Catastrophe: And Other Stories
By: Dino Buzzati
4.09
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
In Catastrophe , the renowned Italian short story writer Dino Buzzati brings vividly to life the sl…
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1. A Sentimental Journey
By: Laurence Sterne , Paul Goring
3.31
Format: 170 pages, Paperback
A furiously witty response to Tobias Smollett's curmudgeonly 'Travels through France and Italy', La… read more
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"It had ever, as I told the reader, been one of the singular blessings of my life, to be almost every hour of it miserably in love with some one...."-Laurence Sterne, A Sentimental Journey
"Dear sensibility! Source inexhausted of all that's precious in our joys, or costly in our sorrows! Eternal fountain of our feelings! 'tis here I trace thee and this is thy divinity which stirs within…"-Laurence Sterne, A Sentimental Journey
"I could wish to spy the nakedness of their hearts, and through the different disguises of customs, climates, and religion, find out what is good in them, to fashion my own by. It is for this reason t…"-Laurence Sterne, A Sentimental Journey
2. Collected Ghost Stories
By: M.R. James
4.14
Format: 568 pages, Hardcover
M. R. James is widely regarded as the father of the modern ghost story, and his tales have influenc… read more
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"The door was opening again. The seer does not like to dwell upon what he saw entering the room: he says it might be described as a frog - the size of a man - but it had scanty white hair about its he…"-M.R. James, Collected Ghost Stories
"Those that spend the greater part of their time in reading or writing books are, of course, apt to take rather particular notice of accumulations of books when they come across them. They will not pa…"-M.R. James, Collected Ghost Stories
"But it was in the life-saving competition that Stanley Judkins's conduct was most blameable and had the most far-reaching effects. The practice, as you know, was to throw a selected lower boy, of sui…"-M.R. James, Collected Ghost Stories
3. Complete Plays
By: Sarah Kane , David Greig
4.33
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
When Sarah Kane's first play, Blasted, was staged at the Royal Court Theatre, London in 1995 it was… read more
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- literature
- fiction
- horror
4. Songs of a Dead Dreamer and Grimscribe
By: Jeff VanderMeer , Thomas Ligotti
4.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
Two terrifying classics by "the best kept secret in contemporary horror fiction" (TheWashington Pos… read more
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5. Books of Blood: Volume Two (Books of Blood #2)
By: Clive Barker
4.09
Format: 116 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Alternate Cover Edition of ISBN 9780425087398 To a surgeon, cutting into the human body is an art. … read more
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6. At Fear's Altar
By: Richard Gavin
3.44
Format: 347 pages, Paperback
"Richard Gavin's new collection has some of the finest weird fiction I have ever read, tales that a… read more
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- short stories
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7. Invisible Cities
By: Italo Calvino , William Weaver
4.11
Format: 15 pages, Paperback
"Kublai Khan does not necessarily believe everything Marco Polo says when he describes the cities v… read more
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- italy
- magical realism
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- italian literature
- fantasy
8. To Each His Own
By: Leonardo Sciascia , Adrienne Foulke , W.S. Di Piero
4.60
Format: None pages, Paperback
This letter is your death sentence. To avenge what you have done you will die. But what has Manno t… read more
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9. Equal Danger
By: Leonardo Sciascia , Adrienne Foulke , Carlin Romano
4.60
Format: None pages, Paperback
District Attorney Varga is shot dead. Then Judge Sanza is killed. Then Judge Azar. Are these random… read more
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10. The Obscene Bird of Night
By: José Donoso , Hardie St. Martin , Leonard Mades
4.21
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
This haunting jungle of a novel has been hailed as "a masterpiece" by Luis Bunuel and "one of the g… read more
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- magical realism
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11. If on a Winter's Night a Traveler
By: Italo Calvino , William Weaver
3.90
Format: 216 pages,
If on a Winter's Night a Traveleris a marvel of ingenuity, an experimental text that looks longingl… read more
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12. A Nest of Nightmares
By: Lisa Tuttle
4.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
Stories include: Bug House; Dollburger; Community Property; Flying to Byzantium; Treading the Maze;… read more
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13. The Encyclopedia of the Dead
By: Michael Henry Heim , Danilo Kiš
3.92
Format: 381 pages, Paperback
In these stories Kis depicts human relationships, encounters, landscapes - the multitude of details… read more
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14. Le feu follet suivi de Adieu à Gonzague
By: Pierre Drieu la Rochelle
3.68
Format: 290 pages,
<>Alain regresa a la clinica de desintoxicacion despues de un agitado reencuentro con su amante, Ly… read more
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15. The Street of Crocodiles
By: Jonathan Safran Foer , Bruno Schulz , Jerzy Ficowski , Celina Wieniewska
4.02
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
The Street of Crocodiles in the Polish city of Drogobych is a street of memories and dreams where r… read more
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- classics
- magical realism
- literature
- short stories
- fiction
- 20th century
- fantasy
"Reality is as thin as paper, and betrays with all its cracks its imitative character."-Jonathan Safran Foer, The Street of Crocodiles
"Can there be anything sadder than a human being changed into the rubber tube of an enema?"-Jonathan Safran Foer, The Street of Crocodiles
"They were villages forgotten in the depth of time, peopled by creatures chained forever to their tiny destinies."-Jonathan Safran Foer, The Street of Crocodiles
"The days hardened with cold and boredom like last year's loaves of bread. One began to cut them with blunt knives without appetite, with a lazy indifference."-Jonathan Safran Foer, The Street of Crocodiles
16. The Wine-Dark Sea
By: Leonardo Sciascia , None , None
3.86
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
Leonardo Sciascia was an outstanding and controversial presence in twentieth-century Italian litera… read more
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17. The Black Maybe: Liminal Tales
By: Attila Veres
4.17
Format: 310 pages, Hardcover
Every so often a new horror writer bursts onto the scene with a book that is so dazzlingly original… read more
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- horror
18. The Best of Brevity: Twenty Years of Groundbreaking Flash Nonfiction
By: Zoë Bossiere
4.32
Format: 276 pages, Paperback
How much of the human experience can fit into 750 words? A lot, it turns out. Since its founding in… read more
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- short stories
19. Catastrophe: And Other Stories
By: Dino Buzzati
4.09
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
In Catastrophe , the renowned Italian short story writer Dino Buzzati brings vividly to life the sl… read more
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- classics
- magical realism
- literature
- short stories
- fiction
- italian literature
- 20th century
- horror
- fantasy
20. Porte aperte
By: Leonardo Sciascia
3.71
Format: 109 pages, Paperback
A Palermo, verso la fine degli Anni Trenta, «un crimine atroce e folle, di cui è protagonista un pe… read more
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21. Museum Visits
By: Éric Chevillard
3.71
Format: 152 pages, Paperback
The daring, mischievous micro-essays of award-winning French humorist Éric Chevillard, published in… read more
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