Roman avec cocaïne
By: M. Agueev
3.83
Format: 240 pages, Pocket Book
Dans un Moscou frappé par la Révolution, Vadim fait l'expérience irréversible de la cocaïne. Tour à…
Want to Read $ 8.99"And if all womankind banded together and took the male path, the world would turn into one huge brothel."-M. Agueev, Roman avec cocaïne
"Boulevards are like people: similar in their youth, they undergo gradual change according to what ferments in them."-M. Agueev, Roman avec cocaïne
"To begin with, I had never done any good deeds; besides, even if I had simply fabricated a few, I would not have enjoyed going on about them."-M. Agueev, Roman avec cocaïne
"... try to understand that our souls work like swings: the stronger the push up towards the nobility of the soul, the stronger the swoop down towards the fury of the beast."-M. Agueev, Roman avec cocaïne
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1. Tokyo Decadence
By: Ryū Murakami , Yuko Otake , Marco Fiocca
3.68
Format: 168 pages, Paperback
In una Tokyo in piena decadenza, giovani schiave del sesso a pagamento tentano di conservare un bri… read more
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"If you don’t know what you want, you’ll never find it."-Ryū Murakami, Tokyo Decadence
"when beautiful women get angry, it scares people. Ugly women get mad and it’s just comical, right?"-Ryū Murakami, Tokyo Decadence
"Self-esteem isn’t an emotion. Self-esteem is just self-knowledge, a solid understanding of your limitations. It’s living according to your own standards."-Ryū Murakami, Tokyo Decadence
"Find something that, when you’re doing it, makes you feel like you don’t have anywhere to go. If you don’t find it, you’ll end up having to go somewhere you don’t want to."-Ryū Murakami, Tokyo Decadence
2. Sofia Petrovna
By: Lydia Chukovskaya , Aline Werth
4.04
Format: 120 pages, Paperback
Sofia Petrovna is Lydia Chukovskaya's fictional account of the Great Purge. Sofia is a Soviet Every… read more
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- russia
- classics
- russian literature
- literature
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- 20th century
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3. The Possibility of an Island
By: Michel Houellebecq
3.80
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
A worldwide phenomenon and the most important French novelist since Albert Camus, Michel Houellebec… read more
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- literature
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- fiction
"La solitude à deux est l'enfer consenti."-Michel Houellebecq, The Possibility of an Island
"Si la sincérité, en elle-même, n'est rien, elle est la condition de tout."-Michel Houellebecq, The Possibility of an Island
"Et l'amour, où tout est facile, Où tout est donné dans l'instant; Il existe au milieu du temps La possibilité d'une île."-Michel Houellebecq, The Possibility of an Island
"The dream of all men is to meet little sluts who are innocent but ready for all forms of depravity—which is what, more or less, all teenage girls are."-Michel Houellebecq, The Possibility of an Island
4. My Childhood
By: Maxim Gorky , Ronald Wilks
4.08
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
Coloured by poverty and horrifying brutality, Gorky's childhood equipped him to understand - in a w… read more
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- russian literature
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- 20th century
"Anger is like ice, and also quick to melt"-Maxim Gorky, My Childhood
"In the monotony of everyday existence grief comes as a holiday, and a fire is an entertainment. A scratch embellishes an empty face."-Maxim Gorky, My Childhood
"And this was the end of my first friendship with one of that innumerable company of people who are foreigners in their own country, but who are in reality its finest sons...."-Maxim Gorky, My Childhood
"In recalling my childhood I like to picture myself as a beehive to which various simple obscure people brought the honey of their knowledge and thoughts on life, generously enriching my character wit…"-Maxim Gorky, My Childhood
5. The Seventh Function of Language
By: Laurent Binet
3.76
Format: 359 pages, Paperback
Paris, 1980. The literary critic Roland Barthes dies—struck by a laundry van—after lunch with the p… read more
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- literature
- literary fiction
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"The slalom race of syntax!"-Laurent Binet, The Seventh Function of Language
"He liked cock, this intellectual!"-Laurent Binet, The Seventh Function of Language
"The homosexuals are the new Jesuits."-Laurent Binet, The Seventh Function of Language
"What would you do if you ruled the world?"-Laurent Binet, The Seventh Function of Language
6. Un roman russe
By: Emmanuel Carrère
3.67
