Sweet Potato: Collected Short Stories
By: Kim Dong-in
3.49
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
Kim Tongin (1900-1951) is one of Korea’s earliest and most respected modern writers whose naturalis…
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1. The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly
By: Sun-mi Hwang , Chi-Young Kim , Nomoco
3.99
Format: 134 pages, Paperback
A Korean Charlotte's Web This is the story of a hen named Sprout. No longer content to lay eggs … read more
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- fiction
"لا أدري لماذا حياتي صعبة هكذا. هل يحصل هذا معي لأن لدي حلمًا؟"-Sun-mi Hwang, The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly
"كانت حياتي قاسية, لكنني كنت سعيدة جدًا, وتمكنت من البقاء حية بسبب ذلك الحلم"-Sun-mi Hwang, The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly
"كان المكان هادئًا رغم انتهاء حياةٍ غاليةٍ على قلبها. كانت الأشجار والنجوم والقمر و العشب كلها هادئة, وكأنها تتظاهر بأنها لم تشاهد أي شيء."-Sun-mi Hwang, The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly
"Nur weil man zur selben Art gehört, heißt das nicht, dass man eine große glückliche Familie ist. Das Wichtigste ist, dass man sich versteht. Das ist Liebe!"-Sun-mi Hwang, The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly
2. I'll Be Right There
By: Shin Kyung-Sook , Sora Kim-Russell , None
3.50
Format: None pages, Paperback
How friendship, European literature, and a charismatic professor defy war, oppression, and the absu… read more
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- fiction
3. Human Acts
By: Han Kang , Deborah Smith
4.37
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
From the internationally bestselling author of The Vegetarian, a rare and astonishing (The Observer… read more
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- fiction
4. No One Writes Back
By: Jung Yewon , None
3.53
Format: None pages, Paperback
Communication--or the lack thereof--is the subject of this sly update of the picaresque. read more
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5. The Moving Finger (Miss Marple, #4)
By: Agatha Christie
3.78
Format: None pages, Paperback
The placid village of Lymstock seems the perfect place for Jerry Burton to recuperate from his acci… read more
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6. Nowhere to Be Found
By: Bae Suah , Sora Kim-Russell
3.53
Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition
A nameless narrator passes through her life, searching for meaning and connection in experiences sh… read more
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7. The Housekeeper and the Professor
By: Yōko Ogawa , Stephen Snyder
2.86
Format: 442 pages, Paperback
He is a brilliant math Professor with a peculiar problem--ever since a traumatic head injury, he ha… read more
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9. The Street of Crocodiles
By: Jonathan Safran Foer , Bruno Schulz , Jerzy Ficowski , Celina Wieniewska
4.02
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
The Street of Crocodiles in the Polish city of Drogobych is a street of memories and dreams where r… read more
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- classics
- fiction
"Reality is as thin as paper, and betrays with all its cracks its imitative character."-Jonathan Safran Foer, The Street of Crocodiles
"Can there be anything sadder than a human being changed into the rubber tube of an enema?"-Jonathan Safran Foer, The Street of Crocodiles
"They were villages forgotten in the depth of time, peopled by creatures chained forever to their tiny destinies."-Jonathan Safran Foer, The Street of Crocodiles
"The days hardened with cold and boredom like last year's loaves of bread. One began to cut them with blunt knives without appetite, with a lazy indifference."-Jonathan Safran Foer, The Street of Crocodiles
10. The Dog Who Dared to Dream
By: Sun-mi Hwang , Chi-Young Kim
5.00
Format: 29 pages, Paperback
This is the story of a dog named Scraggly. Born an outsider because of her distinctive appearance, … read more
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11. Miss Kim Knows and Other Stories
By: Cho Nam-Joo
3.72
Format: 223 pages, Paperback
Eight women. Eight stories. One reality. A woman is born. A woman is filmed in public without c… read more
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- fiction
"W samochodzie Seunghun podziękował mi i kilka razy poprosił, żebym jak najczęściej przyjeżdżała do Geumju. Chciałam zapytać, czy jej dzieci, czyli jego mama oraz ciocie i wujkowie, często do niej wpa…"-Cho Nam-Joo, Miss Kim Knows and Other Stories
"– Ale rzecz w tym, że nie wyobrażam sobie świata bez babci. Nie liczę na cud. Po prostu chcę, żeby żyła. – Seunghun, ja chyba bym tego nie chciała na jej miejscu. Życie nie ma sensu, gdy nie można ni…"-Cho Nam-Joo, Miss Kim Knows and Other Stories
