6 Best literary fiction books like Isola by Siri Ranva Hjelm Jacobsen

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Isola

By: Siri Ranva Hjelm Jacobsen

3.41

Format: 215 pages, Kindle Edition

Una giovane ragazza danese ha nostalgia di un’isola verde e impervia battuta dai venti del Nord, un…

"Le riusciva facile nuotare, ma non tenersi a galla. Era una di quelle anime fatte così."

-Siri Ranva Hjelm Jacobsen, Isola

"Le riusciva facile nuotare, ma non tenersi a galla. Era una di quelle anime fatte così."

-Siri Ranva Hjelm Jacobsen, Isola

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1. A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments

By: David Foster Wallace

4.15

Format: 353 pages, Paperback

In this exuberantly praised book — a collection of seven pieces on subjects ranging from television… read more

Similar categories in David Foster Wallace's A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments book and Siri Ranva Hjelm Jacobsen's Isola

"What I know about auto racing could be inscribed with a dry Magic Marker on the lip of a Coke bottle."

-David Foster Wallace, A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments

"If Realism called it like it saw it, Metafiction simply called it as it saw itself seeing itself see it."

-David Foster Wallace, A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments

"Quentin Tarantino is interested in watching somebody's ear getting cut off; David Lynch is interested in the ear."

-David Foster Wallace, A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments

"American human beings are a slippery and protean bunch in real life, hard as hell to get any kind of universal handle on."

-David Foster Wallace, A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments

Cover of Pauline by Alexandre Dumas, Anne-Marie Callet-Bianco

2. Pauline

By: Alexandre Dumas , Anne-Marie Callet-Bianco

3.39

Format: 440 pages, Mass Market Paperback

<> Pauline(1838) est un des premiers romans de Dumas, ou Monte-Cristose trouve en germe. C'est un l… read more

Similar categories in Alexandre Dumas's Pauline book and Siri Ranva Hjelm Jacobsen's Isola

  • novels
  • fiction
Cover of La gioia di scrivere: Tutte le poesie (1945-2009) by Laura Rescio, Wisława Szymborska, Pietro Marchesani

3. La gioia di scrivere: Tutte le poesie (1945-2009)

By: Laura Rescio , Wisława Szymborska , Pietro Marchesani

3.77

Format: None pages, Paperback

Nell'arco di poco piu di un decennio - da quel non troppo lontano 1996 in cui fu insignita del Prem… read more

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4. Blackwater

By: Joan Tate , Kerstin Ekman

3.29

Format: 80 pages, Paperback

On Midsummer's Eve, 1974, Annie Raft arrives with her daughter Mia in the remote Swedish village of… read more

Similar categories in Joan Tate's Blackwater book and Siri Ranva Hjelm Jacobsen's Isola

  • scandinavian literature
  • fiction

5. Barabbas

By: Pär Lagerkvist , Alan Blair

4.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

Barabbas is the acquitted; the man whose life was exchanged for that of Jesus of Nazareth, crucifie… read more

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6. Nudi e crudi

By: Giulia Arborio Mella , Alan Bennett , Claudia Valeria Letizia

4.57

Format: 102 pages, Paperback

Trovare la casa svaligiata dai ladri e senza dubbio un evento sinistro. Ma se spariscono anche la m… read more

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7. Buzz Aldrin, waar ben je gebleven?

By: Johan Harstad , Paula Stevens

4.33

Format: 300 pages, Paperback

Mattias is geboren in 1969, in de nacht van de eerste maanlanding. Om preciezer te zijn: op het mom… read more

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8. Cose che non si raccontano

By: Antonella Lattanzi

4.22

Format: 205 pages, Kindle Edition

Ci sono cose che non si raccontano perché le parole sono scogli nel mare. Ci sono cose che non si r… read more

Similar categories in Antonella Lattanzi's Cose che non si raccontano book and Siri Ranva Hjelm Jacobsen's Isola

  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of Djævlebogen (Scandinavian Star, #2) by Asta Olivia Nordenhof

9. Djævlebogen (Scandinavian Star, #2)

By: Asta Olivia Nordenhof

3.82

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

Djævlebogen er en erotisk gyser og en roman om kærlighed i kapitalismens tid. Djævlebogen er den læ… read more

Similar categories in Asta Olivia Nordenhof's Djævlebogen (Scandinavian Star, #2) book and Siri Ranva Hjelm Jacobsen's Isola

