Mother Ireland: A Memoir
By: Edna O'Brien
3.61
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
First published in 1976 and long out of print, a colorful memoir by the accomplished Irish novelist…
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1. The Hand That First Held Mine
By: Maggie O'Farrell
4.04
Format: 341 pages, Hardcover
A spellbinding novel of two women connected across fifty years by art, love, betrayals, secrets, an… read more
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- historical
"There on the landing sits the typewriter. It is clogged with dust, the ribbon dried and flimsy. Looking at it gives Felix a feeling close to vertigo. He realises he can replicate in his head the exac…"-Maggie O'Farrell, The Hand That First Held Mine
"The women we become after children, she typed, then stopped to adjust the angle of the paper....We change shape, she continued, we buy low-heeled shoes, we cut off our long hair, We begin to carry in…"-Maggie O'Farrell, The Hand That First Held Mine
2. Circle of Friends
By: Maeve Binchy , None , None
4.07
Format: 722 pages, Paperback
Big, generous-hearted Benny and the elfin Eve Malone have been best friends growing up in sleepy Kn… read more
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- ireland
- irish literature
3. The Gathering
By: Anne Enright
3.13
Format: 261 pages, Paperback
Anne Enright is a dazzling writer of international stature and one of Ireland’s most singular voice… read more
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- ireland
- irish literature
"A drinker does not exist. Whatever they say, it is just the drink talking"-Anne Enright, The Gathering
"I must console him for the distance we have moved from the place where he stopped."-Anne Enright, The Gathering
"the kind of person took milk in his tea on one day and decided against it on the next."-Anne Enright, The Gathering
"Jej błękit zajął miejsce w szarych zakamarkach jego mózgu i pozostał tam do końca życia"-Anne Enright, The Gathering
4. Jacob's Room
By: Virginia Woolf
3.53
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
Virginia Woolf's first original and distinguished work, Jacob's Room is the story of a sensitive yo… read more
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"One must love everything."-Virginia Woolf, Jacob's Room
"Marvelous are the innocent. "-Virginia Woolf, Jacob's Room
"But language is wine upon his lips"-Virginia Woolf, Jacob's Room
"It is no use trying to sum people up."-Virginia Woolf, Jacob's Room
5. The Lover
By: Marguerite Duras , Barbara Bray , Maxine Hong Kingston
3.72
Format: 117 pages, Paperback
Set against the backdrop of French colonial Vietnam, The Lover reveals the intimacies and intricaci… read more
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"The air was blue, you could hold it in your hand. Blue. The sky was the continual throbbing of the brilliance of the light."-Marguerite Duras, The Lover
"He says he’s lonely, horribly lonely because of this love he feels for her. She says she’s lonely too. She doesn’t say why."-Marguerite Duras, The Lover
"When it's in a book I don't think it'll hurt any more ...exist any more. One of the things writing does is wipe things out. Replace them."-Marguerite Duras, The Lover
"You didn't have to attract desire. Either it was in the woman who aroused it or it didn't exist. Either it was there at first glance or else it had never been."-Marguerite Duras, The Lover
6. The Architect's Apprentice
By: Elif Shafak
4.05
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
From the acclaimed author of The Bastard of Istanbul, a colorful, magical tale set during the heigh… read more
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- historical
7. The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
By: Anne Brontë , Stevie Davies
3.52
Format: None pages, Paperback
Note: Editions of The Tenant that start with: "You must go back with me..." are incomplete. Actual … read more
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- historical
8. Orlando
By: Virginia Woolf , Sandra M Gilbert
3.87
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
Virginia Woolf's Orlando 'The longest and most charming love letter in literature', playfully const… read more
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- historical
"Life and a lover"-Virginia Woolf, Orlando
"Thoughts are divine."-Virginia Woolf, Orlando
"Love, the poet said, is woman's whole existence."-Virginia Woolf, Orlando
"All extremes of feeling are allied with madness."-Virginia Woolf, Orlando
9. Le crime du comte Neville
By: Amélie Nothomb
3.56
Format: None pages, Paperback
"Le crime du comte Neville" raconte l'histoire d'une jeune chatelaine mal dans sa peau, qui cherche… read more
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10. Ni d'Ève ni d'Adam
By: Amélie Nothomb
3.91
Format: 241 pages, Paperback
Amelie est une jeune professeur de langues qui vit a Tokyo. Quand elle succombe a l'attention d'un … read more
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11. Seeing
By: Margaret Jull Costa , José Saramago
2.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
On election day in the capital, it is raining so hard that no one has bothered to come out to vote.… read more
