Adorable
By: Ida Marie Hede
3.45
Format: 146 pages, Paperback
From one of Scandinavia’s most innovative writers, a shimmering journey into the absurd phenomenali…
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1. The Vet's Daughter
By: Kathryn Davis , Barbara Comyns
3.90
Format: 152 pages, Paperback
The Vet’s Daughter combines shocking realism with a visionary edge. The vet lives with his bedridde… read more
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"Her face worked in an odd way, like knitting coming undone."-Kathryn Davis, The Vet's Daughter
"When I left the kitchen the whole family were all gazing upwards at the dancing flies."-Kathryn Davis, The Vet's Daughter
"It was Sunday morning, and old people passed me like sad grey waves on their way to church."-Kathryn Davis, The Vet's Daughter
"Now I lay down on this tree and felt a lonely sadness coming over me in waves. Slow tears ran from my eyes and trickled into my ears. I thought, 'I even cry in a humble, common way, with tears flowin…"-Kathryn Davis, The Vet's Daughter
2. Woman at Point Zero
By: Nawal El Saadawi , Sherif Hetata
4.19
Format: 108 pages, Paperback
From her prison cell, Firdaus, sentenced to die for having killed a pimp in a Cairo street, tells o… read more
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"Who said to kill does not require gentleness?"-Nawal El Saadawi, Woman at Point Zero
"Ada baiknya bahwa saya tetap awam terhadap kenyataan itu."-Nawal El Saadawi, Woman at Point Zero
"Sastra yang baik selalu merupakan cermin sebuah masyarakat."-Nawal El Saadawi, Woman at Point Zero
"I have triumphed over both life and death because I no longer desire to live, nor do I any longer fear to die."-Nawal El Saadawi, Woman at Point Zero
3. An Arab Melancholia
By: Abdellah Taïa , Frank Stock
3.85
Format: 344 pages, Paperback
I had to rediscover who I was. And that's why I left the apartment.... And there I was, right in th… read more
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- fiction
4. The Cement Garden
By: Ian McEwan
3.93
Format: 316 pages, Paperback
In this tour de force of psychological unease - now a major motion picture starring Charlotte Gains… read more
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- fiction
5. A Winter Book
By: Tove Jansson
3.28
Format: 404 pages, Paperback
Written with such a lightness of touch that it seems miraculous, these stories are a further revela… read more
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6. Hunger
By: Knut Hamsun , George Egerton
4.05
Format: 134 pages, Paperback
One of the most important and controversial writers of the 20th century, Knut Hamsun made literary … read more
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- fiction
"Yoksul aydın, zengin aydından çok daha kuvvetli görür.(s.128)"-Knut Hamsun, Hunger
"It was not my intention to collapse; no, I would die standing."-Knut Hamsun, Hunger
"God be praised, I had raised myself in my own estimation again!"-Knut Hamsun, Hunger
"Truth is neither ojectivity nor the balanced view; truth is a selfless subjectivity."-Knut Hamsun, Hunger
7. Exquisite Corpse
By: Poppy Z. Brite
4.00
Format: 208 pages,
To serial slayer Andrew Compton, murder is an art, the most intimate art. After feigning his own de… read more
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8. The Employees: A Workplace Novel of the 22nd Century
By: Olga Ravn
3.67
Format: 136 pages, Paperback
A workplace novel of the 22nd century The near-distant future. Millions of kilometres from Earth… read more
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- adult
- fiction
"This is not a human, but a coworker."-Olga Ravn, The Employees: A Workplace Novel of the 22nd Century
"Cada ação encerra em si um elemento de caos."-Olga Ravn, The Employees: A Workplace Novel of the 22nd Century
"Tudo precisa atravessar enormes distâncias para se tornar o que é."-Olga Ravn, The Employees: A Workplace Novel of the 22nd Century
"Eu também tenho em mim palavras apagadas que deveria ter dito e já não sei mais o que significam."-Olga Ravn, The Employees: A Workplace Novel of the 22nd Century
9. I baffi
By: Emmanuel Carrère
3.73
Format: 149 pages, Paperback
È quasi un capriccio, uno scherzo, quello di tagliarsi i baffi, da parte del protagonista di questo… read more
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- fiction
10. Combats et métamorphoses d'une femme
By: Édouard Louis
4.13
Format: 128 pages, Paperback
Pendant une grande partie de sa vie ma mère a vécu dans la pauvreté et la nécessité, à l'écart de t… read more
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"Why do I feel as though I'm writing a sad story, when my aim was to tell the story of a liberation?"-Édouard Louis, Combats et métamorphoses d'une femme
"I'd gotten so used to seeing her unhappy at home that the joy on her face seemed scandalous to me, a deceit, a lie that had to be exposed as soon as possible."-Édouard Louis, Combats et métamorphoses d'une femme
"I started this book wanting to tell the story of a woman, but I've realized that yours is the story of a human being who fought for the right to exist as a woman, as opposed to the nonexistence impos…"-Édouard Louis, Combats et métamorphoses d'une femme
