Collected Prose
By: Paul Celan
4.07
Format: 70 pages, Paperback
This collection of Paul Celan's writings and aphorisms on poetry and art illuminates the sources of…
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1. Mercure
By: Amélie Nothomb
3.70
Format: 188 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Sur une île au large de Cherbourg, un vieil homme et une jeune fille vivent isolés, entourés de ser… read more
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"لولا الكُتب ، لكنت قد مِت قبل مدة طويلة"-Amélie Nothomb, Mercure
"قال سانتدال ؛ إن الرواية مرآة نصحبها معنا في الطريق"-Amélie Nothomb, Mercure
"ليس لديك فكرة عما هو الحب : إنه مرضٌ يجعل الإنسان شريراً"-Amélie Nothomb, Mercure
"فضلتُ إنتظار الحب الحقيقي الذي عشت بسببه أوهاماً تُثير السخرية"-Amélie Nothomb, Mercure
2. Selected Poems (William Carlos Williams)
By: William Carlos Williams , Charles Tomlinson
4.16
Format: 302 pages, Paperback
Opening with Professor Tomlinson's superbly clear and helpful introduction this selection reflects … read more
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- poetry
"they are mystified by certain instances."-William Carlos Williams, Selected Poems (William Carlos Williams)
"Sun benches at the curb bespeak another season, truncated poplars that having served for shade served also later for the fire."-William Carlos Williams, Selected Poems (William Carlos Williams)
"I have found that Lost World in the Lost and Found Columns whose gray illegible advertisements My soul has memorized world after world: LOST - NOTHING. STRAYED FROM NOWHERE. NO REWARD."-William Carlos Williams, Selected Poems (William Carlos Williams)
"When I was young and miserable and pretty And poor, I'd wish What all girls wish: to have a husband, A house and children. Now that I'm old, my wish Is womanish: That the boy putting groceries in my …"-William Carlos Williams, Selected Poems (William Carlos Williams)
3. La carte et le territoire
By: Michel Houellebecq
3.95
Format: 428 pages, Paperback
Si Jed Martin, le personnage principal de ce roman, devait vous en raconter l’histoire, il commence… read more
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"Sexuality is a fragile thing: it is difficult to enter, and easy to leave."-Michel Houellebecq, La carte et le territoire
"Jed then realized that he was standing in a book, and wondered if this book told the story of his life."-Michel Houellebecq, La carte et le territoire
"Las flores son sólo órganos sexuales, vaginas abigarradas que adornan la superficie del mundo, entregadas a la lubricidad de los insectos."-Michel Houellebecq, La carte et le territoire
"Ciudată e uneori omenirea. Din nefericire, cel mai adesea era genul ciudată și respingătoare, și doar arareori de genul ciudat și încântător."-Michel Houellebecq, La carte et le territoire
4. The Elementary Particles
By: Michel Houellebecq , Frank Wynne
3.80
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
An international literary phenomenon, The Elementary Particles is a frighteningly original novel–pa… read more
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"It's a curious idea to reproduce when you don't even like life."-Michel Houellebecq, The Elementary Particles
"He doesn't know it yet, but the infinity of childhood is brief."-Michel Houellebecq, The Elementary Particles
"The world outside had its own rules, and those rules were not human."-Michel Houellebecq, The Elementary Particles
"J'aurais pu adhérer au Front National, mais à quoi bon manger de la choucroute avec des cons?"-Michel Houellebecq, The Elementary Particles
5. In the Presence of Absence
By: Mahmoud Darwish , محمود درويش , Sinan Antoon
4.36
Format: 171 pages, Paperback
"Darwish is to be read with urgency, in the night, when nothing else moves but his lines." —The Vil… read more
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- nonfiction
"هل أبتعدت لتقترب أم اقتربت لتبتعد"-Mahmoud Darwish, In the Presence of Absence
"الحنين يكذب ولا يتعب من الكذب لأنه يكذب بصدق ."-Mahmoud Darwish, In the Presence of Absence
"Have I had two roads, I would have chosen their third."-Mahmoud Darwish, In the Presence of Absence
"الحنين مسامرة الغائب للغائب , و التفات البعيد إلى البعيد ."-Mahmoud Darwish, In the Presence of Absence
6. Oblomov
By: Ivan Goncharov , Stephen Pearl , Galya Diment
4.12
Format: 586 pages, Paperback
Even though Ivan Goncharov wrote several books that were widely read and discussed during his lifet… read more
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"Now or never. To be or not to be!"-Ivan Goncharov, Oblomov
"Love was life's hardest school of all."-Ivan Goncharov, Oblomov
"You have a lunatic before you who has been infected by passion."-Ivan Goncharov, Oblomov
"The common herd of "burghers", those cattle, complete with horns, who turn millstones with their bare hands."-Ivan Goncharov, Oblomov
7. The Thirtieth Year: Stories
By: Ingeborg Bachmann , Michael Bullock
4.02
Format: 212 pages, Paperback
This is collection of the stories written by a distinguished Austrian author who died in 1973. Read… read more
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- german literature
"No new world without a new language."-Ingeborg Bachmann, The Thirtieth Year: Stories