12. Chłopki. Opowieść o naszych babkach
By: Joanna Kuciel-Frydryszak
4.44
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
Autorka Służących do wszystkiego wraca do tematu wiejskich kobiet, ale tym razem to opowieść zza dr… read more
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13. Idol, Burning
By: Rin Usami
3.23
Format: 144 pages, Hardcover
The novel that lit the Japanese publishing world on fire: From a breathtaking up-and-coming writer,… read more
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- fiction
"His existence and my witnessing of it were all I asked for."-Rin Usami, Idol, Burning
"Maybe that was how a home broke down over the years, as the sound of doors slamming and chairs roughly scraping the floor built up like dust, and the slow drip of gnashing teeth and resentful grumbli…"-Rin Usami, Idol, Burning
"Idol groups generally assigned each member an official color, which would be used for the light sticks that fans would hold up to show your support at a performance or for other individual merch. My …"-Rin Usami, Idol, Burning
14. More Days at the Morisaki Bookshop (Days at the Morisaki Bookshop, #2)
By: Satoshi Yagisawa
3.87
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
In this charming and emotionally resonant follow up to the internationally bestselling Days at the … read more
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- fiction
15. Wrony
By: Petra Dvořáková
4.40
Format: 184 pages, Paperback
Bestseller z Czech! Kameralna opowieść o świetle i mroku. W gałęziach starego wiązu zagnieździła… read more
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- classics
- fiction
16. Blood Feast: The Complete Short Stories of Malika Moustadraf
By: Malika Moustadraf
3.83
Format: 136 pages, Paperback
Malika Moustadraf (1969-2006) is a cult feminist icon in contemporary Moroccan literature, celebrat… read more
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- fiction
17. The White Book
By: Han Kang
3.81
Format: 160 pages, Hardcover
Shortlisted for the 2018 Man Booker International Prize From Booker Prize-winner and literary p… read more
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- fiction
"Now and then, the passage of time seems acutely apparent. Physical pain always sharpens the awareness."-Han Kang, The White Book
"This life needed only one of us to live it. If you had lived beyond those first few hours, I would not be living now. My life means yours is impossible."-Han Kang, The White Book
"And she frequently forgot, That her body (all our bodies) is a house of sand. That it shattered and is shattering still. Slipping stubbornly through fingers."-Han Kang, The White Book
"There is none of us whom life regards with any partiality. Sleet falls as she walks these streets, holding this knowledge inside her. Sleet that leaves cheeks and eyebrows heavy with moisture. Everyt…"-Han Kang, The White Book
18. Walking Practice
By: Dolki Min
3.59
Format: 176 pages, Hardcover
Squid Game meets The Left Hand of Darkness meets Under the Skin in this radical literary sensation … read more
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- fiction
"I’ve invested close to ten years of my time figuring out what exactly their criteria are. My conclusion is that there are no such criteria."-Dolki Min, Walking Practice
"Criteria are like glass. As long as they are respected and held without dropping them, they’ll stay solid and won’t break. I made myself complicit in humanity’s scam and adapted myself to the local e…"-Dolki Min, Walking Practice
"Do I exist in the same physical space as other people? Can I really seek joy and pleasure together with them? Why does the path become narrower the further I walk down it? Why is every place I go to …"-Dolki Min, Walking Practice
"He’s a real fucking dog. Ah, forgive me. I’ve accidentally lumped dogs in with the likes of him. I would like to give a sincere apology to all the dogs of Earth. I can almost hear their complaints no…"-Dolki Min, Walking Practice
19. Sny umarłych
By: Bora Chung
3.49
Format: 338 pages, Paperback
Tae-gyeong dowiaduje się, że jego kolega z liceum zginął w wypadku samochodowym. Problem w tym, że … read more
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20. Violets
By: Shin Kyung-Sook
3.60
Format: 218 pages, Paperback
We join San in 1970s rural South Korea, a young girl ostracised from her community. She meets a gir… read more
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"Only my death can make her love me. And if I have to die, I’ll die right here,"-Shin Kyung-Sook, Violets
21. Slavonica
By: Katarzyna Witerscheim
2.29
Format: 48 pages, ebook
“Slavonica” to dwa komiksy inspirowane mitologią Słowiańską oraz polskimi baśniami. Pierwszy z c… read more
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22. Kraj niespokojnego poranka. Pamięć i bunt w Korei Południowej
By: Roman Husarski
3.50
