All My Cats
By: Bohumil Hrabal
3.58
Format: 96 pages, Hardcover
In the autumn of 1965, flush with the unexpected success of his first published books, the Czech au…
Want to Read $ 9.99"He could not turn back the clock a second, nor could he ever push it forward a second, so that what happened had to happen."-Bohumil Hrabal, All My Cats
"He could not turn back the clock a second, nor could he ever push it forward a second, so that what happened had to happen."-Bohumil Hrabal, All My Cats
"He could not turn back the clock a second, nor could he ever push it forward a second, so that what happened had to happen."-Bohumil Hrabal, All My Cats
"In the end, when I could no longer hope or believe, when I was already a wreck, why did you take me back, a body without a soul, without love?"-Bohumil Hrabal, All My Cats
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1. The Cowards
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3.93
Format: 416 pages, Paperback
The Cowards is the story of an uncomplicated, talented youth caught up in momentous historic events… read more
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- classics
- czech literature
"A person's got to be scared all the time - of God, if there is one, and of looking like a fool if there isn't."-Josef Škvorecký, The Cowards
2. A Place to Live
By: Lynne Sharon Schwartz , Natalia Ginzburg
3.98
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
Arguably one of Italy’s greatest contemporary writers, Natalia Ginzburg has been best known in Amer… read more
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- nonfiction
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3. A Cup of Sake Beneath the Cherry Trees
By: Yoshida Kenkō , Meredith McKinney
3.74
Format: 51 pages, Paperback
'It is a most wonderful comfort to sit alone beneath a lamp, book spread before you, and commune wi… read more
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"It is the ephemeral nature of things that makes them wonderful."-Yoshida Kenkō, A Cup of Sake Beneath the Cherry Trees
"After all, things thought but left unsaid only fester inside you."-Yoshida Kenkō, A Cup of Sake Beneath the Cherry Trees
"Knowledge leads to deception; talent and ability only serve to increase earthly desires."-Yoshida Kenkō, A Cup of Sake Beneath the Cherry Trees
"I have relinquished all that ties me to the world, but the one thing that still haunts me is the beauty of the sky"-Yoshida Kenkō, A Cup of Sake Beneath the Cherry Trees
4. Hell Screen
By: Jay Rubin , Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
4.20
Format: 58 pages, Paperback
"There can be no doubt that Akutagawa had more individuality than any other writer of his time and… read more
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- classics
"He was said to have survived starvation by eating human flesh, after which he had the strength to tear out the antlers of a living stag with his bare hands."-Jay Rubin, Hell Screen
"People used to say that on moonless nights Her Ladyship's broad-skirted scarlet trousers would glide eerily along the outdoor corridor, never touching the floor."-Jay Rubin, Hell Screen
"I could have sworn that the man's eyes were no longer watching his daughter dying in agony, that instead the gorgeous colors of flames and the sight of a woman suffering in them were giving him joy b…"-Jay Rubin, Hell Screen
"Still more horrible was the color of the flames that licked the latticed cabin vents before shooting skyward, as though - might I say? - the sun itself had crashed to earth, spewing its heavenly fire…"-Jay Rubin, Hell Screen
5. Death in Midsummer and Other Stories
By: Edward G. Seidensticker , Yukio Mishima , Donald Keene , Ivan Morris , None
3.15
Format: None pages, Paperback
Recognized throughout the world for his brilliance as a novelist and playwright, Yukio Mishima is a… read more
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6. The Hour of the Star
By: Clarice Lispector , Giovanni Pontiero
4.09
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
The Hour of the Star, Clarice Lispector's consummate final novel, may well be her masterpiece. Narr… read more
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"Sou um monstro ou isso é ser uma pessoa?"-Clarice Lispector, The Hour of the Star
"Don't forget that for now it's strawberry season"-Clarice Lispector, The Hour of the Star
"Do not mourn the dead. They know what they are doing."-Clarice Lispector, The Hour of the Star
"Όσο για το γράψιμο, περισσότερο αξίζει ένα ζωντανό σκυλί."-Clarice Lispector, The Hour of the Star
7. Agostino
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3.82
Format: 4 pages, Paperback
Agostino, un adolescent de treize ans, passe de merveilleuses vacances sur une plage avec sa mere a… read more
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8. Five Plays: Ivanov / The Seagull / Uncle Vanya / The Three Sisters / The Cherry Orchard
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3.86
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
Chekhov's worldwide reputation as a dramatist rests on five great plays: Ivanov, The Seagull, Uncle… read more
