Solo Viola: A Post-Exotic Novel (Univocal)
By: Antoine Volodine
4.06
Format: 112 pages, Paperback
A harrowing early novel by one of France’s most unusual contemporary writers At once humorous a…
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1. Trout Fishing in America
By: Richard Brautigan
3.76
Format: 112 pages, Paperback
Richard Brautigan was a literary idol of the 1960s and 1970s whose comic genius and iconoclastic vi… read more
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"His eyes were like the shoelaces of a harpsichord."-Richard Brautigan, Trout Fishing in America
"USED TROUT STREAM FOR SALE. MUST BE SEEN TO BE APPRECIATED."-Richard Brautigan, Trout Fishing in America
"We were all silent except for blink, blink, blink, blink, blink."-Richard Brautigan, Trout Fishing in America
"You're not fooling anyone by taking your clothes off when you go to bed."-Richard Brautigan, Trout Fishing in America
2. Closely Watched Trains
By: Bohumil Hrabal , Josef Škvorecký , Edith Pargeter
3.74
Format: 85 pages, Paperback
Bohumil Hrabal's post-war classic about a young man's coming of age in German-occupied Czechoslovak… read more
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"آن غرش و سر و صدای یک قطار در حال حرکت،همیشه یکسان است،درست مثل زمان صلح که قطار، هر شب، مربعها و مستطیلهای نور را از پنجرههای درخشان خود میپراکند."-Bohumil Hrabal, Closely Watched Trains
3. The Castle of Otranto
By: Horace Walpole
3.18
Format: 125 pages, Paperback
First published pseudonymously in 1764, The Castle of Otranto purported to be a translation of an I… read more
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"My soul abhors a falsehood"-Horace Walpole, The Castle of Otranto
"This life is but a pilgrimage."-Horace Walpole, The Castle of Otranto
"Heaven mocks the short-sighted views of man."-Horace Walpole, The Castle of Otranto
"I fear no bad angel, and have offended no good one."-Horace Walpole, The Castle of Otranto
4. Antwerp
By: Roberto Bolaño , Natasha Wimmer
3.10
Format: 271 pages, Hardcover
As Bolano's friend and literary executor, Ignacio Echevarria, once suggested, Antwerpcan be viewed … read more
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6. Hôtel Splendid
By: Jordan Stump , Marie Redonnet
3.98
Format: None pages, Paperback
These three short novels are the first works to appear in English by a remarkable contemporary Fren… read more
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- france
- french literature
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7. In Watermelon Sugar
By: Richard Brautigan
4.51
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
iDEATH is a place where the sun shines a different colour every day and where people travel to the … read more
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8. Stone Junction
By: Thomas Pynchon , Jim Dodge
3.77
Format: None pages, Paperback
Introitus lapidis, que arranca con el derechazo propinado en la mandibula a una monja, es una odise… read more
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9. The Tartar Steppe
By: Dino Buzzati , Stuart Hood
3.80
Format: 25 pages,
Often likened to Kafka's The Castle, The Tartar Steppe is both a scathing critique of military life… read more
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10. Lord of Dark Places
By: Hal Bennett
3.98
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
A detective story, a black comedy, a tragedy, and thirty years out of print, it's a dissertation on… read more
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11. L'analphabète: récit autobiographique
By: Ágota Kristóf
4.11
Format: 57 pages, Paperback
Onze chapitres pour onze moments de sa vie, de la petite enfance en Hongrie à l'apprentissage du fr… read more
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- literature
- france
- french literature
"You become a writer by writing with patience and obstinacy, without ever losing faith in what you write."-Ágota Kristóf, L'analphabète: récit autobiographique
"في الغالب أكتفي بالكتابة في ذهني . ذلك اسهل . داخل الراس تجري الامور كلها بيسر . لكن ما ان نشرع في الكتابة حتى تتغير الأفكار .تتشوه.تصير خاطئة"-Ágota Kristóf, L'analphabète: récit autobiographique
12. The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket
By: Edgar Allan Poe , Richard Kopley
3.32
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
This rousing sea adventure follows a New England boy, Pym, who stows away on a whaling ship with it… read more
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13. Te di ojos y miraste las tinieblas
By: Irene Solà
3.91
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
Escondida entre riscos lejanos, en algún remoto lugar de las Guillerías transitado por cazadores de… read more