"A final memory. A few months ago, in the garden of a teahouse where I’d suggested we meet, she told me how she had once been called to the school by my teacher when I was six years old. The teacher w…"-Édouard Louis, Combats et métamorphoses d'une femme
11. Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead
By: Olga Tokarczuk
3.95
Format: 12 pages, Audible Audio
In a remote Polish village, Janina devotes the dark winter days to studying astrology, translating … read more
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- fiction
"To wielka tajemnica, że każde wyzwanie uruchamia w nas prawdziwie żywotne siły"-Olga Tokarczuk, Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead
"A man's free to do what he wants with his life, until he falls foul of the banks."-Olga Tokarczuk, Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead
"There are some things we may not understand, but we can sense them perfectly well."-Olga Tokarczuk, Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead
"The best conversations are with yourself. At least there's no risk of a misunderstanding."-Olga Tokarczuk, Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead
12. Soy una tonta por quererte
By: Camila Sosa Villada
3.94
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
En plena decada de los años 90 una mujer se gana la vida como novia de alquiler de hombres gays. En… read more
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- adult
- fiction
"hay que morir en una hoguera para saber cuánto tiempo es la eternidad."-Camila Sosa Villada, Soy una tonta por quererte
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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"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
14. Sacrificios humanos
By: María Fernanda Ampuero
4.09
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
María Fernanda Ampuero se ha convertido en una de las voces indispensables de la literatura latinoa… read more
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- adult
- fiction
15. Is Mother Dead
By: Vigdis Hjorth
3.80
Format: 330 pages, Paperback
A cat and mouse game of surveillance and psychological torment develops between a middle-aged artis… read more
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- adult
- fiction
"Den första sång jag höra fick, var mor som grät vid vaggan"-Vigdis Hjorth, Is Mother Dead
"Det händer att det som inte sker är det viktigaste som händer en dag"-Vigdis Hjorth, Is Mother Dead
"We all carry our mothers like a hole in our souls, small or big, living or dead."-Vigdis Hjorth, Is Mother Dead
"A mother can never be an ordinary human being to her children, and I am one of her children."-Vigdis Hjorth, Is Mother Dead
16. Terminal Boredom: Stories
By: Izumi Suzuki
3.59
Format: 218 pages, Paperback
Seven punky and pitch-black stories offer English-language readers an overdue introduction to Izumi… read more
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"INSUFFICIENT VEGETABLE OIL,’ quoth the replicator."-Izumi Suzuki, Terminal Boredom: Stories
"And having four kids? Giving birth to them naturally? What is she, an animal?"-Izumi Suzuki, Terminal Boredom: Stories
"When we first met, Reiko still had something of a wrecked beauty. Now, not even those ruins remained."-Izumi Suzuki, Terminal Boredom: Stories
"I’m a sucker for trends. I don’t have much in the way of agency. I always want to try whatever’s popular."-Izumi Suzuki, Terminal Boredom: Stories
17. Diary of a Void
By: Emi Yagi
3.51
Format: 213 pages, Hardcover
A prizewinning, thrillingly subversive debut novel about a woman in Japan who avoids harassment at … read more
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"Having a baby isn't easy. Damned if you do, damned if you don't. It's been two thousand years, and it's the same old story, right?"-Emi Yagi, Diary of a Void
"I'm always so alone. I guess I should be used to it by now. That's the way it is from the moment we come into this world, but I'm still not used to it - how alone we all are."-Emi Yagi, Diary of a Void
"Maybe that's making a family is all about: creating an environment in which people make space for one another - maybe without even trying, just naturally, to make sure that nobody's forgotten."-Emi Yagi, Diary of a Void
"Until they arrived, while everyone else was transitioning to winter, putting on coats and sweaters, I was going to stick with my summer dress and my usual work blazer. Dressed in the dazzling flowers…"-Emi Yagi, Diary of a Void
18. Efter solen
By: Jonas Eika
3.18
Format: 159 pages, None
Vinder af Nordisk Råds Litteraturpris 2019 Noveller om en række personer, der, vidende eller uvi… read more
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19. Pink Slime
By: Fernanda Trías
3.68
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
A taut, harrowing novel about a woman and the people who depend on her as the world around them tee… read more
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- adult
- fiction
20. The Dolls
By: Ursula Scavenius
3.24
Format: 128 pages, Paperback
Strange, macabre, and unsettling: Short stories from the Danish master of absurdist fiction In … read more
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- adult
- fiction
21. Where the Wild Ladies Are
By: Aoko Matsuda
3.78
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
