The Translator's Bride
By: João Reis
4.10
Format: 119 pages, Paperback
At the start of "The Translator's Bride", the Translator's bride has left him. But if he can only f…
Want to Read $ 9.69"how I despise neutrality, only countries should be neutral since they’re abstract entities, people cannot be neutral, a friend of mine cannot caress my hand and kiss my enemy, laugh when they mock me, this is my true belief, maybe I’m wrong, neutral people are the most dangerous, they sell themselves to the highest bidder, betray us for a plate of lentils"-João Reis, The Translator's Bride
"how I despise neutrality, only countries should be neutral since they’re abstract entities, people cannot be neutral, a friend of mine cannot caress my hand and kiss my enemy, laugh when they mock me, this is my true belief, maybe I’m wrong, neutral people are the most dangerous, they sell themselves to the highest bidder, betray us for a plate of lentils"-João Reis, The Translator's Bride
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1. Closely Watched Trains
By: Bohumil Hrabal , Josef Škvorecký , Edith Pargeter
3.74
Format: 85 pages, Paperback
Bohumil Hrabal's post-war classic about a young man's coming of age in German-occupied Czechoslovak… read more
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"آن غرش و سر و صدای یک قطار در حال حرکت،همیشه یکسان است،درست مثل زمان صلح که قطار، هر شب، مربعها و مستطیلهای نور را از پنجرههای درخشان خود میپراکند."-Bohumil Hrabal, Closely Watched Trains
2. The Literary Conference
By: César Aira , Katherine Silver
3.60
Format: 92 pages, Paperback
César is a playwright and translator who has fallen on very hard times due to the global economic d… read more
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3. Flaubert's Parrot
By: Julian Barnes
3.65
Format: 190 pages, Paperback
Flaubert's Parrot deals with Flaubert, parrots, bears and railways; with our sense of the past and … read more
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- literary fiction
- literature
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"How submerged does a reference have to be before it drowns?"-Julian Barnes, Flaubert's Parrot
"Mystification is simple; clarity is the hardest thing of all."-Julian Barnes, Flaubert's Parrot
"Me and my books, in the same apartment: like a gherkin in its vinegar."-Julian Barnes, Flaubert's Parrot
"Irony - The modern mode: either the devil’s mark or the snorkel of sanity."-Julian Barnes, Flaubert's Parrot
4. Jesus' Son
By: Denis Johnson
4.26
Format: 999 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Jesus' Son, the first collection of stories by Denis Johnson, presents a unique, hallucinatory visi… read more
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5. A Desumanização
By: Valter Hugo Mãe
4.88
Format: 242 pages, Paperback
<> Passado nos reconditos fiordes islandeses, este romance e a voz de uma menina diferente que nos … read more
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6. Opium and Other Stories
By: Géza Csáth , Marianna D. Birnbaum , Jascha Kessler , None
3.91
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
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7. Assim, Mas Sem Ser Assim
By: Afonso Cruz
3.62
Format: None pages, Paperback
<> Um brilhante conjunto de situacoes e de personagens do quotidiano com um acento de reflexao sobr… read more
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8. The Palm-Wine Drinkard
By: Amos Tutuola
4.25
Format: 151 pages, Paperback
When Amos Tutuola's first novel, The Palm-Wine Drinkard, appeared in 1952, it aroused exceptional w… read more
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10. Dissipatio H.G.
By: Guido Morselli
3.80
Format: 154 pages, Paperback
From his solitary buen retiro in the mountains, the last man on earth drives to the capital Chrysop… read more
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"Il pessimismo radicale sconfina nell'ottimismo."-Guido Morselli, Dissipatio H.G.
"Morire biologicamente, è il perfezionarsi di uno stato in cui ci troviamo già ora."-Guido Morselli, Dissipatio H.G.
"Ho paura dell'uomo, come dei topi e delle zanzare, per il danno e il fastidio di cui è produttore inesausto."-Guido Morselli, Dissipatio H.G.
"Quello che abbiamo posseduto, ce lo possiamo mettere dietro le spalle, confinarlo nel passato, nel già-fatto."-Guido Morselli, Dissipatio H.G.
11. Tomorrow in the Battle Think on Me
By: Javier Marías , Margaret Jull Costa
4.73
Format: None pages, Paperback
"No one ever suspects," begins Tomorrow in the Battle Think On Me, "that they might one day find th… read more
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12. Os Cus de Judas
By: António Lobo Antunes
4.15
Format: None pages, Paperback
Logo depois de voltar da guerra em Angola, Antonio Lobo Antunes escreve Os cus de Judas, sobre suas… read more
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13. The White Castle
By: Orhan Pamuk , Victoria Rowe Holbrook
4.65
Format: None pages, Paperback
From a Turkish writer who has been compared with Borges, Nabokov, and DeLillo comes a dazzling nove… read more
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14. The Storyteller
By: Mario Vargas Llosa , None
4.24
Format: 185 pages,
At a small gallery in Florence, a Peruvian writer happens upon a photograph of a tribal storyteller… read more
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15. Trilogía
By: Jon Fosse
3.90
Format: 162 pages, Paperback
Trilogía es un libro diferente. Es hipnótico. Para Jon Fosse escribir es como rezar y, para el lect… read more
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16. Leme
By: Madalena Sá Fernandes
4.12
Format: 168 pages, ebook
Leme é o relato da vivência de uma rapariga que assiste, durante anos, à erosão dos pilares que sus… read more
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17. E se eu morrer amanhã?