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
La folie et l'horreur ont obsédé ma vie. Les livres que j'ai écrits ne parlent de rien d'autre. Apr… read more
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- literature
- russia
7. Wittgenstein’s Nephew
By: Thomas Bernhard , David McLintock
4.03
Format: 101 pages, Paperback
It is 1967. In separate wings of a Viennese hospital, two men lie bedridden. The narrator, Thomas B… read more
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"Bu zaman zarfında Paul'un düşüncelerinden yoksun kalmıştım, başka başka yüzlerce, ortalaması son derece düşük çaplı kafa içinde boğulmama ramak kalmıştı, çünkü kendimizi aldatmayalım, çoğunlukla elim…"-Thomas Bernhard, Wittgenstein’s Nephew
"Benimle Nathal'de avlu duvarı dibinde oturmuş, batmakta olan güneşin altında, kaç kere Paris'e, kaç kere Londra'ya, kaç kere Roma'ya gittiğinin, kaç bin şişe şampanya ictiğinin ve acaba kaç kitap oku…"-Thomas Bernhard, Wittgenstein’s Nephew
"O sıralar herkes tarafından da terk edilmiştim, ben onların hepsini terk etmiştim çünkü, işin aslı bu, hiç kimseyi istemiyordum, tıpkı artık hiçbir şeyi istemeyişim ama her şeye de kendi elimle son v…"-Thomas Bernhard, Wittgenstein’s Nephew
"قلت لنفسى وأنا أجلس فوق دكة فى منتزه المدينة، إن هذه ربما تكون آخر مرة أرى فيها صديقى. لم أكن اعتقد أن جسدا بهذا الوهن، خبت فيه جذوة الحياة وانطفأت شعلة الإرادة، سيتحمل أكثر من بضعة أيام. زُلزل كيانى …"-Thomas Bernhard, Wittgenstein’s Nephew
8. Satantango
By: George Szirtes , László Krasznahorkai
4.14
Format: 274 pages, Hardcover
Already famous as the inspiration for the filmmaker Béla Tarr’s six-hour masterpiece, Satantango is… read more
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- classics
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- 20th century
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"They’re waiting patiently, like the long-suffering lot they are, in the firm conviction that someone has conned them. They are waiting, belly to the ground, like cats at pig-killing time, hoping for …"-George Szirtes, Satantango
"Irimiás: God is not made manifest in language, you dope. He's not manifest in anything. He doesn't exist... God was a mistake. I've long understood there is zero difference between me and a bug, or a…"-George Szirtes, Satantango
9. Envy
By: Marian Schwartz , Ken Kalfus , Yury Olesha , Natan Altman
3.71
Format: 152 pages, Paperback
One of the delights of Russian literature, a tour de force that has been compared to the best of Na… read more
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- russia
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- russian literature
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10. Day of the Oprichnik
By: Jamey Gambrell , Vladimir Sorokin
3.74
Format: 191 pages, Hardcover
One of The Telegraph ’s Best Fiction Books 2011 Moscow, 2028. A cold, snowy morning. Andrei Dani… read more
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"бух бах бох — вот вам Бог. бих бух бах — вот вам Бах. пиф паф пах — вот вам Пах. И этого достаточно."-Jamey Gambrell, Day of the Oprichnik
"Да будь я евреем преклонных годов, И то – nicht zweifelnd und bitter, Немецкий я б выучил только за то, Что им разговаривал Гитлер."-Jamey Gambrell, Day of the Oprichnik
"Охуенный удар невъебенного топора пришелся в самое темя триждыраспронаебаной старухи, чему пиздато способствовал её мандаблядски малый рост. Она задроченно вскрикнула и вдруг вся как-то пиздапроушенн…"-Jamey Gambrell, Day of the Oprichnik
11. The Rebels
By: Sándor Márai , George Szirtes
3.46
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Embers . . . Casanova in Bolzano . . . and now The the third of the rediscovered novels of the gre… read more
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- classics
- 20th century
- fiction
12. The Petty Demon
By: Fyodor Sologub , Samuel D. Cioran
4.02
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
The Petty Demon is one of the funniest Russian novels. It is also the most decadent of the great Ru… read more
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"Только маленькие врут, взрослые изволят ошибаться."-Fyodor Sologub, The Petty Demon
"Варвары не было дома. Клавдия мыла полы в горницах. Передонов вошёл в кухню вымыть руки. На столе увидел он свёрток синей бумаги, и из него высыпались несколько изюминок. Это был фунт изюма, купленый…"-Fyodor Sologub, The Petty Demon
13. Moscow to the End of the Line
By: Venedikt Erofeev , None
4.04
Format: 164 pages, Paperback
In this classic of Russian humor and social commentary, a fired cable fitter goes on a binge and ho… read more
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"...in Petushki the jasmine never stops blooming and the birds always sing..."-Venedikt Erofeev, Moscow to the End of the Line
