Zipper and His Father
By: Joseph Roth
3.74
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
Set in Vienna in the early part of the twentieth century, Zipper and his Father is a compelling and…
Want to Read $ 9.99"La famiglia Zipper abitava nel quartiere dei piccoli borghesi, dove gli appartamenti sono composti da stanze troppo anguste, hanno pareti sottili e contengono ninnoli inutili."-Joseph Roth, Zipper and His Father
"La famiglia Zipper abitava nel quartiere dei piccoli borghesi, dove gli appartamenti sono composti da stanze troppo anguste, hanno pareti sottili e contengono ninnoli inutili."-Joseph Roth, Zipper and His Father
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1. The Human Stain (The American Trilogy, #3)
By: Philip Roth
3.91
Format: 361 pages, Paperback
It is 1998, the year in which America is whipped into a frenzy of prurience by the impeachment of a… read more
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- fiction
"Niente dura, e nondimeno niente passa. E niente passa proprio perché niente dura."-Philip Roth, The Human Stain (The American Trilogy, #3)
"Tanta istruzione, e non serve a nulla. Nulla può isolare dal più infimo livello del pensiero."-Philip Roth, The Human Stain (The American Trilogy, #3)
"موته كان خلاصها.الموت تدخل ليبسط كل شيء.كل شك،كل ريبة،كل الهواجس أزيحت جانبا على يد ذلك المستخف الأعظم بهم جميعا،الذي هو الموت."-Philip Roth, The Human Stain (The American Trilogy, #3)
"Because that is when you love somebody - when you see them being game in the face of the worst. Not courageous. Not heroic. Just game."-Philip Roth, The Human Stain (The American Trilogy, #3)
2. Body Double (Rizzoli & Isles, #4)
By: Tess Gerritsen
4.18
Format: 432 pages, Paperback
Boston medical examiner Dr. Maura Isles literally meets her match–and must face a savage serial kil… read more
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- fiction
"We are not as impervious as we think we are. - Dr Maura Isles"-Tess Gerritsen, Body Double (Rizzoli & Isles, #4)
3. Jacob's Room
By: Virginia Woolf
3.53
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
Virginia Woolf's first original and distinguished work, Jacob's Room is the story of a sensitive yo… read more
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- fiction
- 20th century
"One must love everything."-Virginia Woolf, Jacob's Room
"Marvelous are the innocent. "-Virginia Woolf, Jacob's Room
"But language is wine upon his lips"-Virginia Woolf, Jacob's Room
"It is no use trying to sum people up."-Virginia Woolf, Jacob's Room
4. The Spider's Web
By: Joseph Roth , John Hoare
3.69
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
In The Spider's Web, his first novel, Roth paints a chillingly realistic picture of the conspiracie… read more
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- german literature
- fiction
- 20th century
5. Beware of Pity
By: Stefan Zweig , Phyllis Blewitt , Trevor Blewitt
4.67
Format: 48 pages, Paperback
The great Austrian writer Stefan Zweig was a master anatomist of the deceitful heart, and Beware of… read more
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- german literature
- fiction
- 20th century
6. El amor de Erika Ewald
By: Stefan Zweig
3.70
Format: 640 pages,
Erika Ewald es una muchacha vienesa sonadora, con alma de artista, que ensena piano y que lleva una… read more
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- german literature
- fiction
7. The Ballad of the Sad Café and Other Stories
By: Carson McCullers
3.93
Format: None pages, Paperback
A classic work that has charmed generations of readers, this collection assembles Carson McCullers'… read more
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- fiction
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9. Mildred Pierce
By: James M. Cain
3.98
Format: 480 pages, Paperback
Mildred Pierce had gorgeous legs, a way with a skillet, and a bone-deep core of toughness and deter… read more
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- fiction
10. Distant Star
By: Roberto Bolaño , Chris Andrews
4.48
Format: 334 pages, Paperback
The star of Roberto Bolano's hair-raising novel Distant Staris Alberto Ruiz-Tagle, an air force pil… read more
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11. Embers
By: Sándor Márai , Carol Brown Janeway
3.87
Format: 268 pages, Paperback
Originally published in 1942 and now rediscovered to international acclaim, this taut and exquisite… read more
