Bøger i European Women Writers serien

Presents a portrayal of life in contemporary Europe. This novel traces the fates of three people. Their stories, which take place in France and elsewhere throughout Europe and the United States, intersect in seemingly random yet revealing ways, gradually forming a complex social portrait.

Illuminates how men and women differ in their experiences of words, work, space, time, love, and sexuality.

After answering a classified ad placed by an import-export company looking for energetic young men willing to take on responsibilities for its African branches - no diploma required - Victor finds himself on The Will of God, a dilapidated boat heading into the heart of darkness as even Conrad couldn't have imagined.

Vain when a prince, as king Sihanouk discovered his responsibility to his country and came to embody Cambodia. He used every means to keep his country growing, healthy, and out of the wars of Southeast Asia. This play begins with Sihanouk's abdication in 1955 and ends with his arrest by the Khmer Rouge two decades later.

An autobiographical novel tracing two girls' discovery of their artistic and intellectual vocations, focusing less on the social and cultural obstacles to women's self-realization - though these are present - than on the invincible impulses of imagination and intellect in these girls' lives and on the enabling power of their mutual support.

In this semiautobiographical novel, the young French Algerian author Nina Bouraoui introduces us to a girl who feels that Algeria is the country of men. Her childhood years spent in Algeria lead her to explore the borderland between genders as she tries to find her balance between nations, races, and identities.

A complete translation of the cycle of ten novellas that Lou Andreas-Salome wrote between 1895 and 1898. This collection contributes to the rediscovery of Andreas-Salome's significance as a thinker and writer, above all with regard to her literary contribution to modern feminism and the principles of women's emancipation.

Juxtaposing reality and fantasy, nightmares and dark laughter, this title presents a collection of largely autobiographical stories based on Herta Muller's childhood in the Romanian countryside.

The letters between a young Dutch woman and a Swiss soldier.