"As it was all was lost. He was alive, yes, he was alive, he felt this for the first time. But he knew now that he was living in a prison, that he had to make the best of it in there and would soon ra…"-Ingeborg Bachmann, The Thirtieth Year: Stories
"Kendi yasama ihanet etmeden bu tasaları nasıl haklı görebilirdim? Girdiğiniz çıkmazların önemine nasıl inanabilirdim? Size gerçekten inandıkça, o güçsüz ve kendini beğenmiş sözlerinizden, o miskin da…"-Ingeborg Bachmann, The Thirtieth Year: Stories
"Etimin konuk ettiği ruhum, ikiyüzlü ev sahibinden daha da büyük bir düzenbazdır. Her şeyden önce onunla karşılaşmaktan çekinmeyelim. Çünkü düşündüğüm hiçbir şeyin benimle ilişkisi yok. Her düşünce, y…"-Ingeborg Bachmann, The Thirtieth Year: Stories
8. A Cavalier History of Surrealism
By: Donald Nicholson-Smith , Raoul Vaneigem
3.79
Format: 298 pages, Paperback
A down-and-dirty survey of the surrealist movement written by leading situationist theorist Raoul V… read more
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- nonfiction
9. Crow: From the Life and Songs of the Crow
By: Ted Hughes
4.26
Format: 999 pages, Hardcover
Crowwas Ted Hughes's fourth book of poems for adults and a pivotal moment in his writing career. In… read more
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- poetry
10. The Inspector General
By: Nikolai Gogol , None , None
2.70
Format: None pages, Paperback
Considered the high point of Gogol's writing for the stage and a masterpiece of dramatic satire, Th… read more
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11. The Nose
By: Nikolai Gogol , Ronald Wilks
4.62
Format: None pages, Paperback
'Strangely enough, I mistook it for a gentleman at first. Fortunately I had my spectacles with me s… read more
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12. Crítica y ficción
By: Ricardo Piglia
4.04
Format: None pages, Paperback
Ricardo Piglia es un gran creador de ficciones y un critico insoslayable que sigue produciendo nuev… read more
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- nonfiction
13. The Malady of Death
By: Marguerite Duras , Barbara Bray
4.25
Format: 159 pages, Paperback
A man hires a woman to spend several weeks with him by the sea. The woman is no one in particular, … read more
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14. The Complete Essays
By: Michel de Montaigne , M.A. Screech
4.23
Format: 1344 pages, Paperback
Michel de Montaigne was one of the most influential figures of the Renaissance, singlehandedly resp… read more
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- nonfiction
- essays
"The thing I fear most is fear."-Michel de Montaigne, The Complete Essays
"We should tend our freedom wisely."-Michel de Montaigne, The Complete Essays
"Why do people respect the package rather than the man?"-Michel de Montaigne, The Complete Essays
"To forbid us anything is to make us have a mind for it."-Michel de Montaigne, The Complete Essays
15. Literature and the Gods
By: Tim Parks , Roberto Calasso
3.66
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
Brilliant, inspired, and gloriously erudite, Literature and the Gods is the culmination of Roberto … read more
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- nonfiction
- essays
16. Spoon River Anthology
By: Edgar Lee Masters
4.05
Format: 112 pages, Paperback
This is a reproduction of the original artefact. Generally these books are created from careful sca… read more
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- poetry
"Act well your part, there all the honor lies."-Edgar Lee Masters, Spoon River Anthology
"Remember the acorn; It does not devour other acorns."-Edgar Lee Masters, Spoon River Anthology
"the much-sought prize of eternal youth Is just arrested growth."-Edgar Lee Masters, Spoon River Anthology
"The tongue may be an unruly member-- But silence poisons the soul."-Edgar Lee Masters, Spoon River Anthology
17. Conversations: The Autobiography of Surrealism
By: André Breton , None , None
3.80
Format: 8 pages, Paperback
The closest Andre Breton has ever come to writing an autobiography, Conversations--based on a serie… read more
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18. If on a Winter's Night a Traveler
By: Italo Calvino , William Weaver
3.90
Format: 216 pages,
If on a Winter's Night a Traveleris a marvel of ingenuity, an experimental text that looks longingl… read more
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19. The Hatred of Poetry
By: Ben Lerner
3.71
Format: 435 pages,
No art has been denounced as often as poetry. It's even bemoaned by poets: "I, too, dislike it," wr… read more
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20. Diary of a Madman
By: Nikolai Gogol
4.02
Format: 64 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol (1809-1852), although Russian, was born in the village of Sorochyntsi in … read more
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"Woman is in love with the devil."-Nikolai Gogol, Diary of a Madman
"Today an extraordinary adventure took place"-Nikolai Gogol, Diary of a Madman
"My heart is beating as though it were waiting for something."-Nikolai Gogol, Diary of a Madman
"La gloire ne peut apporter de joie à qui l'a volée: elle ne fait palpiter que les cœurs dignes d'elle."-Nikolai Gogol, Diary of a Madman