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"Aunque lo peor de todo, musitó, no es morirse. Todos nos tenemos que morir un día u otro. Lo peor es la soledad."-Irene Solà, Te di ojos y miraste las tinieblas
14. Boulder
By: Eva Baltasar
3.89
Format: 128 pages, Paperback
La protagonista d'aquesta novel·la és una dona atreta per la solitud com per un imant. Es guanya la… read more
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"Los niños pequeños tienen ese poder, imponen su alegría al malestar ordinario de los adultos."-Eva Baltasar, Boulder
"Y sin embargo he descubierto que no se puede columpiar a un hijo sin sonreír. Lo he intentado y es imposible. Los niños pequeños tienen ese poder, imponen su alegría al malestar ordinario de los adul…"-Eva Baltasar, Boulder
"I listen with all five senses, I listen to her with my entire body, with everything but my heart, which feels like it wants to thrash the hell out of me. This wasn't part of our plan. The truth is we…"-Eva Baltasar, Boulder
"But all this tunneling has opened rifts through which the captive parts of me have started to emerge. I realize that I am smoke, that the things that define me rise as they would up a chimney, probin…"-Eva Baltasar, Boulder
15. The Pachinko Parlour
By: Elisa Shua Dusapin
3.61
Format: 171 pages, Paperback
The days are beginning to draw in. The sky is dark by seven in the evening. I lie on the floor and … read more
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- france
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"They made it illegal to speak Korean. You could be sentenced to death for speaking it. And do you know what your grandmother’s mother did to avoid being subjected to speaking Japanese at school? She …"-Elisa Shua Dusapin, The Pachinko Parlour
"When Korea was divided, we were still nationals of a unified Korea. It was called Choson. At separation, the Japanese government gave us permission to keep our Korean identity, but we had to choose b…"-Elisa Shua Dusapin, The Pachinko Parlour
16. A Shining
By: Jon Fosse
3.49
Format: 56 pages, Paperback
A man starts driving without knowing where he is going. He alternates between turning right and lef… read more
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"but you can’t just touch a whiteness like that. because if you did you’d probably get it dirty. and imagine getting something so white dirty"-Jon Fosse, A Shining
"Es ist auch nicht zu begreifen, es ist etwas anderes, vielleicht etwas, das man nur erlebt und das nicht wirklich geschieht. Aber geht es an, dass man so etwas einfach erlebt. Alles, was man erlebt, …"-Jon Fosse, A Shining
17. Time Shelter
By: Georgi Gospodinov
3.75
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Award-winning Bulgarian author Georgi Gospodinov has enthralled readers around the world with his l… read more
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"Има ли миналото срок на годност?"-Georgi Gospodinov, Time Shelter
"Time feeds on us. We are food for time."-Georgi Gospodinov, Time Shelter
"Ако не сме в нечия памет, има ли ни изобщо?"-Georgi Gospodinov, Time Shelter
"There is no time machine except the human being."-Georgi Gospodinov, Time Shelter
18. A Spell of Good Things
By: Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀
3.79
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Ayobami Adebayo, the celebrated author of Stay With Me unveils a dazzling story of modern Nigeria a… read more
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"Time was unforgiving, it didn’t stop, not even to give people a chance to scrape themselves off the floor if they’d been shattered."-Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀, A Spell of Good Things
"He stared back at her, unconcerned. She had always marvelled at his calm assurance that everything good in his life would either remain the same or get better. He took good fortune for granted. As th…"-Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀, A Spell of Good Things
19. Thirst for Salt
By: Madelaine Lucas
3.84
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
A Bustle, LitHub, Debutiful, and NYLON Most Anticipated Book of 2023 A Goodreads Buzziest Book of t… read more
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"As if it were possible to circumnavigate memory."-Madelaine Lucas, Thirst for Salt
"I like you as you are, he said. Even if you're going to wear me out."-Madelaine Lucas, Thirst for Salt
"As lovers learn, when love ends, you lose the future as well as the past."-Madelaine Lucas, Thirst for Salt
"The trouble is that our dreams, like our memories, are not immune to revision."-Madelaine Lucas, Thirst for Salt
20. In the Country of Others
