5 must-read nonfiction books like Sueños by Walter Benjamin

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Sueños

By: Walter Benjamin

3.82

Format: None pages, None

Le rêve et son interprétation, tel aurait pu être, s'il n'était déjà fameux, le titre du présent vo…

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1. Hopscotch

By: Julio Cortázar , Gregory Rabassa

4.20

Format: 564 pages, Paperback

Horacio Oliveira is an Argentinian writer who lives in Paris with his mistress, La Maga, surrounded… read more

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"Pero el amor, esa palabra..."

-Julio Cortázar, Hopscotch

"Explanation is a well-dressed error."

-Julio Cortázar, Hopscotch

"Pobre amor el que de pensamiento se alimenta."

-Julio Cortázar, Hopscotch

"Hay ausencias que representan un verdadero triunfo"

-Julio Cortázar, Hopscotch

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2. Colazione da Tiffany

By: Truman Capote , Bruno Tasso

3.72

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

Holly Golightly, la protagonista di questo estroso romanzo breve, è una cover-girl di New York, att… read more

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3. Poesias

By: Mário de Sá-Carneiro

4.30

Format: 194 pages, Paperback

Mário de Sá-Carneiro (1880-1916) es uno de los grandes poetas portugueses de las vanguardias de pri… read more

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"Eu não sou eu nem sou o outro, Sou qualquer coisa de intermédio"

-Mário de Sá-Carneiro, Poesias

"The end When I die bang on cans Romp around in leaps and bounds Let whips crack in the air Call in clowns and acrobats! I want my coffin to go on a donkey Decked out in Andalusian style You can't ref…"

-Mário de Sá-Carneiro, Poesias

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4. Erotic Poems

By: E.E. Cummings , None , George James Firmage

3.67

Format: 230 pages, Paperback

E. E. Cummings's erotic poems and drawings gathered in a single volume. Many years ago the prodigio… read more

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5. The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath

By: Sylvia Plath , Karen V. Kukil

3.31

Format: 267 pages, Paperback

First U.S. Publication A major literary event--the complete, uncensored journals of Sylvia Plath, p… read more

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  • nonfiction
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6. Disavowals: Or Cancelled Confessions

By: Pierre Mac Orlan , Jennifer Mundy , Claude Cahun , François Leperlier , None , None

3.50

Format: 31 pages, Paperback

Memories? Choice morsels. My soul is fragmentary.--from DisavowalsClaude Cahun (1894-1954), born Lu… read more

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  • nonfiction
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7. Bartleby the Scrivener

By: Herman Melville

3.93

Format: 80 pages, Paperback

Academics hail it as the beginning of modernism, but to readers around the world—even those daunted… read more

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"I would prefer not to."

-Herman Melville, Bartleby the Scrivener

"To a sensitive being, pity is not seldom pain."

-Herman Melville, Bartleby the Scrivener

"Bartleby in a singularly mild, firm voice, replied, “I would prefer not to."

-Herman Melville, Bartleby the Scrivener

"At present I would prefer not to be a little reasonable,' was his mildly cadaverous reply."

-Herman Melville, Bartleby the Scrivener

8. Between the Acts

By: Virginia Woolf

4.06

Format: None pages, Paperback

In Woolf's last novel, the action takes place on one summer's day at a country house in the heart o… read more

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9. The Zürau Aphorisms

By: Franz Kafka , Michael Hofmann , Roberto Calasso , Geoffrey Brock

3.68

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

The essential philosophical writings of one of the twentieth century’s most influential writers are… read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
"Usko kuin kirves. Yhtä raskas, yhtä kevyt."

-Franz Kafka, The Zürau Aphorisms

"چه‌طور می‌توان در دنیا شادمان بود مگر با گریختن از آن؟"

-Franz Kafka, The Zürau Aphorisms

"از رقیب راستین، شجاعت بی‌نهایتی به درون تو جریان دارد."

-Franz Kafka, The Zürau Aphorisms

"Meidän on aina kärsittävä itse kaikki aiheuttamamme kärsimys."

-Franz Kafka, The Zürau Aphorisms

10. Manifestoes of Surrealism

By: André Breton , None , Richard Seaver , None

4.60

Format: None pages, Paperback

Manifestoes of Surrealismis a book by Andre Breton, describing the aims, meaning, and political pos… read more

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11. A Hero of Our Time

By: Mikhail Lermontov , Paul Foote

3.60

Format: None pages, Paperback

In its adventurous happenings, its abductions, duels, and sexual intrigues, A Hero of Our Timelooks… read more

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12. Near to the Wild Heart

By: Clarice Lispector , Giovanni Pontiero

4.04

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Near to the Wild Heart is Clarice Lispector's first novel, written from March to November 1942 and … read more

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"Words are pebbles rolling in the river"

-Clarice Lispector, Near to the Wild Heart

"What does it feel like to have a girl?"

-Clarice Lispector, Near to the Wild Heart

"She felt the phrase “demand her rights"

-Clarice Lispector, Near to the Wild Heart

"She expected nothing. She was in herself, the end itself."