  • danish
  • scandinavian literature
  • fiction
  • denmark
Cover of Rigels øyne (Ingrid Barrøy, #3) by Roy Jacobsen

10. Rigels øyne (Ingrid Barrøy, #3)

By: Roy Jacobsen

3.88

Format: 231 pages, Hardcover

Roy Jacobsen ble som første nordmann shortlistet til den gjeve Man Booker International Prize for r… read more

Similar categories in Roy Jacobsen's Rigels øyne (Ingrid Barrøy, #3) book and Siri Ranva Hjelm Jacobsen's Isola

  • historical
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • historical fiction
  • novels
  • scandinavian literature
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11. Forbidden Notebook

By: Alba de Céspedes

4.19

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

With a foreword by Jhumpa Lahiri, Quaderno Proibito is a classic domestic novel by the Italian-Cu… read more

Similar categories in Alba de Céspedes's Forbidden Notebook book and Siri Ranva Hjelm Jacobsen's Isola

  • literary fiction
  • novels
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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12. Un'estate con la Strega dell'Ovest

By: Kaho Nashiki

3.74

Format: 140 pages, Paperback

Mai ha tredici anni e non vuole più andare a scuola. La madre, preoccupata, decide di mandarla a st… read more

Similar categories in Kaho Nashiki's Un'estate con la Strega dell'Ovest book and Siri Ranva Hjelm Jacobsen's Isola

  • fiction
  • contemporary
"I desideri giusti, quelli che sono in linea con il corso delle cose, ti fanno da guida e si trasformano in realtà."

-Kaho Nashiki, Un'estate con la Strega dell'Ovest

"["What happens to people when they die?" When she heard that, her grandmother made a sound that was not like a voice but a moan. And with a deep breath, she replied, "I don't know. To tell you the tr…"

-Kaho Nashiki, Un'estate con la Strega dell'Ovest

"Devi ripeterti che, qualunque cosa accada, 'non è una ferita mortale'. In questo modo, anche se in quel momento non ti sembrerà, da qualche parte nel tuo corpo e nella tua mente nascerà il seme di un…"

-Kaho Nashiki, Un'estate con la Strega dell'Ovest

"Ascolta. Questa è la lezione più importante dell'addestramento da strega. Una strega deve fare affidamento sul proprio intuito, però non deve lasciare che questo abbia il sopravvento. Quando succede,…"

-Kaho Nashiki, Un'estate con la Strega dell'Ovest

Cover of Cose spiegate bene. A proposito di libri by Arianna Cavallo

13. Cose spiegate bene. A proposito di libri

By: Arianna Cavallo

4.27

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

A proposito di libri è il primo numero di Cose spiegate bene, la nuova rivista di carta del Post, r… read more

Similar categories in Arianna Cavallo's Cose spiegate bene. A proposito di libri book and Siri Ranva Hjelm Jacobsen's Isola

  • contemporary
Cover of Eden by Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir

14. Eden

By: Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir

4.04

Format: 226 pages, Hardcover

Málvísindakona, sérfræðingur í fámennistungumálum, ákveður að breyta landi þar sem ekkert grær í Ed… read more

Similar categories in Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir's Eden book and Siri Ranva Hjelm Jacobsen's Isola

  • fiction
  • contemporary
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15. Chwile wieczności

By: Kjersti Anfinnsen

3.92

Format: 252 pages, Paperback

Wszyscy się kiedyś zestarzejemy - Chwile wieczności mogą nas do tego przygotować. Na Chwile wiec… read more

Similar categories in Kjersti Anfinnsen's Chwile wieczności book and Siri Ranva Hjelm Jacobsen's Isola

  • scandinavian literature
  • fiction
Cover of Summer Light, and Then Comes the Night by Jón Kalman Stefánsson

16. Summer Light, and Then Comes the Night

By: Jón Kalman Stefánsson

4.00

Format: 250 pages, Hardcover

From the “Icelandic Dickens (Irish Examiner),” a writer who “shares the elemental grandeur of Corma… read more

Similar categories in Jón Kalman Stefánsson's Summer Light, and Then Comes the Night book and Siri Ranva Hjelm Jacobsen's Isola

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • novels
  • scandinavian literature
"Le lacrime sono fatte come remi, il dolore e la tristezza vogano. Chi piange a un funerale, piange nondimeno la propria morte e quella del mondo, perché tutto muore e alla fine non resta niente. - Lu…"

