5 best-selling bande dessinée books like Kafkaesque: Fourteen Stories by Peter Kuper

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Kafkaesque: Fourteen Stories

By: Peter Kuper

3.85

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

Long fascinated with the work of Franz Kafka, Peter Kuper began illustrating his stories in 1988. I…

"The fortress was fashioned by my hard work and I paid dearly in constructing it. It had to be hammered into a firm state and I was glad when the blood came. It was proof the walls were hardening. - The Burrow"

-Peter Kuper, Kafkaesque: Fourteen Stories

"The fortress was fashioned by my hard work and I paid dearly in constructing it. It had to be hammered into a firm state and I was glad when the blood came. It was proof the walls were hardening. - The Burrow"

-Peter Kuper, Kafkaesque: Fourteen Stories

"They put a young panther into the cage. The food he liked was brought to him without hesitation. He seemed not even to miss his freedom. The joy of life streamed from his throat with such ardent passion that for the onlookers it was not easy to stand the shock of it. But they braced themselves, crowded around the cage, and did not ever want to move away."

-Peter Kuper, Kafkaesque: Fourteen Stories

"They put a young panther into the cage. The food he liked was brought to him without hesitation. He seemed not even to miss his freedom. The joy of life streamed from his throat with such ardent passion that for the onlookers it was not easy to stand the shock of it. But they braced themselves, crowded around the cage, and did not ever want to move away."

-Peter Kuper, Kafkaesque: Fourteen Stories

If you liked the bande dessinée plot in Kafkaesque: Fourteen Stories by Peter Kuper , here is a list of 5 books like this:

Cover of The Underwater Welder by Jeff Lemire, Steve Wands

1. The Underwater Welder

By: Jeff Lemire , Steve Wands

4.09

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

As an underwater welder on an oilrig off the coast of Nova Scotia, Jack Joseph is used to the immen… read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction
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2. Kafka

By: Robert Crumb , David Zane Mairowitz

3.67

Format: None pages, Paperback

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  • art
  • graphic novels
  • comics

3. Les deux vies de Baudoin

By: Fabien Toulmé

4.50

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

Baudouin est un trentenaire solitaire, enferme dans un quotidien monotone. Son frere, Luc, est a l'… read more

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4. Watership Down: The Graphic Novel

By: James Sturm

4.43

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A beautiful and faithful graphic novel adaptation of Richard Adams’s beloved story of a group of ra… read more

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  • classics
  • graphic novels comics
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5. Monica

By: Daniel Clowes

3.95

Format: 106 pages, Hardcover

Monica is a series of interconnected narratives that collectively tell the life story — actually, s… read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • bande dessinée
  • short stories
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  • horror
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6. Wasteland: The Secret World of Waste and the Urgent Search for a Cleaner Future

By: Oliver Franklin-Wallis

4.44

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

An award-winning investigative journalist takes a deep dive into the global waste crisis, exposing … read more

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"Cleaning up is expensive; arson is cheap."

-Oliver Franklin-Wallis, Wasteland: The Secret World of Waste and the Urgent Search for a Cleaner Future

"As modern agriculture and supply chains have made food cheap, diverse, and plentiful, it can also sometimes feel that we have forgotten to value the food we do eat, or understand the environmental or…"

-Oliver Franklin-Wallis, Wasteland: The Secret World of Waste and the Urgent Search for a Cleaner Future

"Nuclear waste is unlike other wastes. It is not only the danger…but the timescale. Trash inside a landfill might decay over decades, plastics over hundreds or thousands of years - the truth is we don…"

-Oliver Franklin-Wallis, Wasteland: The Secret World of Waste and the Urgent Search for a Cleaner Future

Cover of Haruki Murakami Manga Stories 1: Super-Frog Saves Tokyo, Where I'm Likely to Find It, Birthday Girl, The Seventh Man by Jean-Christophe Deveney

7. Haruki Murakami Manga Stories 1: Super-Frog Saves Tokyo, Where I'm Likely to Find It, Birthday Girl, The Seventh Man

By: Jean-Christophe Deveney

3.67

Format: 153 pages, ebook

Haruki Murakami's stories in graphic novel form for the first time! Haruki Murakami's novels, es… read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • short stories
  • comics
  • fiction
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8. Do a Powerbomb!

By: Daniel Warren Johnson

4.52

Format: 168 pages, Paperback

From the creator of MURDER-FALCON and WONDER WOMAN: DEAD EARTH comes the wrestling adventure of the… read more

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  • graphic novels comics
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9. Animal Farm: The Graphic Novel

By: Odyr

4.26

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

A beautiful graphic adaptation of George Orwell's timeless and timely allegorical novel. "All a… read more

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  • classics
  • graphic novels comics
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  • comics
  • fiction
"Um dia conseguiremos distinguir a diferença entre porcos e homens."

