Finding Dora Maar: An Artist, an Address Book, a Life
By: Brigitte Benkemoun
3.73
Format: 216 pages, Paperback
In search of a replacement for his lost Hermès agenda, Brigitte Benkemoun’s husband buys a vintage …
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1. Against Nature
By: Joris-Karl Huysmans , Patrick McGuinness , Robert Baldick , Patrick McGuiness
3.87
Format: 54 pages, Paperback
With a title translated either as Against Natureor as Against The Grain, this wildly original fin-d… read more
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- france
- french literature
2. Rien ne s'oppose à la nuit
By: Delphine de Vigan
4.40
Format: 172 pages, Paperback
La douleur de Lucile, ma mere, a fait partie de notre enfance et plus tard de notre vie d'adulte, l… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- nonfiction
- french literature
- france
3. L'Assommoir (The Dram Shop) (Les Rougon-Macquart, #7)
By: Émile Zola , Robin Buss
3.33
Format: 170 pages, Paperback
The seventh novel in the Rougon-Macquart cycle, L'Assommoir(1877) is the story of a woman's struggl… read more
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- france
- french literature
4. Zadig
By: Voltaire
0.00
Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback
Dans ce siecle du voyage et de la philosophie, Zadig entreprend son apprentissage dans un univers p… read more
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5. Le Mystère Henri Pick
By: David Foenkinos
3.64
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
En Bretagne, un bibliothécaire décide de recueillir tous les livres refusés par les éditeurs. Ainsi… read more
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- france
- french literature
"Rouche era fatto così, era costantemente in ritardo sulla versione migliore di se stesso."-David Foenkinos, Le Mystère Henri Pick
"Eso es lo bonito de las lágrimas: que pueden tener significados opuestos. Se llora de dolor, se llora de felicidad. Pocas manifestaciones físicas tienen esa identidad de dos cabezas, como para materi…"-David Foenkinos, Le Mystère Henri Pick
"В качестве эпиграфа к своему роману он выбрал известную, отмеченную провидческой иронией, фразу Джонатана Свифта: "О появлении истинного гения в этом низменном мире можно узнать по тому, как дружно в…"-David Foenkinos, Le Mystère Henri Pick
"Первый роман всегда выдаёт честолюбие "хорошего ученика". Одни гении могут позволить себе быть двоечниками. И, конечно, требуется долгое время, чтобы постичь тайну "свободного дыхания" текста, а для …"-David Foenkinos, Le Mystère Henri Pick
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7. La Bête humaine
By: Émile Zola , Henri Mitterand
3.03
Format: 234 pages, Mass Market Paperback
<< L'essentiel de La Bete humaine, c'est l'instinct de mort dans le personnage principal, la felure… read more
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8. Gilded Needles
By: Michael McDowell
3.92
Format: 594 pages, Paperback
Welcome to the Black Triangle, New York's decadent district of opium dens, gambling casinos, drunke… read more
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9. Cher connard
By: Virginie Despentes
3.62
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
C’est une suite de lettres entre amis qui se sauvent la vie. Dans ce roman épistolaire, Virginie De… read more
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- france
- french literature
10. A Woman's Story
By: Annie Ernaux
4.23
Format: 104 pages, Paperback
A Woman's Story is Annie Ernaux's "deeply affecting account of mothers and daughters, youth and age… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- nonfiction
- french literature
- france
"Until I was twenty, I thought I was responsible for her growing old."-Annie Ernaux, A Woman's Story
"With so much misery around, fighting for social advancement had lost all meaning."-Annie Ernaux, A Woman's Story
"I believe I am writing about my mother because it is my turn to bring her into the world."-Annie Ernaux, A Woman's Story
"Het beeld van haar wordt langzaam weer dat wat ik mij voorstel te hebben gehad van haar in mijn babytijd, een grote, blanke schaduw boven mij."-Annie Ernaux, A Woman's Story
11. Windstärke 17
By: Caroline Wahl
4.49
Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition
Ida hat nichts bei sich außer dem alten, verschrammten Hartschalenkoffer ihrer Mutter, ein paar Lie… read more
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12. 22 Bahnen
By: Caroline Wahl
4.36
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
Tildas Tage sind strikt durchgetaktet: studieren, an der Supermarktkasse sitzen, sich um ihre klein… read more
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13. Die Kunst des Verschwindens
By: Melanie Raabe
4.03
Format: 401 pages, Kindle Edition