21. Sweet Days of Discipline
By: Tim Parks , Fleur Jaeggy
4.50
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
Set in postwar Switzerland, Fleur Jaeggy's eerily beautiful novel begins simply and innocently enou… read more
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22. Watermark
By: Joseph Brodsky , None
4.08
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
In this brief, intense, gem-like book, equal parts extended autobiographical essay and prose poem, … read more
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- nonfiction
- essays
"Aesthetic sense is the twin of one's instinct for self-preservation and is more reliable than ethics."-Joseph Brodsky, Watermark
"To have another life, one ought to be able to wrap up the first one, and the job should be done neatly."-Joseph Brodsky, Watermark
"In the end, there's always this city. As long as it exists, I don't believe that I, or for that matter, anyone, can be mesmerized or blinded by romantic tragedy."-Joseph Brodsky, Watermark
"I always adhered to the idea that God is time, or at least that His spirit is... In any case, I always thought that if the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the water, the water was bound to refle…"-Joseph Brodsky, Watermark
23. Go, Went, Gone
By: Jenny Erpenbeck
4.13
Format: None pages,
One of the great contemporary European writers takes on Europe's biggest issue. Richard has spent h… read more
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24. Baumgartner
By: Paul Auster
3.78
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
A taut yet expansive novel of love, memory, and grief from Paul Auster, best-selling, award-winning… read more
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"Vivir es sentir dolor, y vivir con miedo al dolor es negarse a vivir"-Paul Auster, Baumgartner
"To live is to feel pain, he told himself, and to live in fear of pain is to refuse to live."-Paul Auster, Baumgartner
"at some point in the coming years, the two books should be combined and reconfigured into a large, one-volume collected poems—a monument of singing pages that will overwhelm the silence of Anna’s gra…"-Paul Auster, Baumgartner
"the story turns out to be so astounding and so powerful that your jaw drops open and you feel that it has changed or enhanced or deepened your understanding of the world, does it matter if the story …"-Paul Auster, Baumgartner
25. Serotonin
By: Michel Houellebecq
3.58
Format: 337 pages, Kindle Edition
»Es ist nicht die Zukunft, es ist die Gegenwart, die dich tötet, die wiederkommt, um an dir zu nage… read more
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"[...] chiaramente sto semplificando ma se non si semplifica non si conclude niente."-Michel Houellebecq, Serotonin
"nic nas nie koi równie łatwo jak świadomość innych niż nasze dramatów, które nam zostały oszczędzone"-Michel Houellebecq, Serotonin
"An atmosphere of general catastrophe always alleviates individual catastrophe- that's probably why suicides are so rare in wartime"-Michel Houellebecq, Serotonin
"... it isn't the future but past that kills you, that comes back to torment and undermine you, and effectively ends up killing you."-Michel Houellebecq, Serotonin
26. Trilogía
By: Jon Fosse
3.90
Format: 162 pages, Paperback
Trilogía es un libro diferente. Es hipnótico. Para Jon Fosse escribir es como rezar y, para el lect… read more
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27. Tredje, og siste, roman om Bjørn Hansen
By: Dag Solstad
3.83
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Bjørn Hansen, 77 år, en olding nærmest, bor alene i en ettroms leilighet på Grønland. Nyheter inter… read more
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28. Wojna i pokój. Tom III i IV
By: Leo Tolstoy
4.31
Format: 815 pages, Hardcover
Oto dalszy ciąg imponującego dzieła Tołstoja „Wojna i pokój”. W III tomie tej rosyjskiej epopei nar… read more
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29. Exitus
By: Gabriel Liiceanu
4.31
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
S‑ar putea ca, atunci cand pierdem fiintele cele mai apropiate, ele sa ne ia intr‑o masura cu ele. … read more
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30. Odes (Ricardo Reis)
By: Fernando Pessoa
4.23
Format: 129 pages, Paperback
Ricardo Reis foi o segundo heterônimo criado por Fernando Pessoa, depois de Alberto Caeiro e antes … read more
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"A vida passa e não fica, nada deixa e nunca regressa."-Fernando Pessoa, Odes (Ricardo Reis)
"Só esta liberdade nos concedem Os deuses: submetermo-nos Ao seu domínio por vontade nossa. Mais vale assim fazermos Porque só na ilusão da liberdade A liberdade existe."-Fernando Pessoa, Odes (Ricardo Reis)
"Não sei se é amor que tens, ou amor que finges, O que me dás. Dás-mo. Tanto me basta. Já que o não sou por tempo, Seja eu jovem por erro. Pouco os deuses nos dão, e o pouco é falso. Porém, se o dão, …"-Fernando Pessoa, Odes (Ricardo Reis)
31. Collected Prose
By: Paul Celan
4.07
Format: 70 pages, Paperback
This collection of Paul Celan's writings and aphorisms on poetry and art illuminates the sources of… read more
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