Títulos em Literatura Mundial

Um romance inspirador que leva o leitor para um espaço mágico na fronteira entre a vida, a morte e a cura, e mostra que até as almas mais perdidas podem achar um lugar para chamar de lar. Bem-vindos à confeitaria Hwawoldang, onde cada mordida satisfaz o corpo e a alma. Quando Yeonhwa perde a avó, uma mulher enigmática e distante, ela recebe como herança a confeitaria Hwawoldang, que está na família há gerações.

Neste clássico moderno traduzido pela primeira vez para o português, Montserrat Roig examina como os acontecimentos políticos são capazes de moldar toda uma geração. É primavera de 1974, e Natàlia Miralpeix acaba de voltar a Barcelona depois de mais de uma década vivendo entre a França e a Inglaterra. O regime franquista está próximo do fim, e uma atmosfera de mudança cultural e política impregna a cidade.

Someone recommended Crime and Punishment. Maybe it was a professor. Maybe it was that person at the coffee shop who looked very thoughtful. Maybe you just wanted to seem interesting at parties. Whatever the reason, you're now 200 pages into a Russian novel where a sweaty man has a theory about Napoleon, and you're starting to suspect you've made a terrible mistake. Welcome. You're in the right place.

L'avvocato del diavolo immagina un futuro distopico in cui la Russia è governata da un nuovo regime dopo l'improvvisa caduta del Leader Nazionale, chiara trasfigurazione dell'attuale presidente Putin. Quando Boris Turgencikov, uno scrittore dissidente perseguitato dal vecchio esecutivo, torna in Russia per assistere ai cambiamenti messi in atto al suono dello slogan "Onore e Onestà", resta invischiato in una surreale vicenda giudiziaria.

En medio de la crisis económica que sacude España, Ubaldo Contador, un psicólogo de la Policía Nacional, se ve inmerso en una investigación que lo llevará lejos de su hogar y de sus problemas cotidianos. A su lado, la investigadora checa Janka Kopecká lucha por descifrar la mente del implacable criminal conocido como el Mutilador de Praga. Tú no eres Sherlock Holmes es una novela que entrelaza las vidas de estos y otros muchos personajes, cada uno luchando por encontrar su camino en una ciudad que parece devorar a sus habitantes.

En la apacible ciudad de Golden la llegada de Theo despierta curiosidad. Nadie sabe de dónde viene, pero su presencia transforma las vidas de quienes lo rodean. Una mañana, Theo visita una cafetería local en la que hay colgados noventa y dos retratos de la gente de Golden, hechos por un artista local. Conmocionado, decide comprarlos todos y entregarlos a quienes corresponden. Con cada encuentro va tejiendo amistades, y este generoso gesto llena la comunidad de luz y resalta el poder de las relaciones.

Ein Roman über Besessenheit, Freundschaft und das langsame Zerfallen zweier Leben. Eriko hat einen prestigeträchtigen Job in einer Handelsfirma und ein makelloses Leben, doch unter dieser Oberfläche verbirgt sich eine alles verzehrende Einsamkeit. Sie ist fasziniert von Shoko, einer Hausfrau, die wie eine Katze in den Tag hineinlebt und in ihrem Lifestyle-Blog Tagebuch einer nutzlosen Ehefrau von ihrem hausfrauenunüblichen Alltag berichtet.

Yeongdo, Korea 1911. In a small fishing village on the banks of the East Sea, a club-footed, cleft-lipped man marries a fifteen-year-old girl. The couple have one child, their beloved daughter Sunja. When Sunja falls pregnant by a married yakuza, the family face ruin. But then Isak, a Christian minister, offers her a chance of salvation: a new life in Japan as his wife.

Completed in the early 11th century, The Tale of Genji is considered the supreme masterpiece of Japanese prose literature, and one of the world's earliest novels. A work of great length, it comprises six parts, the first part of which (also called The Tale of Genji) is reprinted here. The exact origins of this remarkable saga of the nobility of Heian Japan remain somewhat obscured by time, although its author, Lady Shikibu Murasaki, presumably derived many of her insights into court life from her years of service with the royal family.

Huit femmes embarquent pour un road-trip de deux semaines en Islande. Elles n’ont rien en commun, ou presque. Il y a Rose et Lou, le duo mère-fille; Stéphanie, célibataire sans enfant; Sarah et Chloé, les deux jeunes Parisiennes; Delphine, la cinquantenaire casanière; Carole, la prof de yoga, et Nadine, la retraitée renfrognée. Entre écarts générationnels, personnalités et visions de la vie différentes, il n’est pas toujours facile de faire groupe. Pourtant, de cascades en confidences, de marches en révélations, ce voyage pourrait les transformer.

