Lautréamont
By: Gaston Bachelard
3.87
Format: 170 pages, Paperback
The famous French scientist-psychologist-literary critic provides a virtual bestiary for depth psyc…
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1. Nausea
By: Jean-Paul Sartre , Lloyd Alexander , Hayden Carruth
3.94
Format: 178 pages, Hardcover
Nausea is the story of Antoine Roquentin, a French writer who is horrified at his own existence. In… read more
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"It was true, I had always realized it—I hadn’t any “right"-Jean-Paul Sartre, Nausea
"Then time started flowing again and the emptiness grew larger."-Jean-Paul Sartre, Nausea
"I see the insipid flesh blossoming and palpitating with abandon."-Jean-Paul Sartre, Nausea
"My existence began to worry me seriously. Was I not a simple spectre?"-Jean-Paul Sartre, Nausea
2. El principio del placer
By: José Emilio Pacheco
4.02
Format: 141 pages, Paperback
El principio del placer reúne seis cuentos y una novela corta que le da título al libro. En ella un… read more
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"Qué idiotez sentir celos, cómo voy a exigir fidelidad a quien no tiene compromiso alguno conmigo, ni siquiera soñó en este encuentro, sería terrible enamorarme de ella, qué diablos, siempre me pasa l…"-José Emilio Pacheco, El principio del placer
"Hoy quemé tu carta. La única carta que me escribiste. Y yo te he estado escribiendo, sin que tú lo sepas, día a día. A veces con amor, a veces con desolación, otras con rencor. Tu carta la conozco de…"-José Emilio Pacheco, El principio del placer
"...segunda noche, nit, de no dormir, pienso en ella, Isabel estará pensando en el novio que dejó en Barcelona, idiotez sentir celos, cómo voy a exigir fidelidad a alguien que no tiene compromiso algu…"-José Emilio Pacheco, El principio del placer
3. Les Chants de Maldoror
By: Comte de Lautréamont , Guy Wernham
4.15
Format: 342 pages, Paperback
The macabre but beautiful work Les Chants de Maldoror has achieved a considerable reputation as one… read more
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- poetry
- french literature
"...the police, that shield of civilization..."-Comte de Lautréamont, Les Chants de Maldoror
"I received life like a wound and I have forbidden suicide to heal the scar."-Comte de Lautréamont, Les Chants de Maldoror
"Qui donc, sur la tête, me donne des coups de barre de fer, comme un marteau frappant l'enclume?"-Comte de Lautréamont, Les Chants de Maldoror
"I will state in a few lines that Maldoror was good during his first year, when he lived happily; that is a fact. Then he realised he was born malicious: an extraordinary fate! ... Who would have thou…"-Comte de Lautréamont, Les Chants de Maldoror
4. Les Fleurs du Mal
By: Charles Baudelaire , Richard Howard
4.20
Format: 365 pages, Paperback
Charles Baudelaire's 1857 masterwork was scandalous in its day for its portrayals of sex, same-sex … read more
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- poetry
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"L'orage rajeunit les fleurs"-Charles Baudelaire, Les Fleurs du Mal
"I am the vampire at my own veins."-Charles Baudelaire, Les Fleurs du Mal
"Beauty, you walk on corpses, mocking them;"-Charles Baudelaire, Les Fleurs du Mal
"My heart is lost; the beasts have eaten it."-Charles Baudelaire, Les Fleurs du Mal
5. Tao Te Ching
By: Lao Tzu , Gia-Fu Feng , Jane English , Jacob Needleman , Toinette Lippe
4.30
Format: 107 pages, Paperback
A lucid translation of the well-known Taoist classic by a leading scholar-now in a Shambhala Pocket… read more
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- poetry
- philosophy
- nonfiction
"The heart that gives, gathers."-Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching
"Love is a decision - not an emotion!"-Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching
"When nothing is done, nothing is left undone."-Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching
"To understand the limitation of things, desire them."-Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching
6. On the Road
By: Jack Kerouac
3.61
Format: 307 pages, Paperback
A quintessential novel of America & the Beat Generation On the Road chronicles Jack Kerouac's years… read more
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"We wandered in a frenzy and a dream (301)."-Jack Kerouac, On the Road
"I forgave everybody, I gave up, I got drunk."-Jack Kerouac, On the Road
"It was a rainy night. It was the myth of a rainy night."-Jack Kerouac, On the Road
"There was nothing to talk about anymore. The only thing to do was go."-Jack Kerouac, On the Road
7. The Sorrows of Young Werther
By: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe , Burton Pike
3.73
Format: None pages, Paperback
Visiting an idyllic German village, Werther, a sensitive and romantic young man, meets and falls in… read more
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8. The Plague