Format: 312 pages, Hardcover
Wpływy Korei Południowej od dłuższego czasu przenikają do masowej świadomości. Zajadamy się kimchi,… read more
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23. Samotny jak Szwed? O ludziach Północy, którzy lubią być sami
By: Katarzyna Tubylewicz
3.37
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
Najnowsza książka Katarzyny Tubylewicz to zbiór reportaży, esejów i rozmów na temat samotności – ks… read more
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24. Polka w Korei. Jak się żyje w kraju K-popu, kimchi i Samsunga
By: Agnieszka Klessa-Shin
3.73
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
Czy 10 lat wystarczy, by zrozumieć Koreę Południową? Agnieszka Klessa-Shin przyleciała do Seulu … read more
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25. Shoko's Smile: Stories
By: Choi Eunyoung
3.94
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
A bestselling and award-winning debut collection from one of South Korea's most prominent young wri… read more
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- fiction
"We should distinguish love from affection."-Choi Eunyoung, Shoko's Smile: Stories
"I wish you the blessing of oblivion, and that you will find the strength to exist moment by moment."-Choi Eunyoung, Shoko's Smile: Stories
"Film, art in general, only revealed it’s true face to hardworking geniuses, not hardworking mediocrities."-Choi Eunyoung, Shoko's Smile: Stories
"Time passes, people leave, we become alone again. If we don't accept that fact, memory erodes the present and exhausts the mind until it ages us and ails us."-Choi Eunyoung, Shoko's Smile: Stories
26. At Dusk
By: Hwang Sok-yong
3.69
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
In the evening of his life, a wealthy man begins to wonder if he might have missed the point. Pa… read more
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"No sooner did I start college than President Park Chung-hee’s Yushin dictatorship began. Everything was in turmoil, and not a day went by without riots and school closures. My classmates were being a…"-Hwang Sok-yong, At Dusk
"I sympathised with those who were fighting social injustices, but at the same time, by having the fortitude to just buckle down and get through it, I was able to forgive myself for not getting involv…"-Hwang Sok-yong, At Dusk
"Back then, rice was in short supply, and the government was waging a campaign to encourage people to eat more flour and mixed grains. At school, our lunchboxes were inspected daily, and anyone caught…"-Hwang Sok-yong, At Dusk
27. Black Box
By: Shiori Itō
4.47
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
真実は、ここにある。 なぜ、司法はこれを裁けないのか? レイプ被害を受けたジャーナリストが世に問う、 法と捜査、社会の現状。 尊敬していた人物からの、思いもよらない行為。 しかし、その事実を証明する… read more
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"I needed to communicate all of this in my own words, with my own voice. If I waited for someone else to speak out, things would never change."-Shiori Itō, Black Box
"If I were going to die, there would be time for that later--after doing everything I could and using all that I had to confront the systemic problems that I knew needed to change."-Shiori Itō, Black Box
"I felt as though everything inside me had been obliterated. However much I tried, however much I wanted to go back to being who I was before, it was impossible--all that was left was an empty husk of…"-Shiori Itō, Black Box
28. Kontratak. Gniewni trzydziestoletni
By: Sohn Won-Pyung
3.37
Format: 280 pages, Hardcover
Kontratak. Gniewni trzydziestoletni to druga powieść południowokoreańskiej pisarki Won-Pyung Sohn. … read more
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29. The Law of Lines
By: Hye-Young Pyun
3.20
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
From the Prize-Winning Author of The Hole, a Slow-Burning Thriller about Unseen Forces that Shape U… read more
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"People don’t end up poor because they’re stupid. They end up poor because the system is fucked."-Hye-Young Pyun, The Law of Lines
"When does evil intent become evil itself? Is it evil simply to imagine and harbor an idea? Does it begin when a thought is put into action? And if that action fails, then did evil never exist to begi…"-Hye-Young Pyun, The Law of Lines
30. Sweet Potato: Collected Short Stories
By: Kim Dong-in
3.49
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
Kim Tongin (1900-1951) is one of Korea’s earliest and most respected modern writers whose naturalis… read more
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- classics
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31. Hysteria
By: Kim Yideum
3.80
Format: 105 pages, Paperback
Poetry. Asian & Asian American Studies. Edited by Joyelle McSweeney and Johannes Göransson. Transla… read more
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