The Sun Hath Looked Upon Me
By: Calixthe Beyala
3.34
Format: 120 pages, Paperback
Set in the grim world of urban prostitution, this book gives voice to the multitude of women trappe…
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1. La vie devant soi
By: Romain Gary , None
4.21
Format: 273 pages, Paperback
Signé Ajar, ce roman reçut le prix Goncourt en 1975. Histoire d'amour d'un petit garçon arabe pour … read more
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"هیچکس از ته دل نمی‌خواهد که بدی کند"-Romain Gary, La vie devant soi
"Много ясно си спомням този миг от живота си, понеже беше досущ като останалите."-Romain Gary, La vie devant soi
"سه ساله بودم که برای اولین بار رُزاخانم را دیدم. قبل از این سن آدم چیزی یادش نمی‌آید و در جهلِ مطلق دست و پا می‌زند"-Romain Gary, La vie devant soi
"Аз мисля, че живота трябва да го живеем в най-ранна възраст, защото после се обезценяваш и никой нищо не ти дава даром."-Romain Gary, La vie devant soi
2. Allah Is Not Obliged
By: Frank Wynne , Ahmadou Kourouma
3.70
Format: 215 pages, Paperback
ALLAH IS NOT OBLIGED TO BE FAIR ABOUT ALL THE THINGS HE DOES HERE ON EARTH.These are the words of t… read more
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- africa
- fiction
- african literature
3. Les Fleurs du Mal
By: Charles Baudelaire , Richard Howard
4.20
Format: 365 pages, Paperback
Charles Baudelaire's 1857 masterwork was scandalous in its day for its portrayals of sex, same-sex … read more
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"L'orage rajeunit les fleurs"-Charles Baudelaire, Les Fleurs du Mal
"I am the vampire at my own veins."-Charles Baudelaire, Les Fleurs du Mal
"Beauty, you walk on corpses, mocking them;"-Charles Baudelaire, Les Fleurs du Mal
"My heart is lost; the beasts have eaten it."-Charles Baudelaire, Les Fleurs du Mal
4. East Wind: West Wind
By: Pearl S. Buck
3.72
Format: None pages, Paperback
East Wind: West Wind is told from the eyes of a traditional Chinese girl, Kwei-lan, married to a Ch… read more
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- fiction
5. Demain j'aurai vingt ans
By: Alain Mabanckou
3.60
Format: 316 pages, Paperback
Pointe-Noire, capitale economique du Congo, dans les annees 1970. Le narrateur, Michel, est un garc… read more
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- africa
- fiction
- african literature
6. Waiting for Godot
By: Samuel Beckett
3.63
Format: 416 pages, Paperback
Cuando en 1953 se estreno en Paris Esperando a Godot, casi nadie sabia quien era Samuel Beckett, sa… read more
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- fiction
7. Ru
By: Kim Thúy
4.20
Format: None pages, Broche
Une femme voyage a travers le desordre des souvenirs : l'enfance dans sa cage d'or a Saigon, l'arri… read more
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8. The Last Day of a Condemned Man
By: Victor Hugo , Libby Purves , Geoff Woollen
3.98
Format: 109 pages, Paperback
Deeply shocking in its time, The Last Day of a Condemned Man is a profound and moving tale and a vi… read more
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"إن الموت يجعلني إنساناً شريراً !!"-Victor Hugo, The Last Day of a Condemned Man
"كنت قادراً على التفكير في كل ما يسرني ، لأني كنتُ حراً"-Victor Hugo, The Last Day of a Condemned Man
"¡Cuantós han muerto habiendo hecho planes para una larga vida!"-Victor Hugo, The Last Day of a Condemned Man
"ماذا عراني فصرت بهذه الدرجة من التخاذل والإنهيار؟ إن باب القبر لا يُفتح من الداخل!!"-Victor Hugo, The Last Day of a Condemned Man
9. Heartsnatcher
By: Raymond Queneau , Boris Vian , John Sturrock , Stanley Chapman
3.64
Format: None pages, Paperback
Set in a bizarre and slightly sinister town where the elderly are auctioned off at an Old Folks Fai… read more
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- fiction
10. Galileo
By: Bertolt Brecht , Eric Bentley , Charles Laughton
4.43
Format: None pages, Paperback
Considered by many to be one of Brecht's masterpieces, Galileoexplores the question of a scientist'… read more
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- fiction
11. Don Juan