-Jón Kalman Stefánsson, Summer Light, and Then Comes the Night

"Erano i tardi anni Ottanta, a breve sarebbe crollato il muro di Berlino e i pezzi sarebbero stati venduti come souvenir, l'essere umano ha la capacità straordinaria di convertire le minacce, la morte…"

-Jón Kalman Stefánsson, Summer Light, and Then Comes the Night

"في الصمت يدخر الذهب، ذاك الذي يبقى صامتا يلتزم بنفسه، يمكنه اكتشاف امور مختلفة، الصمت يتسرب تحت الجلد، يسكن القلب، يخدر القلق، يغمر الغرفة التي يشغلها المرء، يملأ البيت، وفي الخارج يهدر الزمن الحاضر،…"

-Jón Kalman Stefánsson, Summer Light, and Then Comes the Night

"En de vogels op de muren zijn zo levendig geschilderd dat de kat uit de buurt, een geel rotbeest dat ons al van nodeloos veel vogels heeft beroofd, de eerste weken herhaaldelijk tegen het gebouw op s…"

-Jón Kalman Stefánsson, Summer Light, and Then Comes the Night

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17. Poverina

By: Chiara Galeazzi

3.79

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

Vi è mai capitato, mentre siete comodamente seduti sul divano di casa, di non sentire più metà del … read more

Similar categories in Chiara Galeazzi's Poverina book and Siri Ranva Hjelm Jacobsen's Isola

  • fiction
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18. Kun til navlen

By: Linea Maja Ernst

4.12

Format: 291 pages, Paperback

Linea Maja Ernst debuterer med Kun til navlen, en samtidsroman om at være fanget i en livsfase og p… read more

Similar categories in Linea Maja Ernst's Kun til navlen book and Siri Ranva Hjelm Jacobsen's Isola

  • danish
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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19. Le transizioni

By: Pajtim Statovci

3.88

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Bujar è un uomo che sa diventare una donna: può essere una meravigliosa ragazza di Sarajevo che att… read more

Similar categories in Pajtim Statovci's Le transizioni book and Siri Ranva Hjelm Jacobsen's Isola

  • literary fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • historical fiction
  • novels
"It's the first thing people notice,' she says despondently. 'Difference. As if it's a crime."

-Pajtim Statovci, Le transizioni

"Katson häntä ja asuntoa hänen ympärillään, elämää jota hän elää, paikkaa johon hän maailmassa kuuluu, miten osaton hän kaikesta huolimatta on. Opiskelupaikka yliopistossa, tällainen asunto ja tällais…"

-Pajtim Statovci, Le transizioni

"Menen hetkeksi istumaan kirkon etuosaan, kaivan laukusta uuden ristikoruni ja ripustan sen kaulalleni, ja kun muuan pappi tervehtii minua nyökkäämällä suuntaani mitä hienovaraisimmalla eleellä, joka …"

-Pajtim Statovci, Le transizioni

Cover of Blomsterdalen by Niviaq Korneliussen

20. Blomsterdalen

By: Niviaq Korneliussen

3.67

Format: 279 pages, Paperback

Hun oplevede det første selvmord, da hun var tretten. Selv vil hun begraves mellem de høje fjelde i… read more

Similar categories in Niviaq Korneliussen's Blomsterdalen book and Siri Ranva Hjelm Jacobsen's Isola

  • scandinavian literature
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of Svømmende, rygende, grædende by Lone Hørslev

21. Svømmende, rygende, grædende

By: Lone Hørslev

3.69

Format: 277 pages, Paperback

Anna drikker. Et lille glas for at fejre, at solen skinner, eller et glas når dagene er grå. Men he… read more

Similar categories in Lone Hørslev's Svømmende, rygende, grædende book and Siri Ranva Hjelm Jacobsen's Isola

  • fiction
Cover of Isola by Siri Ranva Hjelm Jacobsen

22. Isola

By: Siri Ranva Hjelm Jacobsen

3.41

Format: 215 pages, Kindle Edition

Una giovane ragazza danese ha nostalgia di un’isola verde e impervia battuta dai venti del Nord, un… read more

Similar categories in Siri Ranva Hjelm Jacobsen's Isola book and Siri Ranva Hjelm Jacobsen's Isola

  • literary fiction
  • historical
  • denmark
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • novels
  • scandinavian literature
  • danish
"Le riusciva facile nuotare, ma non tenersi a galla. Era una di quelle anime fatte così."

