The Games of Night (Quartet Encounters)
By: Stig Dagerman
3.96
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
The Games of the Night is the only collection of short stories that Stig Dagerman himself has compi…
Want to Read"She had that rare quality: the courage to show love"-Stig Dagerman, The Games of Night (Quartet Encounters)
"She had that rare quality: the courage to show love"-Stig Dagerman, The Games of Night (Quartet Encounters)
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1. The Dogs of Riga (Kurt Wallander, #2)
By: Henning Mankell , Laurie Thompson
3.72
Format: 326 pages, Paperback
Second in the Kurt Wallander series. Sweden, winter, 1991. Inspector Kurt Wallander and his team… read more
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- swedish literature
- sweden
- scandinavian literature
- fiction
"one must occasionally stand the world on its head in order to put it on its feet."-Henning Mankell, The Dogs of Riga (Kurt Wallander, #2)
"Our exile organizations have been our way of replacing the cities and villages we have lost."-Henning Mankell, The Dogs of Riga (Kurt Wallander, #2)
"He was religious, but had refrained from allowing his religious ideals to be obscured by a god."-Henning Mankell, The Dogs of Riga (Kurt Wallander, #2)
"He was so excessively polite that Wallendar suspected he had endured many humiliations in his life."-Henning Mankell, The Dogs of Riga (Kurt Wallander, #2)
2. The Ice Palace
By: Tarjei Vesaas , Elizabeth Rokkan
3.86
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
Commonly seen as the legendary Norwegian writer's masterpiece, this story tells the tale of Siss an… read more
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- fiction
- scandinavian literature
- 20th century
"The promise was a strong tie, hard, but I knew where I stood. If it's gone, I don't know where I am. When there's a strong scent in the spring twilight, I know least of all."-Tarjei Vesaas, The Ice Palace
"The darkness at the sides of the road. It possesses neither form nor name, but whoever passes here knows when it comes out and follows after and sends shudders like rippling streams down his back."-Tarjei Vesaas, The Ice Palace
"Lovnad i djupaste snøen frå Siss til Unn: Det lovar eg deg at eg ikkje vil tenke på noko anna enn deg. Tenke på alt eg veit om deg. Tenke på deg heime og på skolen, og på skolevegen. Tenke på deg hei…"-Tarjei Vesaas, The Ice Palace
"Four eyes full of gleams and radiance beneath their lashes, filling the looking-glass. Questions shooting out and then hiding again. I don't know: Gleams and radiance, gleaming from you to me, from m…"-Tarjei Vesaas, The Ice Palace
3. Mina drömmars stad (Stadserien, #1)
By: Per Anders Fogelström
4.06
Format: 301 pages, Paperback
Stockholm var en småstad men ingen idyll när den femtonårige pojken Henning kom dit 1860. Att få ar… read more
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- swedish literature
- sweden
- scandinavian literature
- fiction
4. Kallocain
By: Karin Boye , Gustaf Lannestock , Richard B. Vowles
3.72
Format: 193 pages, Paperback
This is a novel of the future, profoundly sinister in its vision of a drab terror. Ironic and detac… read more
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- swedish literature
- sweden
- scandinavian literature
- fiction
"Ur tankar och känslor föds ord och handlingar. Hur skulle tankar och känslor då kunna vara den enskildes ensak? (...) Hittills har det bara inte varit möjligt att kontrollera dem - men nu är alltså m…"-Karin Boye, Kallocain
"На стіні висіли чутливе «поліційне вухо» й «поліційне око», таке саме зірке в темряві, як і при світлі. Ніхто не заперечить того, що ці органи дуже потрібні. Якби не вони, скільки помешкань могло б с…"-Karin Boye, Kallocain
"Попри те, цього вечора не годилося поводитися понуро й сумувати. На урочистостях, присвячених примноженню добра й достатку Держави, має панувати піднесений настрій. Мабуть, моя доля пішла б іншим шля…"-Karin Boye, Kallocain
"Збуджена, приязно налаштована юрба озвалася на мої слова бурею оплесків і схвальних вигуків. Але я бачив, що не всі аплодували. Коли плеще в долоні тисяча, а двоє сидять склавши руки, то ці двоє пере…"-Karin Boye, Kallocain
5. The Myth of Sisyphus
By: Albert Camus , Justin O'Brien , James Wood , Justin Obrien
4.18
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselv… read more
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- 20th century
"A fate is not a punishment."-Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus
"there are truths but no truth"-Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus
"To will is to stir up paradoxes"-Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus
"Le suicide est une solution à l'absurde."-Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus
6. The Seducer's Diary
By: Søren Kierkegaard , Edna Hatlestad Hong , Howard Vincent Hong
4.29
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
The Seducer's Diary records Johannes's discovery of a girl with the Shakespearean name Cordelia, wh… read more
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- fiction
7. Niels Lyhne
By: Jens Peter Jacobsen
3.70
