The Magnetist's Fifth Winter
By: P.B. Austin (Translator) Per Olov Enquist (Author)
3.58
Format: 229 pages, Paperback
Is he an impostor, the peculiar magnetist Friedrich Meisner, or is he a man of marvelous gifts – or…
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1. Astrid and Veronika
By: Linda Olsson
3.76
Format: 259 pages, Paperback
Veronika 32, a writer whose boyfriend just drowned in New Zealand, rents a house in a small Swedish… read more
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"I have stopped painting. I stand in front of the easel, brush in hand, but my mind is blank. It is as if I have been struck by a strange kind of blindness."-Linda Olsson, Astrid and Veronika
"There are no secrets here. Everybody knows everything about everybody. Or they would like to think they do. Secrets have to be well guarded, and the price is high."-Linda Olsson, Astrid and Veronika
"But once you accept the fact that you have always been alone, and will always be, then your perspective can begin to change. You can become aware of the small kindnesses, the little comforts. Be grat…"-Linda Olsson, Astrid and Veronika
"Take risks! That is really what life is about. We must pursue our own happiness. Nobody has ever lived our lives; ther are no guidelines. Trust your instincts. Accept nothing but the best. But then a…"-Linda Olsson, Astrid and Veronika
2. Jää
By: Ulla-Lena Lundberg , Leena Vallisaari
3.97
Format: 366 pages, Hardcover
Eletään sotien jälkeistä aikaa, taistelut ovat loppuneet ja maassa rauha. Saarien muodostamalle pai… read more
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3. Ormens väg på hälleberget
By: Torgny Lindgren
4.03
Format: 152 pages, Paperback
Änkan Tea bor i en by mellan Lycksele och Norsjö i Västerbottens inland. Hon är mycket fattig, och … read more
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4. Kallocain
By: Karin Boye , Gustaf Lannestock , Richard B. Vowles
3.72
Format: 193 pages, Paperback
This is a novel of the future, profoundly sinister in its vision of a drab terror. Ironic and detac… read more
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"Ur tankar och känslor föds ord och handlingar. Hur skulle tankar och känslor då kunna vara den enskildes ensak? (...) Hittills har det bara inte varit möjligt att kontrollera dem - men nu är alltså m…"-Karin Boye, Kallocain
"На стіні висіли чутливе «поліційне вухо» й «поліційне око», таке саме зірке в темряві, як і при світлі. Ніхто не заперечить того, що ці органи дуже потрібні. Якби не вони, скільки помешкань могло б с…"-Karin Boye, Kallocain
"Попри те, цього вечора не годилося поводитися понуро й сумувати. На урочистостях, присвячених примноженню добра й достатку Держави, має панувати піднесений настрій. Мабуть, моя доля пішла б іншим шля…"-Karin Boye, Kallocain
"Збуджена, приязно налаштована юрба озвалася на мої слова бурею оплесків і схвальних вигуків. Але я бачив, що не всі аплодували. Коли плеще в долоні тисяча, а двоє сидять склавши руки, то ці двоє пере…"-Karin Boye, Kallocain
5. The Comedians
By: Paul Theroux , Graham Greene
3.00
Format: 50 pages, Paperback
Three men meet on a ship bound for Haiti, a world in the grip of the corrupt "Papa Doc" and the Ton… read more
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6. By Night in Chile
By: Roberto Bolaño , Chris Andrews
3.89
Format: 118 pages, Paperback
During the course of a single night, Father Sebastian Urrutia Lacroix, a Chilean priest, who is a m… read more
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"…and for goodness’ sake read widely and deeply…"-Roberto Bolaño, By Night in Chile
"I am dying now, but I still have many things to say."-Roberto Bolaño, By Night in Chile
"His falcon, called Othello, had struck terror into the heart of every pigeon in Turin..."-Roberto Bolaño, By Night in Chile
"As time goes by, as time goes by, the whip-crack of the years, the precipice of illusions, the ravine that swallows up all human endeavour except the struggle to survive."-Roberto Bolaño, By Night in Chile
7. De polyglotta älskarna
By: Lina Wolff
3.81
Format: 75 pages, Hardcover
Drommen om forstaelse Max Lamas drommer om en alskarinna som talar alla hans sprak. Sokandet tar ho… read more
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8. Amulet
By: Roberto Bolaño , Chris Andrews
4.00
Format: 98 pages, Hardcover
Amulet is a monologue, like Bolano's acclaimed debut in English, By Night in Chile. The speaker is … read more
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9. Minns du den stad (Stadserien, #3)
By: Per Anders Fogelström
3.32
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
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10. Baumgartner
By: Paul Auster
3.78
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
A taut yet expansive novel of love, memory, and grief from Paul Auster, best-selling, award-winning… read more
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"Vivir es sentir dolor, y vivir con miedo al dolor es negarse a vivir"-Paul Auster, Baumgartner
"To live is to feel pain, he told himself, and to live in fear of pain is to refuse to live."-Paul Auster, Baumgartner
"at some point in the coming years, the two books should be combined and reconfigured into a large, one-volume collected poems—a monument of singing pages that will overwhelm the silence of Anna’s gra…"-Paul Auster, Baumgartner
"the story turns out to be so astounding and so powerful that your jaw drops open and you feel that it has changed or enhanced or deepened your understanding of the world, does it matter if the story …"-Paul Auster, Baumgartner
11. Om udregning af rumfang I
By: Solvej Balle
3.71
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
''Om udregning af rumfang I'' er første del af Solvej Balles roman i syv dele, der hører til i genr… read more
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12. Djuphamn (Ådalen, #3)
