11 must-read fiction books like Élisa by Jacques Chauviré

Cover of Élisa by Jacques Chauviré

Élisa

By: Jacques Chauviré

3.50

Format: 61 pages, Paperback

Se narra en estas páginas bellísimas, con un halo melancólico y un sorprendente final, la historia …

If you liked the fiction plot in Élisa by Jacques Chauviré , here is a list of 11 books like this:

Cover of The Little Virtues by Dick Davis, Natalia Ginzburg

1. The Little Virtues

By: Dick Davis , Natalia Ginzburg

4.10

Format: 110 pages, Paperback

"As far as the education of children is concerned," states Natalia Ginzburg in this collection of h… read more

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"It seemed to me that I had discovered how people in books should be—funny and at the same time sad."

-Dick Davis, The Little Virtues

"What we must remember above all in the education of our children is that their love of life should never weaken."

-Dick Davis, The Little Virtues

"And perhaps even for learning to walk in worn-out shoes, it is as well to have dry, warm feet when we are children."

-Dick Davis, The Little Virtues

"Y los detalles se gastan, se echan a perder si uno los lleva consigo sin utilizarlos durante mucho tiempo. No sólo los detalles sino todo, todas las ocurrencias y las ideas."

-Dick Davis, The Little Virtues

Cover of Desarticulaciones by Sylvia Molloy

2. Desarticulaciones

By: Sylvia Molloy

4.73

Format: None pages, Paperback

Como pelando una cebolla, capa a capa, el mal de Alzheimer avanza sobre ML., desalojando de su ment… read more

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3. The Snowman (Harry Hole, #7)

By: Jo Nesbø , Don Bartlett

4.30

Format: 237 pages, Hardcover

Internationally acclaimed crime writer Jo Nesbo's antihero police investigator, Harry Hole, is back… read more

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4. Bilinmeyen Bir Kadının Mektubu

By: Stefan Zweig , Ahmet Cemal

4.11

Format: 68 pages, Hardcover

Stefan Zweig Bilinmeyen Bir Kadının Mektubu (Brief einer Unbekannten) adlı uzun öyküsünü 1920'li yı… read more

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  • fiction
"იმდენი ვიოცნებე,რომ, თუ შეიძლება ასე ითქვას ოცნება გადავცვითე..."

-Stefan Zweig, Bilinmeyen Bir Kadının Mektubu

"... bir tel gibi gergindim ve varlığının ona her dokunuşuyla tınlıyordum."

-Stefan Zweig, Bilinmeyen Bir Kadının Mektubu

"...el momento apasionado que se apaga sin dejar rastro en el humo del olvido."

-Stefan Zweig, Bilinmeyen Bir Kadının Mektubu

"Je veux te dévoiler toute ma vie, cette vie qui n'a vraiment commencé que le jour où je t'ai connu."

-Stefan Zweig, Bilinmeyen Bir Kadının Mektubu

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5. A Horse Walks into a Bar

By: David Grossman , Jessica Cohen

3.52

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

The award-winning and internationally acclaimed author of the To the End of the Land now gives us a… read more

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  • fiction
"What do people see in me on the first impression? ... Is there any imprint left from the love I knew? A rebirth mark?"

-David Grossman, A Horse Walks into a Bar

"What do people see in me on the first impression? Can they still see what I was until not long ago? Is there any imprint left from the love I knew? A rebirth mark?"

-David Grossman, A Horse Walks into a Bar

"En tunnistanut itseäni, kun olin hänen kanssaan. En tunnistanut innostunutta, eloisaa poikaa, joka minusta kuoriutui. En tunnistanut ohimoilleni nousevaa kuumotusta, vaikka se johtui ajatusten kiihko…"

-David Grossman, A Horse Walks into a Bar

6. All the Dogs of My Life

By: Elizabeth von Arnim

3.95

Format: 315 pages, Paperback

From Bijou, her very first dog, to Chunkie and Knobbie, her favourite, and last, canine companions,… read more

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7. L'analphabète: récit autobiographique

By: Ágota Kristóf

4.11

Format: 57 pages, Paperback

Onze chapitres pour onze moments de sa vie, de la petite enfance en Hongrie à l'apprentissage du fr… read more

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  • france
"You become a writer by writing with patience and obstinacy, without ever losing faith in what you write."

-Ágota Kristóf, L'analphabète: récit autobiographique

"في الغالب أكتفي بالكتابة في ذهني . ذلك اسهل . داخل الراس تجري الامور كلها بيسر . لكن ما ان نشرع في الكتابة حتى تتغير الأفكار .تتشوه.تصير خاطئة"

-Ágota Kristóf, L'analphabète: récit autobiographique

Cover of Bonjour tristesse by Françoise Sagan

8. Bonjour tristesse

By: Françoise Sagan

3.72

Format: 154 pages, Mass Market Paperback

(English follows French) La villa est magnifique, l'été brûlant, la Méditerranée toute proche. C… read more

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  • france
  • fiction
"Je serais intelligente, cultivée, un peu détachée, comme Anne."

-Françoise Sagan, Bonjour tristesse

"Il est très vaniteux ou très peu sûr de lui, comme vous voulez."

-Françoise Sagan, Bonjour tristesse

"Bet juk taip malonu paklusti savo impulsams, o paskui gailėtis..."

