5 Best short stories books like The Novices of Lerna by Ángel Bonomini

Cover of The Novices of Lerna by Ángel Bonomini

The Novices of Lerna

By: Ángel Bonomini

4.03

Format: 200 pages, Paperback

An overlooked and enigmatic master of Argentine fantastic literature, Ángel Bonomini garnered prais…

If you liked the short stories plot in The Novices of Lerna by Ángel Bonomini , here is a list of 5 books like this:

Cover of Rendición by Ray Loriga

1. Rendición

By: Ray Loriga

4.40

Format: 82 pages,

?Quienes somos cuando nos cambian las circunstancias? La guerra dura una decada y nadie sabe a cien… read more

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  • fiction
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2. Kairos

By: Jenny Erpenbeck

3.46

Format: 379 pages, Hardcover

Die neunzehnjährige Katharina und Hans, ein verheirateter Mann Mitte fünfzig, begegnen sich Ende de… read more

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  • fiction
"She would like a shallow life, swift and shallow, till some day she can start again. Get through her time fast until then. And when will that be? Then."

-Jenny Erpenbeck, Kairos

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3. A Shining

By: Jon Fosse

3.49

Format: 56 pages, Paperback

A man starts driving without knowing where he is going. He alternates between turning right and lef… read more

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  • novella
  • short stories
  • fiction
"but you can’t just touch a whiteness like that. because if you did you’d probably get it dirty. and imagine getting something so white dirty"

-Jon Fosse, A Shining

"Es ist auch nicht zu begreifen, es ist etwas anderes, vielleicht etwas, das man nur erlebt und das nicht wirklich geschieht. Aber geht es an, dass man so etwas einfach erlebt. Alles, was man erlebt, …"

-Jon Fosse, A Shining

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4. No es un río

By: Selva Almada

3.95

Format: 104 pages, Kindle Edition

Enero y el Negro llevan de pesca a Tilo, hijo adolescente de Eusebio, el amigo muerto. Mientras beb… read more

Similar categories in Selva Almada's No es un río book and Ángel Bonomini's The Novices of Lerna

  • novella
  • fiction
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5. Whale Fall

By: Elizabeth O'Connor

3.87

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

A stunning debut from an award-winning writer, about loss, isolation, folklore, and the joy and dis… read more

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  • fiction
Cover of You Dreamed of Empires by Álvaro Enrigue

6. You Dreamed of Empires

By: Álvaro Enrigue

3.85

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

From a visionary Mexican author, a hallucinatory, revelatory, colonial revenge story that reimagine… read more

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  • fiction
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7. It Lasts Forever and Then It's Over

By: Anne de Marcken

3.82

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

Co-winner of the 2022 Novel Prize, this incredible life-after-death novel asks us to consider how m… read more

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  • novella
  • short stories
  • fiction
"Fasting makes sense of the hunger. The constant internal grasping. The only sensible answer to this is to always withdraw the thing after which I grasp. To subvert. To thwart. To deny. It closes the …"

-Anne de Marcken, It Lasts Forever and Then It's Over

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8. Harlequin Butterfly

By: Toh EnJoe

3.37

Format: 105 pages, Paperback

A surreal novella about the global pursuit of a mysterious writer who somehow writes in dozens of l… read more

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  • novella
  • short stories
  • fiction
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9. Enero

By: Sara Gallardo

3.97

Format: 101 pages, Paperback

La pertenencia de Sara Gallardo a la alta burguesía nacional no es un dato aleatorio a la hora de c… read more

Similar categories in Sara Gallardo's Enero book and Ángel Bonomini's The Novices of Lerna

  • novella
  • fiction
"Cuando chica, Nefer quería ser hombre para lucir en las fiestas esas prendas resplandecientes."

-Sara Gallardo, Enero

"Porque no se puede volver atrás, el tiempo viene y todo crece, y después de crecer viene la muerte. Pero para atrás no se puede andar."

-Sara Gallardo, Enero

"Her former tormenter has become her friend, her companion in a private world, which, until only a few days ago, was untainted by outside words and prying eyes. Her blood thins and begins to flow free…"

-Sara Gallardo, Enero

"Nefer tiene oídos y por eso oye, y la boca le sirve para comer, pero el mundo pasa a su alrededor como el agua en torno a un peñasco, y ella está seria y nada importa. Dentro de un tiempo empezará a …"

-Sara Gallardo, Enero

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10. Ungeenheden

By: Fine Gråbøl

3.68

Format: 169 pages, Paperback

Ungeenheden er Fine Gråbøls debut. En omsorgsfuld og kritisk roman om en gruppe unge i psykiatrien … read more

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  • fiction
"Our daily routines are our best illusions of new beginnings, a new cycle."

