8 best-selling contemporary books like Il est avantageux d'avoir où aller by Emmanuel Carrère

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Il est avantageux d'avoir où aller

By: Emmanuel Carrère

3.66

Format: 539 pages, Kindle Edition

Ce livre de plus de 500 pages réunit la plupart des articles écrits par Emmanuel Carrère depuis 25 …

"Soy uno de esos lectores tan bulímicos que se avergüenzan de ello y acogen con alegría cualquier motivo honorable, profesional, por ejemplo, para saciar su vicio"

-Emmanuel Carrère, Il est avantageux d'avoir où aller

If you liked the contemporary plot in Il est avantageux d'avoir où aller by Emmanuel Carrère , here is a list of 8 books like this:

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1. Venezia è un pesce. Una guida

By: Tiziano Scarpa

3.83

Format: 126 pages, Paperback

Non è vero che tutto è già stato scritto. Prendete Venezia: che cos'altro dire di originale su una … read more

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  • nonfiction
"Life is a cat asleep on the window sill suddenly waking as it falls from the third floor."

-Tiziano Scarpa, Venezia è un pesce. Una guida

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2. 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

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  • nonfiction
  • essays
"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

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3. Eventide (Plainsong, #2)

By: Kent Haruf

4.23

Format: 300 pages, Paperback

Kent Haruf, award-winning, bestselling author of Plainsong returns to the high-plains town of Holt,… read more

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  • contemporary
"And they had folded his brother's hands across his suited chest, as if he would be preserved in this sanguine pose forever, but only the heavy callouses visible at the sides of his hands seemed real.…"

-Kent Haruf, Eventide (Plainsong, #2)

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4. La carte et le territoire

By: Michel Houellebecq

3.95

Format: 428 pages, Paperback

Si Jed Martin, le personnage principal de ce roman, devait vous en raconter l’histoire, il commence… read more

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  • france
  • french literature
  • contemporary
"Sexuality is a fragile thing: it is difficult to enter, and easy to leave."

-Michel Houellebecq, La carte et le territoire

"Jed then realized that he was standing in a book, and wondered if this book told the story of his life."

-Michel Houellebecq, La carte et le territoire

"Las flores son sólo órganos sexuales, vaginas abigarradas que adornan la superficie del mundo, entregadas a la lubricidad de los insectos."

-Michel Houellebecq, La carte et le territoire

"Ciudată e uneori omenirea. Din nefericire, cel mai adesea era genul ciudată și respingătoare, și doar arareori de genul ciudat și încântător."

-Michel Houellebecq, La carte et le territoire

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5. Laëtitia ou la fin des hommes

By: Ivan Jablonka

2.50

Format: 32 pages,

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  • nonfiction
  • france
  • french literature

6. Regarde les lumières mon amour

By: Annie Ernaux

3.94

Format: 489 pages, Paperback

Pendant un an, Annie Ernaux a tenu le journal de ses visites a l'hypermarche Auchan du centre comme… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • france
  • french literature
  • essays
  • contemporary

7. La bella estate

By: Cesare Pavese

4.06

Format: 205 pages, Paperback

"A quei tempi era sempre festa. Bastava uscire di casa e attraversare la strada, per diventare come… read more

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8. Compass

By: Mathias Énard , Charlotte Mandell

4.22

Format: None pages, Hardcover

As night falls over Vienna, Franz Ritter, an insomniac musicologist, takes to his sickbed with an u… read more

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9. El impostor

By: Javier Cercas

3.75

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

He aqui una fascinante novela sin ficcion saturada de ficcion; la ficcion no la pone el autor: la p… read more

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10. Twenty Years After (The D'Artagnan Romances, #2)

By: Alexandre Dumas , David Coward , Auguste Maquet

4.34

Format: 592 pages, Paperback

'At this game, whoever does not kill is killed.' Twenty Years After(1845), the sequel to The Three … read more

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11. Triste tigre

By: Neige Sinno

4.23

Format: 283 pages, Paperback

J'ai voulu y croire, j'ai voulu rêver que le royaume de la littérature m'accueillerait comme n'impo… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • france
  • french literature
  • contemporary
"C'est vrai qu'aucun [...] n'avait vu ce que nous pouvions voir nous, les enfants et ma mère, au sein du foyer, où il se comportait comme un tyran. Et c'est quand même ça qui ressort avant tout de cet…"

-Neige Sinno, Triste tigre

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12. L’ultima cosa bella sulla faccia della terra

By: Michael Bible

3.60

Format: 135 pages, ebook

Mentre tutti sono raccolti in preghiera, dall’ultima fila Iggy avanza verso il centro della chiesa.… read more

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  • contemporary
"Quegli anni sono così malinconici e bizzarri. Per effetto del vento sembrava che le azalee levitassero a una spanna da terra. I cani dei vicini, Sale e Pepe, abbaiavano come due innamorati durante un…"

