The Silentiary
By: Antonio di Benedetto
3.86
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
The Silentiary takes place in a nameless Latin American city during the early 1950s. A young man em…
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1. The Recognitions
By: William H. Gass , William Gaddis
4.20
Format: 976 pages, Paperback
The book Jonathan Franzen dubbed the "ur-text of postwar fiction" and the "first great cultural cri… read more
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- literary fiction
- classics
- literature
- 20th century
- fiction
- novels
- modern classics
"Women get desperate, but they don't understand despair."-William H. Gass, The Recognitions
"That fever had passed; but for the rest of his life it never left his eyes."-William H. Gass, The Recognitions
"Reading Proust isn't just reading a book, it's an experience and you can't reject an experience."-William H. Gass, The Recognitions
"Most people are clever because they don't know how to be honest." William Gaddis, The Recognitions."-William H. Gass, The Recognitions
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3. By Night in Chile
By: Roberto Bolaño , Chris Andrews
3.89
Format: 118 pages, Paperback
During the course of a single night, Father Sebastian Urrutia Lacroix, a Chilean priest, who is a m… read more
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"…and for goodness’ sake read widely and deeply…"-Roberto Bolaño, By Night in Chile
"I am dying now, but I still have many things to say."-Roberto Bolaño, By Night in Chile
"His falcon, called Othello, had struck terror into the heart of every pigeon in Turin..."-Roberto Bolaño, By Night in Chile
"As time goes by, as time goes by, the whip-crack of the years, the precipice of illusions, the ravine that swallows up all human endeavour except the struggle to survive."-Roberto Bolaño, By Night in Chile
4. Teorema
By: Pier Paolo Pasolini
4.26
Format: None pages,
Una novela en la que los sentimientos, los pensamientos y las convicciones morales y religiosas ocu… read more
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5. Los siete locos (Los siete locos, #1)
By: Roberto Arlt
3.81
Format: 234 pages, Paperback
El entusiasmo y la atraccion de Roberto Arlt por los experimentos cientificos y mecanicos forma par… read more
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6. Missing
By: Alberto Fuguet
3.36
Format: None pages, Paperback
El testimonio de la busqueda policial de un oscuro personaje extraviado en la oceanica sociedad nor… read more
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7. El viento que arrasa
By: Selva Almada
4.10
Format: None pages, Paperback
Un reverendo y su hija de viaje por el Chaco, en un clima de conflictos y tormentas, entreveros y c… read more
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8. Asleep in the Sun
By: James Sallis , Suzanne Jill Levine , Adolfo Bioy Casares
4.46
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
Lucio, a normal man in a normal (nosy) city neighborhood with normal problems with his in-laws (eve… read more
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9. A História de Roma
By: Joana Bértholo
4.04
Format: 312 pages, Paperback
Duas pessoas que foram outrora um casal encontram-se passados dez anos de se separarem. Ela, lisboe… read more
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10. The Adventures of China Iron
By: Gabriela Cabezón Cámara
3.83
Format: 200 pages, Paperback
(* China. Pronounced ‘cheena’: designation for female, from the Quechua. Iron: The English word for… read more
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- latin american
- spanish literature
- fiction
- historical fiction
"Poverty yields cracked skin. It carves and slowly scrapes away at its young, and leaves them to fend for themselves in all weathers."-Gabriela Cabezón Cámara, The Adventures of China Iron
"It's difficult to know what you remember, is it what actually happened? Or is it the story that you've told and re-told and polished like a gemstone over the course of years, like something that has …"-Gabriela Cabezón Cámara, The Adventures of China Iron
"But the dragon aroused such passion in me, that beautiful beast made from horrible beasts: the eyes of a locust, the horns of a zebu, the snout of an ox, the nose of a dog, the whiskers of a catfish,…"-Gabriela Cabezón Cámara, The Adventures of China Iron
"Los pastizales se bamboleaban con el viento cuando salimos y parecía la pampa un mar de dos colores: cuando se dejaban vencer los tallos, era blanca y destellaba como espuma; cuando volvían a su posi…"-Gabriela Cabezón Cámara, The Adventures of China Iron
11. My Death
By: Lisa Tuttle
3.98
