5 must-read essays books like La lingua è un'orchestra: Piccola grammatica italiana per traduttori [e scriventi] by Mariarosa Bricchi

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La lingua è un'orchestra: Piccola grammatica italiana per traduttori [e scriventi]

By: Mariarosa Bricchi

3.86

Format: 272 pages, Kindle Edition

Alto o basso, aulico o prosaico, formale o colloquiale, disadorno o ampolloso: l’italiano può assum…

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1. A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments

By: David Foster Wallace

4.15

Format: 353 pages, Paperback

In this exuberantly praised book — a collection of seven pieces on subjects ranging from television… read more

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"What I know about auto racing could be inscribed with a dry Magic Marker on the lip of a Coke bottle."

-David Foster Wallace, A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments

"If Realism called it like it saw it, Metafiction simply called it as it saw itself seeing itself see it."

-David Foster Wallace, A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments

"Quentin Tarantino is interested in watching somebody's ear getting cut off; David Lynch is interested in the ear."

-David Foster Wallace, A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments

"American human beings are a slippery and protean bunch in real life, hard as hell to get any kind of universal handle on."

-David Foster Wallace, A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments

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2. Roadside Picnic

By: Theodore Sturgeon , Arkady Strugatsky , Boris Strugatsky , Antonina W. Bouis , None

4.14

Format: 145 pages, Paperback

Red Schuhart is a stalker, one of those young rebels who are compelled, in spite of extreme danger,… read more

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"Keep your head high,"

-Theodore Sturgeon, Roadside Picnic

"Los halagos son el bálsamo de los complejos."

-Theodore Sturgeon, Roadside Picnic

"You need money so you don’t have to think about money."

-Theodore Sturgeon, Roadside Picnic

"Щастие за всички даром и нека никой да не бъде пренебрегнат!"

-Theodore Sturgeon, Roadside Picnic

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3. Hytti nro 6

By: Rosa Liksom

3.21

Format: 188 pages, Paperback

Itä on itä ja länsi on länsi, on tyttö ja tytöllä on unelma. On Neuvostoliitto, sen kulahtanut ja a… read more

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"Elle était vide et fatiguée. Loin de tout. Y compris d'elle-même."

-Rosa Liksom, Hytti nro 6

"Tout est en mouvement, la neige, l'eau, l'air, les arbres, les nuages, le vent, les villes, les villages, les gens et les pensées."

-Rosa Liksom, Hytti nro 6

"Sä et näe nokkaasi pidemmälle, vaikka kuinka yrität. Mutta muista mustimpanakin hetkenäsi, että kuolleen taivaanrannan takana on aina elämää. (180)"

-Rosa Liksom, Hytti nro 6

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4. Six Memos For The Next Millennium

By: Italo Calvino

3.71

Format: 656 pages,

Six Memos for the Millenniumis a collection of five lectures Italo Calvino was about to deliver at … read more

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5. Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter

By: Simone de Beauvoir , James Kirkup

3.47

Format: 156 pages, Paperback

A superb autobiography by one of the great literary figures of the twentieth century, Simone de Bea… read more

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6. The Lottery

By: Shirley Jackson

4.05

Format: 30 pages, Paperback

In a small American town, the local residents are abuzz with excitement and nervousness when they w… read more

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"It's not the way it used to be... people ain't the way they used to be."

-Shirley Jackson, The Lottery

"It isn't fair, it isn't right," Mrs. Hutchinson screamed, and then they were upon her."

-Shirley Jackson, The Lottery

"The morning of June 27th was clear and sunny, with the fresh warmth of a full-summer day; the flowers were blossoming profusely and the grass was richly green."

-Shirley Jackson, The Lottery

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7. La voce del testo. L'arte e il mestiere di tradurre

By: Franca Cavagnoli

4.15

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

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8. La luna e i falò

By: Cesare Pavese , Gian Luigi Beccaria

4.06

Format: 205 pages, Paperback

Pubblicato nell'aprile del 1950 e considerato dalla critica il libro piu bello di Pavese, "La luna … read more

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9. The Savage Detectives

By: Roberto Bolaño , Natasha Wimmer

4.48

Format: 334 pages,

New Year's Eve, 1975: Arturo Belano and Ulises Lima, founders of the visceral realist movement in p… read more

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10. The Sound and the Fury

By: William Faulkner

3.86

Format: 366 pages, Paperback

The tragedy of the Compson family features some of the most memorable characters in literature: bea… read more

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"I say money has no value; it's just the way you spend it."

-William Faulkner, The Sound and the Fury

"with that sort of gigantic delicacy of an elephant picking up a peanut."

-William Faulkner, The Sound and the Fury

"Caddy put her arms around me, and her shining veil, and I couldn't smell trees anymore and I began to cry."

-William Faulkner, The Sound and the Fury

"A man is the sum of his misfortunes. One day you'd think misfortune would get tired but then time is your misfortune"

-William Faulkner, The Sound and the Fury

11. Camere separate

By: Pier Vittorio Tondelli

3.22

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

"'Camere separate' e uno straordinario e felice romanzo d'amore e di morte, di nostalgia e maturita… read more

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12. Piccolo viaggio nell'anima tedesca

By: None , None

4.33

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Una panoramica tra filosofia, politica e costume che guida il lettore alla scoperta della personali… read more

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13. The Seventh Day

By: Yu Hua , Allan H. Barr

4.42

Format: 344 pages, Hardcover

From the acclaimed author of Brothersand To Live:a major new novel that limns the joys and sorrows … read more

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14. Experiences in translation

By: Umberto Eco , Alastair McEwen

3.99

Format: 11 pages, Hardcover

In this book Umberto Eco argues that translation is not about comparing two languages, but about th… read more

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15. The Door

By: Magda Szabó , Len Rix

4.00

Format: 98 pages, Hardcover

A busy young writer struggling to cope with domestic chores, hires a housekeeper recommended by a f… read more

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16. 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

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17. Out

By: Natsuo Kirino , Stephen Snyder

3.95

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Natsuo Kirino's novel tells a story of random violence in the staid Tokyo suburbs, as a young mothe… read more

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"...I'm willing to march into hell if I'm following you."