-Clarice Lispector, Near to the Wild Heart

13. The Madness of the Day

By: Lydia Davis , Maurice Blanchot

0.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

Jacques Derrida writes (in Deconstruction and Criticism) of The Madness of the Daythat it is "a sto… read more

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14. Malina

By: Philip Boehm , Ingeborg Bachmann , Mark Anderson , Michael Bullock

4.64

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Tells the story of lives painfully intertwined: the unnamed narrator, haunted by nightmarish memori… read more

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15. Literatura infantil

By: Alejandro Zambra

4.25

Format: 232 pages, Paperback

Diario de paternidad, «carta al hijo» y ficción pura conviven en extraordinaria armonía a lo largo … read more

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"No recuerdo nuestro primer viaje solos, a mis tres o cuatro años, pero él lo ha contado tantas veces que su relato funciona casi como un recuerdo implantado."

-Alejandro Zambra, Literatura infantil

"La biología nos asegura un lugar en sus vidas, pero igual ansiamos que nos elijan como padres. Que alguna vez digan esta frase tan maravillosamente rara: 'Mi padre fue mi verdadero padre'."

-Alejandro Zambra, Literatura infantil

"Me enorgullece que la primera palabra pronunciada por mi hijo, hace cinco días, haya sido, contra toda tendencia estadística, la palabra papá. Ahora la dice a cada rato. Todavía le cuesta, eso sí, ar…"

-Alejandro Zambra, Literatura infantil

"La lectura silenciosa es en cierto modo una conquista; quienes leemos en silencio y en soledad aprendemos, justamente, a estar solos, o mejor dicho reconquistamos una soledad menos agresiva, una sole…"

-Alejandro Zambra, Literatura infantil

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16. Still Born

By: Guadalupe Nettel

4.13

Format: 224 pages, ebook

Longlisted for the 2023 International Booker Prize! For readers of Rachel Cusk and Sheila Heti, … read more

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"Thoughts are like clouds moving in the sky, you know? Before you know it, they change shape or they just aren't there anymore."

-Guadalupe Nettel, Still Born

"There is a word to describe someone who loses their spouse, and a word for children who are left without parents. There is no word, however, for a parent who loses their child."

-Guadalupe Nettel, Still Born

"A mí me intrigan más las aves a las que parasitan. Según yo, saben que no son sus crías y aun así las cuidan y las atienden. Yo pienso que llega un punto en que todas las madres nos damos cuenta de e…"

-Guadalupe Nettel, Still Born

"A mí me intrigan más las aves a las que parasitan. Según yo, saben que no son sus crías y aun así las cuidan y las atienden. Yo pienso que llega un punto en que todas las madres nos damos cuenta de e…"

-Guadalupe Nettel, Still Born

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17. The Children's Crusade

By: Marcel Schwob

3.89

Format: 56 pages, Paperback

“I’ve just read Marcel Schwob’s The Children’s Crusade twice over, with deep admiration and reveren… read more

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18. Sétimo Dia

By: Daniel Faria

4.51

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

Cinco seres, cinco dias. No começo do mundo, Daniel Faria leva-nos no caminho enigmático dos primei… read more

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19. Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists?

By: Linda Nochlin

4.33

Format: 34 pages, Paperback

"Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists?" is a 1971 essay by American art historian Linda Nochl… read more

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  • nonfiction
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20. Escritos sobre pintura

By: Henri Michaux

4.00

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

El libro «Michaux escribió, viajó, dibujó, pintó. Escribió como se odia, con la fuerza del "contr… read more

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21. La Nuit sexuelle

By: Pascal Quignard

3.98

Format: 279 pages, None

Quand on sonde le fond de son cœur dans le silence de la nuit on a honte de l'indigence des images … read more

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22. O tempo do gigante

By: Carmen Chica

4.23

Format: 48 pages, Unknown Binding

Hoje não aconteceu nada. Nem hoje. E, de novo, não aconteceu nada. Um mosquito, talvez. O tempo pas… read more

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23. Movimento

By: João Luís Barreto Guimarães

4.08

Format: None pages, Paperback

SINOPSE É uma poesia da observação e de memória, tanto das coisas grandiosas como, sobretudo, de i… read more

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24. Demasiado Estreita, Esta Morte

By: Serena Cacchioli

4.26

Format: 160 pages, None

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25. Irradiante, o negro

By: Rui Nunes

4.17

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

“Não sei. Também ouço falar do verde das árvores, e do azul do mar, e do ocre das falésias, e da co… read more

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26. De Surpresa / Sonhos a Partir de Pinturas Enigmáticas

By: Henri Michaux

4.20

Format: 108 pages, Paperback

Expressão dos estados de consciência alterada através de diferentes drogas e diferentes imagens. A … read more

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27. Sueños

By: Walter Benjamin

3.82

Format: None pages, None

Le rêve et son interprétation, tel aurait pu être, s'il n'était déjà fameux, le titre du présent vo… read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • germany
  • psychology
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28. Bellek ve El

By: Edmond Jabès

3.90

Format: 30 pages, Paperback

"Bellek ve El", Edmond Jabès'in 1974-80 yılları arasında yazdığı şiirlerden oluşuyor. Kitap, beyaz… read more

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29. A Poesia É Uma Mercadoria Inconsumível: Poemas e Recensões

By: Pier Paolo Pasolini

4.08

Format: 123 pages, Paperback

None read more

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30. Inquérito às Quatro Confidências - Diário III

By: Maria Gabriela Llansol

4.36

Format: 184 pages, Paperback

O mundo existe e o Vergílio morreu, mas mais uma palavra me pede a escrita. Ele amou apaixonadam… read more

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31. estes ventos negros

By: João Narciso

4.43

Format: 76 pages, Paperback

És o cavalo do esquecimento a galope na fronteira da batalha. Sedimento frágil. Tu, o velho,… read more

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3.31

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