Homo Poeticus: Essays and Interviews
By: Danilo Kiš
4.28
Format: 300 pages, Paperback
Serbian writer Danilo Kis was preoccupied with man's dehumanization in a mechanized, totalitarian w…
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1. Farewell Waltz
By: Milan Kundera , None
4.38
Format: 613 pages, Paperback
Klima, a celebrated jazz trumpeter, receives a phone call announcing that a young nurse with whom h… read more
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- literature
2. Jesus' Son
By: Denis Johnson
4.26
Format: 999 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Jesus' Son, the first collection of stories by Denis Johnson, presents a unique, hallucinatory visi… read more
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- literature
3. The New York Trilogy
By: Paul Auster , Art Spiegelman
4.36
Format: 184 pages, Paperback
Paul Auster's signature work, The New York Trilogy, consists of three interlocking novels: City of … read more
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- literature
4. Wij slaven van Suriname
By: Anton de Kom
4.27
Format: 24 pages, Paperback
Over de rol van Anton de Kom in het bewustzijn van Suriname is het laatste woord nog niet geschreve… read more
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5. The Melancholy of Resistance
By: George Szirtes , László Krasznahorkai
2.50
Format: 62 pages, Paperback
The Melancholy of Resistance, Laszlo Krasznahorkai's magisterial, surreal novel, depicts a chain of… read more
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- literature
6. Solenoid
By: Mircea Cărtărescu
3.59
Format: 83 pages, Paperback
,,Vreau sa scriu o dare de seama despre anomaliile mele. In viata mea obscura, in afara oricarei is… read more
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7. De avonden
By: Gerard Reve
3.98
Format: 212 pages, Paperback
De avonden is een van de belangrijkste boeken uit de Nederlandse literatuur; het is klassiek geword… read more
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8. War & War
By: George Szirtes , László Krasznahorkai
5.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
War & War, Laszlo Krasznahorkai's second novel in English from New Directions, begins at a point of… read more
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9. The Use of Man
By: Aleksandar Tišma , Ian Johnson
3.71
Format: 436 pages, Hardcover
Four individuals from a small town in Yugoslavia find themselves among drastically different fates … read more
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10. The Fortress
By: Meša Selimović , None , None
3.20
Format: None pages, Paperback
A novel on 18th century Sarajevo under Ottoman rule, featuring a soldier returned from the wars. A … read more
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11. Sweet Days of Discipline
By: Tim Parks , Fleur Jaeggy
4.50
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
Set in postwar Switzerland, Fleur Jaeggy's eerily beautiful novel begins simply and innocently enou… read more
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12. The Rings of Saturn
By: Michael Hulse , W.G. Sebald
3.94
Format: 128 pages, Mass Market Paperback
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13. Testaments Betrayed: An Essay in Nine Parts
By: Milan Kundera , Linda Asher
0.00
Format: 152 pages, Paperback
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14. 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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"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
15. Malina
By: Philip Boehm , Ingeborg Bachmann , Mark Anderson , Michael Bullock
4.64
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
Tells the story of lives painfully intertwined: the unnamed narrator, haunted by nightmarish memori… read more
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16. 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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"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
17. When We Cease to Understand the World
By: Benjamín Labatut
4.14
Format: 193 pages, Kindle Edition
One of The New York Times Book Review ’s 10 Best Books of 2021 Shortlisted for the 2021 Internat… read more
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"Como la luna en el budismo, una partícula no existe; el acto de medición la vuelve un objeto real"-Benjamín Labatut, When We Cease to Understand the World
"Reality, they said to those present, does not exist as something separate from the act of observation."-Benjamín Labatut, When We Cease to Understand the World
"Una de las cosas que siempre me han sorprendido de Chile es la aversión que sentimos por la cordillera. No habitamos las montañas."-Benjamín Labatut, When We Cease to Understand the World
"Solo una visione di insieme, come quella di un santo, di un pazzo o di un mistico, ci permetterà di decifrare la forma in cui è organizzato l’universo."-Benjamín Labatut, When We Cease to Understand the World
18. Qui a tué mon père
By: Édouard Louis
4.16
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
« Est-ce qu’il est normal d’avoir honte d’aimer ? » Édouard Louis a publié deux livres, En finir… read more
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- biography