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9. Sweet Days of Discipline
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4.50
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
Set in postwar Switzerland, Fleur Jaeggy's eerily beautiful novel begins simply and innocently enou… read more
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10. The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner
By: Alan Sillitoe , None
3.78
Format: None pages,
Smith, a defiant young rebel, inhabits the no-man's-land of institutionalised Borstal. As his stead… read more
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11. Mary Who Wrote Frankenstein (Who Wrote Classics)
By: Linda Bailey
4.40
Format: 56 pages, Hardcover
The story of the girl behind one of the most well-known novels -- and monsters -- ever, perfectly t… read more
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"Can you miss someone you've never known? Mary does."-Linda Bailey, Mary Who Wrote Frankenstein (Who Wrote Classics)
12. The Frolic of the Beasts (Vintage International)
By: Yukio Mishima
3.53
Format: 166 pages, Paperback
Translated into English for the first time, a gripping short novel about an affair gone wrong, from… read more
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"First of all, there was a miserable, despairing woman. Then there was a self-indulgent, heartless husband. And last, a hot-blooded, sympathetic young man. And with that the scenario was complete."-Yukio Mishima, The Frolic of the Beasts (Vintage International)
"The soul, you see, is a shy and retiring thing. It lurks in dark places and dislikes sunlight. And so, if you do not keep the skylight open at all times, the soul will rot. It easily decays, like a f…"-Yukio Mishima, The Frolic of the Beasts (Vintage International)
13. Territory of Light
By: Yūko Tsushima
3.59
Format: 122 pages, Paperback
Territory of Light is the luminous story of a young woman, living alone in Tokyo with her three-yea… read more
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"Why were children the only ones who ever got to melt down?"-Yūko Tsushima, Territory of Light
"During the night, there had been a sound of water on the other side of the wall. In my sleep I was looking out from the fourth-floor bedroom at nearby buildings bathed in rain, gleaming with neon and…"-Yūko Tsushima, Territory of Light
14. The Goodbye Cat
By: Hiro Arikawa
3.90
Format: 285 pages, ebook
In the much-anticipated follow-up to the bestselling and beloved The Travelling Cat Chronicles , se… read more
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"If, for instance, I were the one who had to say goodbye, I don’t think I’d want my final hours to be sad. I would want to see my loved ones’ smiles to the very end."-Hiro Arikawa, The Goodbye Cat
15. Mongrel
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4.38
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Mei loses her Japanese mother at age six. Growing up in suburban Surrey, she yearns to fit in, supp… read more
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"Hold onto the things that you have forgotten. Let go of the things that you remember."-Hanako Footman, Mongrel
16. How to Think Like a Woman: Four Women Philosophers Who Taught Me How to Love the Life of the Mind
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3.94
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
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17. All My Cats
By: Bohumil Hrabal
3.58
Format: 96 pages, Hardcover
In the autumn of 1965, flush with the unexpected success of his first published books, the Czech au… read more
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"In the end, when I could no longer hope or believe, when I was already a wreck, why did you take me back, a body without a soul, without love?"-Bohumil Hrabal, All My Cats
"Somehow I had reached an age when being in love with a beautiful woman was beyond my reach because I was now bald and my face was full of wrinkles, yet the cats loved me the way girls used to love me…"-Bohumil Hrabal, All My Cats
"I no longer felt alone and it gave me, not strength, but a sweet sensation of happiness, though I knew sadness was lurking not far off, because all being arises from nonbeing, and everything that exi…"-Bohumil Hrabal, All My Cats
18. Come Rain or Come Shine
By: Kazuo Ishiguro
3.65
Format: 76 pages, Paperback
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19. Mitz: The Marmoset of Bloomsbury
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3.99
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In 1934, a sickly marmoset named Mitz came into the care of Leonard and Virginia Woolf. After nursi… read more
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20. Como bestias
By: Violaine Bérot
4.31
Format: 102 pages, Kindle Edition
Un pueblo aislado en las montañas; un joven de fuerza sobrehumana con un don para sanar a los anima… read more
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21. The Trial of Lady Chatterley's Lover
By: Sybille Bedford
4.03
Format: 96 pages, Kindle Edition
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