Gibt es das, eine Seelenverwandtschaft zwischen bislang Unbekannten? Ist es manchmal leichter, mit … read more
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14. Leurs enfants après eux
By: Nicolas Mathieu
3.90
Format: 426 pages, Paperback
Août 1992. Une vallée perdue quelque part dans l’Est, des hauts-fourneaux qui ne brûlent plus, un l… read more
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- france
- french literature
"Anthony stood on the shore and stared."-Nicolas Mathieu, Leurs enfants après eux
"Like fifty million other losers, Anthony was caught up in the game, his misfortune temporarily at bay, his yearning merging with the great national aspiration. From stock traders to kids in Bobigny t…"-Nicolas Mathieu, Leurs enfants après eux
15. Blue Skies
By: T.C. Boyle
3.81
Format: 367 pages, Hardcover
From best-selling novelist T. C. Boyle, a satirical yet ultimately moving send-up of contemporary A… read more
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16. The City and Its Uncertain Walls
By: Haruki Murakami
3.82
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
'Truth is not found in fixed stillness, but in ceaseless change/movement. Isn't this the quintessen… read more
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"Vielleicht ist das einer der Problempunkte an der Ewigkeit. Dass man nun mal nicht weiß, wohin man sich fortan wenden soll. Aber was ist eine Liebe wert, die nicht nach Ewigkeit strebt?"-Haruki Murakami, The City and Its Uncertain Walls
"Später war er so freundlich, mir in einem Satz zu erklären, warum er im Alltag immer einen Rock trug. "Vor allem fühle ich mich, wenn ich einen Rock trage, wie die Zeilen eines schönen Gedichts."-Haruki Murakami, The City and Its Uncertain Walls
17. Second Place
By: Rachel Cusk
3.68
Format: 186 pages, Hardcover
From the author of the Outline trilogy, a fable of human destiny and decline, enacted in a closed s… read more
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- art
"Some people write simply because they don’t know how to live in the moment and have to reconstruct it and live in it afterwards."-Rachel Cusk, Second Place
"Muutoksen ja toiston kaava on niin tiukasti yhteydessä tietynlaiseen harmoniaan elämässä, ja vapauden harjoittaminen on alisteista sille aivan kuin opinkappaleelle. Muutoksia täytyy annostella kohtuu…"-Rachel Cusk, Second Place
"Joskus minun vain täytyy saada puhua jotta tuntisin itseni todelliseksi, ja toivoisin että sinäkin puhuisit minulle." Hän makasi vaiti pimeässä ja tuijotti kattoon. Sitten hän sanoi: "Minusta tuntuu …"-Rachel Cusk, Second Place
"It struck me how the human capacity for receptivity is a kind of birthright, an asset given to us in the moment of our creation by which we are intended to regulate the currency of our souls. Unless …"-Rachel Cusk, Second Place
18. Le Secret des Bonbons pamplemousse
By: Camille Monceaux
4.40
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
Dans un Japon rural et contemporain, une chronique familiale subtile, poétique et engagée, où les f… read more
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- france
19. La vie heureuse
By: David Foenkinos
3.61
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
"Jamais aucune époque n’a autant été marquée par le désir de changer de vie. Nous voulons tous, à u… read more
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- france
- french literature
20. Des diables et des saints
By: Jean-Baptiste Andrea
4.36
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
C'est une histoire d'orphelin et d'amour. Celle d'un vieil homme qui joue divinement du Beethoven s… read more
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- france
- french literature
"Je sortis, ivre de ces premières colères de l'adolescence, les poings remplis d'éclairs qu'on lance au petit bonheur."-Jean-Baptiste Andrea, Des diables et des saints
21. The Horla and Others: Guy de Maupassant's Best Weird Fiction and Ghost Stories: Tales of Mystery, Murder, Fantasy & Horror (Oldstyle Tales' Horror Authors)
By: Guy de Maupassant
3.89
Format: 159 pages, Paperback
Before succumbing to the insanity that ravaged his later life, Guy de Maupassant established a repu… read more
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- france
- french literature
"A sick thought can devour the body's flesh more than fever or consumption."-Guy de Maupassant, The Horla and Others: Guy de Maupassant's Best Weird Fiction and Ghost Stories: Tales of Mystery, Murder, Fantasy & Horror (Oldstyle Tales' Horror Authors)
"Es evidente que la soledad resulta peligrosa para las mentes que piensan demasiado."-Guy de Maupassant, The Horla and Others: Guy de Maupassant's Best Weird Fiction and Ghost Stories: Tales of Mystery, Murder, Fantasy & Horror (Oldstyle Tales' Horror Authors)