-Odyr, Animal Farm: The Graphic Novel

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10. The Book Tour

By: Andi Watson

3.48

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

A page-turning, Kafkaesque dark comedy in brilliant retro style, this graphic novel watches one man… read more

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Cover of Kent State: Four Dead in Ohio by Derf Backderf

11. Kent State: Four Dead in Ohio

By: Derf Backderf

4.47

Format: 280 pages, Hardcover

From Derf Backderf, the bestselling author of My Friend Dahmer, comes the Eisner and ALA/YALSA Alex… read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
Cover of Brave New World: A Graphic Novel by Fred Fordham

12. Brave New World: A Graphic Novel

By: Fred Fordham

3.65

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Available in graphic novel form for the first time, Aldous Huxley's classic novel of authoritariani… read more

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  • graphic novels comics
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Cover of Nosotras by Suzette Celaya Aguilar

13. Nosotras

By: Suzette Celaya Aguilar

4.41

Format: 181 pages, Paperback

«La muerte de un pueblo es también el fin del mundo. El fin de los tiempos para todos aquellos que,… read more

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14. Anthony Bourdain's Hungry Ghosts (#1-4)

By: Anthony Bourdain

3.52

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

Hungry Ghosts is cooked up by the best selling author and veteran chef, Anthony Bourdain (Kitchen C… read more

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  • graphic novels comics
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  • short stories
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  • horror
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15. Kafka: A Graphic Novel Adaptation

By: Nishioka Kyoudai

3.81

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

Two cult-favorite Japanese writers present eerie graphic adaptations of 9 classic Kafka short stori… read more

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  • classics
  • graphic novels
  • short stories
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  • horror
Cover of Kafkaesque: Fourteen Stories by Peter Kuper

16. Kafkaesque: Fourteen Stories

By: Peter Kuper

3.85

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

Long fascinated with the work of Franz Kafka, Peter Kuper began illustrating his stories in 1988. I… read more

Similar categories in Peter Kuper's Kafkaesque: Fourteen Stories book and Peter Kuper's Kafkaesque: Fourteen Stories

  • art
  • classics
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • philosophy
  • bande dessinée
  • short stories
  • comics
  • fiction
  • horror
"The fortress was fashioned by my hard work and I paid dearly in constructing it. It had to be hammered into a firm state and I was glad when the blood came. It was proof the walls were hardening. - T…"

-Peter Kuper, Kafkaesque: Fourteen Stories

"They put a young panther into the cage. The food he liked was brought to him without hesitation. He seemed not even to miss his freedom. The joy of life streamed from his throat with such ardent pass…"

-Peter Kuper, Kafkaesque: Fourteen Stories

"One day, the ringmaster's eye fell upon the cage and he asked: "Why?" this perfectly good spot should be left standing there unused. Nobody knew, until one man remembered about the hunger artist. "Ar…"

-Peter Kuper, Kafkaesque: Fourteen Stories

"Besides casual onlookers there were also permanent watchers. This was merely a formality: the artist would never swallow the smallest morsel of food. No one could possible watch the hunger artist con…"

-Peter Kuper, Kafkaesque: Fourteen Stories

Cover of Ausencia by Yasmina Khadra

17. Ausencia

By: Yasmina Khadra

3.04

Format: 21 pages, Kindle Edition

Nasser es un joven que vive en una ciudad turística y siente por primera vez el pinchazo del amor. … read more

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18. Grup Terapisi

By: Manu Larcenet

3.92

Format: 168 pages, Hardcover

"ARAMIZDA KALSIN, ELEŞTİRMEK İÇİN SÖYLEMİYORUM AMA SOSYOPATLARDAN ELLE TUTULUR BİR FUTBOL TAKIMI ÇI… read more

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  • comics
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19. Artist

By: Yeong-shin Ma

3.74

Format: 636 pages, Paperback

The satirical saga of three artists seeking recognition. But there can be only one Artist.A novelis… read more

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20. Manfried the Man

By: Caitlin Major

3.64

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

In this hilarious graphic novel, the roles of cats and humans are reversed, putting humanoid feline… read more

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Cover of Billy Budd KGB by Jerome Charyn

21. Billy Budd KGB

By: Jerome Charyn

3.65

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

« Bouche du diable », c'est le surnom que vaut son bec-de-lièvre au jeune Youri, orphelin recueilli… read more

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  • graphic novels
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