‘A perfect novel … on the knife’s edge of hilarity and tenderness’ JONATHAN LETHEM From the Booker-shortlisted author of The Sisters Brothers, Patrick deWitt, comes Dodge City, a thrilling novel about a young man on an amphetamine fuelled cross-country road trip fleeing the draft for the...

Born into an aristocratic German Jewish family, Ernst Baerwald is a gifted linguist, talented musician, and fearless idealist. When he’s recruited in 1900 to become a spy—his cover working for a company that would become the notorious chemical conglomerate IG Farben—his life becomes an extraordinary adventure spanning two continents, two world wars, and impossible choices that will haunt him forever.

Tucked away on a narrow side street in Tokyo is the Torunka Café, a neighbourhood nook where the passersby are as likely to be local cats as tourists. Three heartwarming reunions unfold at this visit to the Torunka Café. Chiyoko, an elderly woman who has been frequenting the cafe for 20 years, reflects on her long-forgotten memories of her first love; Kota, a childhood friend of the owner's daughter Shizuku, reveals his complicated true feelings held deep within; and Ayako, an aspiring illustrator at a crossroads in her life, embarks on a journey.

On the road to Lublin, plagued by birds that whistle like a Cossack's sword, three young lads from Mezritsh brave drought, visions, bad shoes, Russian soldiers, cohorts of abandoned women, burnt porridge, dead dogs, haemorrhoids, incessant sneezing, constipation, and bad jokes in order to seek their fortune.

Private investigator Sarah Booth Delaney returns to her Mississippi Delta roots, hoping that long drives through cotton fields and the companionship of her dogs will ease her restless spirit. Instead, she's confronted by a ghostly vision of a woman in white on the Tallahatchie Bridge, who disappears before Sarah Booth can investigate further.

When Joey Zhang’s brother, Sam, drowns off the coast of Kauai, she must return to the island to piece together the clues he left behind. In the process, Joey unearths secrets Sam had kept from her all her life, along with their mother’s journal, which reveals what really happened the night their parents died when Joey was only eleven. With the help of Sam’s best friend Ethan, Joey embarks on a journey to unveil long-buried family trauma that reaches back to a Taiwan plagued with mass violence and totalitarian rule during the White Terror.

Anaya Sebeya is missing. Before her disappearance, Anaya was a brilliant writer: a rising star. Invited to a prestigious writing residency at Günter Huis, an eerie colonial mansion on the slopes of Devil’s Peak, Anaya was supposed to craft the next great African literary masterpiece—and so were four other young, emerging writers, all competing for the grand prize. But Anaya never made it home.

Some places do not ask to be understood. They ask to be witnessed. This story begins with a boy who learns how to disappear—not because he wants to vanish, but because the world has taught him that stillness is safer than being seen. It unfolds on an island off the Maine coast, where silence has weight, where survival is not heroic, and where choice carries consequence.

Pia, vingt ans, a grandi avec sa mère, Rose, à qui la vie n'a pas fait de cadeau, et son parrain Max, qu'elle adore. Au cours d'un séjour sur l'île, Pia et Max découvrent qu'ils pourraient devenir fille et père. Ils se lancent alors dans une procédure d'adoption sans en parler à Rose, qui de son côté prépare une surprise, que Pia n'appréciera guère. Lorsque le père biologique de Pia, Oscar, débarque dans l'équation, tous devront se remettre en question. Pia, Rose, Max et Oscar, cabossés par l'existence, ne demandent qu'à s'aimer, mais les écueils vont s'accumuler sur leur parcours.

Jusqu'à ce jour de 1975, Monta Clare était une petite communauté tranquille des Ozarks. Le jeune Patch McCauley a disparu. Dans la forêt voisine, on a retrouvé son tee-shirt, maculé de sang. Saint, une jeune fille du village au caractère bien affirmé, décide de faire tout ce qui est en son pouvoir pour découvrir ce qui est arrivé à son ami. Trois cent sept jours plus tard, Patch McCauley réapparaît. Il faudra des décennies pour élucider tous les mystères et faire la lumière sur ce qui s'est réellement passé durant ces trois cent sept jours.