9 must-read poetry books like Tristia (English and Russian Edition) by Osip Mandelstam

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Tristia (English and Russian Edition)

By: Osip Mandelstam

4.08

Format: 106 pages, Hardcover

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections…

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1. The Balcony

By: Jean Genet

3.81

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

Book jacket/back: The setting of Jean Genet's celebrated play is a brothel that caters to refined s… read more

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"The pimp has a grin, never a smile."

-Jean Genet, The Balcony

"It's a true image, born of a false spectacle."

-Jean Genet, The Balcony

"It's the hour when night breaks away from the day, my dove, let me go."

-Jean Genet, The Balcony

"One can hear all that's going on in the street. Which means that from the street one can hear what's going on in this house."

-Jean Genet, The Balcony

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2. To the Lighthouse

By: Virginia Woolf

3.80

Format: 209 pages, Paperback

The serene and maternal Mrs. Ramsay, the tragic yet absurd Mr. Ramsay, and their children and assor… read more

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"I have had my vision."

-Virginia Woolf, To the Lighthouse

"Well, we must wait for the future to show."

-Virginia Woolf, To the Lighthouse

"[...] there was only the sound of the sea."

-Virginia Woolf, To the Lighthouse

"The very stone one kicks with one's boot will outlast Shakespeare."

-Virginia Woolf, To the Lighthouse

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3. 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
"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

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4. 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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  • russia
"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

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5. City of Glass (The New York Trilogy, #1)

By: Paul Auster

4.36

Format: 184 pages, Paperback

Nominated for an Edgar award for best mystery of the year, City of Glassinaugurates an intriguing N… read more

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6. The Colour Out of Space

By: H.P. Lovecraft

4.03

Format: 78 pages, Mass Market Paperback

'It was a monstrous constellation of unnatural light, like a glutted swarm of corpse-fed fireflies … read more

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"It was nothing of this earth, but a piece of the great outside; and as such dowered with outside properties and obedient to outside laws."

-H.P. Lovecraft, The Colour Out of Space

"West of Arkham the hills rise wild and there are valleys with deep woods that no ax has ever cut. There are dark, narrow glens where the trees slope fantastically, where thin brooklets trickle withou…"

-H.P. Lovecraft, The Colour Out of Space

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7. Literary Theory: A Very Short Introduction

By: Jonathan D. Culler

3.91

Format: 20 pages,

What is Literary Theory? Is there a relationship between literature and culture? In fact, what is L… read more

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8. Mysticism for Beginners: Poems

By: Adam Zagajewski , Clare Cavanagh

3.63

Format: None pages, Paperback

Powerful New work by a modern master. You must listen, listen, listen. Tired springs breathe under … read more

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  • poetry
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9. The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge

By: Rainer Maria Rilke , Mary Dows Herter Norton

3.98

Format: 480 pages, Paperback

The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Briggeis Rilke's major prose work and was one of the earliest public… read more

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  • poetry
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10. Blankets

By: Craig Thompson

None

Format: 582 pages, Paperback

Blankets is the story of a young man coming of age and finding the confidence to express his creati… read more

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11. A Village Life

By: Louise Glück

3.66

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A Village Life, Louise Gluck's eleventh collection of poems, begins in the topography of a village,… read more

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  • poetry
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12. C.P. Cavafy: Collected Poems

By: Constantinos P. Cavafy , Edmund Keeley , Philip Sherrard , George Savidis

4.38

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

C. P. Cavafy (1863 - 1933) lived in relative obscurity in Alexandria, and a collected edition of hi… read more

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  • poetry
"Άλλα ζητεί η ψυχή σου, γι’ άλλα κλαίει·"

-Constantinos P. Cavafy, C.P. Cavafy: Collected Poems

"Η Ιθάκη σ’ έδωσε τ’ ωραίο ταξείδι. Χωρίς αυτήν δεν θάβγαινες στον δρόμο."

-Constantinos P. Cavafy, C.P. Cavafy: Collected Poems

"Vuelve a menudo y tómame, en la noche, cuando los labios y la piel recuerdan..."

