Basic Black with Pearls (A List)
By: Helen Weinzweig
3.53
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
A lost feminist classic — and winner of the Toronto Book Award — reissued to coincide with the 35th…
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1. The Skin
By: Curzio Malaparte , David Moore
4.06
Format: 344 pages, Paperback
Una terribile peste dilaga a Napoli dal giorno in cui, nell’ottobre del 1943, gli eserciti alleati … read more
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- classics
- literature
- 20th century
- fiction
- novels
"It falls to the lot of even the most glorious flags to be thrown in the mud. Glory, what men call glory, is often thick with mud."-Curzio Malaparte, The Skin
"La pelle " risposi a voce bassa " la nostra pelle, questa maledetta pelle. Voi non immaginate neppure di che cosa sia capace un uomo, di quali eroismi e di quali infamie sia capace, per salvar la pel…"-Curzio Malaparte, The Skin
2. On Canaan's Side
By: Sebastian Barry
3.63
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Narrated by Lilly Bere, 'On Canaan's Side' opens as she mourns the loss of her grandson, Bill. The … read more
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- literature
- womens
- classics
- fiction
4. Good Behaviour
By: Molly Keane , Marian Keyes
4.25
Format: 127 pages, Paperback
Behind the gates of Temple Alice, the aristocratic Anglo-Irish St Charles family sinks into a state… read more
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- literary fiction
- classics
- fiction
- novels
5. They Came Like Swallows
By: William Maxwell
3.69
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
First published in 1937, They Came Like Swallows was William Maxwell's second novel. It tells of an… read more
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6. 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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7. Memento Mori
By: Muriel Spark
3.97
Format: None pages, Paperback
In late 1950s London, something uncanny besets a group of elderly friends: an insinuating voice on … read more
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8. The Woman Who Borrowed Memories: Selected Stories
By: Tove Jansson , Lauren Groff , Thomas Teal , Silvester Mazzarella
3.77
Format: None pages, Paperback
An NYRB Classics Original Tove Jansson was a master of brevity, unfolding worlds at a touch. Her ar… read more
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9. Thomas F's siste nedtegnelser til almenheten
By: Kjell Askildsen
3.00
Format: 96 pages,
Inneholder tre av forfatterens noveller: Thomas F's siste nedtegnelser til almenheten handler om Th… read more
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10. Guerre
By: Louis-Ferdinand Céline
3.79
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
Parmi les manuscrits de Louis-Ferdinand Céline récemment retrouvés figurait une liasse de deux cent… read more
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- classics
- 20th century
- fiction
"A tant d’années passées le souvenir des choses, bien précisément, c’est un effort. Ce que les gens ont dit c’est presque tourné des mensonges. Faut se méfier. C’est putain le passé, ça fond dans la r…"-Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Guerre
"J’ai bien dû rester là encore une partie de la nuit suivante. Toute l’oreille à gauche était collée par terre avec du sang, la bouche aussi. Entre les deux y avait un bruit immense. J’ai dormi dans c…"-Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Guerre
11. Les enfants endormis
By: Anthony Passeron
4.31
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
Quarante ans après la mort de son oncle Désiré, Anthony Passeron décide d'interroger le passé famil… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
12. Cold Enough for Snow
By: Jessica Au
3.73
Format: 99 pages, Paperback
A mother and daughter travel from abroad to meet in Tokyo: they walk along the canals through the a… read more
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- fiction
- novels
"She had kept, I knew, all the tickets, brochures and guides we had been given to take home, as if she would take them out later to read as one reads a novel."-Jessica Au, Cold Enough for Snow
"The best we could do in this life was to pass through it, like smoke through the branches, suffering, until we either reached the state of nothingness, or else suffered elsewhere."-Jessica Au, Cold Enough for Snow
"Nowadays, she said, people were hungry to know everything, thinking that they could understand it all, as if enlightenment were just around the corner. But, she said, in fact there was no control, an…"-Jessica Au, Cold Enough for Snow
"Then she reached for her bag and took out a small book. She explained she had found it at a store near her home, and that it described the nature of your character based on the date of your birth. (.…"-Jessica Au, Cold Enough for Snow
13. Pawilon małych ssaków
By: Patryk Pufelski
4.21
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
Klusek był jedną z najważniejszych osób w moim życiu, chociaż ważył niespełna kilogram i miał czter… read more
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14. Ciała
By: Annie Ernaux
4.28