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12. A Room with a View
By: E.M. Forster
5.00
Format: 32 pages, Paperback
'"But you do," he went on, not waiting for contradiction. "You love the boy body and soul, plainly,… read more
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13. Bir Kadının Yaşamından Yirmi Dört Saat
By: Stefan Zweig , Mahmure Kahraman
3.90
Format: 80 pages, Paperback
Zweig bu novellasında bir kadının yaşamını bütünüyle değiştiren yirmi dört saatlik deneyimini anlat… read more
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"La vérité à demi ne vaut rien, il la faut toujours entière."-Stefan Zweig, Bir Kadının Yaşamından Yirmi Dört Saat
"Envejecer no significa otra cosa que no tener miedo al pasado"-Stefan Zweig, Bir Kadının Yaşamından Yirmi Dört Saat
"Değerli olan her zaman için gerçeğin yarısı değil, tamamıdır."-Stefan Zweig, Bir Kadının Yaşamından Yirmi Dört Saat
"Ceux qui tombent entraînent souvent dans leur chute ceux qui se portent à leur secours."-Stefan Zweig, Bir Kadının Yaşamından Yirmi Dört Saat
14. Antigonick
By: Sophocles , Anne Carson , Bianca Stone
3.91
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
An illustrated new translation of Sophokles' Antigone. With text blocks hand-inked on the page by A… read more
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15. Shame
By: Annie Ernaux
3.67
Format: 112 pages, Paperback
"My father tried to kill my mother one Sunday in June, in the early afternoon." Thus begins Shame, … read more
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- womens
- nonfiction
- biography
- memoir
"People are forever remembering."-Annie Ernaux, Shame
"We have no true memory of ourselves."-Annie Ernaux, Shame
"Le pire dans la honte, c'est qu'on croit être seul à la ressentir"-Annie Ernaux, Shame
"anyone who doesn't speak "the way we do" is, to some extent, labeled a foreigner."-Annie Ernaux, Shame
16. Roma soy yo: La verdadera historia de Julio César
By: Santiago Posteguillo
4.54
Format: 752 pages, Kindle Edition
Roma, año 77 a.C. El cruel senador Dolabela va a ser juzgado por corrupción, pero ha contratado a l… read more
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- historical
17. Canto yo y la montaña baila
By: Irene Solà
4.24
Format: 200 pages, Paperback
Primero llegan la tormenta y el rayo y la muerte de Domènec, el campesino poeta. Luego, Dolceta, qu… read more
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- womens
"La eternidad, cosa ligera. Cosa diaria, cosa pequeña."-Irene Solà, Canto yo y la montaña baila
"Em diu coses boniques que no entenc però sí que entenc"-Irene Solà, Canto yo y la montaña baila
"Quan arribés a casa s'hauria de fer escalfar aigua per rentar-se el fred i la plutja"-Irene Solà, Canto yo y la montaña baila
"S'hi està bé aquí sota. S'hi està bé, en aquest bosc. En aquest tros de terra. En aquest tros de món."-Irene Solà, Canto yo y la montaña baila
18. 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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- essays
"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
19. 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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- historical
"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
20. Minor Detail
By: Adania Shibli
4.20
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
Minor Detail begins during the summer of 1949, one year after the war that the Palestinians mourn a… read more
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- historical
"Man, not the tank, shall prevail."-Adania Shibli, Minor Detail
"Não há como descartar a probabilidade de uma conexão entre os dois fatos, ou alguma ligação oculta entre eles, por analogia às relações que os seres humanos encontram entre as plantas, por exemplo, q…"-Adania Shibli, Minor Detail
"Desde que tive ciência da minha incapacidade consumada de me mover de acordo com os limites, resolvi, finalmente, permanecer dentro dos limites da minha casa, tanto quanto possível. Agora, uma vez qu…"-Adania Shibli, Minor Detail
"Toch zijn er mensen die in die logica − dus dat je je concentreert op de meest futiele details zoals stof op een bureau of vliegenpoepjes op een schilderij − de enige manier zien om de waarheid te do…"-Adania Shibli, Minor Detail
21. Little Eyes
By: Samanta Schweblin
3.60
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
A visionary novel about the collision of technology and play, horror and humanity, from a master of… read more
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"Regulation has nothing to do with setting standards; it meant putting rules in place that worked in favor of a few."-Samanta Schweblin, Little Eyes
"The animal's camera was installed behind its eyes, and sometimes it spun around on the three wheels hidden in its base, moving forward or backward. Someone was controlling the creature from somewhere…"-Samanta Schweblin, Little Eyes
22. El lunes nos querrán
By: Najat El Hachmi
4.26
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
Una novel·la emotiva i reveladora sobre la importància que les dones siguin les protagonistes de le… read more
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23. Insolación
By: Emilia Pardo Bazán
3.82
Format: 296 pages, Paperback
