9 must-read romanian literature books like Jurnal esential by Monica Lovinescu

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Jurnal esential

By: Monica Lovinescu

4.51

Format: None pages, ebook

"Aceasta noua traducere este concentrarea celor sase jurnale ale Monicai Lovinescu intr- unul singu…

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Cover of La promesse de l'aube by Romain Gary

1. La promesse de l'aube

By: Romain Gary

4.24

Format: 456 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Librarian's note: Older cover of ISBN 2070363732. – Tu seras un héros, tu seras général, Gabriel… read more

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"... văn chương là nơi nương tựa cuối cùng trên cõi đời cho những ai không biết náu mình vào đâu nữa"

-Romain Gary, La promesse de l'aube

"Kartais man atrodo, kad gyvenu jau tik iš mandagumo, ir jeigu dar leidžiu plakti savo širdžiai, tai tik todėl, kad visada mėgau gyvūnus."

-Romain Gary, La promesse de l'aube

"... hạnh phúc là cái gì đó có thể đạt tới, chỉ cần tìm thấy thiên hướng sâu xa trong mình rồi hết lòng với những gì mình thích, hoàn toàn quên cả bản thân."

-Romain Gary, La promesse de l'aube

"At the darkest moments of the war, in the thick of the bat- tle, I always faced peril with a feeling of invincibility. Nothing could happen to me because was her happy ending."

-Romain Gary, La promesse de l'aube

Cover of Cireşe amare by Liliana Nechita, Mihaela Cârlan

2. Cireşe amare

By: Liliana Nechita , Mihaela Cârlan

3.69

Format: 196 pages, Paperback

„Liliana şi-a crescut copiii singură, mamă şi tată la un loc; a văruit, a crăpat lemne, a tencuit, … read more

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  • romania
  • romanian literature
Cover of Dimineaţă pierdută by Gabriela Adameșteanu

3. Dimineaţă pierdută

By: Gabriela Adameșteanu

3.17

Format: None pages, Paperback

,,Este intr-adevar un roman generos cu cititorul: il implica direct, lasindu-l in principiu sa-si a… read more

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  • romania
  • romanian literature
Cover of I Am, I Am, I Am: Seventeen Brushes with Death by Maggie O'Farrell

4. I Am, I Am, I Am: Seventeen Brushes with Death

By: Maggie O'Farrell

4.19

Format: 234 pages, Hardcover

An extraordinary memoir--told entirely in near-death experiences--from one of Britain's best-sellin… read more

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5. The World of Yesterday

By: Stefan Zweig , Harry Zohn

3.72

Format: 640 pages, Paperback

Stefan Zweig (1881-1942) was a poet, novelist, and dramatist, but it was his biographies that expre… read more

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6. Inocenții

By: Ioana Pârvulescu

4.08

Format: None pages, Paperback

Parerea editorului:Poate ca inocenta e varsta la care ar fi trebuit sa ramanem pentru a da un dram … read more

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7. Enigma Otiliei

By: George Călinescu

4.65

Format: None pages, Paperback

Tanarul Felix Sima vine de la Iasi la tutorele sau, Costache Giurgiuveanu, la Bucuresti, ca sa ince… read more

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8. Madame Hayat

By: Ahmet Altan

4.07

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Fazil, le jeune narrateur de ce livre, part faire des études de lettres loin de chez lui. Devenu bo… read more

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9. Serotonin

By: Michel Houellebecq

3.58

Format: 337 pages, Kindle Edition

»Es ist nicht die Zukunft, es ist die Gegenwart, die dich tötet, die wiederkommt, um an dir zu nage… read more

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"[...] chiaramente sto semplificando ma se non si semplifica non si conclude niente."

-Michel Houellebecq, Serotonin

"nic nas nie koi równie łatwo jak świadomość innych niż nasze dramatów, które nam zostały oszczędzone"

-Michel Houellebecq, Serotonin

"An atmosphere of general catastrophe always alleviates individual catastrophe- that's probably why suicides are so rare in wartime"

-Michel Houellebecq, Serotonin

"... it isn't the future but past that kills you, that comes back to torment and undermine you, and effectively ends up killing you."

-Michel Houellebecq, Serotonin

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10. Zuleiha deschide ochii

By: Guzel Yakhina

4.39

Format: 424 pages, Paperback

Marea revelație a literaturii ruse din 2015, romanul Zuleiha deschide ochii, salutat cu entuziasm l… read more

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"„Inima e sălașul sentimentelor, nu al rațiuni"

-Guzel Yakhina, Zuleiha deschide ochii

"Inima e sălașul sentimentelor, nu al rațiunii."