-Françoise Sagan, Bonjour tristesse

"Et de plus, Cyril m'aimait ... cette pensée suffisait à mon euphorie."

-Françoise Sagan, Bonjour tristesse

9. The Wreck of the Batavia: A True Story

By: Simon Leys

3.62

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

In 1629, the ship Batavia, pride of the Dutch East India Company, was wrecked on the edge of a cora… read more

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10. Murder on the Leviathan (Erast Fandorin Mysteries, #3)

By: Boris Akunin , Andrew Bromfield

3.96

Format: 288 pages,

Tipping his hat to Agatha Christie, Boris Akunin's latest page-turner transports the reader back to… read more

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11. Antón Chéjov: Vida a través de las letras

By: Natalia Ginzburg

4.28

Format: 120 pages,

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12. Silk

By: Alessandro Baricco

3.37

Format: 204 pages, Paperback

When an epidemic threatens to destroy the silk trade in France, the young merchant Herve Joncour le… read more

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13. Pelea de gallos

By: María Fernanda Ampuero

4.15

Format: 120 pages, Kindle Edition

Pelea de gallos narra desde diferentes voces el hogar, ese espacio que construye –­o destruye– a la… read more

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  • fiction
"There is nothing more perfect than Love. Love always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres."

-María Fernanda Ampuero, Pelea de gallos

"No me gusta ser hombre. ¿No se puede ser otra cosa? No hay otro sitio en el que quisiera estar - ¿es el pasado un sitio? -, pero tampoco aqui."

-María Fernanda Ampuero, Pelea de gallos

"Volver, lo sabe todo el mundo, es imposible. Luego de los abrazos y las lágrimas viene el verdadero reencuentro, estar frente a frente a los mismos cuando nosotros ya somos otros, frente a ellos cuan…"

-María Fernanda Ampuero, Pelea de gallos

Cover of The Book of Hope: A Survival Guide for Trying Times by Jane Goodall

14. The Book of Hope: A Survival Guide for Trying Times

By: Jane Goodall

4.19

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

In a world that seems so troubled, how do we hold on to hope? Looking at the headlines--a global… read more

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"Of course, a great deal of our onslaught on Mother Nature is not really lack of intelligence but a lack of compassion for future generations and the health of the planet: sheer selfish greed for shor…"

-Jane Goodall, The Book of Hope: A Survival Guide for Trying Times

"She says that people who wonder how you can have hope in seemingly hopeless situations, like a death camp, confuse hope with idealism. Idealism expects everything to be fair or easy or good. She says…"

-Jane Goodall, The Book of Hope: A Survival Guide for Trying Times

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15. Drei

By: D.A. Mishani

3.76

Format: 330 pages, Hardcover

Orna, frisch geschiedene Mutter eines zehnjährigen Jungen, meldet sich auf einer Online-Dating-Plat… read more

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  • fiction
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16. The Possession

By: Annie Ernaux

3.75

Format: 64 pages, Paperback

WINNER OF THE 2022 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE “The strangest thing about jealousy is that it can … read more

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  • france
  • fiction
"The strangest thing about jealousy is that it can populate an entire city, the whole world, with a person you have never met."

-Annie Ernaux, The Possession

"Writing has been a way to save that which is no longer my reality – a sensation seizing me from head to foot, in the streets – but has become ''the possession,'’ a period of time, circumscribed and c…"

-Annie Ernaux, The Possession

Cover of La virtù di Checchina by Matilde Serao

17. La virtù di Checchina

By: Matilde Serao

3.45

Format: 108 pages, Paperback

La virtù di Checchina, una situazione piuttosto banale come quella della seduzione di una quasi com… read more

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  • fiction
Cover of Das Gold von Caxamalca by Jakob Wassermann

18. Das Gold von Caxamalca

By: Jakob Wassermann

3.38

Format: 72 pages, Unbound

1923 als Teil der Sammlung „Der Geist der Pilger“ erschienen, ist die Geschichte Das Gold von Caxam… read more

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  • fiction
Cover of The Happy Hypocrite (1915) by Max Beerbohm

19. The Happy Hypocrite (1915)

By: Max Beerbohm

3.50

Format: 112 pages, Hardcover

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain… read more

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  • fiction
Cover of Mi madre y la música by Marina Tsvetaeva

20. Mi madre y la música

By: Marina Tsvetaeva

3.82

Format: 60 pages, Paperback

Lo sorprendente de la trágica vida de Marina Tsvietáieva es cómo en su literatura los hechos más co… read more

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Cover of Élisa by Jacques Chauviré

21. Élisa

By: Jacques Chauviré

3.50

Format: 61 pages, Paperback

Se narra en estas páginas bellísimas, con un halo melancólico y un sorprendente final, la historia … read more

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  • france
  • fiction

6 must-read france books like L'analphabète: récit autobiographique by Ágota Kristóf

Transform Your Habits

Dul

Jean-Louis Fournier , Can Belge

3.51

Transform Your Habits

Asla Kimseyi Öldürmedi Benim Babam

Jean-Louis Fournier , Zafer Demez

3.94

Transform Your Habits

L'analphabète: récit autobiographique

Ágota Kristóf

4.11

Transform Your Habits

The Young Man

Annie Ernaux

3.61

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