By: Albert Camus , Stuart Gilbert
4.02
Format: 308 pages, Paperback
The Plague is a novel by Albert Camus, published in 1947. It tells the story from the point of … read more
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- philosophy
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"Who taught you all this, doctor?" The reply came promptly: "Suffering."-Albert Camus, The Plague
"The truth is that everyone is bored, and devotes himself to cultivating habits."-Albert Camus, The Plague
"They knew now that if there is one thing one can always yearn for, and sometimes attain, it is human love."-Albert Camus, The Plague
"I know that man is capable of great deeds. But if he isn't capable of great emotion, well, he leaves me cold."-Albert Camus, The Plague
9. The Secret of Evil
By: Roberto Bolaño , Natasha Wimmer , Chris Andrews
4.23
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Opening this book is like being granted access to the Chilean master's personal files. Included in … read more
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10. The Double
By: Fyodor Dostoevsky
3.68
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
While his literary reputation rests mainly on such celebrated novels as Crime and Punishment, The B… read more
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- philosophy
"Tulburarea sa echivala cu agonia."-Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Double
"La inocencia es la fuerza de la inocencia"-Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Double
"Totul, până și destinul, se înarma împotriva sa."-Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Double
"Așa e firea mea. Vreau întotdeauna să merg mai iute decât evenimentele."-Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Double
11. The Art of Living: The Classical Manual on Virtue, Happiness and Effectiveness
By: Epictetus , Sharon Lebell
3.37
Format: None pages,
Epictetus was born into slavery about 55 C.E. in the eastern outreaches of the Roman Empire. Sold a… read more
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- nonfiction
12. The Silmarillion
By: J.R.R. Tolkien , Christopher Tolkien , Ted Nasmith
4.01
Format: 386 pages, Hardcover
The Silmarillion is an account of the Elder Days, of the First Age of Tolkien’s world. It is the an… read more
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"Nightingales sang about her wherever she went."-J.R.R. Tolkien, The Silmarillion
"The dawn is brief and the day full often belies its promise."-J.R.R. Tolkien, The Silmarillion
"All have their worth and each contributes to the worth of the others."-J.R.R. Tolkien, The Silmarillion
"No ames demasiado la obra de tus manos ni las invenciones de tu corazón."-J.R.R. Tolkien, The Silmarillion
13. The Social Contract
By: Jean-Jacques Rousseau , Maurice Cranston
3.78
Format: 168 pages, Paperback
"Man is born free; and everywhere he is in chains." These are the famous opening words of a trea… read more
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"The truth brings no man a fortune"-Jean-Jacques Rousseau, The Social Contract
"L'homme est né libre, et partout il est dans les fers."-Jean-Jacques Rousseau, The Social Contract
"Liberty may be gained, but can never be recovered." (Bk2:8)"-Jean-Jacques Rousseau, The Social Contract
"Renunciar a la libertad es renunciar a la condición de hombre."-Jean-Jacques Rousseau, The Social Contract
14. 2666
By: Roberto Bolaño
4.21
Format: 1128 pages, Paperback
A cuatro profesores de literatura, Pelletier, Morini, Espinoza y Norton, los une su fascinación por… read more
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"Nothing is ever behind us."-Roberto Bolaño, 2666
"Reading is never a waste of time."-Roberto Bolaño, 2666
"Every hundred feet the world changes"-Roberto Bolaño, 2666
"The sky, at sunset, looked like a carnivorous flower."-Roberto Bolaño, 2666
15. The Book of Sand and Shakespeare's Memory
By: Jorge Luis Borges , Norman Thomas di Giovanni
3.53
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
'One of the most remarkable artists of our age' - Mario Vargas Llosa. The Book of Sandwas the last … read more
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16. El túnel
By: None
5.00
Format: None pages,
Breve e intensa novela publicada en 1948, este logrado fruto de la denominada "literatura existenci… read more
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17. Nazi Literature in the Americas
By: Roberto Bolaño
4.14
Format: 438 pages, Hardcover
Nazi Literature in the Americas was the first of Roberto Bolano's books to reach a wide public. Whe… read more
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18. Lautréamont
By: Gaston Bachelard
3.87
Format: 170 pages, Paperback
The famous French scientist-psychologist-literary critic provides a virtual bestiary for depth psyc… read more
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- philosophy
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