5 must-read fiction books like Black Light: A Novel by Galway Kinnell

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Black Light: A Novel

By: Galway Kinnell

3.71

Format: 120 pages, Paperback

Black Light is a voyage of discovery and transformation. Set in Iran, it tells the story of Jamshid…

If you liked the fiction plot in Black Light: A Novel by Galway Kinnell , here is a list of 5 books like this:

Cover of We by Yevgeny Zamyatin, Clarence Brown

1. We

By: Yevgeny Zamyatin , Clarence Brown

3.89

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

The exhilarating dystopian novel that inspired George Orwell's 1984 and foreshadowed the worst exce… read more

Similar categories in Yevgeny Zamyatin's We book and Galway Kinnell's Black Light: A Novel

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"Her smile was a bite, and I was its target."

-Yevgeny Zamyatin, We

"There is no final one; revolutions are infinite."

-Yevgeny Zamyatin, We

"knowledge, absolutely sure of its infallibility, is faith"

-Yevgeny Zamyatin, We

"You're in a bad way! Apparently, you have developed a soul."

-Yevgeny Zamyatin, We

Cover of Moon Tiger by Penelope Lively

2. Moon Tiger

By: Penelope Lively

3.91

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

The elderly Claudia Hampton, a best-selling author of popular history, lies alone in a London hospi… read more

Similar categories in Penelope Lively's Moon Tiger book and Galway Kinnell's Black Light: A Novel

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"We all act as hinges - fortuitous links between other people."

-Penelope Lively, Moon Tiger

"God," she says, 'is an unprincipled bastard, wouldn't you agree?"

-Penelope Lively, Moon Tiger

"I've grown old with this century; there's not much left of either of us."

-Penelope Lively, Moon Tiger

"Mythology is much better stuff than history. It has form; logic; a message."

-Penelope Lively, Moon Tiger

Cover of The Epic of Gilgamesh by Anonymous, N.K. Sandars

3. The Epic of Gilgamesh

By: Anonymous , N.K. Sandars

3.74

Format: 72 pages, Paperback

Miraculously preserved on clay tablets dating back as much as four thousand years, the poem of Gilg… read more

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"As for man, his days are numbered, whatever he might do, it is but wind."

-Anonymous, The Epic of Gilgamesh

"Now let the gate of sorrow be closed behind me, and let it be sealed with tar and pitch."

-Anonymous, The Epic of Gilgamesh

"When all the illusions of personal immortality are stripped away, there is only the act to maintain the freedom to act."

-Anonymous, The Epic of Gilgamesh

"Gilgamesh was called a god and a man; Enkidu was an animal and a man. It is the story of their becoming human together."

-Anonymous, The Epic of Gilgamesh

Cover of The Employees: A Workplace Novel of the 22nd Century by Olga Ravn

4. The Employees: A Workplace Novel of the 22nd Century

By: Olga Ravn

3.67

Format: 136 pages, Paperback

A workplace novel of the 22nd century The near-distant future. Millions of kilometres from Earth… read more

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"This is not a human, but a coworker."

-Olga Ravn, The Employees: A Workplace Novel of the 22nd Century

"Cada ação encerra em si um elemento de caos."

-Olga Ravn, The Employees: A Workplace Novel of the 22nd Century

"Tudo precisa atravessar enormes distâncias para se tornar o que é."

-Olga Ravn, The Employees: A Workplace Novel of the 22nd Century

"Eu também tenho em mim palavras apagadas que deveria ter dito e já não sei mais o que significam."

-Olga Ravn, The Employees: A Workplace Novel of the 22nd Century

Cover of Black Light: A Novel by Galway Kinnell

5. Black Light: A Novel

By: Galway Kinnell

3.71

Format: 120 pages, Paperback

Black Light is a voyage of discovery and transformation. Set in Iran, it tells the story of Jamshid… read more

Similar categories in Galway Kinnell's Black Light: A Novel book and Galway Kinnell's Black Light: A Novel

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