-Guzel Yakhina, Zuleiha deschide ochii

"Мысли – не речка, плотиной не перегородишь; пусть текут."

-Guzel Yakhina, Zuleiha deschide ochii

"Метлой по спине – это не больно. Почти как веником. Зулейха лежит смирно, как и велел муж, только вздрагивает и царапает ногтями лэукэ при каждом ударе, – поэтому бьет он недолго. Быстро остывает. Вс…"

-Guzel Yakhina, Zuleiha deschide ochii

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11. The Magician

By: Colm Tóibín

4.02

Format: 498 pages, Hardcover

Colm Tóibín’s new novel opens in a provincial German city at the turn of the twentieth century, whe… read more

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"...it is a grubby business writing novels. Composers can think about God and the ineffable. We have to imagine the buttons on a coat. [Thomas Mann, to Alma Mahler Werfel]"

-Colm Tóibín, The Magician

"The Nazis, he realized, were not like the poets of the Munich Revolution. They were street fighters who had taken power without losing their sway over the streets. They managed to be both government …"

-Colm Tóibín, The Magician

"He [Thomas Mann] remembered this Beethoven quartet [his op. 132] as being sad, sometimes mournful. What was surprising now was that, while the undertone was melancholy, the way the instruments stoppe…"

-Colm Tóibín, The Magician

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12. Lessons

By: Ian McEwan

4.00

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

When the world is still counting the cost of the Second World War and the Iron Curtain has closed, … read more

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"Books are difficult to tidy. Hard to chuck out. They resist."

-Ian McEwan, Lessons

"Only the backward look, the well-researched history could tell peaks and troughs from portals."

-Ian McEwan, Lessons

"What must it be, to burst out of deep infant sleep into the shocking singular fact of existence."

-Ian McEwan, Lessons

"The years slid over old deaths like a heavy lid. Nearly everything that happens to you in life you forget. Should have kept a journal."

-Ian McEwan, Lessons

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13. Time Shelter

By: Georgi Gospodinov

3.75

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Award-winning Bulgarian author Georgi Gospodinov has enthralled readers around the world with his l… read more

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"Има ли миналото срок на годност?"

-Georgi Gospodinov, Time Shelter

"Time feeds on us. We are food for time."

-Georgi Gospodinov, Time Shelter

"Ако не сме в нечия памет, има ли ни изобщо?"

-Georgi Gospodinov, Time Shelter

"There is no time machine except the human being."

-Georgi Gospodinov, Time Shelter

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14. Simon

By: Narine Abgaryan

4.50

Format: 313 pages, Paperback

Un secol de istorie armeană, văzut prin prisma femeilor dintr-un orășel de munte, se desfășoară în … read more

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"Širdis gyva tol, kol nepraanda gebėjimo verkti."

-Narine Abgaryan, Simon

"Sėkmei reikia tik dviejų dalykų: atkaklumo ir meilės darbui, kurį dirbi."

-Narine Abgaryan, Simon

"{...} tuturor, absolut tuturor ne e dat să plătim un preț pe măsura faptelor noastre."

-Narine Abgaryan, Simon

"Եվ մի տեսակ շատ ինքնահավան է, ասես ջրափոսի միջի բենզինի հետք լինի՝ գեղեցիկ և անիմաստ։"

-Narine Abgaryan, Simon

Cover of Singur: viața lui Mihail Sebastian by Tatiana Niculescu

15. Singur: viața lui Mihail Sebastian

By: Tatiana Niculescu

4.40

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

„Viața e simplă“ era deviza lui de tinerețe. Născut într-o familie de evrei cu veche tradiție în Ță… read more

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  • romania
  • romanian literature
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16. Free Food for Millionaires

By: Min Jin Lee

3.85

Format: 577 pages, Kindle Edition

Casey Han's four years at Princeton gave her many things, "But no job and a number of bad habits." … read more

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"This was her first time in such a place, and she decided she never wanted to stay anywhere else. Yet in her head, Casey envisioned a meter, like a taxi meter—clicking, clicking, clicking speedily ahe…"

-Min Jin Lee, Free Food for Millionaires

"Casey glanced at her plate again, recalling the posters of her elementary school lunchroom: YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT. So, how much you ate indicated the quantity of your desire. Walter was also implying …"

-Min Jin Lee, Free Food for Millionaires

"Clothing was magic. Casey believed this. She would never admit this to her classmates in any of her women's studies courses, but she felt that an article of clothing could change a person... Each ski…"