Format: 186 pages, Paperback
Jacobsen's immediate importance was his status as the 'writer of his generation.' With the novel Ni… read more
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- scandinavian literature
- fiction
8. Hedda Gabler
By: Henrik Ibsen , William Archer
3.93
Format: None pages, Paperback
Hedda Gabler, the daughter of a deceased General, marries dull George Tesman and foresees a life of… read more
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- fiction
9. Tjärdalen
By: Sara Lidman
4.50
Format: 87 pages, Hardcover
Tjardalen har kallats en av 50-talets mest lyskraftiga svenska romandebuter. read more
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- swedish literature
- sweden
- scandinavian literature
- fiction
10. 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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- fiction
- 20th century
"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
11. The Year of the Hare
By: Arto Paasilinna
3.92
Format: 292 pages, Paperback
A journalist and a photographer set out on an assignment on lovely sunny evening. As they drive thr… read more
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- scandinavian literature
- fiction
12. The Birds
By: Tarjei Vesaas , Michael Barnes , None
4.20
Format: 488 pages, Paperback
With spare simplicity, this story tells the tale of Mattis, a mentally disabled man cared for by hi… read more
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13. Barabbas
By: Pär Lagerkvist , Alan Blair
4.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
Barabbas is the acquitted; the man whose life was exchanged for that of Jesus of Nazareth, crucifie… read more
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14. The Emperor's Tomb
By: Joseph Roth , John Hoare
4.00
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
A continuation of the saga of the von Trotta family from The Radetzky March, it is both a powerful … read more
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15. Under the Volcano
By: Malcolm Lowry
3.77
Format: 423 pages, Paperback
Geoffrey Firmin, a former British consul, has come to Quauhnahuac, Mexico. His debilitating malaise… read more
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- fiction
- 20th century
"Even almost bad poetry is better than life"-Malcolm Lowry, Under the Volcano
"My lover. Oh come to me again as once in May."-Malcolm Lowry, Under the Volcano
"What is man but a little soul holding up a corpse?"-Malcolm Lowry, Under the Volcano
"The dead. Do they sleep? Why should they, when we cannot?"-Malcolm Lowry, Under the Volcano
16. The Door
By: Magda Szabó , Len Rix
4.00
Format: 98 pages, Hardcover
A busy young writer struggling to cope with domestic chores, hires a housekeeper recommended by a f… read more
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17. 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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- fiction
"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
18. The True Deceiver
By: Ali Smith , Tove Jansson , Thomas Teal
4.36
Format: 94 pages, Paperback
A New York Review Books Original The lies we tell ourselves and the lies we tell others--is the sub… read more
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19. Cose che non si raccontano
By: Antonella Lattanzi
4.22
Format: 205 pages, Kindle Edition
Ci sono cose che non si raccontano perché le parole sono scogli nel mare. Ci sono cose che non si r… read more
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- fiction
20. El infinito en un junco: La invención de los libros en el mundo antiguo
By: Irene Vallejo
4.26
Format: 452 pages, Paperback
Este es un libro sobre la historia de los libros. Un recorrido por la vida de ese fascinante artefa… read more
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"Los libros nos convierten en herederos de todos los relatos: los mejores, los peores, los ambiguos, los problemáticos, los de doble filo. Disponer de todos ellos es bueno para pensar, y permite elegi…"-Irene Vallejo, El infinito en un junco: La invención de los libros en el mundo antiguo
"Ler é um ritual que implica gestos, posições, objetos, espaços, materiais, movimentos, modulações de luz. Para imaginarmos como liam os nossos antepassados, precisamos de conhecer, em cada época, ess…"-Irene Vallejo, El infinito en un junco: La invención de los libros en el mundo antiguo
"desde os primeiros séculos da escrita até à idade Média, a norma era ler em voz alta, para si próprio ou para os outros, e os escritores pronunciavam as frases à medida que as escreviam ouvindo assim…"-Irene Vallejo, El infinito en un junco: La invención de los libros en el mundo antiguo
21. The Games of Night (Quartet Encounters)
By: Stig Dagerman
3.96
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
The Games of the Night is the only collection of short stories that Stig Dagerman himself has compi… read more
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- swedish literature
- short stories
- fiction
- 20th century
- sweden
- scandinavian literature
"She had that rare quality: the courage to show love"-Stig Dagerman, The Games of Night (Quartet Encounters)