-Fine Gråbøl, Ungeenheden

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11. Mood Swings

By: Frankie Barnet

3.73

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In a pre-apocalyptic world not unlike our own, a young Instagram poet starts an affair with a Calif… read more

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  • fiction
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12. Consent: A Memoir

By: Jill Ciment

3.96

Format: 145 pages, Hardcover

In this unflinching account of the ardent love affair between the author and her painting teacher, … read more

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13. Any Person Is the Only Self: Essays

By: Elisa Gabbert

3.97

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Contagiously curious essays on reading, art, and the life of the mind, from the acclaimed author of… read more

Similar categories in Elisa Gabbert's Any Person Is the Only Self: Essays book and Ángel Bonomini's The Novices of Lerna

  • short stories
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14. Housemates

By: Emma Copley Eisenberg

3.66

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Two young housemates embark on a road trip to discover themselves in a fractured America in this sp… read more

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  • fiction
"Teaching? When it’s good? A marvel. A fucking miracle. They live, and then they turn to you to tell you about it."

-Emma Copley Eisenberg, Housemates

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15. Gretel and the Great War

By: Adam Ehrlich Sachs

3.83

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

A lean, seductive, and dazzlingly inventive novel that shows us the dark side of early twentieth-ce… read more

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  • fiction
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16. The Novices of Lerna

By: Ángel Bonomini

4.03

Format: 200 pages, Paperback

An overlooked and enigmatic master of Argentine fantastic literature, Ángel Bonomini garnered prais… read more

Similar categories in Ángel Bonomini's The Novices of Lerna book and Ángel Bonomini's The Novices of Lerna

  • novella
  • short stories
  • fiction
Cover of The Anthropologists by Aysegül Savas

17. The Anthropologists

By: Aysegül Savas

4.05

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

Asya and Manu are looking at apartments, envisioning their future in a foreign city. What should th… read more

Similar categories in Aysegül Savas's The Anthropologists book and Ángel Bonomini's The Novices of Lerna

  • novella
  • fiction
Cover of A Question of Belonging: Crónicas by Hebe Uhart

18. A Question of Belonging: Crónicas

By: Hebe Uhart

3.91

Format: 241 pages, Paperback

“Sets the coordinates for a wisdom of her own.” – Alejandra Costamagna 25 Crónicas – uniquely Lati… read more

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19. Toward Eternity

By: Anton Hur

3.90

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

What does it mean to be human in a world where technology is quickly catching up to biology? In … read more

Similar categories in Anton Hur's Toward Eternity book and Ángel Bonomini's The Novices of Lerna

  • fiction
Cover of Gifted by Suzumi Suzuki

20. Gifted

By: Suzumi Suzuki

3.22

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

A moving portrayal of a troubled mother–daughter relationship, shortlisted for Japan’s prestigious … read more

Similar categories in Suzumi Suzuki's Gifted book and Ángel Bonomini's The Novices of Lerna

  • fiction
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21. Creation Lake

By: Rachel Kushner

3.67

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

From Rachel Kushner, a Booker Prize finalist, two-time National Book Award finalist, and “one of th… read more

Similar categories in Rachel Kushner's Creation Lake book and Ángel Bonomini's The Novices of Lerna

  • fiction
"Charisma does not originate inside the person called "charismatic." It comes from the need of others to believe that special people exist."

-Rachel Kushner, Creation Lake

"Plus, Lucien said, a lot of them had come from other social milieus and had tattoos from earlier lives, since people who change affinities are the same kinds of people who are attracted to the perman…"

-Rachel Kushner, Creation Lake

"My biker and these tramps, as people who organize their life around some subculture or other: People can sometimes pretend so thoroughly that they forget they are pretending. At which point, it could…"

-Rachel Kushner, Creation Lake

"I could sense him gathering a false hindsight that afternoon in the Place des Vosges, shaping a retrospective narrative, the thing a person tells himself about fate, about how everything had seemed f…"

-Rachel Kushner, Creation Lake

18 Best fiction books like The Novices of Lerna by Ángel Bonomini

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Rendición

Ray Loriga

4.40

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Kairos

Jenny Erpenbeck

3.46

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A Shining

Jon Fosse

3.49

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No es un río

Selva Almada

3.95

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Perfume & Pain

Anna Dorn

4.06

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All Fours

Miranda July

3.81

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Exhibit

R.O. Kwon

3.24

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Margo's Got Money Troubles

Rufi Thorpe

3.97

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