Praying Mantis
By: André P. Brink
3.72
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
A magical novel from a world class writer about a remarkable historical figure. In his early years…
Want to Read $ 15.43If you liked the literature plot in Praying Mantis by André P. Brink , here is a list of 7 books like this:
1. Fall on Your Knees
By: Ann-Marie MacDonald
3.97
Format: 672 pages, Mass Market Paperback
They are the Pipers of Cape Breton Island — a family steeped in lies and unspoken truths that reach… read more
Want to Read $ 13.99Similar categories in Ann-Marie MacDonald's Fall on Your Knees book and André P. Brink's Praying Mantis
- adult fiction
- novels
- fiction
- historical fiction
"She is why purgatory was invented."-Ann-Marie MacDonald, Fall on Your Knees
"To believe and yet to have no hope is to thirst beside a fountain."-Ann-Marie MacDonald, Fall on Your Knees
"Sat - sex is good for the voice. Why don't they teach you that in school?"-Ann-Marie MacDonald, Fall on Your Knees
"My first advantage: I have everything. My second advantage: this is just another island. My third advantage: I am bigger than it all."-Ann-Marie MacDonald, Fall on Your Knees
2. In the Midst of Winter
By: Isabel Allende
3.72
Format: 10 pages, Audiobook
New York Times and worldwide bestselling “dazzling storyteller” (Associated Press) Isabel Allende r… read more
Want to Read $ 9.99Similar categories in Isabel Allende's In the Midst of Winter book and André P. Brink's Praying Mantis
- novels
- fiction
- historical fiction
"El amor siempre se me ha dado a medias"-Isabel Allende, In the Midst of Winter
"Lo tuyo, niña, no es una enfermedad del cuerpo, sino del alma"-Isabel Allende, In the Midst of Winter
"Lo más temible de la muerte era la idea de la eternidad. Muerto para siempre, qué horror"-Isabel Allende, In the Midst of Winter
"El corazón no se rompe como un huevo. Y si fuera un huevo, ¿no es mejor romperlo para que se demarren los sentimientos? Es el precio por una vida bien vivida."-Isabel Allende, In the Midst of Winter
3. Ons Is Nie Almal So Nie
By: Jeanne Goosen
3.79
Format: 128 pages, Paperback
Wat het 'n mooi Afrikanervrou in die 1950's gedoen as die lewe begin druk? As haar man 'n verbitter… read more
Want to Read $ 13.13Similar categories in Jeanne Goosen's Ons Is Nie Almal So Nie book and André P. Brink's Praying Mantis
- africa
- south africa
- fiction
4. 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
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Joris-Karl Huysmans's Against Nature book and André P. Brink's Praying Mantis
- literature
- fiction
5. The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5)
By: Arthur Conan Doyle , Anne Perry , Sidney Paget , Maria Buitoni Duca
4.13
Format: 256 pages, Mass Market Paperback
In this, one of the most famous of Doyle's mysteries, the tale of an ancient curse and a savage gho… read more
Want to Read $ 0.99Similar categories in Arthur Conan Doyle's The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5) book and André P. Brink's Praying Mantis
- literature
- novels
- fiction
"The devil’s agents may be of flesh and blood, may they not?"-Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5)
"It is not my intention to be fulsome, but I confess that I covet your skull."-Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5)
"Watson: "You may be right." Holmes: "The probability lies in that direction."-Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5)
"The world is full of obvious things which nobody by any chance ever observes."-Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5)
6. Griet skryf 'n sprokie
By: Marita van der Vyver
3.41
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
Sy moes sprokies spin om aan die lewe te bly. Nie net om haar brood te verdien nie, maar ook om die… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Marita van der Vyver's Griet skryf 'n sprokie book and André P. Brink's Praying Mantis
- africa
- south africa
- fiction
- historical fiction
7. The Name of the Rose
By: Umberto Eco , Seán Barrett , William Weaver
4.14
Format: 552 pages, Paperback
The year is 1327. Franciscans in a wealthy Italian abbey are suspected of heresy, and Brother Willi… read more
Want to Read $ 7.99Similar categories in Umberto Eco's The Name of the Rose book and André P. Brink's Praying Mantis
- literature
- novels
- fiction
- historical fiction
"الكتب ليست مجعولة كي نؤمن بما تقوله ولكن لكي نتحرّى فيها."-Umberto Eco, The Name of the Rose
"Nothing gives a fearful man more courage than another's fear."-Umberto Eco, The Name of the Rose
"The people of God cannot be changed until the outcasts are restored to its body."-Umberto Eco, The Name of the Rose
"How peaceful life would be without Love, Adso. How Safe. How Tranquil. And how Dull."-Umberto Eco, The Name of the Rose
8. Room
By: Emma Donoghue
3.50
Format: None pages, Kindle Edition
To five-year-old Jack, Room is the entire world. It is where he was born and grew up; it's where he… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Emma Donoghue's Room book and André P. Brink's Praying Mantis
- adult fiction
- fiction
9. Ulysses
By: James Joyce
3.75
Format: 925 pages, Paperback
Ulysses is a modernist novel by Irish writer James Joyce. It was first serialized in parts in the A… read more
Want to Read $ 2.99Similar categories in James Joyce's Ulysses book and André P. Brink's Praying Mantis
- literature
- novels
- fiction
"Shite and onions!"-James Joyce, Ulysses
"Let my country die for me."-James Joyce, Ulysses