By: Molière , Richard Wilbur
3.56
Format: 146 pages, Paperback
Molière's classic tale of the Seducer of Seville, an uproariously funny story flawlessly translated… read more
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"[...] il n'est rien de si doux que de triompher de la résistance d'une belle personne."-Molière, Don Juan
"[..] l'hypocrisie est un vice à la mode, et tous les vices à la mode passent pour vertus."-Molière, Don Juan
"Bah!, non andiamo a pensare a quel che può capitarci e pensiamo soltanto a quel che può darci piacere."-Molière, Don Juan
12. Endgame
By: Samuel Beckett
4.67
Format: 88 pages, Paperback
Samuel Beckett was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1969; his literary output of plays, no… read more
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- fiction
13. So Long a Letter
By: Mariama Bâ , Modupé Bodé-Thomas
4.60
Format: None pages, Paperback
This novel is in the form of a letter, written by the widowed Ramatoulaye and describing her strugg… read more
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- africa
- fiction
- african literature
14. Une Page d'amour (Les Rougon-Macquart, #8)
By: Émile Zola , Henri Mitterand
3.00
Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback
<>Mais il lui avait saisi les poignets, il l'attirait lentement, comme pour la vaincre tout de suit… read more
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- fiction
15. Gaspard de La Nuit
By: Aloysius Bertrand , T.E.D. Klein
4.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
Gaspard de la Nuit (originally published in 1842) combines the haunting Gothic imagery of ETA Hoffm… read more
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16. Caligula
By: Albert Camus , Pierre-Louis Rey
4.57
Format: 270 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Ange en quete d'absolu ? Monstre sanguinaire ? Avant la guerre, Albert Camus concoit Caligula, ains… read more
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17. Petit pays
By: Gaël Faye
3.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
Avant, Gabriel faisait les quatre cents coups avec ses copains dans leur coin de paradis. Et puis l… read more
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18. Du côté de chez Swann (À la recherche du temps perdu, #1)
By: Marcel Proust , Simon Vance , Lydia Davis
4.15
Format: 710 pages, Mass Market Paperback
«Et tout d'un coup le souvenir m'est apparu. Ce goût, c'était celui du petit morceau de madeleine q… read more
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"Longtemps, je me suis couché de bonne heure."-Marcel Proust, Du côté de chez Swann (À la recherche du temps perdu, #1)
"the comfort of reclusion, the poetry of hibernation"-Marcel Proust, Du côté de chez Swann (À la recherche du temps perdu, #1)
"Now are the woods all black, But still the sky is blue."-Marcel Proust, Du côté de chez Swann (À la recherche du temps perdu, #1)
"Fall in love with a dog's bum, And thou'll think it pretty as a plum."-Marcel Proust, Du côté de chez Swann (À la recherche du temps perdu, #1)
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20. Athalie
By: Jean Racine
3.87
Format: 288 pages, Mass Market Paperback
There is an alternate cover edition . Miraculeusement sauve du massacre ou les siens ont peri, le … read more
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21. Kamouraska
By: Anne Hébert
3.62
Format: 256 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Au milieu du XIXe siècle, dans la ville de Québec, une femme veille son mari qui va mourir.Elle n''… read more
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"That’s what it means to be out of your mind. To let yourself be carried away by a dream. To give it room, let it grow wild and thick, until it overruns you."-Anne Hébert, Kamouraska
"And now the bride begins to move. Little mechanical doll, clinging to her husband’s arm, climbing into the carriage. Her white silk stocking, her elegant shoe."-Anne Hébert, Kamouraska
"I clap my hands together. (Where do I get the strength, the burst of energy?) To chase away the ghosts. Dispel my fears. Arrange the dream. Maintain a kind of balance"-Anne Hébert, Kamouraska