-Siri Ranva Hjelm Jacobsen, Isola

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23. Dit du går, följer jag

By: Lina Nordquist

3.78

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Vid sekelskiftet 1900 flyr Unni, Armod och lille Roar från Norge för att finna ett nytt hem. I Häls… read more

Similar categories in Lina Nordquist's Dit du går, följer jag book and Siri Ranva Hjelm Jacobsen's Isola

  • contemporary
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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24. Alt dette kunne du få

By: Josefine Klougart

3.80

Format: 325 pages, Paperback

I "Alt dette kunne du få" tegner Josefine Klougart et generationsportræt af to kvinder, en mor og e… read more

Similar categories in Josefine Klougart's Alt dette kunne du få book and Siri Ranva Hjelm Jacobsen's Isola

  • fiction
  • danish
Cover of Ædnan by Linnea Axelsson

25. Ædnan

By: Linnea Axelsson

4.23

Format: 762 pages, Hardcover

Ædnan är ett mäktigt epos som på en ordknapp vers berättar om två samiska familjer. I deras öden sp… read more

Similar categories in Linnea Axelsson's Ædnan book and Siri Ranva Hjelm Jacobsen's Isola

  • historical
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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26. Doppio vetro

By: Halldóra K. Thoroddsen

3.53

Format: 106 pages, Paperback

Dal doppio vetro delle sue finestre in un piccolo appartamento nel centro di Reykjavík, un’anziana … read more

Similar categories in Halldóra K. Thoroddsen's Doppio vetro book and Siri Ranva Hjelm Jacobsen's Isola

  • fiction
"Ogni generazione si rintana nel proprio settore, infanzia e vecchiaia sono destinate all'isolamento. Urliamo nella nostra caverna e sentiamo soltanto la nostra eco."

-Halldóra K. Thoroddsen, Doppio vetro

"I bambini si avventurano dentro le fiabe senza paura della fantasia. Sanno per istinto di aver bisogno della fiaba, perché faccia loro da guida nella vita interiore."

-Halldóra K. Thoroddsen, Doppio vetro

"Benché parli e legga qualche altra lingua, si sente a suo agio soltanto nella propria lingua madre. Nelle altre si sente forestiera. Lei abita nell'antica lingua d'Islanda, che le piaccia o meno. La …"

-Halldóra K. Thoroddsen, Doppio vetro

"Gli adolescenti in famiglia vanno a trovarla di tanto in tanto, con problemi di cui non possono parlare ai genitori. La generazione di mezzo si è costruita la propria visione e l'ha inchiodata per be…"

-Halldóra K. Thoroddsen, Doppio vetro

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27. Hvor vinden vender

By: Jesper Bugge Kold

4.32

Format: 340 pages, None

Hundredtusinder danskere udvandrede til Amerika i 1800-tallet drevet af drømmen om et bedre liv. … read more

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28. All Your Children, Scattered

By: Beata Umubyeyi Mairesse

4.15

Format: 192 pages, ebook

WINNER OF THE PRIX ETHIOPHILE, THE PRIX DES RACINES ET DES MOTS, AND THE PRIX DES CINQ CONTINENTS D… read more

Similar categories in Beata Umubyeyi Mairesse's All Your Children, Scattered book and Siri Ranva Hjelm Jacobsen's Isola

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • historical fiction
  • novels
Cover of De menselijke maat by Roberto Camurri

29. De menselijke maat

By: Roberto Camurri

3.42

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Fabbrico is een slaperig dorp tussen Parma en Bologna. Het telt een viertal straten te midden van u… read more

Similar categories in Roberto Camurri's De menselijke maat book and Siri Ranva Hjelm Jacobsen's Isola

  • fiction
  • contemporary
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30. Land Of Maybe

By: Tim Ecott

3.83

Format: 362 pages, Hardcover

Following the natural cycle of the year, The Land of Maybe captures the essence of 'slow life' on t… read more

Similar categories in Tim Ecott's Land Of Maybe book and Siri Ranva Hjelm Jacobsen's Isola

  • denmark
Cover of Il libro dei vulcani d'Islanda: Storie di uomini, fuoco e caducità by Leonardo Piccione

31. Il libro dei vulcani d'Islanda: Storie di uomini, fuoco e caducità

By: Leonardo Piccione

4.28

Format: 364 pages, Kindle Edition

«Qui da noi ogni dieci anni in media compare una nuova montagna o un nuovo campo di lava a cui tocc… read more

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Alexandre Dumas , Anne-Marie Callet-Bianco

3.39

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Joan Tate , Kerstin Ekman

3.29

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Cose che non si raccontano

Antonella Lattanzi

4.22

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3.85

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