-Natsuo Kirino, Out

"And I'm willing to march into hell if I'm following you."

-Natsuo Kirino, Out

"I'm desperate for money'. She said. And I'm willing to march into hell if I'm following you."

-Natsuo Kirino, Out

"I'm desperate for money'. She said. 'And I'm willing to march into hell if I'm following you'. (Yoshie Azuma)"

-Natsuo Kirino, Out

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18. Canto yo y la montaña baila

By: Irene Solà

4.24

Format: 200 pages, Paperback

Primero llegan la tormenta y el rayo y la muerte de Domènec, el campesino poeta. Luego, Dolceta, qu… read more

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"La eternidad, cosa ligera. Cosa diaria, cosa pequeña."

-Irene Solà, Canto yo y la montaña baila

"Em diu coses boniques que no entenc però sí que entenc"

-Irene Solà, Canto yo y la montaña baila

"Quan arribés a casa s'hauria de fer escalfar aigua per rentar-se el fred i la plutja"

-Irene Solà, Canto yo y la montaña baila

"S'hi està bé aquí sota. S'hi està bé, en aquest bosc. En aquest tros de terra. En aquest tros de món."

-Irene Solà, Canto yo y la montaña baila

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19. Forbidden Notebook

By: Alba de Céspedes

4.19

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

With a foreword by Jhumpa Lahiri, Quaderno Proibito is a classic domestic novel by the Italian-Cu… read more

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20. If Cats Disappeared from the World

By: Genki Kawamura

3.80

Format: 202 pages, Paperback

Our narrator’s days are numbered. Estranged from his family, living alone with only his cat Cabbage… read more

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"There is a difference between knowing the path and walking the path."

-Genki Kawamura, If Cats Disappeared from the World

"They say that when a man is dying, the first name that comes to mind is his first love."

-Genki Kawamura, If Cats Disappeared from the World

"Throughout history we’ve given birth to new things, only to lose the old way of doing things."

-Genki Kawamura, If Cats Disappeared from the World

"Yeah, but just being alive doesn't mean all that much on its own. How you live is more important."

-Genki Kawamura, If Cats Disappeared from the World

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21. Potere alle parole. Perché usarle meglio

By: Vera Gheno

4.01

Format: 161 pages, Paperback

Che cosa penseremmo del proprietario di una Maserati che la lasciasse sempre parcheggiata in garage… read more

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22. Intimacies

By: Katie Kitamura

3.65

Format: 225 pages, Hardcover

A novel from the author of A Separation, a taut and electrifying story about a woman caught between… read more

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"I thought—I want to go home. I want to be in a place that feels like home. Where that was, I did not know."

-Katie Kitamura, Intimacies

"I had lived with my slow-moving grief for so long that I had ceased to notice it, or recognize how it blunted my feeling."

-Katie Kitamura, Intimacies

"This was done for obvious reasons, there were great chasms beneath words, between two or sometimes more languages, that could open up without warning."

-Katie Kitamura, Intimacies

"I realized, belatedly, that she had likely applied the makeup for Adriaan’s sake; certainly she had not done so for mine. I wondered then what it was like to be a man, so often surrounded by such del…"

-Katie Kitamura, Intimacies

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23. Grensen: En reise rundt Russland gjennom Nord-Korea, Kina, Mongolia, Kasakhstan, Aserbajdsjan, Georgia, Ukraina, Hviterussland, Litauen, Polen, Latvia, Estland, Finland og Norge samt Nordøstpassasjen

By: Erika Fatland

4.40

Format: 623 pages, Hardcover

Forfatteren bak Sovjetistan på en enda mer eventyrlig reise - langs grensen til verdens største lan… read more

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24. The Missing Girl

By: Shirley Jackson

3.55

Format: 55 pages, Paperback

' "Of course, no one would want to say anything about a girl like this that's missing..." ' Mali… read more

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25. Under Red Skies: Three Generations of Life, Loss, and Hope in China

By: Karoline Kan

4.06

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A deeply personal and shocking look at how China is coming to terms with its conflicted past as it … read more

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26. Storia confidenziale dell'editoria italiana

By: Gian Arturo Ferrari

3.75

Format: 363 pages, Paperback

Chi racconta questa storia di scrittori e editori, stampatori e mecenati, talenti e miserie è stato… read more

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27. I meccanismi dell'editoria. Il mondo dei libri dall'autore al lettore

By: Roberto Cicala

3.60

Format: 266 pages, Paperback

Uno dei maggiori esperti del settore racconta l’innovazione e la tradizione nelle fasi di progettaz… read more

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28. La lingua è un'orchestra: Piccola grammatica italiana per traduttori [e scriventi]

By: Mariarosa Bricchi

3.86

Format: 272 pages, Kindle Edition

Alto o basso, aulico o prosaico, formale o colloquiale, disadorno o ampolloso: l’italiano può assum… read more

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29. Gli autori invisibili: incontri sulla traduzione letteraria

By: Ilide Carmignani

4.00

Format: 179 pages, Paperback

Il mestiere del traduttore letterario, questa straordinaria avventura attraverso le scritture e i l… read more

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30. La casa dell'oppio

By: Su Tong

3.58

Format: 103 pages, Paperback

Based on the background of rural society in old China, Family of Poppy depicts several images like … read more

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Simone de Beauvoir , James Kirkup

3.47

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