"My love, I'm here. I'll wait my whole life through until you're done, there in the cove at Kamouraska. Until you wash your blood-soaked hands and make your way back to me"-Anne Hébert, Kamouraska
22. Iphigénie
By: Jean Racine
5.00
Format: 30 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Dans le chaos provoque par les indecisions d'Agamemnon, Iphigenie, symbole de purete, se soumet aux… read more
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23. Black Skin, White Masks
By: Frantz Fanon , None
2.56
Format: 201 pages, Paperback
A major influence on international civil rights, anticolonial, and black consciousness movement, Bl… read more
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24. Please Look After Mom
By: Shin Kyung-Sook , Chi-Young Kim , None
4.62
Format: 290 pages, Hardcover
An international sensation and a bestseller that has sold over 1.5 million copies in the author's n… read more
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25. Andromaque
By: Jean Racine
3.96
Format: 236 pages, Paperback
Fin d'une guerre ou l'on crie malheur aux vaincus. Prise d'otages. Chantage sur un enfant. Complot.… read more
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26. Wonderful Clouds
By: Françoise Sagan , Anne Green
3.84
Format: None pages,
The obsessive jealousy of a rich young American Adonis drives his Parisian wife to the extreme of r… read more
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27. A Man's Place
By: Annie Ernaux
3.88
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
WINNER OF THE 2022 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE A New York Times Notable Book Annie Ernaux's fat… read more
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"J'écris peut-être parce qu'on n'avait plus rien à se dire."-Annie Ernaux, A Man's Place
"Sous le bonheur, la crispation de l'aisance gagnée à l'arraché."-Annie Ernaux, A Man's Place
"Có lẽ niềm tự hào lớn nhất đối với ông, hay thậm chí là lời biện minh cho cuộc đời ông: là tôi đang thuộc về thế giới từng khinh miệt ông."-Annie Ernaux, A Man's Place
"It was in other people that I searched for the figure of my father, in the way they would call their children, sit down and looked bored in waiting rooms and wave goodbye on station platforms."-Annie Ernaux, A Man's Place
28. Veiller sur elle
By: Jean-Baptiste Andrea
4.28
Format: 592 pages, Paperback
Au grand jeu du destin, Mimo a tiré les mauvaises cartes. Né pauvre, il est confié en apprentissag… read more
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"Les mots ont un sens, nommer c'est comprendre"-Jean-Baptiste Andrea, Veiller sur elle
29. 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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- fiction
- african literature
"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
30. Greenwood
By: Michael Christie
4.33
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
It's 2034 and Jake Greenwood is a storyteller and a liar, an overqualified tour guide babysitting u… read more
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"There is nothing more quieting than an ancient tree"-Michael Christie, Greenwood
"Do you know what becomes of men like us without the armour of wealth...?"-Michael Christie, Greenwood
"Maybe trees do have souls. Which makes wood a kind of flesh. And perhaps instruments of wooden construction sound so pleasing to our ears for this reason: the choral shimmer of a guitar; the heartbea…"-Michael Christie, Greenwood
"Still, Temple has no illusions concerning her library's impact. Her books won't lift anyone from their low station. They won't right wrongs or save wandering souls from perdition or fill grumbling st…"-Michael Christie, Greenwood
31. The Sun Hath Looked Upon Me
By: Calixthe Beyala
3.34
Format: 120 pages, Paperback
Set in the grim world of urban prostitution, this book gives voice to the multitude of women trappe… read more
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- cameroon
- fiction
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