-Michael Bible, L’ultima cosa bella sulla faccia della terra

Cover of L'età fragile by Donatella Di Pietrantonio

13. L'età fragile

By: Donatella Di Pietrantonio

3.73

Format: 192 pages, ebook

Non esiste un'età senza paura. Siamo fragili sempre, da genitori e da figli, quando bisogna ricostr… read more

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  • contemporary
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14. The Maniac

By: Benjamín Labatut

4.34

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

From one of contemporary literature’s most exciting new voices, a haunting story centered on the Hu… read more

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"[...] si nuestra especie iba a sobrevivir el siglo XX, necesitábamos llenar el enorme vacío dejado por la huida de los dioses, y la única candidata viable para realizar esa extraña y esotérica transf…"

-Benjamín Labatut, The Maniac

Cover of Frontiera: perché sarà un nuovo secolo americano by Francesco Costa

15. Frontiera: perché sarà un nuovo secolo americano

By: Francesco Costa

3.79

Format: 290 pages, ebook

C'è una storia che ascoltiamo da un po' di tempo, e descrive la più grande superpotenza del pianeta… read more

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  • nonfiction
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16. Le Monde sans fin

By: Jean-Marc Jancovici

4.47

Format: 196 pages, Hardcover

La rencontre entre un auteur majeur de la bande dessinée et un éminent spécialiste des questions én… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • france
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17. Il fuoco che ti porti dentro

By: Antonio Franchini

3.90

Format: 224 pages, ebook

Il fuoco che ti porti dentro racconta la vita e la morte di Angela, una donna dal carattere impossi… read more

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"Sua madre è esattamente come lei, odia molti e disprezza tutti."

-Antonio Franchini, Il fuoco che ti porti dentro

"Concorde con lo spirito del nostro tempo, non solo non teme la contraddizione ma disprezza la coerenza."

-Antonio Franchini, Il fuoco che ti porti dentro

"A chiedere scusa ci si educa - e adesso so che è un processo accidentato -, mentre a casa mia non ci si confronta, si grida e si aggredisce, o si sta zitti. Non siamo stati abituati a parlare tra noi…"

-Antonio Franchini, Il fuoco che ti porti dentro

"Conosco la rabbia che nasce dal senso di inferiorità, dall'inadeguatezza. Qualche volta sono stato preso da quella stessa frenesia, ho provato il desiderio di sfregiare con le parole coloro ai quali …"

-Antonio Franchini, Il fuoco che ti porti dentro

Cover of Infocracia: La digitalización y la crisis de la democracia by Byung-Chul Han

18. Infocracia: La digitalización y la crisis de la democracia

By: Byung-Chul Han

4.11

Format: 67 pages, Kindle Edition

Die Digitalisierung schreitet unaufhaltsam voran. Wir sind benommen vom Kommunikations- und Informa… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • essays
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19. La familia grande

By: Camille Kouchner

4.09

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

« Souviens-toi, maman : nous étions tes enfants. » C.K. C’est l’histoire d’une grande famille q… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • france
  • french literature
  • contemporary
"Victime de la perversité. Pervertie, mais pas perverse, maman."

-Camille Kouchner, La familia grande

"It’s parents who make their children keep these things quiet. Not brothers."

-Camille Kouchner, La familia grande

"My silence is the result of your breakdown and the lack of trust at home, mum."

-Camille Kouchner, La familia grande

"Je suis interdite de passé. Quel chagrin d'être privée des souvenirs de son enfance, et des gens qu'on aimait."

-Camille Kouchner, La familia grande

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20. The Lehman Trilogy

By: Stefano Massini

4.25

Format: 720 pages, Hardcover

Magnificent in scope,  internationally lauded, and transcendent, the novel in verse that inspired t… read more

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21. Il est avantageux d'avoir où aller

By: Emmanuel Carrère

3.66

Format: 539 pages, Kindle Edition

Ce livre de plus de 500 pages réunit la plupart des articles écrits par Emmanuel Carrère depuis 25 … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • france
  • french literature
  • essays
  • contemporary
"Soy uno de esos lectores tan bulímicos que se avergüenzan de ello y acogen con alegría cualquier motivo honorable, profesional, por ejemplo, para saciar su vicio"

-Emmanuel Carrère, Il est avantageux d'avoir où aller

10 Best nonfiction books like Il est avantageux d'avoir où aller by Emmanuel Carrère

Transform Your Habits

Venezia è un pesce. Una guida

Tiziano Scarpa

3.83

Transform Your Habits

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

David Foster Wallace

4.15

Transform Your Habits

Laëtitia ou la fin des hommes

Ivan Jablonka

2.50

Regarde les lumières mon amour

Annie Ernaux

3.94

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22 Top fiction books like Il fuoco che ti porti dentro by Antonio Franchini

Transform Your Habits

Chi dice e chi tace

Chiara Valerio

3.77

Transform Your Habits

I giorni di Vetro

Nicoletta Verna

4.57

Transform Your Habits

L'età fragile

Donatella Di Pietrantonio

3.73

Transform Your Habits

Cose che non si raccontano

Antonella Lattanzi

4.22

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