5 must-read scandinavian literature books like Wretchedness by Andrzej Tichý

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Wretchedness

By: Andrzej Tichý

3.48

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

Waiting by the canal in Malmö, a young cellist meets a disorientated junkie. The encounter sends hi…

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1. Yarden

By: Kristian Lundberg

3.43

Format: 344 pages, Paperback

Fangad i en snara av vaxande skulder soker Kristian arbete pa de mest skriftande platser. Till slut… read more

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  • novels
  • swedish literature
  • sweden
  • fiction
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2. Offshore

By: Penelope Fitzgerald

3.91

Format: 736 pages,

An alternative cover edition for this ISBN can be found  On the Battersea Reach of the Thames, a m… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • novels
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3. Únava materiálu

By: Marek Šindelka

3.96

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Hrdinou romanu je bezejmenny dospivajici chlapec. Ocita se v cizi zemi uprostred Evropy, ktera v je… read more

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  • fiction

4. Le menzogne della notte

By: Nunzio Zago , Gesualdo Bufalino

3.62

Format: 192 pages,

In un'isola penitenziaria, probabilmente mediterranea e borbonica, fra equivoche confessioni e ango… read more

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5. 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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  • scandinavian literature
  • fiction
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6. The Maniac

By: Benjamín Labatut

4.34

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

From one of contemporary literature’s most exciting new voices, a haunting story centered on the Hu… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • novels
"[...] si nuestra especie iba a sobrevivir el siglo XX, necesitábamos llenar el enorme vacío dejado por la huida de los dioses, y la única candidata viable para realizar esa extraña y esotérica transf…"

-Benjamín Labatut, The Maniac

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7. Changer : méthode

By: Édouard Louis

4.31

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

« Une question s’est imposée au centre de ma vie, elle a concentré toutes mes réflexions, occupé to… read more

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  • novels
  • fiction
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8. The Details

By: Ia Genberg

3.90

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

An acclaimed Swedish author makes her English language debut with this intoxicating novel in the ve… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • swedish literature
  • fiction
  • sweden
  • scandinavian literature
"La fiducia resta lettera morta, se non la si sente nelle ossa."

-Ia Genberg, The Details

"L'io , o meglio, il cosidetto "io", non è altro che questo: ciò che resta delle persone a cui ci siamo stretti."

-Ia Genberg, The Details

"La vita mi ha regalato la mia buona dose di magia, e il più delle volte è successo all'incontro con gli altri. Lì c'è qualcosa. Lì, soltanto lì."

-Ia Genberg, The Details

"Per i morti la successione del tempo non ha importanza, l'unica cosa che conta sono i dettagli, la densità, il come e il cosa e tutto ciò che riguarda il chi."

-Ia Genberg, The Details

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9. Nails and Eyes

By: Kaori Fujino

3.43

Format: 138 pages, Paperback

Tense, subtly disturbing Japanese literary horror perfect for fans of The Memory Police, Tender is … read more

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  • fiction
"As a woman, Shoko is extremely petite, but as a heart, she is wondrously large."

-Kaori Fujino, Nails and Eyes

"Maybe she suddenly had a deathwish, the way some people fall in love at first sight."

-Kaori Fujino, Nails and Eyes

"There were always going to be people who loved you and people who hated you, no matter what you did, so why let anything trouble you?"

-Kaori Fujino, Nails and Eyes

"You felt that your life would always be this way. Not as one day going by, and then another, but life as an ever-expanding single day. And yet, time did go by."

-Kaori Fujino, Nails and Eyes

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10. Białe noce

By: Urszula Honek

3.77

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

Z pozoru nic się nie dzieje: mała podgórska miejscowość, kilka osób, nieuchwytny czas. A jednak świ… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • fiction
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11. The Other Name: Septology I-II

By: Jon Fosse

4.06

Format: 351 pages, Paperback

The Other Name follows the lives of two men living close to each other on the west coast of Norway.… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • scandinavian literature
  • fiction
  • novels
"...there inside the person is what will pass away and become one with what is invisible in everything..."

-Jon Fosse, The Other Name: Septology I-II

"...what's beautiful in life turns out bad in a painting because it's like there's too much beauty, a good picture needs something bad in it in order to shine the way it should, it needs darkness in i…"

-Jon Fosse, The Other Name: Septology I-II

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12. Wcale nie jestem taka

By: Marie Aubert

3.73

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

Hanne przyjeżdża do rodzinnego miasta w towarzystwie swojej nowej partnerki, Julii. Wie, że spotka … read more

Similar categories in Marie Aubert's Wcale nie jestem taka book and Andrzej Tichý's Wretchedness

  • novels
  • scandinavian literature
  • fiction
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13. Strużki

By: Maria Halber

3.83

Format: 184 pages, Paperback

Ta książka opowiada o trudnej przyjaźni dwóch dziewczyn. Różni je temperament, wygląd i pochodzenie… read more

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  • fiction
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14. Sterben im Sommer

By: Zsuzsa Bánk

4.11

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Seinen letzten Sommer verbringt der Vater am Balaton, in Ungarn, der alten Heimat. Noch einmal sitz… read more

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15. Znaki zodiaku

By: Maciej Marcisz

3.51

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Toskania, słońce, grupa przyjaciół, piękna sceneria, dom na wzgórzu, dwa miesiące wolnego i wróżba,… read more

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  • fiction
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16. Abundance

By: Jakob Guanzon

3.85

Format: 278 pages, Paperback

Longlisted for the National Book Award for Fiction A wrenching debut about the causes and effects … read more

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  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • novels
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17. Wniebogłos

By: Aleksandra Tarnowska

3.93

Format: 220 pages, Paperback

Polska wieś lat 70. oczami dziecka. Dwunastoletni Rysiek ze wsi Tuklęcz marzy tylko o jednym – b… read more

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  • fiction
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18. PUR

By: Erik Lindman Mata

4.04

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

skynda så skynda så jag inte tappar ngt väva hålla hålla ut dig En närhet som våldsamt brutit… read more

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19. Phenotypes

By: Paulo Scott

3.81

Format: 232 pages, Paperback

Federico and Lorenço are brothers. Their father is black, a famed forensic pathologist for the poli… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • novels
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20. Wretchedness

By: Andrzej Tichý

3.48

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

Waiting by the canal in Malmö, a young cellist meets a disorientated junkie. The encounter sends hi… read more

Similar categories in Andrzej Tichý's Wretchedness book and Andrzej Tichý's Wretchedness

  • literary fiction
  • swedish literature
  • fiction
  • novels
  • crime
  • sweden
  • scandinavian literature
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21. Noc szpilek

By: Santiago Roncagliolo

3.83

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

Porywający od pierwszego zdania thriller autorstwa jednego z najważniejszych współczesnych południo… read more

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  • novels
  • fiction

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