By: Leïla Slimani
3.76
Format: 305 pages, Hardcover
The award-winning, #1 internationally bestselling new novel by the author of The Perfect Nanny--a p… read more
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- french literature
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"À présent qu'aucun retour en arrière n'était possible, elle se sentait forte. Forte de ne pas être libre."-Leïla Slimani, In the Country of Others
"J'admire ceux qui avec un cœur sincère acceptent le martyr des leurs. Mais je comprends encore mieux ceux qui veulent les sauver à tout prix."-Leïla Slimani, In the Country of Others
21. Mary Ventura and the Ninth Kingdom
By: Sylvia Plath
3.98
Format: 40 pages, Paperback
Faber Stories, a landmark series of individual volumes, presents masters of the short story form at… read more
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"«Pero ¿qué es el noveno reino?», le pregunta a una mujer de ojos azules y piel arrugada. «Es el reino de la negación, de la voluntad congelada -responde-. No hay retorno posible.»"-Sylvia Plath, Mary Ventura and the Ninth Kingdom
22. Els desperfectes
By: Irene Pujadas
3.44
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
Vint-i-un contes que abracen la grolleria i l'humor negre i que exploren qüestions com els finals -… read more
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"Cada casa té els seus sorolls i les seves raons, i cal conviure-hi i respectar-les."-Irene Pujadas, Els desperfectes
"La vida a la ciutat se'm complicava: hi havia lloguers per pagar, amors per trobar, gent amb qui rebolcar-se, sabors per tastar, contactes per fer, contractes per aconseguir i després buscar-te amics…"-Irene Pujadas, Els desperfectes
23. Matar el nervi
By: Anna Pazos
3.92
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
'Matar el nervi' és la revisió descarnada d’una joventut que vol acabar-se. La cerca furiosa d’una … read more
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24. Els murs invisibles
By: Ramon Mas
4.02
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
La nit del divendres 12 de març del 2004, assegut en un bar de Vallcarca amb els seus companys de l… read more
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25. Les feres
By: Uriol Gilibets Barbens
4.24
Format: 152 pages, Paperback
Sant Gonera és un poble perdut en algun punt, posem per cas, del deep Solsonès. Un matí de Nadal es… read more
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26. Calles y otros relatos
By: Stephen Dixon
4.08
Format: 190 pages, Paperback
En parte comedias, en parte tragedias, las historias de Stephen Dixon retratan el costado menos con… read more
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27. Solo Viola: A Post-Exotic Novel (Univocal)
By: Antoine Volodine
4.06
Format: 112 pages, Paperback
A harrowing early novel by one of France’s most unusual contemporary writers At once humorous a… read more
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- dystopia
- france
- french literature
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28. Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (BFI Film Classics)
By: Catherine Fowler
3.60
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
Catherine Fowler's study positions Jeanne Dielman as a 'contrary' classic, its contrariness arising… read more
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29. Una història és una pedra llançada al riu
By: Mònica Batet Boada
3.79
Format: 224 pages, Rústica amb solapes
El Futur Folklorista i el Futur Revolucionari es van fer amics en una escola de ball, tot i que a e… read more
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"... no se'n va perdre ni una paraula. Va pensar Té raó. Les històries s'assemblen, les històries es repeteixen. Són com els cercles que es dibuixen a l'aigua. Un moviment en genera molts d'altres. El…"-Mònica Batet Boada, Una història és una pedra llançada al riu
30. Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage: The Selected Stories of Bette Howland
By: Bette Howland
3.84
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
The acclaimed collection that restored to the literary canon "a long-overlooked artist of live-wire… read more
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"If we're not lost—what are we doing here?"-Bette Howland, Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage: The Selected Stories of Bette Howland
"My grandmother had died the night before; the funeral was tomorrow. I was in New York when my mother called with the news. “No one expects you. You don't need to come."-Bette Howland, Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage: The Selected Stories of Bette Howland