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12. En attendant Bojangles
By: Olivier Bourdeaut
3.48
Format: 241 pages, Paperback
Sous le regard emerveille de leur fils, ils dansent sur <>de Nina Simone. Leur amour est magique, v… read more
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13. Journey to the End of the Night
By: Louis-Ferdinand Céline , Ralph Manheim , William T. Vollmann
4.19
Format: 453 pages, Paperback
Louis-Ferdinand Celine's revulsion and anger at what he considered the idiocy and hypocrisy of soci… read more
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- fiction
- 20th century
"If you aren't rich you should always look useful."-Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Journey to the End of the Night
"When you write, you should put your skin on the table."-Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Journey to the End of the Night
"Sonuçta savaş dediğiniz şey, anlamadığınız ne varsa odur"-Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Journey to the End of the Night
"Nearly all a poor bastard's desires are punishable by jail."-Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Journey to the End of the Night
14. Journey into the Past
By: Stefan Zweig , Anthea Bell , André Aciman
4.34
Format: 196 pages, Paperback
A deep study of the uneasy heart by one of the masters of the psychological novel, Journey into the… read more
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15. Innsirkling
By: Carl Frode Tiller
3.84
Format: 223 pages, Hardcover
Omtale fra Den Norske Bokdatabasen David har mista hukommelsen, og i ei avisannonse med foto blir v… read more
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16. Soumission
By: Michel Houellebecq
3.65
Format: 300 pages, Paperback
Dans une France assez proche de la nôtre, un homme s’engage dans la carrière universitaire. Peu mot… read more
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- fiction
"It’s submission,"-Michel Houellebecq, Soumission
"There is no Israel for me."-Michel Houellebecq, Soumission
"Intimacy isn’t something men talk about."-Michel Houellebecq, Soumission
"I was about as political as a bath towel."-Michel Houellebecq, Soumission
17. Tender Is the Night
By: F. Scott Fitzgerald
3.78
Format: 430 pages, Paperback
Set on the French Riviera in the late 1920s, Tender Is the Night is the tragic romance of the young… read more
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- fiction
- 20th century
"My God,' he gasped, 'you're fun to kiss."-F. Scott Fitzgerald, Tender Is the Night
"The price for his intactness was incompleteness."-F. Scott Fitzgerald, Tender Is the Night
"But I suppose you must touch life in order to spring from it."-F. Scott Fitzgerald, Tender Is the Night
"New friends can often have a better time together than old friends."-F. Scott Fitzgerald, Tender Is the Night
18. The Portrait of a Lady
By: Henry James , Patricia Crick
3.79
Format: 797 pages, Paperback
When Isabel Archer, a beautiful, spirited American, is brought to Europe by her wealthy Aunt Touche… read more
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"She has only one fault; too many ideas."-Henry James, The Portrait of a Lady
"If one is strong, one loves the more strongly."-Henry James, The Portrait of a Lady
"It's not my fate to give up--I know it can't be."-Henry James, The Portrait of a Lady
"The finer natures were those that shone at the larger times."-Henry James, The Portrait of a Lady
19. Korku
By: Stefan Zweig , İlknur İgan
4.16
Format: None pages, Paperback
Rahat ve korunakli bir yasam suren saygin bir kadin, sekiz yillik evliliginden sikilmis, burjuva du… read more
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20. Het lied van ooievaar en dromedaris
By: Anjet Daanje
4.38
Format: 656 pages, Hardcover
Eliza May Drayden, het hoofdpersonage van Het lied van ooievaar en dromedaris, is al dood als de ro… read more
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- fiction
"De berg heeft zijn duistere kant verloren, het is een vriend geworden, zijn enige, want hij durft niemand meer te vertrouwen."-Anjet Daanje, Het lied van ooievaar en dromedaris
"Alles verliest zijn waarde als het er altijd is, alsof je langzaam blind wordt. Dat hij van Sally hield, begreep hij ook pas toen ze langer de zijne was."-Anjet Daanje, Het lied van ooievaar en dromedaris