"В Сибири вообще никто не живет, одни только негры живут. Продуктов им туда не завозят, выпить им нечего, не говоря уж "поесть". Только один раз в год им привозят из Житомира вышитые полотенца - и нег…"-Venedikt Erofeev, Moscow to the End of the Line
"Ард түмэн үхрийн мах худалдан авч чадахгүй байна, гэтэл архи түүнээс нь хямдхан байдаг, чухам иймээс л, орос эрчүүд ядуурлаас болж архи ууцгааж байна! Ард түмэн ном худалдан авч чадахгүй байна, яагаа…"-Venedikt Erofeev, Moscow to the End of the Line
"I like the fact that my compatriots have such vacant and protruding eyes. They fill me with virtuous pride. You can imagine what eyes are like (in the capitalist world). ...such eyes look at you with…"-Venedikt Erofeev, Moscow to the End of the Line
14. Whatever
By: Michel Houellebecq , Paul Hammond
3.57
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
Just thirty, with a well-paid job, depression and no love life, the narrator and anti-hero par exce… read more
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- 20th century
- fiction
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- drama
"En su lugar, una víbora ya se habría suicidado."-Michel Houellebecq, Whatever
"Me considero un tipo normal. Bueno, puede que no exactamente, pero ¿Quién lo es exactamente? Digamos que soy normal al 80%."-Michel Houellebecq, Whatever
"Il me dit: « Vous avez dû avoir peur. » Je réponds oui pour ne pas faire d'histoires, mais en fait je n'ai pas eu peur du tout, j'ai juste eu l'impression que j'allais crever dans les prochaines minu…"-Michel Houellebecq, Whatever
"Een vrouw die in de handen van de psychoanalytici is gevallen wordt totaal en voorgoed onbruikbaar. Dat fenomeen moet niet als een neveneffect van de psychoanalyse worden beschouwd maar wel degelijk …"-Michel Houellebecq, Whatever
15. Dissipatio H.G.
By: Guido Morselli
3.80
Format: 154 pages, Paperback
From his solitary buen retiro in the mountains, the last man on earth drives to the capital Chrysop… read more
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"Il pessimismo radicale sconfina nell'ottimismo."-Guido Morselli, Dissipatio H.G.
"Morire biologicamente, è il perfezionarsi di uno stato in cui ci troviamo già ora."-Guido Morselli, Dissipatio H.G.
"Ho paura dell'uomo, come dei topi e delle zanzare, per il danno e il fastidio di cui è produttore inesausto."-Guido Morselli, Dissipatio H.G.
"Quello che abbiamo posseduto, ce lo possiamo mettere dietro le spalle, confinarlo nel passato, nel già-fatto."-Guido Morselli, Dissipatio H.G.
16. The Man Without Qualities
By: Robert Musil , Sophie Wilkins , Burton Pike
4.19
Format: 1774 pages, Paperback
Set in Vienna on the eve of World War I, this great novel of ideas tells the story of Ulrich, ex-so… read more
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"Leute, die jederzeit zu sterben meinen, leben lang!"-Robert Musil, The Man Without Qualities
"Städte lassen sich an ihrem Gang erkennen wie Menschen."-Robert Musil, The Man Without Qualities
"[A]lles ist moralisch, aber die Moral selbst ist nicht moralisch!"-Robert Musil, The Man Without Qualities
"Moral war für ihn [..] das unendliche Ganze der Möglichkeiten zu leben."-Robert Musil, The Man Without Qualities
17. Journey to the End of the Night
By: Louis-Ferdinand Céline , Ralph Manheim , William T. Vollmann
4.19
Format: 453 pages, Paperback
Louis-Ferdinand Celine's revulsion and anger at what he considered the idiocy and hypocrisy of soci… read more
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- literature
- 20th century
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"If you aren't rich you should always look useful."-Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Journey to the End of the Night
"When you write, you should put your skin on the table."-Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Journey to the End of the Night
"Sonuçta savaş dediğiniz şey, anlamadığınız ne varsa odur"-Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Journey to the End of the Night
"Nearly all a poor bastard's desires are punishable by jail."-Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Journey to the End of the Night
18. In Praise of the Stepmother
By: Mario Vargas Llosa , None
3.43
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
Mario Vargas Llosa, the internationally acclaimed author of The Storyteller, adds his own finely-tu… read more
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- novels
- fiction
"Porque a felicidade era temporária, individual, excepcionalmente dual, raríssimas vezes tripartida e nunca coletiva, municipal."-Mario Vargas Llosa, In Praise of the Stepmother
19. Travels in the Scriptorium
By: Paul Auster
3.26
Format: 145 pages, Hardcover
A man pieces together clues to his past--and the identity of his captors--in this fantastic, labyri… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- novels
