5 must-read magical realism books like Wędrówka by Intan Paramaditha

Cover of Wędrówka by Intan Paramaditha

Wędrówka

By: Intan Paramaditha

3.76

Format: 528 pages, Paperback

Zawsze sądziłaś, że czeka cię życie w wielkim świecie, że jest Ci pisane coś więcej, niż zaduch ind…

"Labels and boxes don’t matter any more when you always want to be with someone, hear her whole life story, or trace your fingers through her hair when you’re worn out after making love."

-Intan Paramaditha, Wędrówka

"...the shoes were devil shoes. They ran away from their creator, who now rested peacefully at the Heavenly Father’s side. For hundreds of years they have gone from one girl to another, stirring up inappropriate desires. And girls in red shoes never return home."

-Intan Paramaditha, Wędrówka

If you liked the magical realism plot in Wędrówka by Intan Paramaditha , here is a list of 5 books like this:

Cover of Ministry of Moral Panic by Amanda Lee  Koe

1. Ministry of Moral Panic

By: Amanda Lee Koe

4.08

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

Meet an over-the-hill Pop Yé-yé singer with a faulty heart, two conservative middle-aged women hold… read more

Similar categories in Amanda Lee Koe's Ministry of Moral Panic book and Intan Paramaditha's Wędrówka

  • asian literature
  • asia
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"A relationship means exhaustion. Entrapment. I haven’t the energy for the eventuality of it. Love is no big truth."

-Amanda Lee Koe, Ministry of Moral Panic

"But I love Sir long time, she'd said repeatedly, blubbering, but I love Sir long time. The wife got up and slapped her smartly across the face. Love? The wife gave a bark of laughter. What do you thi…"

-Amanda Lee Koe, Ministry of Moral Panic

"The truth was probably that my mother had been so defined by the existence of my father that when he died, she couldn’t see anything else before her. He’d closed his fist around her, she’d let him, a…"

-Amanda Lee Koe, Ministry of Moral Panic

2. A True Novel

By: Juliet Winters Carpenter , Minae Mizumura

3.63

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

A remaking of Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights set in postwar Japan A True Novelbegins in New York … read more

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3. No One Writes Back

By: Jung Yewon , None

3.53

Format: None pages, Paperback

Communication--or the lack thereof--is the subject of this sly update of the picaresque. read more

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4. Nowhere to Be Found

By: Bae Suah , Sora Kim-Russell

3.53

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

A nameless narrator passes through her life, searching for meaning and connection in experiences sh… read more

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Cover of Chłopki. Opowieść o naszych babkach by Joanna Kuciel-Frydryszak

5. Chłopki. Opowieść o naszych babkach

By: Joanna Kuciel-Frydryszak

4.44

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

Autorka Służących do wszystkiego wraca do tematu wiejskich kobiet, ale tym razem to opowieść zza dr… read more

Similar categories in Joanna Kuciel-Frydryszak's Chłopki. Opowieść o naszych babkach book and Intan Paramaditha's Wędrówka

Cover of Pawilon małych ssaków by Patryk Pufelski

6. 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

Similar categories in Patryk Pufelski's Pawilon małych ssaków book and Intan Paramaditha's Wędrówka

  • contemporary
Cover of Układ(a)ne by Aoko Matsuda

7. Układ(a)ne

By: Aoko Matsuda

3.19

Format: 152 pages, Paperback

Zbiór opowiadań jednej z najbardziej awangardowych i podziwianych współczesnych pisarek po raz pier… read more

Similar categories in Aoko Matsuda's Układ(a)ne book and Intan Paramaditha's Wędrówka

  • asian literature
  • asia
  • magical realism
  • fiction
Cover of Gąsienica by Edogawa Rampo

8. Gąsienica

By: Edogawa Rampo

4.06

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Opowiadania Ranpo ewoluowały na przestrzeni lat – zaczynał od typowo detektywistycznych opowiadań w… read more

Similar categories in Edogawa Rampo's Gąsienica book and Intan Paramaditha's Wędrówka