By: Filipa Fonseca Silva
4.21
Format: 184 pages, Kindle Edition
Helena é uma viúva de setenta e nove anos aparentemente pacata. Vive com o gato num apartamento, in… read more
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18. O Elevador
By: Filipa Fonseca Silva
3.74
Format: 184 pages, Paperback
Numa noite quente de Verão, um casal prepara-se para ir jantar fora. Sara, contrariada, perde tempo… read more
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"As palavras nunca são apenas palavras."-Filipa Fonseca Silva, O Elevador
"O melhor do mundo dão as crianças. Mas passar o dia sozinha, numa praia deserta, com um Mojito na mão, não fica muito atrás."-Filipa Fonseca Silva, O Elevador
19. Eastbound
By: Maylis de Kerangal
3.97
Format: 140 pages, Paperback
From Wellcome Prize winner Maylis de Kerangal comes a fast-paced story of two fugitives set on the … read more
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20. A História de Roma
By: Joana Bértholo
4.04
Format: 312 pages, Paperback
Duas pessoas que foram outrora um casal encontram-se passados dez anos de se separarem. Ela, lisboe… read more
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21. Apneia
By: Tânia Ganho
4.43
Format: 696 pages, Paperback
Quando Adriana ganha finalmente coragem para sair de casa com o filho de cinco anos, pondo fim ao c… read more
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22. Mãe, Doce Mar (Portuguese Edition)
By: João Pinto Coelho
4.05
Format: None pages, Perfect Paperback
Depois de passar a infância num orfanato, Noah conhece finalmente Patience, a mãe, aos doze anos, n… read more
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23. Mild Vertigo
By: Mieko Kanai
3.55
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
Housewife Natsumi leads a small, unremarkable life in a modern Tokyo apartment with her husband and… read more
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24. A minha mãe é a minha filha
By: Valter Hugo Mãe
4.14
Format: 48 pages, Hardcover
Um conto de uma ternura ímpar dedicado a todos aqueles que cuidam. «A minha mãe é a minha filha. P… read more
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25. Racismo no País dos Brancos Costumes
By: Joana Gorjão Henriques
4.46
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
HISTÓRIAS REAIS DO PORTUGAL RACISTA QUE AINDA VIVE NO MITO DO NÃO-RACISMO Um homem quer alugar u… read more
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26. A Cicatriz
By: Maria Francisca Gama
4.38
Format: 168 pages, Paperback
«Éramos felizes, verdadeiros camaradas e a âncora um do outro. Um dia o nosso barco afundou-se e ne… read more
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27. Three Summers
By: Margarita Liberaki
3.76
Format: 264 pages, Paperback
An NYRB Classics Original Three Summers is the story of three sisters growing up in the countrys… read more
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"Dusk, like a painter, gave a certain overpowering tone to the landscape that united all the colors and effaced discord."-Margarita Liberaki, Three Summers
"But she wasn't scared of the heat. She welcomed it. under her skin it was as if the cells were dancing. And further in, the blood."-Margarita Liberaki, Three Summers
"It was during those moments that he realized that he experienced true happiness. Whereas big events - like when he graduated or got married to Maria or learned he would be a father - brought worries …"-Margarita Liberaki, Three Summers
"I wish I could take it all in, hold it in my arms or be held in its arms. Something is swelling inside me, getting larger and larger... I sigh. "What's the matter, Katerina? Are you sad?" everyone as…"-Margarita Liberaki, Three Summers
28. La ciudad
By: Lara Moreno
4.04
Format: 328 pages, Paperback
En un edificio del barrio de La Latina, en el centro de Madrid, confluyen las vidas de tres mujeres… read more
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29. Ædnan
By: Linnea Axelsson
4.23
Format: 762 pages, Hardcover
Ædnan är ett mäktigt epos som på en ordknapp vers berättar om två samiska familjer. I deras öden sp… read more
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30. The Translator's Bride
By: João Reis
4.10
Format: 119 pages, Paperback
At the start of "The Translator's Bride", the Translator's bride has left him. But if he can only f… read more
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"how I despise neutrality, only countries should be neutral since they’re abstract entities, people cannot be neutral, a friend of mine cannot caress my hand and kiss my enemy, laugh when they mock me…"-João Reis, The Translator's Bride
31. A Breve História da Menina Eterna
By: Rute Simões Ribeiro
4.09
Format: 140 pages, Paperback
A Breve História da Menina Eterna é a quarta obra publicada de Rute Simões Ribeiro, finalista LeYa … read more
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