-Constantinos P. Cavafy, C.P. Cavafy: Collected Poems

"Aunque sea con engaños, que me ilusione ahora: pero que no sienta el vacío de mi vida. (Septiembre de 1903)"

-Constantinos P. Cavafy, C.P. Cavafy: Collected Poems

13. The Paradox of Choice: Why More Is Less

By: Barry Schwartz

3.82

Format: 295 pages, Paperback

About the Book: The Paradox of Choice In the spirit of Alvin Tofflers Future Shock, a social critiq… read more

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14. 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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15. Doctor Faustus

By: Thomas Mann , John E. Woods

3.44

Format: 216 pages, Paperback

Thomas Mann's last great novel, first published in 1947 and now rendered into English by acclaimed … read more

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16. The Seagull

By: Anton Chekhov , Michael Frayn

4.62

Format: None pages, Paperback

A Methuen Student Edition of Chekhov's classic play in Michael Frayn's acclaimed translation. When … read more

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17. Capital of Pain

By: Paul Éluard , Mary Ann Caws , Patricia Terry

4.17

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

Capital of Pain, is considered one of the key texts of surrealism. This is the first new translatio… read more

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18. Mythologies

By: Roland Barthes , Annette Lavers

4.17

Format: None pages, Paperback

"No denunciation without its proper instrument of close analysis," Roland Barthes wrote in his pref… read more

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19. The Stray Dog Cabaret: A Book of Russian Poems

By: Paul Schmidt , Honor Moore , None

3.50

Format: None pages, Paperback

A New York Review Books Original A master anthology of Russia's most important poetry, newly collec… read more

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20. 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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  • poetry
  • russia
"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

21. Earthly Signs: Moscow Diaries, 1917–1922

By: Marina Tsvetaeva , Jamey Gambrell

0.00

Format: 24 pages, Hardcover

These autobiographical writings, rich sources of information on Tsvetaeva and her literary contempo… read more

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22. The Dance of Death

By: August Strindberg , Stephen Mulrine

3.94

Format: 264 pages, Paperback

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23. The Terror

By: Dan Simmons

1.33

Format: 397 pages, Hardcover

The bestselling author of Iliumand Olympostransforms the true story of a legendary Arctic expeditio… read more

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24. Persian Letters

By: Montesquieu , None

3.92

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

This richly evocative novel-in-letters tells the story of two Persian noblemen who have left their … read more

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25. Mañana y tarde

By: Jon Fosse

3.88

Format: 102 pages, Paperback

Un niño que se llamará Johannes llega al mundo. Fallece un anciano llamado Johannes. Entre estos do… read more

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"Ahora tú también estás muerto, Johannes, dice Peter Te moriste esta mañana, dice Y como yo era tu mejor amigo, me enviaron a recogerte, dice Pero ¿por qué hemos pescado cangrejos? dice Johannes Tenía…"

-Jon Fosse, Mañana y tarde

"Vart ska vi fara? säger Johannes Nej nu frågar du som om du fortfarande var vid liv, säger Peter Inte till någon plats? säger Johannes Nej dit vi nu ska, det är inte någon plats, och därför har den h…"

-Jon Fosse, Mañana y tarde

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26. Hurricane Season

By: Fernanda Melchor

4.06

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

A New York Times Notable Book (2020) A Guardian Best Book of 2020 A Literary Hub Favorite Book of… read more

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"а разнообразие и за да не губи навик, баба, когато е ядосана, си спомня само за лошите неща"

-Fernanda Melchor, Hurricane Season

"за разнообразие и за да не губи навик, баба, когато е ядосана, си спомня само за лошите неща"

-Fernanda Melchor, Hurricane Season

"There's no reasoning with dog, two ferocious dogs who refuse to let go of their prey until they've been torn to shreds"

-Fernanda Melchor, Hurricane Season

"момчето, щом порасна, се превърна в диво животно, което, пуснеха ли го на свобода, дори по никое време вечер, все го теглеше към гората, защото според баба ѝ този бил начинът да възпитават момчетата,…"

-Fernanda Melchor, Hurricane Season

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27. The Twilight World

By: Werner Herzog

3.87

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

The great filmmaker Werner Herzog, in his first novel, tells the incredible story of Hiroo Onoda, a… read more

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28. Antisocieties

By: Michael Cisco

4.01

Format: 143 pages, Paperback

ANTISOCIETIES is a collection of ten stories about isolation - what it does to people, and what iso… read more

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29. Weaving Sundown in a Scarlet Light: Fifty Poems for Fifty Years

By: Joy Harjo

4.34

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

Over a long, influential career in poetry, Joy Harjo has been praised for her “warm, oracular voice… read more

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  • poetry
"Watch your mind. Without training it might run away and leave your heart for the immense human feast set by the thieves of time. Do not hold regrets."

-Joy Harjo, Weaving Sundown in a Scarlet Light: Fifty Poems for Fifty Years

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30. Tristia (English and Russian Edition)

By: Osip Mandelstam

4.08

Format: 106 pages, Hardcover

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections… read more

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  • poetry
  • russia
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31. Firebird (New York Review Books)

By: Zuzanna Ginczanka

4.42

Format: 80 pages, Paperback

Energetic, formally audacious poems by a recently rediscovered Polish writer, shining examples of a… read more

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  • poetry

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