In this witty and exuberant collection of feminist retellings of traditional Japanese folktales, hu… read more
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"He who speaks of love must do so with courage."-Aoko Matsuda, Where the Wild Ladies Are
"When they are truly into something, they are absolutely single-minded in their fixation. They give it all they have. They throw heaps of money at it, research it endlessly, and do whatever seems nece…"-Aoko Matsuda, Where the Wild Ladies Are
"How unfair society was! Male employees had to pretend to be capable of doing things they couldn't do, while female employees had to pretend to be incapable of doing things they actually could do. Ove…"-Aoko Matsuda, Where the Wild Ladies Are
"Previously she'd lacked confidence and was forever putting out feelers to the people around her to gauge what they were thinking, but these days she gave out an almost authoritative aura, as if to si…"-Aoko Matsuda, Where the Wild Ladies Are
22. Dead-End Memories: Stories
By: Banana Yoshimoto
3.90
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Japan's internationally celebrated master storyteller returns with five stories of women on their w… read more
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- fiction
"There was a candor about him I noticed in people whose parents had given them something unconditional and absolute growing up."-Banana Yoshimoto, Dead-End Memories: Stories
"Time simply floated open and started to expand. Time held the two of us in light, inside a space so vast it might have reached the heavens, and turned eternal."-Banana Yoshimoto, Dead-End Memories: Stories
"Anyone seeing us would have thought we were newlyweds, or a nice cohabiting couple. But we were only two people, a little regretful, and soon to part. We were having so much fun. It made me sad."-Banana Yoshimoto, Dead-End Memories: Stories
"The words I read in books seemed to strike me more deeply, and with my senses sharpened by grief, I noticed the glittering transition of the seasons as clearly as if I held the grief in the palm of m…"-Banana Yoshimoto, Dead-End Memories: Stories
23. Asa: The Girl Who Turned into a Pair of Chopsticks
By: Natsuko Imamura
3.47
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
The startling first collection of dark, surreal, and unsettling stories from the international priz… read more
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- adult
- fiction
24. Violets
By: Shin Kyung-Sook
3.60
Format: 218 pages, Paperback
We join San in 1970s rural South Korea, a young girl ostracised from her community. She meets a gir… read more
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- adult
- fiction
"Only my death can make her love me. And if I have to die, I’ll die right here,"-Shin Kyung-Sook, Violets
25. Of Cattle and Men
By: Ana Paula Maia
3.97
Format: 99 pages, Paperback
Animals go mad and men die (accidentally and not) at a slaughterhouse in an impoverished, isolated … read more
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- fiction
"Senhor Milo knows cattlemen, he's cut from the same cloth. No one goes unpunished. They're men of cattle and blood."-Ana Paula Maia, Of Cattle and Men
"Two enclosures, one for cattle and one for men, standing side by side. Sometimes the smell is familiar. Only the voices on one side and the mooing on the other distinguish the men from the ruminants."-Ana Paula Maia, Of Cattle and Men
"Edgar picks up the mallet. The steer comes up close to him. Edgar looks into the animal's eyes and caresses its forehead. The cow stomps one hoof, wags its tail and snorts. Edgar shushes the animal a…"-Ana Paula Maia, Of Cattle and Men
"For a few moments, Edgar Wilson yields to the late afternoon sun that has not yet fully set, but that is rushing headlong into a moonless, starless night. He knows how to listen in silence, even when…"-Ana Paula Maia, Of Cattle and Men
26. När bror dör
By: Emilia Aalto
4.48
Format: 235 pages, Hardcover
jag går riktningslöst lyssnar på ilskan som bär min brors röst tänker att nu slutar det nu fö… read more
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27. Thread Ripper
By: Amalie Smith
4.26
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
THREAD RIPPER er en hybrid af forfatter og billedkunstner Amalie Smith med fortællende prosa og not… read more
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- fiction
28. Adorable
By: Ida Marie Hede
3.45
Format: 146 pages, Paperback
From one of Scandinavia’s most innovative writers, a shimmering journey into the absurd phenomenali… read more
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- adult
- fiction
29. Cecilia
By: K-Ming Chang
3.32
Format: 145 pages, Paperback
A surreal novella about the intensity and eroticism of girlhood friendships, the ecstasy of desire … read more
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- adult
- fiction
30. Aases död : dikter
By: Aase Berg
2.95
Format: 102 pages, Hardcover
En påbörjad förvandling till apatisk djuphavsblobb byter riktning på grund av kriget, den utmattade… 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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- fiction
"Yo jamás me comí las uñas. Tampoco mi mamá. Para eso, me imagino, hay que tener las manos desocupadas."-Alia Trabucco Zerán, Clean