Format: 232 pages, Hardcover
Jak oddać paraliżujący strach towarzyszący niechcianej ciąży i potajemnej aborcji? Jak opisać nasto… read more
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- feminism
15. Irlandia wstaje z kolan
By: Marta Abramowicz
4.49
Format: 424 pages, Paperback
Marta Abramowicz, autorka bestsellerowych Zakonnic, które odchodzą po cichu oraz Dzieci księży w s… read more
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- feminism
16. The Piano Tuner
By: Chiang-Sheng Kuo
3.14
Format: 168 pages, Hardcover
A widower grieving for his young wife. A piano tuner concealing a lifetime of secrets. An out-of-tu… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
17. Koniec
By: Marta Hermanowicz
3.92
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
Jeden z najbardziej wyczekiwanych debiutów roku. Metafizyczna, bluźniercza powieść o tragedii wo… read more
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- novels
- fiction
18. Chipsy dla gości
By: Natalka Suszczyńska
3.54
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
Leksykon współczesności: A jak Agata, B jak boczniak, C jak chipsy, D jak Dominika, E jak emoji (z … read more
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19. Wczoraj byłaś zła na zielono
By: Eliza Kącka
4.37
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
Prozatorskie studium relacji z autystyczną córką. Kącka szuka odpowiedzi na pytanie, w jaki spos… read more
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20. Small Worlds
By: Caleb Azumah Nelson
4.32
Format: 260 pages, Hardcover
An exhilarating and expansive new novel about fathers and sons, faith and friendship from Caleb Azu… read more
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- fiction
"Grief never ends, but we find a way to walk in the light someone has left behind, rather than living in pain's shadow."-Caleb Azumah Nelson, Small Worlds
"It's here, when I'm with her, I know that a world can be two people, occupying a space where we don't have to explain. Where we can feel beautiful. Where we might feel free."-Caleb Azumah Nelson, Small Worlds
21. Eine Arbeiterin
By: Didier Eribon
4.11
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Eigentlich hatte Didier Eribon sich vorgenommen, ab jetzt regelmäßig nach Fismes zu fahren. Doch se… read more
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22. Basic Black with Pearls (A List)
By: Helen Weinzweig
3.53
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
A lost feminist classic — and winner of the Toronto Book Award — reissued to coincide with the 35th… read more
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- literary fiction
- classics
- canada
- literature
- feminism
- canadian literature
- fiction
- 20th century
- womens
- novels
23. Znaki zodiaku
By: Maciej Marcisz
3.51
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
Toskania, słońce, grupa przyjaciół, piękna sceneria, dom na wzgórzu, dwa miesiące wolnego i wróżba,… read more
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- fiction
24. Legendy
By: Torgny Lindgren
3.69
Format: 120 pages, Hardcover
Legendy w tłumaczeniu Tomasza Feliksa, to zbiór opowiadań, który mieści kilkanaście miniatur, pisan… read more
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- fiction
25. Rzeka dzieciństwa
By: Andrzej Stasiuk
3.67
Format: 168 pages, Hardcover
Do rzeki dzieciństwa podróżuje się bez końca – szuka jej źródeł w historii i ujścia w pamięci. Wspo… read more
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26. The Breaks: An Essay
By: Julietta Singh
4.36
Format: 168 pages, None
A profound meditation on race, inheritance, and queer mothering at the end of the world In a let… read more
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- feminism
"All we knew of ourselves is that, as mixed bodies, we belonged nowhere and to nothing"-Julietta Singh, The Breaks: An Essay
"How we are perceived is often misaligned with how we feel, or how we desire to be seen."-Julietta Singh, The Breaks: An Essay
27. Hotel ZNP
By: Izabela Tadra
3.52
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
Hotel ZNP to prawdopodobnie najbrzydszy hotel w Warszawie. Ma jednak kilka zalet: z jego okien rozp… read more
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28. Noc szpilek
By: Santiago Roncagliolo
3.83
Format: 448 pages, Paperback
Porywający od pierwszego zdania thriller autorstwa jednego z najważniejszych współczesnych południo… read more
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- fiction
29. Błahostka
By: Magda Tereszczuk
3.08
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
Gęsta od emocji i niepokojącego uroku historia zauroczenia, któremu nie wolno ulec. To powinny b… read more
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30. Magiczna rana
By: Dorota Masłowska
3.73
Format: 160 pages, Hardcover
Długo oczekiwany prozatorski powrót Doroty Masłowskiej Trashowa powieść, która w obłąkańczo zaba… read more
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- fiction
31. Los escogidos
By: Patricia Nieto
4.20
Format: 120 pages, Paperback
Hay al este de Medellín un pueblo que se alarga sobre el cauce del río Magdalena, un lugar donde la… read more
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