"Be just before you are generous."-James Joyce, Ulysses
"no more pain. wake no more. nobody owns"-James Joyce, Ulysses
10. I Am Pilgrim (Pilgrim, #1)
By: Terry Hayes
3.96
Format: None pages, Hardcover
A breakneck race against time...and an implacable enemy. An anonymous young woman murdered in a run… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Terry Hayes's I Am Pilgrim (Pilgrim, #1) book and André P. Brink's Praying Mantis
11. Strange Weather in Tokyo
By: Hiromi Kawakami
4.29
Format: None pages, Paperback
Tsukiko is drinking alone in her local sake bar when by chance she meets one of her old high school… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Hiromi Kawakami's Strange Weather in Tokyo book and André P. Brink's Praying Mantis
12. Acciaio
By: Silvia Avallone
4.33
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Nei casermoni di via Stalingrado a Piombino avere quattordici anni e difficile. E se tuo padre e un… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Silvia Avallone's Acciaio book and André P. Brink's Praying Mantis
13. To Paradise
By: Hanya Yanagihara
3.75
Format: 720 pages, Hardcover
From the author of the classic A Little Life, a bold, brilliant novel spanning three centuries and … read more
Want to Read $ 12.99Similar categories in Hanya Yanagihara's To Paradise book and André P. Brink's Praying Mantis
- fiction
- historical fiction
"Does this look like a dystopia to you?"-Hanya Yanagihara, To Paradise
"It was very cold that afternoon, whipping wind, and the city seemed to mirror my mood, which was gray and bleak."-Hanya Yanagihara, To Paradise
"Only people who have a plausible hope of being immortalized in history are so about how they might get immortalized," she said. "The rest of us are too busy trying to get through the day."-Hanya Yanagihara, To Paradise
"Only people who have a plausible hope of being immortalized in history are so obsessed about how they might get immortalized," she said. "The rest of us are too busy trying to get through the day."-Hanya Yanagihara, To Paradise
14. Time Shelter
By: Georgi Gospodinov
3.75
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Award-winning Bulgarian author Georgi Gospodinov has enthralled readers around the world with his l… read more
Want to Read $ 9.99Similar categories in Georgi Gospodinov's Time Shelter book and André P. Brink's Praying Mantis
- literature
- novels
- fiction
"Има ли миналото срок на годност?"-Georgi Gospodinov, Time Shelter
"Time feeds on us. We are food for time."-Georgi Gospodinov, Time Shelter
"Ако не сме в нечия памет, има ли ни изобщо?"-Georgi Gospodinov, Time Shelter
"There is no time machine except the human being."-Georgi Gospodinov, Time Shelter
15. Three Daughters of Eve
By: Elif Shafak
3.82
Format: 370 pages, Kindle Edition
Peri, a married, wealthy, beautiful Turkish woman, is on her way to a dinner party at a seaside man… read more
Want to Read $ 9.99Similar categories in Elif Shafak's Three Daughters of Eve book and André P. Brink's Praying Mantis
- novels
- fiction
"How women could be expected to keep their heads down and simultaneously have their eyes open in all directions was beyond Peri."-Elif Shafak, Three Daughters of Eve
"«Dov’è che ti senti a casa?» domandò Peri. «A casa?» Shirin fece una smorfia sprezzante. «Ti svelo una regola universale: casa è dove sta tua nonna.»"-Elif Shafak, Three Daughters of Eve
"I think God comes in many pieces and colors. I can build a peaceful God, all-loving. Or I can build an angry God, punishing. Or maybe I'll build nothing. God is a Lego set."-Elif Shafak, Three Daughters of Eve
"Believers favour answers over questions, clarity over uncertainty. Athiests, more or less the same. Funny, when it comes to God, Whom we know next to nothing about, very few of us actually say, 'I do…"-Elif Shafak, Three Daughters of Eve
16. Herkunft
By: Saša Stanišić
4.17
Format: 365 pages, Hardcover
HERKUNFT ist ein Buch über den ersten Zufall unserer Biografie: irgendwo geboren werden. Und was da… read more
Want to Read $ 9.99Similar categories in Saša Stanišić's Herkunft book and André P. Brink's Praying Mantis
- literature
- novels
- roman
- fiction
"Träume sind etwas Lebendiges - und als solche vergänglich wie das Gedächtnis."-Saša Stanišić, Herkunft
"Zoki walks into the classroom, puts a piece of paper down on the teacher’s desk, and shouts: “Everyone write your name."-Saša Stanišić, Herkunft
"Otec tancoval a už nebol nazúrený, napokon to ani nejde dohromady, všetko ostatné sa dá robiť aj s hnevom, ale toto nie, nie objímanie."-Saša Stanišić, Herkunft
"Ich verstehe nicht, dass Herkunft Eigenschaften mit sich bringen soll, und verstehe nicht, dass manche bereit sind, in ihrem Namen in Schlachten zu ziehen."-Saša Stanišić, Herkunft
17. Praying Mantis
By: André P. Brink
3.72
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
A magical novel from a world class writer about a remarkable historical figure. In his early years… read more
Want to Read $ 15.43Similar categories in André P. Brink's Praying Mantis book and André P. Brink's Praying Mantis
- adult fiction
- africa
- roman
- south africa
- literature
- fiction
- historical fiction
- novels
18. Boy On The Run
By: Welcome Mandla Lishivha
3.29
Format: 234 pages, Paperback
‘It is the godly feeling of dancing like a goddess and snapping on a beat with sheer joy that makes… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Welcome Mandla Lishivha's Boy On The Run book and André P. Brink's Praying Mantis
