What Is a People? (New Directions in Critical Theory, 50)
By: Alain Badiou
3.35
Format: 176 pages, Hardcover
These outspoken intellectuals seek to reclaim "people" as an effective political concept by revisit…
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1. Naked Lunch
By: William S. Burroughs , Barry Miles , James Grauerholz
3.46
Format: 289 pages, Paperback
The book is structured as a series of loosely connected vignettes. Burroughs stated that the chapte… read more
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"Exterminate all rational thought"-William S. Burroughs, Naked Lunch
"O death where is thy sting? The man is never on time..."-William S. Burroughs, Naked Lunch
"When he smiled the fear flew away in little pieces of light..."-William S. Burroughs, Naked Lunch
"And all that I was before is out there in the darkness looking for me."-William S. Burroughs, Naked Lunch
2. King Kong théorie
By: Virginie Despentes
4.01
Format: 155 pages, Paperback
J’écris de chez les moches, pour les moches, les frigides, les mal baisées, les imbaisables, toutes… read more
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- nonfiction
"Le prostitute costituiscono l'unico proletariato la cui condizione commuove tanto la borghesia"-Virginie Despentes, King Kong théorie
"Dans la morale judéo-chrétienne, mieux vaut être prise de force que prise pour une chienne, on nous l'a assez répété."-Virginie Despentes, King Kong théorie
"Il faut être crétin, ou simplement malhonnête, pour trouver une oppression insupportable et juger l'autre pleine de poésie."-Virginie Despentes, King Kong théorie
"Hace falta ser idiota, o asquerosamente deshonesto, para pensar que una forma de opresión es insoportable y juzgar que la otra está llena de poesía."-Virginie Despentes, King Kong théorie
3. 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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"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
4. Things We Lost in the Fire
By: Mariana Enríquez , Megan McDowell
4.06
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
In these wildly imaginative, devilishly daring tales of the macabre, internationally bestselling au… read more
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"El problema es que no nos creen."-Mariana Enríquez, Things We Lost in the Fire
"Hace años que Lala decidió ser mujer y brasileña, pero había nacido varón y uruguayo."-Mariana Enríquez, Things We Lost in the Fire
"Me acuerdo de la risa de mi madre, de lo joven que era esa tarde de verano, del olor a champú de limón de su pelo y de la carcajada de chicle de menta."-Mariana Enríquez, Things We Lost in the Fire
"Apagábamos las luces y jugábamos en la oscuridad con inciensos encendidos; parecían luciérnagas y a mí me hacían llorar, me hacían acordar a una casa de tejas con parque lejos de la ciudad, una casa …"-Mariana Enríquez, Things We Lost in the Fire
5. The Power of the Powerless
By: Václav Havel , John Keane
4.16
Format: None pages, Paperback
Designed as an introduction to emergency management, this book includes pieces on: social, politica… read more
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- philosophy
- politics
- nonfiction
- sociology
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7. The Pillow Book
By: Sei Shōnagon , Ivan Morris
3.91
Format: 163 pages, Paperback
"The Pillow Book of Sei Shonagon" is a fascinating, detailed account of Japanese court life in the … read more
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- nonfiction
8. If on a Winter's Night a Traveler
By: Italo Calvino , William Weaver
3.90
Format: 216 pages,
If on a Winter's Night a Traveleris a marvel of ingenuity, an experimental text that looks longingl… read more
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9. Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity
By: Judith Butler
3.81
Format: None pages,
Since its publication in 1990, Gender Troublehas become one of the key works of contemporary femini… read more
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10. 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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11. Simple Passion
By: Annie Ernaux
3.93
Format: 67 pages, Paperback
In her spare, stark style, Annie Ernaux documents the desires and indignities of a human heart ensn… read more
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"I experienced pleasure like a future pain."-Annie Ernaux, Simple Passion
"I do not wish to explain my passion—that would imply that it was a mistake or some disorder I need to justify—I just want to describe it."-Annie Ernaux, Simple Passion
"A partir du mois de septembre l'année dernière, je n'ai plus rien fait d'autre qu'attendre un homme : qu'il me téléphone et qu'il vienne chez moi."-Annie Ernaux, Simple Passion
"Yet it is that surreal, almost non-existent last visit that gives my passion its true meaning, which is precisely to be meaningless, and to have been for two years the most violent and unaccountable …"-Annie Ernaux, Simple Passion
12. Breasts and Eggs
By: Mieko Kawakami
3.86
Format: 430 pages, Hardcover
Challenging every preconception about storytelling and prose style, mixing wry humor and riveting e… read more
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"Then there are the real bastards, like my ex,"-Mieko Kawakami, Breasts and Eggs
"Mi sentivo come un essere privato della carne e della pelle e ridotto a sole ossa. Un carapace enorme completamente cavo."-Mieko Kawakami, Breasts and Eggs
"We could worry about tomorrow when it came. What mattered most right now is how we would spend the remainder of today, even if it was half over."-Mieko Kawakami, Breasts and Eggs
"I could see people all around me, but I almost felt like nobody could see me. I heard a train go by, rumbling down the tracks, drawing a thick line between the world and my experience. I was getting …"-Mieko Kawakami, Breasts and Eggs
13. The Road to the City
By: Natalia Ginzburg
3.73
Format: None pages, Paperback
Delia is one of five children, growing up in a poor Italian village. She is seventeen, and dreams o… read more
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14. La expulsión de lo distinto
By: Byung-Chul Han
4.02
Format: 128 pages, Kindle Edition
Los tiempos en los que existía el otro han pasado. El otro como amigo, el otro como infierno, el ot… read more
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"Según Alain Ehrenberg, el éxito de la depresión se basa en la pérdida de la relación con el conflicto. La actual cultura del rendimiento y la optimización no tolera que se invierta trabajo en un conf…"-Byung-Chul Han, La expulsión de lo distinto
"El terror de lo igual alcanza hoy a todos los ámbitos vitales. Viajamos por todas partes sin tener ninguna experiencia. Uno se entera de todo sin adquirir ningún conocimiento. Se ansían vivencias y e…"-Byung-Chul Han, La expulsión de lo distinto
15. Wilde rozen en andere verhalen
By: Konstantin Paustovsky
4.14
Format: 120 pages, Paperback
Over een periode van meer dan vijftig jaar wijdde Konstantin Paustovski zich aan de literatuur. Na … read more
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16. No vine a ser carne: Poemas y textos inéditos
By: Gata Cattana
4.26
Format: 160 pages, None
Un libro único e imprescindible: los poemas y textos ineditos de Gata Cattana, la mítica poeta y ra… read more
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17. What Is a People? (New Directions in Critical Theory, 50)
By: Alain Badiou
3.35
Format: 176 pages, Hardcover
These outspoken intellectuals seek to reclaim "people" as an effective political concept by revisit… read more
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- politics
- nonfiction
- sociology
18. The Kingdom and the Garden (The Italian List)
By: Giorgio Agamben
3.56
Format: 164 pages, Hardcover
Da più di due millenni il paradiso terrestre, il giardino piantato da Dio in Eden, è stato per il m… read more
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