  • asian literature
  • asia
  • fiction
Cover of Piekło w butelkach by Kyūsaku Yumeno

9. Piekło w butelkach

By: Kyūsaku Yumeno

3.46

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

Piąta książka z serii Tajfuny Mini, prezentującej dzieła pisarzy i pisarek pierwszej połowy XX wiek… read more

Similar categories in Kyūsaku Yumeno's Piekło w butelkach book and Intan Paramaditha's Wędrówka

  • asian literature
  • asia
  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of Irlandia wstaje z kolan by Marta Abramowicz

10. 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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11. La Papeterie Tsubaki

By: Ito Ogawa

4.17

Format: 375 pages, Paperback

Hatoko a vingt-cinq ans et la voici de retour à Kamakura, dans la petite papeterie que lui a léguée… read more

Similar categories in Ito Ogawa's La Papeterie Tsubaki book and Intan Paramaditha's Wędrówka

  • asia
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • asian literature
  • novels
"Mourir, c’était peut-être vivre éternellement."

-Ito Ogawa, La Papeterie Tsubaki

"Elle s'est levée. Elle était sublime. Elle était l'incarnation personnifiée de cette vieille expression qui dit qu'une femme debout a la grâce de la pivoine de Chine, celle de la pivoine arbustive qu…"

-Ito Ogawa, La Papeterie Tsubaki

"- C'est la formule secrète du bonheur, que j'ai appliquée toute ma vie, a-t-elle dit en riant. - Apprenez-la moi ! - Eh bien, il faut se dire à l'intérieur : « Brille, brille. » Tu fermes les yeux et…"

-Ito Ogawa, La Papeterie Tsubaki

Cover of Strange Beasts of China by Yan Ge

12. Strange Beasts of China

By: Yan Ge

3.80

Format: 232 pages, Hardcover

From one of the most exciting voices in contemporary Chinese literature, an uncanny and playful nov… read more

Similar categories in Yan Ge's Strange Beasts of China book and Intan Paramaditha's Wędrówka

  • magical realism
  • asia
  • fiction
  • asian literature
  • fantasy
"All we have are stories."

-Yan Ge, Strange Beasts of China

"Never cry, or your tears will water your sorrow and it'll grow."

-Yan Ge, Strange Beasts of China

"We were city people, after all, and didn't ask too many questions."

-Yan Ge, Strange Beasts of China

"People should leave when their story is over,' he said. 'Don't you know that?"

-Yan Ge, Strange Beasts of China

Cover of Szkice malajskie by Alfian Sa'at

13. Szkice malajskie

By: Alfian Sa'at

3.94

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Szkice malajskie swoją nazwę zaczerpnęły od książki z anegdotami gubernatora brytyjskiej kolonii na… read more

Similar categories in Alfian Sa'at's Szkice malajskie book and Intan Paramaditha's Wędrówka

  • asian literature
  • asia
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of W lesie pod wiśniami w pełnym rozkwicie by Ango Sakaguchi

14. W lesie pod wiśniami w pełnym rozkwicie

By: Ango Sakaguchi

3.76

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

Trzecia książka z serii Tajfuny Mini, prezentująca dzieła pisarzy i pisarek z pierwszej połowy XX w… read more

Similar categories in Ango Sakaguchi's W lesie pod wiśniami w pełnym rozkwicie book and Intan Paramaditha's Wędrówka

  • asian literature
  • asia
  • fiction
Cover of Niedźwiedzi bóg by Hiromi Kawakami

15. Niedźwiedzi bóg

By: Hiromi Kawakami

3.69

Format: 66 pages, Paperback

11 marca 2011 dzieli współczesną Japonię na tę przed i po. Jednym z pierwszych tekstów literackich,… read more

Similar categories in Hiromi Kawakami's Niedźwiedzi bóg book and Intan Paramaditha's Wędrówka

  • magical realism
  • asia
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • asian literature
  • fantasy
Cover of Ogród by Hiroko Oyamada

16. Ogród

By: Hiroko Oyamada

3.42

Format: 232 pages, Paperback

Pajęcze lilie, gekon przyklejony do szyby, mąż na rodzinnym spacerze w zoo, piskorze w nieczynnej s… read more