"These are treacherous times, and I know how easily perceptions can be twisted by a single word spoken into the wrong ear. Impugn a man's character, and everything that man does is made to seem underh…"-Paul Auster, Travels in the Scriptorium
"Mr. Blank's old friend is acting up again, and because our hero is no longer wearing the cotton trousers and underpants and is quite naked under the pajama bottoms, there is no barrier to prevent Mr.…"-Paul Auster, Travels in the Scriptorium
20. Hourglass
By: Ralph Manheim , Danilo Kiš
4.33
Format: 274 pages, Paperback
Danilo Kiš was one of the most artful and eloquent writers of postwar Europe. Of all his books, Hou… read more
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"A sve što nadživi smrt jeste jedna mala ništavna pobeda nad večnošću ništavila - dokaz ljudske veličine i Jahvine milosti. Non omnis moriar. "-Ralph Manheim, Hourglass
"Oko se sporo privikava na polutamu, na zalelujanu prostoriju bez jasnih kontura, na treperave senke. Privučen plamenom, pogled se ustremljuje na lampu, na tu još jedinu svetlu tačku u velikom mraku s…"-Ralph Manheim, Hourglass
21. Novel with Cocaine (European Classics)
By: M. Agueev , Michael Henry Heim , M. Ageyev
3.83
Format: 204 pages, Paperback
A Dostoevskian psychological novel of ideas, Novel with Cocaine explores the interaction between ps… read more
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- literary fiction
- russia
- classics
- russian literature
- literature
- fiction
- 20th century
- novels
- adult
- drama
"And if all womankind banded together and took the male path, the world would turn into one huge brothel."-M. Agueev, Novel with Cocaine (European Classics)
"Boulevards are like people: similar in their youth, they undergo gradual change according to what ferments in them."-M. Agueev, Novel with Cocaine (European Classics)
"To begin with, I had never done any good deeds; besides, even if I had simply fabricated a few, I would not have enjoyed going on about them."-M. Agueev, Novel with Cocaine (European Classics)
"... try to understand that our souls work like swings: the stronger the push up towards the nobility of the soul, the stronger the swoop down towards the fury of the beast."-M. Agueev, Novel with Cocaine (European Classics)
22. Thousand Cranes
By: Yasunari Kawabata , Edward G. Seidensticker
3.71
Format: 147 pages, Paperback
An alternate cover of this ISBN can be found here. Nobel Prize winner Yasunari Kawabata’s Thousa… read more
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"Гріх ніколи не змиєш, а горе минає."-Yasunari Kawabata, Thousand Cranes
"Коли вона померла, я з жалем подумала: навіть якщо її не розуміли, то все одно смерть не можна виправдати. Смерть виключає будь-яку надію на порозуміння."-Yasunari Kawabata, Thousand Cranes
"Now, even more than the evening before, he could think of no one with whom to compare her. She had become absolute, beyond comparison. She had become decision and fate."-Yasunari Kawabata, Thousand Cranes
"– Понимаете, Кикудзисан, человек не может быть благоразумным и мудрым, если в нем слишком сильно мужское или женское начало. – Да? Значит, мудрость среднего пола? – Иронизируете? Ну, ну… Однако, когд…"-Yasunari Kawabata, Thousand Cranes
23. 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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- 20th century
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"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
24. We Are Your Soldiers: How Gamal Abdel Nasser Remade the Arab World
By: Alex Rowell
4.19
Format: 395 pages, Hardcover
A searing exploration of authoritarianism in the Middle East through the legacy of Gamal Abdel Nass… read more
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25. The Annual Banquet of the Gravediggers' Guild
By: Mathias Énard
3.59
Format: 496 pages, Paperback
To research his thesis on contemporary agrarian life, anthropology student David Mazon moves from P… read more
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- literary fiction
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26. Wound
By: Oksana Vasyakina
3.93
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
For fans of Maggie Nelson and Eileen Myles, the lyrical and deeply moving story of a young queer wo… read more
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- russia
- russian literature
- fiction
"Meg kellett szoknom, hogy át kell gondolni, mit árulok el a partneremről, hogy hogyan viselkedem nyilvánosan. Nem azért, mert szégyenlős voltam – feszengtem persze egy kicsit, de nem próbáltam titkol…"-Oksana Vasyakina, Wound
27. The Human Chair
By: Edogawa Rampo
4.32
Format: 20 pages, Paperback
A short story about a chair that holds a dark secret. read more
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- classics
- adult
- fiction
"Could it be that in the end, we Japanese are unable to feel true love for any except our fellow Japanese?"-Edogawa Rampo, The Human Chair