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"September 2017 Emmanuel Macron condemns the “laziness"-Édouard Louis, Qui a tué mon père
"You were as much a victim of the violence you inflicted as of the violence you endured."-Édouard Louis, Qui a tué mon père
"What we call history is nothing but the story of the same emotions, the same joys, reproduced across bodies and time"-Édouard Louis, Qui a tué mon père
"Where is history? The history they taught at school was not your own. We were learning world history, and you were left out."-Édouard Louis, Qui a tué mon père
19. Trilogía
By: Jon Fosse
3.90
Format: 162 pages, Paperback
Trilogía es un libro diferente. Es hipnótico. Para Jon Fosse escribir es como rezar y, para el lect… read more
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20. La plus secrète mémoire des hommes
By: Mohamed Mbougar Sarr
4.18
Format: 464 pages, Paperback
Un magistral roman d'apprentissage, une saisissante enquête sur les traces d'un mystérieux auteur m… read more
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"Nunca intentes decir de qué habla un gran libro. O si lo haces, la única respuesta posible es: de nada."-Mohamed Mbougar Sarr, La plus secrète mémoire des hommes
"He alcanzado el estado terminal de la inmigración: simplemente ya no creo en la posibilidad del regreso."-Mohamed Mbougar Sarr, La plus secrète mémoire des hommes
"Estuvo tanto tiempo en el exilio - medio siglo! - que nos decíamos que debía de haberse dejado una parte de sí mismo por el camino"-Mohamed Mbougar Sarr, La plus secrète mémoire des hommes
"Nos apetece hablar de todo, menos del exilio. De todas formas, no hay nada que decir sobre el exilio. No conozco un tema más molesto en este mundo."-Mohamed Mbougar Sarr, La plus secrète mémoire des hommes
21. Changer : méthode
By: Édouard Louis
4.31
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
« Une question s’est imposée au centre de ma vie, elle a concentré toutes mes réflexions, occupé to… read more
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22. La gran serpiente
By: Pierre Lemaitre
3.79
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
Divertida, inmoral y sabrosa: así es la ópera prima de Pierre Lemaitre, una comedia negra inédita e… read more
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"Il se sent malheureux de constater, impuissant, que tout glisse et rampe sournoisement, il ne sait pas d'où cela vient, cette impression que s'achèvent des choses qu'il n'a même pas vues commencer."-Pierre Lemaitre, La gran serpiente
"L'étonnant chez elle, c'est qu'elle ne doute jamais, d'ailleurs, regardez-la en pleine nuit entreprendre un nouveau tour du propriétaire, marcher dans les ronces, écarter les branches à deux mains, s…"-Pierre Lemaitre, La gran serpiente
23. Schemering
By: Philippe Claudel
3.97
Format: 371 pages, Kindle Edition
In een ingedut dorp aan de rand van het wegkwijnende Oostenrijks-Hongaarse Rijk wordt in een ijskou… read more
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24. Cliënt E. Busken
By: Jeroen Brouwers
3.49
Format: 264 pages, Hardcover
In Cliënt E. Busken zit de hoofdpersoon vastgegord in zijn rolstoel op de gesloten afdeling van een… read more
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25. The Factory
By: Hiroko Oyamada
3.34
Format: 116 pages, Paperback
The English-language debut of Hiroko Oyamada—one of the most powerfully strange young voices in Jap… read more
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"As I opened the basement-level door, I thought I could smell birds."-Hiroko Oyamada, The Factory
"I didn’t have to answer any weird questions about what I was reading, or hear anyone’s thoughts about which 7-Eleven bento they liked best."-Hiroko Oyamada, The Factory
"All I could see was a meaningless arrangement of squiggles and dots, symbols and patterns, running on endlessly. Words are such unstable things."-Hiroko Oyamada, The Factory
"Life has nothing to do with work and work has no real bearing on life. I used to think they were connected, but now I can see there’s just no way."-Hiroko Oyamada, The Factory
26. Ustedes brillan en lo oscuro
By: Liliana Colanzi
3.69
Format: 120 pages, Paperback
Los cuentos de Liliana Colanzi exploran diversas formas de narrar el tiempo, como el viaje geológic… read more
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27. Het land tussen de talen: Reportages uit België
By: Stefan Zweig
3.66
Format: 96 pages, Hardcover
In de zomer van 1902 reisde Stefan Zweig voor het eerst naar België. Hij bezocht de mondaine badpla… read more
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28. Your Duck Is My Duck: Stories
By: Deborah Eisenberg
3.56
Format: None pages, Audiobook
6 Hours and 55 Minutes A much-anticipated collection of brilliantly observant short stories from… read more
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29. Kleine haperende vluchten
By: Femke Brockhus
3.74
Format: 165 pages, Paperback
Een ongewoon mooie roman over een vrouw die verdwijnt en haar man en dochtertje achterlaat. Een a… read more
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30. Homo Poeticus: Essays and Interviews
By: Danilo Kiš
4.28
Format: 300 pages, Paperback
Serbian writer Danilo Kis was preoccupied with man's dehumanization in a mechanized, totalitarian w… read more
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