Emilia Pardo Bazán publica Insolación cuando ya había sido reconocida como gran novelista tras el é… read more
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- womens
"Grandes dolores de corazón y propósitos de la enmienda suelen quedarse entre las mantas."-Emilia Pardo Bazán, Insolación
"¿Hay entre nosotros, dos minutos después, algún vínculo que no existía dos minutos antes?"-Emilia Pardo Bazán, Insolación
"¡Sentía un abatimiento grande, agujetas,cansancio, y al mismo tiempo una excitación, unas ganas de echar a andar, de huir de si misma, de no verse ni oirse!"-Emilia Pardo Bazán, Insolación
"Sale a relucir aquello de las tres fieras, toro, torero y público; la primera, que se deja matar porque no tiene más remedio; la segunda, que cobra por matar; la tercera, que paga para que maten, de …"-Emilia Pardo Bazán, Insolación
24. 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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- womens
"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
25. La paciencia del agua sobre cada piedra
By: Alejandra Kamiya
4.04
Format: 119 pages, Kindle Edition
Toda la oscuridad del mundo cabe en una habitación pequeña. Porque la oscuridad no deja intersticio… read more
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"«nada tiene más formas que Dios»"-Alejandra Kamiya, La paciencia del agua sobre cada piedra
26. Enero
By: Sara Gallardo
3.97
Format: 101 pages, Paperback
La pertenencia de Sara Gallardo a la alta burguesía nacional no es un dato aleatorio a la hora de c… read more
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- womens
"Cuando chica, Nefer quería ser hombre para lucir en las fiestas esas prendas resplandecientes."-Sara Gallardo, Enero
"Porque no se puede volver atrás, el tiempo viene y todo crece, y después de crecer viene la muerte. Pero para atrás no se puede andar."-Sara Gallardo, Enero
"Her former tormenter has become her friend, her companion in a private world, which, until only a few days ago, was untainted by outside words and prying eyes. Her blood thins and begins to flow free…"-Sara Gallardo, Enero
"Nefer tiene oídos y por eso oye, y la boca le sirve para comer, pero el mundo pasa a su alrededor como el agua en torno a un peñasco, y ella está seria y nada importa. Dentro de un tiempo empezará a …"-Sara Gallardo, Enero
27. Witches, Witch-Hunting, and Women
By: Silvia Federici
4.14
Format: 120 pages, Paperback
The world is witnessing a new surge of interpersonal and institutional violence against women, incl… read more
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- womens
- nonfiction
- history
"In capitalism, sex can exist but only as a productive force at the service of procreation and the regeneration of the waged/male working and as a mean of social appeasement and compensation for the m…"-Silvia Federici, Witches, Witch-Hunting, and Women
"[V]iolence against women is a key element in this new global war, not only because of the horror it evokes or the messages it sends but because of what women represent in their capacity to keep their…"-Silvia Federici, Witches, Witch-Hunting, and Women
"[W]omen were those most likely to be victimized because they were the most 'disempowered' by these changes, especially older women, who often rebelled against their impoverishment and social exclusio…"-Silvia Federici, Witches, Witch-Hunting, and Women
28. Wild Geese
By: Soula Emmanuel
3.89
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Debut novelist Soula Emmanuel tells the story of Phoebe Forde, an Irish trans woman living in Scand… read more
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- ireland
"I try to hurry the encounter along in the manner of a French oral exam, stammering through the procedurals of a regulation rendezvous in the hope of disembarking promptly at au revoir."-Soula Emmanuel, Wild Geese
"Perhaps I am doomed to have sillier and sillier identity crises until I am dead: the one label that accepts no backchat. Paralysis by analysis begetting paralysis the old-fashioned way."-Soula Emmanuel, Wild Geese
"I am thirty years old and living in postscript already, not on the edge but over it, a happenstance life on a tranquil margin. It is a gatecrasher’s quiet. I cannot explain what a thrill it is just t…"-Soula Emmanuel, Wild Geese
"Dolly is a ten-year-old bichon frise. Her fur smells like bran flakes and her breath smells like rotting flesh. Most of the time she’s a languid, trip-over dog, a little cat of a dog, though in her u…"-Soula Emmanuel, Wild Geese
29. Mother Ireland: A Memoir
By: Edna O'Brien
3.61
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
First published in 1976 and long out of print, a colorful memoir by the accomplished Irish novelist… read more
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- biography
- history
- memoir
- historical
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- essays
- womens
- ireland
- irish literature
30. Clean
By: Alia Trabucco Zerán
3.99
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER! From a global star and International Booker Prize finalist, a razor-sh… read more
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"Yo jamás me comí las uñas. Tampoco mi mamá. Para eso, me imagino, hay que tener las manos desocupadas."-Alia Trabucco Zerán, Clean