-Min Jin Lee, Free Food for Millionaires

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17. The German House

By: Annette Hess

3.67

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Set against the Frankfurt Auschwitz Trials of 1963, Annette Hess’s international bestseller is a ha… read more

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18. Toată dragostea dintr-o fotografie arsă

By: Maria Orban

4.06

Format: 92 pages, Paperback

Cine suntem după ce rămânem singuri? Toată dragostea dintr-o fotografie arsă pune reflectorul pe… read more

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  • romanian literature
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19. Stela

By: Simona Goșu

3.84

Format: 248 pages, Paperback

„Simona Goșu trece cu dexteritate la roman, păstrându-și interesul pentru spațiul domestic și pentr… read more

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  • romanian literature
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20. Oameni Mari

By: Maria Orban

3.85

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

Un (posibil) refren al generației 30+ Oameni mari este o carte incomodă, dar deloc încrâncenată.… read more

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  • romania
  • romanian literature
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21. Exitus

By: Gabriel Liiceanu

4.31

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

S‑ar putea ca, atunci cand pierdem fiintele cele mai apropiate, ele sa ne ia intr‑o masura cu ele. … read more

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  • romanian literature
Cover of Despre viață, destin & nostalgie by Horia-Roman Patapievici

22. Despre viață, destin & nostalgie

By: Horia-Roman Patapievici

4.30

Format: 376 pages, Paperback

„La scara sensurilor lumii, îmi place să-mi imaginez că există un Înger al compasiunii și al suferi… read more

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  • romanian literature
"Acesta este infernul: eternitatea răutății, eternitatea erorii, imposibilitatea binelui, imposibilitatea răscumpărării."

-Horia-Roman Patapievici, Despre viață, destin & nostalgie

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23. The Clockwork Girl

By: Anna Mazzola

3.91

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

A intoxicating and darkly immersive story of obsession, illusion and the price of freedom, from the… read more

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24. Chiajna din Casa Mușatinilor

By: Simona Antonescu

4.73

Format: 749 pages, Paperback

„Cărțile Simonei Antonescu împrospătează, printr-o scriitură modernă, bestsellerul cu tematică isto… read more

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  • romania
Cover of Cronica barbară by Ana-Maria Negrilă

25. Cronica barbară

By: Ana-Maria Negrilă

4.33

Format: 312 pages, Paperback

Hamid a fost răpit dintr-o țară creștină pe care nu și-o amintește și a fost crescut ca sclav în lu… read more

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26. Mai Mult Ca Trecutul

By: Ana Blandiana

4.47

Format: 536 pages, Paperback

Nimeni nu mai are încredere în nimeni, nimeni nu mai este alături de nimeni, o asociere este o utop… read more

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  • romania
Cover of Clara Reads Proust by Stéphane Carlier

27. Clara Reads Proust

By: Stéphane Carlier

3.59

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

A tender and witty coming-of-age story about the power of literature to inspire new beginnings, pep… read more

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28. Pallady. Ulise legat de catarg

By: Anca Vieru

4.36

Format: 228 pages, Paperback

Mai erau apoi portretele de familie. Cele ale strămoşilor morţi de mult, la care se uita cu atenţie… read more

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29. Jurnal esential

By: Monica Lovinescu

4.51

Format: None pages, ebook

"Aceasta noua traducere este concentrarea celor sase jurnale ale Monicai Lovinescu intr- unul singu… read more

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  • romania
  • romanian literature
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30. Monica Lovinescu. O viata, o voce, un destin. Album centenar

By: Cristina Cioabă

4.89

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

Exista oameni care nu incap in cuvinte, iar Monica Lovinescu este pentru mine unul dintre ei. Nu st… read more

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7 must-read romania books like Jurnal esential by Monica Lovinescu

Transform Your Habits

Cireşe amare

Liliana Nechita , Mihaela Cârlan

3.69

Transform Your Habits

Dimineaţă pierdută

Gabriela Adameșteanu

3.17

Transform Your Habits

Singur: viața lui Mihail Sebastian

Tatiana Niculescu

4.40

Transform Your Habits

Oameni Mari

Maria Orban

3.85

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Der Duft von Schokolade

Ewald Arenz

4.15

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Und alle so still

Mareike Fallwickl

4.29

Transform Your Habits

Windstärke 17

Caroline Wahl

4.49

Transform Your Habits

‎22 Bahnen

Caroline Wahl

4.36

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