"I said, 'If other beings besides us exist on Earth, why didn't we meet them a long time ago?"-Guy de Maupassant, The Horla and Others: Guy de Maupassant's Best Weird Fiction and Ghost Stories: Tales of Mystery, Murder, Fantasy & Horror (Oldstyle Tales' Horror Authors)
"Whence come those mysterious influences which change our happiness into discouragement, and our self-confidence into diffidence?"-Guy de Maupassant, The Horla and Others: Guy de Maupassant's Best Weird Fiction and Ghost Stories: Tales of Mystery, Murder, Fantasy & Horror (Oldstyle Tales' Horror Authors)
22. Leonard and Hungry Paul
By: Ronan Hession
4.15
Format: 252 pages, Kindle Edition
In this startling debut, Ronan Hession tells the story of two thirty-something men who take care of… read more
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"You may wish to note the above"-Ronan Hession, Leonard and Hungry Paul
"It was strange that after all the years of getting the kids to be independent, she would feel so daunted at having her life back. But it was the nature of being a parent. The kids' lives are their ow…"-Ronan Hession, Leonard and Hungry Paul
"Leonard wore a new feeling of peace. He had always associated peace with the idea of happiness, as if it were some sort of steady state that happiness turned into when it was for real. But now he rea…"-Ronan Hession, Leonard and Hungry Paul
23. L'Inconnue du portrait
By: Camille de Peretti
4.28
Format: 350 pages, Paperback
« La toile vibrait de beauté. Elle en avait le souffle coupé et se noyait dans l’œil bleu ciel piq… read more
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- art
- france
- french literature
24. Les victorieuses
By: Laetitia Colombani
4.02
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
A 40 ans, Solène a tout sacrifié à sa carrière d'avocate : ses rêves, ses amis, ses amours. Un jour… read more
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- france
- french literature
25. Mr Wilder & Me
By: Jonathan Coe
3.76
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
The dazzling new novel from the prize-winning, bestselling author of Middle England In the heady… read more
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"In circumstances this desperate there is only one thing that can console me. I always keep at least three different kinds of Brie in the kitchen for emergency situations."-Jonathan Coe, Mr Wilder & Me
"Mi hija tenía razón: la gente joven no se fija en los sentimientos de sus padres, ni siquiera es consciente de ellos la mayor parte del tiempo. Viven en un bendito estado de sociopatía en lo que resp…"-Jonathan Coe, Mr Wilder & Me
"The phallic symbolism of his plane, The Spirit of St. Louis, is obvious. Lindbergh, in effect, is trapped inside an enormous penis which carries him onwards to an inevitable destination which cannot …"-Jonathan Coe, Mr Wilder & Me
"Here I sat down and closed my eyes, tilting my face towards the sun and listening to the gentle lap of the blue water against the rocks. Perhaps it was my destiny, after all, to be always alone: that…"-Jonathan Coe, Mr Wilder & Me
26. Le Barman du Ritz
By: Philippe Collin
4.14
Format: 416 pages, Paperback
Juin 1940. Les Allemands entrent dans Paris. Partout, le couvre-feu est de rigueur, sauf au grand h… read more
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- france
27. Finding Dora Maar: An Artist, an Address Book, a Life
By: Brigitte Benkemoun
3.73
Format: 216 pages, Paperback
In search of a replacement for his lost Hermès agenda, Brigitte Benkemoun’s husband buys a vintage … read more
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- art
- art history
- biography
- memoir
- history
- biography memoir
- france
- nonfiction
- french literature
- 20th century
28. Spellbound by Marcel: Duchamp, Love, and Art
By: Ruth Brandon
3.24
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
In 1913 Marcel Duchamp's Nude Descending a Staircase exploded through the American art world. This … read more
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- art
- art history
- biography
- history
- nonfiction
29. Jane Austen Investigates: The Abbey Mystery (Jane Austen Investigates, #1)
By: Julia Golding
4.00
Format: 192 pages, Kindle Edition
'Julia Golding’s Jane Austen Investigates offers a gripping detective story with an abundance of Ea… read more
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30. Maria Callas: Die Stimme der Leidenschaft
By: Eva Gesine Baur
3.75
Format: 691 pages, Kindle Edition
Sie war eine Jahrhundertsängerin, deren Gesang bis heute ergreift. Sie war eine Ikone weit über die… read more
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31. Reichskanzlerplatz
By: Nora Bossong
3.63
Format: 295 pages, Hardcover
Nora Bossong zeichnet in ihrem neuen Roman das intensive Porträt der Frau, die Magda Goebbels wurde… read more
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