Similar categories in Hiroko Oyamada's Ogród book and Intan Paramaditha's Wędrówka

  • asian literature
  • asia
  • magical realism
  • fiction
Cover of Oczy, nosy, usta, brwi by Kanako Nishi

17. Oczy, nosy, usta, brwi

By: Kanako Nishi

4.04

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

Narukido Sada to młoda, zdolna redaktorka — choć jest doceniana za swoją pracę, zawsze stoi z boku.… read more

Similar categories in Kanako Nishi's Oczy, nosy, usta, brwi book and Intan Paramaditha's Wędrówka

  • asian literature
  • asia
  • fiction
Cover of Wiwat małżeństwo by Sakunosuke Oda

18. Wiwat małżeństwo

By: Sakunosuke Oda

3.37

Format: 98 pages, Paperback

Czwarta książka z serii Tajfuny Mini, prezentującej dzieła pisarzy i pisarek pierwszej połowy XX wi… read more

Similar categories in Sakunosuke Oda's Wiwat małżeństwo book and Intan Paramaditha's Wędrówka

  • asian literature
  • asia
  • fiction
Cover of Shoko's Smile: Stories by Choi Eunyoung

19. Shoko's Smile: Stories

By: Choi Eunyoung

3.94

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

A bestselling and award-winning debut collection from one of South Korea's most prominent young wri… read more

Similar categories in Choi Eunyoung's Shoko's Smile: Stories book and Intan Paramaditha's Wędrówka

  • asian literature
  • asia
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"We should distinguish love from affection."

-Choi Eunyoung, Shoko's Smile: Stories

"I wish you the blessing of oblivion, and that you will find the strength to exist moment by moment."

-Choi Eunyoung, Shoko's Smile: Stories

"Film, art in general, only revealed it’s true face to hardworking geniuses, not hardworking mediocrities."

-Choi Eunyoung, Shoko's Smile: Stories

"Time passes, people leave, we become alone again. If we don't accept that fact, memory erodes the present and exhausts the mind until it ages us and ails us."

-Choi Eunyoung, Shoko's Smile: Stories

Cover of Wędrówka by Intan Paramaditha

20. Wędrówka

By: Intan Paramaditha

3.76

Format: 528 pages, Paperback

Zawsze sądziłaś, że czeka cię życie w wielkim świecie, że jest Ci pisane coś więcej, niż zaduch ind… read more

Similar categories in Intan Paramaditha's Wędrówka book and Intan Paramaditha's Wędrówka

  • magical realism
  • travel
  • asia
  • indonesian literature
  • choose your own adventure
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • asian literature
  • novels
  • fantasy
"Labels and boxes don’t matter any more when you always want to be with someone, hear her whole life story, or trace your fingers through her hair when you’re worn out after making love."

-Intan Paramaditha, Wędrówka

"...the shoes were devil shoes. They ran away from their creator, who now rested peacefully at the Heavenly Father’s side. For hundreds of years they have gone from one girl to another, stirring up in…"

-Intan Paramaditha, Wędrówka

Cover of Black Box by Shiori Itō

21. Black Box

By: Shiori Itō

4.47

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

真実は、ここにある。 なぜ、司法はこれを裁けないのか? レイプ被害を受けたジャーナリストが世に問う、 法と捜査、社会の現状。 尊敬していた人物からの、思いもよらない行為。 しかし、その事実を証明する… read more

Similar categories in Shiori Itō's Black Box book and Intan Paramaditha's Wędrówka

  • asian literature
  • asia
"I needed to communicate all of this in my own words, with my own voice. If I waited for someone else to speak out, things would never change."

-Shiori Itō, Black Box

"If I were going to die, there would be time for that later--after doing everything I could and using all that I had to confront the systemic problems that I knew needed to change."

-Shiori Itō, Black Box

"I felt as though everything inside me had been obliterated. However much I tried, however much I wanted to go back to being who I was before, it was impossible--all that was left was an empty husk of…"

-Shiori Itō, Black Box

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