Format: 93 pages, Paperback
A widowed writer begins to work on a biography of a novelist and artist—and soon uncovers bizarre p… read more
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12. Ustedes brillan en lo oscuro
By: Liliana Colanzi
3.69
Format: 120 pages, Paperback
Los cuentos de Liliana Colanzi exploran diversas formas de narrar el tiempo, como el viaje geológic… read more
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13. The Silentiary
By: Antonio di Benedetto
3.86
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
The Silentiary takes place in a nameless Latin American city during the early 1950s. A young man em… read more
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- 20th century
- novels
- modern classics
14. The Singularity (New York Review Classics)
By: Dino Buzzati
3.53
Format: 136 pages, Paperback
In this prophetic allegory about artificial intelligence by a renowned figure of twentieth-century … read more
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- classics
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- 20th century
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- novels
15. Woman Running in the Mountains
By: Yūko Tsushima
3.86
Format: 275 pages, Hardcover
Pregnant and unmarried, Takiko, who lives at home with her violent, alcoholic father and her hard-w… read more
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16. The Promise
By: Silvina Ocampo
3.68
Format: 103 pages, Paperback
A woman traveling on a transatlantic ship has fallen overboard. Adrift at sea, she makes a promise … read more
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"Gabriela has been dreaming about her and about a pair of shoes for quite some time."-Silvina Ocampo, The Promise
"Have you ever eaten flies?" Mendiondo asked. "Yes, when I was a kid, on a dare. Of course, I tore off the wings and tiny legs before I ate it."-Silvina Ocampo, The Promise
"In a way, like Scheherazade to King Shahryar, I told stories to death so that it would spare my life and my images, stories that seemed to never end."-Silvina Ocampo, The Promise
"Children are like that, Irene often thought, for every small dose of happiness they give us, we have to swallow all the bitterness in the world. Men are like that too. That's how the world is."-Silvina Ocampo, The Promise
17. Of Cattle and Men
By: Ana Paula Maia
3.97
Format: 99 pages, Paperback
Animals go mad and men die (accidentally and not) at a slaughterhouse in an impoverished, isolated … read more
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"Senhor Milo knows cattlemen, he's cut from the same cloth. No one goes unpunished. They're men of cattle and blood."-Ana Paula Maia, Of Cattle and Men
"Two enclosures, one for cattle and one for men, standing side by side. Sometimes the smell is familiar. Only the voices on one side and the mooing on the other distinguish the men from the ruminants."-Ana Paula Maia, Of Cattle and Men
"Edgar picks up the mallet. The steer comes up close to him. Edgar looks into the animal's eyes and caresses its forehead. The cow stomps one hoof, wags its tail and snorts. Edgar shushes the animal a…"-Ana Paula Maia, Of Cattle and Men
"For a few moments, Edgar Wilson yields to the late afternoon sun that has not yet fully set, but that is rushing headlong into a moonless, starless night. He knows how to listen in silence, even when…"-Ana Paula Maia, Of Cattle and Men
18. Do What They Say or Else
By: Annie Ernaux
3.68
Format: 112 pages, Paperback
Originally published in 1977, Do What They Say or Else is the second novel by French author Annie E… read more
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"In their opinion, writing was dangerous, like touching your privates or grimacing like a dingo."-Annie Ernaux, Do What They Say or Else
"El caso es que cuando era pequeña no prestaba atención a las palabras, los recuerdos de infancia son de cine mudo."-Annie Ernaux, Do What They Say or Else
19. Poso Wells
By: Gabriela Alemán
3.51
Format: 293 pages, Paperback
Celebrated Ecuadorian author Gabriela Alemán's first work to appear in English: a noir, feminist ec… read more
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20. Gold (New York Review Books Classics)
By: Jalal ad-Din Muhammad ar-Rumi
4.38
Format: 87 pages, Paperback
A vibrant selection of poems by the great Persian mystic with groundbreaking translations by an Ame… read more
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21. Una cita con la Lady
By: Mateo García Elizondo
3.76
Format: 184 pages, Paperback
«Vine a Zapotal para morirme de una buena vez. En cuanto puse un pie en el pueblo me deshice de lo … read more
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