Kapitoil
7 best books like Kapitoil (Teddy Wayne): The Body in Question, So Lucky, Every Man for Himself, So Much for That, Unspeakable Love: Gay and Lesbian Life in the Middle East, The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ, Monstruas y centauras: nuevos lenguajes del feminismo
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From the author of Heroic Measures (“Smart and funny and completely surprising . . . I loved every page” —Ann Patchett), Act of God (“A feat of literary magic”—Booklist) and, with Amy Hempel, The Hand That Feeds You (“An unnerving, elegant page-turner”...
| Author | Nicola Griffith |
| ISBN | 0374265925 |
From the author of Hild, a fierce and urgent autobiographical novel about a woman facing down a formidable foe.
So Lucky is the sharp, surprising new novel by Nicola Griffith—the profoundly personal and emphatically political story of a confident woman forced to confront an unnerving...
| Author | Beryl Bainbridge |
| ISBN | 0786704675 |
The story of the maiden voyage of the Titanic is a familiar one, but Bainbridge still managed an impressively fresh reimagination of the personal experiences of a rich young Anglo-American who has been adopted by the family of J.P. Morgan. His journey is somewhat picaresque - he spends most of the voyage...
| Author | Lionel Shriver |
| ISBN | 0061458589 |
Shep Knacker has long saved for "the Afterlife," an idyllic retreat in the Third World where his nest egg can last forever. Exasperated that his wife, Glynis, has concocted endless excuses why it's never the right time to go, Shep finally announces he's leaving for a Tanzanian island, with or without...
Unspeakable Love: Gay and Lesbian Life in the Middle East
| Author | Brian Whitaker |
| ISBN | 0520250176 |
Homosexuality is a taboo subject in Arab countries. Clerics denounce it as a heinous sin, while newspapers write cryptically of "shameful acts." Although many parts of the world now accept sexual diversity, the Middle East is moving in the opposite direction. In this absorbing account, journalist...
The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ
This is a story. In this ingenious and spell-binding retelling of the life of Jesus, Philip Pullman revisits the most influential story ever told. Charged with mystery, compassion and enormous power, The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ throws fresh light on who Jesus was and asks the reader...
Monstruas y centauras: nuevos lenguajes del feminismo
Tres acontecimientos más una sentencia (el #MeToo, la carta de las intelectuales francesas, la huelga feminista del 8 de marzo y la sentencia de La Manada) han marcado la agenda en los últimos meses y han puesto en el punto de mira el concepto del feminismo hoy. Marta Sanz reflexiona acerca de lo que...
