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The book won the Yasnaya Polyana Literary Award and the Big Book Award in 2015. It has been translated into twenty-one languages. The first sentence of the novel is "Zuleihka opens her eyes." This sentence in the novel serves as a leitmotiv. Whenever Zuleihka begins to notice or learn something new about herself or her surroundings, the ...
He described the events as seen through the eyes of a small child in his book Kinderjaren (Childhood), which was published in Dutch in 1978 on the advice of Herzberg. Translations have been published in Canada, Denmark, Germany, United Kingdom, Finland, Greece, Hungary, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Japan, Croatia, Norway, Poland, Spain, USA, Sweden.
Writing for Locus, Russell Lesson called the book a "tale with a lot of heart" and praised its mashup of the science fiction and fantasy genres. [3] Publishers Weekly called Tchaikovsky a "master of the genre mash-up", writing that he "wows with this inventive and empathetic story of courage, science, and magic".
Solenoid is a 2015 novel by Mircea Cărtărescu written in the 2010s [1] and, according to Cărtărescu, in a single draft without revision. [2] [3] The English translation by Sean Cotter was published in 2022.
The Pigeon (German: Die Taube) is a 1987 novella by German writer Patrick Süskind.Taking place in a single day, the story follows a solitary Parisian bank security guard who undergoes an existential crisis when a pigeon roosts in front of his one-room apartment's door, prohibiting him entrance to his private sanctuary.
Francisco Sionil José (December 3, 1924 – January 6, 2022) was a Filipino writer who was one of the most widely read in the English language. [1] [2] A National Artist of the Philippines for Literature, which was bestowed upon him in 2001, José's novels and short stories depict the social underpinnings of class struggles and colonialism in Filipino society. [3]
Publishers Weekly named it one of the 100 best books of the year. [6] A reviewer for Dread Central was critical, writing that "the author forgot to tie up a lot of loose ends, for example why the entire town is in lock-down in the first place and dependent on the massacre of its perennial monster."
On Book Marks, the book received a "pan" consensus, based on eleven critic reviews: three "positive" and one "mixed" and seven "pan". [1] In Books in the Media, a site that aggregates critic reviews of books, the book received a (2.35 out of 5) from the site which was based on eleven critic reviews.