"Een uur is een object, zo lijkt het, waarvan ze de omvang inschat aan de hand van wat haar ogen zien, en hier is niets dan duisternis, als een nachtkaars is de tijd gedoofd."-Anjet Daanje, Het lied van ooievaar en dromedaris
"Alleen vanaf de drempel kijkend naar onze versimpelde, geordende wereld der grote dingen, ervaren we verandering, en dus Tijd. Die Tijd is het gevolg van ons onvermogen om de wereld te zien zoals hij…"-Anjet Daanje, Het lied van ooievaar en dromedaris
21. Endless Flight: The Life of Joseph Roth
By: Keiron Pim
4.40
Format: 544 pages, Hardcover
The brilliant, mercurial, self-mythologising novelist and journalist Joseph Roth, author of the Eur… read more
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22. The Pole
By: J.M. Coetzee
3.69
Format: 166 pages, Hardcover
A psychologically probing, compulsively readable novel about dogged love and the unpredictability o… read more
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- fiction
23. The Faces
By: Tove Ditlevsen
3.92
Format: 130 pages, Paperback
It's Copenhagen, 1968. Lise, a children's book writer and married mother of three, is becoming incr… read more
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- fiction
- 20th century
"...and the fear came back like a faithful friend who doesn't care whether return his feelings or not."-Tove Ditlevsen, The Faces
24. Huaco retrato
By: Gabriela Wiener
3.89
Format: 170 pages, Paperback
La muerte de su padre y los fantasmas de su herencia marcan el retorno de Wiener con esta exploraci… read more
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25. Naar zachtheid en een warm omhelzen
By: Adriaan van Dis
3.75
Format: 182 pages, Kindle Edition
Een negenjarige jongen wordt tijdens een inzinking van zijn door oorlogsherinneringen gekwelde vade… read more
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26. Los astronautas
By: Laura Ferrero
3.98
Format: 326 pages, Kindle Edition
UNA HISTORIA EMOCIONANTE SOBRE LA FAMILIA. UNA AUTORA CUYA ESCRITURA «ALUMBRA EN LO MÁS OSCURO» (Ju… read more
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- fiction
27. Die Enkelin
By: Bernhard Schlink
4.14
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Im Sommer 1964 verlieben sich eine Studentin aus dem Osten und ein Student aus dem Westen ineinande… read more
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- german literature
- fiction
28. The Forester's Daughter
By: Claire Keegan
4.07
Format: 68 pages, Paperback
Faber Stories, a landmark series of individual volumes, presents masters of the short story form at… read more
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- fiction
29. De wateraap
By: Mariken Heitman
3.49
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
In het zintuiglijke verhaal De wateraap onderzoekt Mariken Heitman het zachte verzet van een eenlin… read more
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30. Zipper and His Father
By: Joseph Roth
3.74
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
Set in Vienna in the early part of the twentieth century, Zipper and his Father is a compelling and… read more
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- german literature
- fiction
- 20th century
"La famiglia Zipper abitava nel quartiere dei piccoli borghesi, dove gli appartamenti sono composti da stanze troppo anguste, hanno pareti sottili e contengono ninnoli inutili."-Joseph Roth, Zipper and His Father
31. The Empusium: A Health Resort Horror Story
By: Olga Tokarczuk
4.05
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
The Nobelist's latest masterwork, set in a sanitarium on the eve of World War I, probes the horrors… read more
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"mitologię, jako zbiór pouczających opowieści, które pomagają żyć"-Olga Tokarczuk, The Empusium: A Health Resort Horror Story
"Ojciec często powtarzał mu (...) że kobiety są z natury swojej zdradliwe i chwiejne. Rozmazane."-Olga Tokarczuk, The Empusium: A Health Resort Horror Story
"To proste - myślał Mieczyś Wojnicz, łykając łzy, które mieszały się z krwią zwierzęcia w jego wątłym ciele - być mężczyzną to nauczyć się ignorować to, co sprawia kłopot. Oto cała tajemnica."-Olga Tokarczuk, The Empusium: A Health Resort Horror Story
"Wojnicz już zauważył, że każda dyskusja, czy szło o demokrację, czy o piąty wymiar, czy o rolę religii socjalizm, Europę, wreszcie sztukę nowoczesną, wszystko w końcu sprowadzało się do kobiet"-Olga Tokarczuk, The Empusium: A Health Resort Horror Story
