique Fabre, born in Paris and a lifelong resident of the city, exposes the shadowy, anonymous lives of many who inhabit the French capital. In this quiet, subdued tale, a middle-aged office worker, divorced and alienated from his only son, meets up with two childhood friends who are similarly adrift, without passions or prospects. He's looking for a second act to his mournful life, seeking the harbor of love and a true connection with his son....
Author
Publisher
Europa Editions
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"François Villon, wayward poet and notorious outlaw, disappeared from view in 1436, aged 32. Nothing is known of what happened to him after he was banished from France. Jerusalmy's novel starts where the history books cut out, finding Villon as he languishes in jail. To escape execution, he enters into a questionable relationship with a bishop in the pay of Louis XI. All Villon has to do to earn his freedom is to convince a printer and bookseller...
5) Lovers
Author
Publisher
Europa Editions
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
"Sébastien is fifteen years old and already versed in the medicinal arts when he meets the young nobleman Balthazar de Créon, whose life he saves after the latter is thrown from a horse. De Créon, struck by the boy's beauty as much by his talents as a healer, orders Sébastien to his manor some months later so he can instruct him in the ways of the court, hoping thus to install him as Louis XV's surgeon. His motives, however, are clouded by his...
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"A police identity check goes wrong. The victim, Sa�id, is fifteen years old. Mattia is just eleven years old, and while he didn't know Sa�id, he sees the boy's face all over the neighborhood, graffitied on walls in red paint, demanding "Justice." Mattia decides to put the pieces of the puzzle together and to try to understand what happened. Because even the dead don't stay buried forever. And nothing is ever really lost." --
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"The first novel from award-winning author Gianfranco Calligarich to be published in English, Last Summer in the City is a witty and despairing classic of Italian literature. Biting, tragic, and endlessly quotable, this translated edition features an introductory appreciation from longtime fan New York Times bestselling author André Aciman"--
In a city smothering under the summer sun and an overdose of la dolce vita, Leo Gazarra spends his time...
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