By: Tove Alsterdal
3.49
Format: 347 pages, Hardcover
Nu kommer den efterlängtade sista delen om polisassistent Eira Sjödin i Tove Alsterdals succéserie … read more
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13. Suomaa
By: Maria Turtschaninoff
4.35
Format: 371 pages, Hardcover
Ihmisen ja metsän juuret yhtä syvällä. Suomaa on lumoava episodiromaani metsän voimasta ja suoma… read more
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14. Stacken
By: Annika Norlin
4.16
Format: 300 pages, ebook
Vad är det som händer nere vid vattnet? Emelie har flytt staden förr skogen och ser plötsligt en g… read more
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15. Moral
By: Lyra Ekström Lindbäck
3.49
Format: 191 pages, Hardcover
Anna anländer till en universitetsstad i Tjeckien för att doktorera i moralfilosofi. Hennes handled… read more
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16. Jävla karlar
By: Andrev Walden
4.07
Format: 376 pages, Hardcover
"En gång hade jag sju pappor på sju år. Det här är berättelsen om de åren. Om något låter påhittat … read more
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"Min pappa är indian och nu ska jag berätta det för blomma."-Andrev Walden, Jävla karlar
17. No siento nada
By: Liv Strömquist
4.22
Format: 176 pages, Hardcover
Una radiografía del amor en la era del narcicismo extremo, el nuevo ensayo de la historietista más … read more
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18. Löpa varg
By: Kerstin Ekman
3.97
Format: 180 pages, Hardcover
Då kom han ut. Han gjorde det med en självklarhet som var lätt att begripa; den här världen var ju … read more
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19. The Morning Star (Morgenstjernen, #1)
By: Karl Ove Knausgård
3.94
Format: 666 pages, Hardcover
It's a normal night in August. Literature professor Arne and artist Tove are with their children at… read more
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"The priest who once supervised me as a student had once said to me that a person only has to step sideways for everything to look different. He'd been talking about the priest's role as a director of…"-Karl Ove Knausgård, The Morning Star (Morgenstjernen, #1)
20. Om udregning af rumfang II
By: Solvej Balle
3.96
Format: 180 pages, Paperback
''Om udregning af rumfang II'' er anden del af Solvej Balles roman i syv dele. Tara Selter er ef… read more
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21. Sommaren 1985
By: John Ajvide Lindqvist
3.64
Format: 326 pages, Hardcover
Det var den sommaren. Sommaren 1985. Live Aid-sommaren. På Särsö i Roslagens skärgård finns ett … read more
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22. Ghost Music
By: An Yu
3.51
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
For three years, Song Yan has filled the emptiness of her Beijing apartment with the tentative note… read more
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"What brought me a touch of comfort was knowing not that my husband was there, asleep on the other side of the wall, but that there was a stranger, across the street, still awake and listening to the …"-An Yu, Ghost Music
23. The Wolves of Eternity (Morgenstjernen, #2)
By: Karl Ove Knausgård
4.03
Format: 800 pages, Hardcover
From the internationally bestselling author Karl Ove Knausgaard, a sprawling and deeply human novel… read more
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24. Sniglar och snö
By: Agneta Pleijel
3.86
Format: 358 pages, Hardcover
Hon blir Sveriges första kvinnliga kulturchef på en dagstidning. På Aftonbladets kulturredaktion i … read more
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25. The Third Realm (Morgenstjernen, #3)
By: Karl Ove Knausgård
4.33
Format: 512 pages, Hardcover
From bestselling author Karl Ove Knausgaard, a kaleidoscopic novel about human nature in the face o… read more
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26. Sly
By: Sara Strömberg
3.33
Format: 344 pages, Hardcover
Hösten river i Åre. Trots att turisterna ännu glittrar på lyxrestaurangerna har lokalbefolkningen b… read more
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27. Samlade verk
By: Lydia Sandgren
4.08
Format: 689 pages, Hardcover
I Göteborg förbereds en stor retrospektiv över konstnären Gustav Beckers verk från 1980-talet och f… read more
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"You’re right,"-Lydia Sandgren, Samlade verk
"People engage in a lot of self-deception,"-Lydia Sandgren, Samlade verk
"Over the years, I’ve thought a lot about what a person has a right to tell other people. As a therapist, it’s simple: everything you’re told is confidential. Outside the clinic, however, there are un…"-Lydia Sandgren, Samlade verk
28. F - en färd
By: Katarina Frostenson
3.15
Format: 248 pages, Hardcover
”F – en färd skildrar en tid när K.F. far mellan en tyst huvudstad och en lägerliknande anstalt, ti… read more
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29. Sveket
By: Birgitta Trotzig
3.77
Format: 135 pages, Paperback
»Om Tobit«, så börjar det. Ett tungt bibliskt andetag: »han var en man som levde samman med en ankl… read more
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30. The Magnetist's Fifth Winter
By: P.B. Austin (Translator) Per Olov Enquist (Author)
3.58
Format: 229 pages, Paperback
Is he an impostor, the peculiar magnetist Friedrich Meisner, or is he a man of marvelous gifts – or… read more
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31. Clean
By: Alia Trabucco Zerán
3.99
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER! From a global star and International Booker Prize finalist, a razor-sh… read more
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"Yo jamás me comí las uñas. Tampoco mi mamá. Para eso, me imagino, hay que tener las manos desocupadas."-Alia Trabucco Zerán, Clean
