7 Best classics books like The Polar Bear by Henrik Pontoppidan

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The Polar Bear

By: Henrik Pontoppidan

3.74

Format: 47 pages, Wisconsin Introductions to Scandinavia, Pamphlet Series II

A short story by Danish Nobel Prize winner Henrik Pontoppidan about Thorkild Muller, a reclusive, u…

If you liked the classics plot in The Polar Bear by Henrik Pontoppidan , here is a list of 7 books like this:

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1. The Crying of Lot 49

By: Thomas Pynchon

3.69

Format: 152 pages, Paperback

Suffused with rich satire, chaotic brilliance, verbal turbulence and wild humor, The Crying of Lot … read more

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  • classics
"As if the dead really do persist, even in a bottle of wine."

-Thomas Pynchon, The Crying of Lot 49

"Death glided by, shadowless, among the empties on the grass."

-Thomas Pynchon, The Crying of Lot 49

"I am having a hallucination now, I don't need drugs for that."

-Thomas Pynchon, The Crying of Lot 49

"the casting had been typically Hollywood: they didn't look or act a bit alike."

-Thomas Pynchon, The Crying of Lot 49

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2. Niels Lyhne

By: Jens Peter Jacobsen

3.70

Format: 186 pages, Paperback

Jacobsen's immediate importance was his status as the 'writer of his generation.' With the novel Ni… read more

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  • classics
  • danish
Cover of The Nose by Nikolai Gogol, Ronald Wilks

3. The Nose

By: Nikolai Gogol , Ronald Wilks

4.62

Format: None pages, Paperback

'Strangely enough, I mistook it for a gentleman at first. Fortunately I had my spectacles with me s… read more

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  • classics
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4. Andvake

By: Jon Fosse

3.57

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Alida og Asle er komne til Bjorgvin for a finne arbeid og ein stad a bu. Alida er hoggravid, men in… read more

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  • nobel prize
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5. Chronicle of a Blood Merchant

By: Andrew Jones , Yu Hua

4.09

Format: 263 pages, Paperback

One of the last decade's ten most influential books in China, this internationally acclaimed novel … read more

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  • classics
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6. Hærværk

By: Tom Kristensen

2.96

Format: 63 pages, Hardcover

Denemarken, eind jaren twintig. Ole Jastrau walgt van zijn burgerlijk bestaan als getrouwd man, zij… read more

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  • classics
  • danish
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7. The Double

By: Fyodor Dostoevsky

3.68

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

While his literary reputation rests mainly on such celebrated novels as Crime and Punishment, The B… read more

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  • classics
"Tulburarea sa echivala cu agonia."

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Double

"La inocencia es la fuerza de la inocencia"

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Double

"Totul, până și destinul, se înarma împotriva sa."

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Double

"Așa e firea mea. Vreau întotdeauna să merg mai iute decât evenimentele."

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Double

8. Hvis der skulle komme et menneske forbi

By: Thomas Korsgaard

4.20

Format: None pages, Paperback

En staerk roman om den afstumpethed og afmagt, der opstar, nar kaerligheden forsvinder i en familie… read more

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9. Babette's Feast

By: Isak Dinesen , Karen Blixen

3.48

Format: 241 pages, Paperback

With the mysterious arrival of Babette, a refugee from France's civil war, life for two pious siste… read more

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10. Olavs draumar

By: Jon Fosse

3.59

Format: None pages, Hardcover

DOlavs draumar er ei draumelik, urovekkjande og klaustrofobisk forteljing, mest som ei bibelsk likn… read more

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11. Greek Lessons

By: Han Kang

3.47

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

A powerful novel about the saving grace of language and human connection, from the author of the In… read more

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"If snow is the silence that falls from the sky, perhaps rain is an endless sentence."

-Han Kang, Greek Lessons

"Si tomamos como cierta la premisa que dice que, cuando perdemos algo, ganamos otra cosa, ¿Qué es lo que he ganado yo al perderte a ti?."

-Han Kang, Greek Lessons

"Before she lost words - when she was still able to se them to write - she sometimes wished that her own expressions would more closely resemble inarticulacy: a moan or low cry."

-Han Kang, Greek Lessons

"To her, there was no touch as instantaneous and intuitive as the gaze. It was close to being the only way of touching without touch. Language, by comparison, is an infinitely more physical way to tou…"

-Han Kang, Greek Lessons

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12. Jeg anerkender ikke længere jeres autoritet

By: Glenn Bech

4.30

Format: 329 pages, Paperback

JEG ANERKENDER IKKE LÆNGERE JERES AUTORITET er et indigneret, selvudleverende og ømt manifest om kl… read more

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  • danish
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13. Penge & Bacon

By: Anna Juul

3.45

Format: 270 pages, Paperback

Sorthumoristisk rablende klimalockdown-roman af Anna Juul, skaberen af alteregoet Veronika Katinka … read more

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  • danish
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14. Eden

By: Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir

4.04

Format: 226 pages, Hardcover

Málvísindakona, sérfræðingur í fámennistungumálum, ákveður að breyta landi þar sem ekkert grær í Ed… read more

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15. Kun til navlen

By: Linea Maja Ernst

4.12

Format: 291 pages, Paperback

Linea Maja Ernst debuterer med Kun til navlen, en samtidsroman om at være fanget i en livsfase og p… read more

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  • danish
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16. Jordisk

By: Theis Ørntoft

3.93

Format: 599 pages, Paperback

Dokumentaristen Rhea, coachen Miriam og gymnasielæreren Joel kæmper hver især med at finde retning … read more

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17. Vanedyr - Videnskabens manipulation af vores instinkter

By: Nicklas Brendborg

4.32

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Fra Nicklas Brendborg, der gav os den tankevækkende bestseller "Gopler Ældes Baglæns" kommer "Vaned… read more

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18. Varme hænder

By: Stine Askov

4.01

Format: 322 pages, Paperback

Camilla træffer et livsvalg, da hun siger op som børnehavepædagog for i stedet at blive handicaphjæ… read more

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  • danish
Cover of Pow pow pow by Christina Hagen

19. Pow pow pow

By: Christina Hagen

4.01

Format: 133 pages, Paperback

Hvad kalder man en enlig mor med en diskusprolaps? Hvad kalder man en stedfar, der går op i sovevær… read more

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20. En pige forlod værelset

By: Ulrikka S. Gernes

4.39

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

En pige forlod værelset er en uafrystelig roman om samtykke, overgreb og svigt i kernen af 1980’ern… read more

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21. Tyverier

By: Thomas Korsgaard

3.84

Format: 140 pages, Hardcover

Femten noveller om hemmeligheder, ensomhed og store forhåbninger. I Tyverier skriver Thomas Kors… read more

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  • danish
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22. Betonhjerter

By: Sara Rahmeh

4.10

Format: 290 pages, Hardcover

Sara Rahmehs "Betonhjerter" er en poetisk, skarp og morsom hyldest til Vestegnens farverige mangfol… read more

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  • danish
"Hvis du en dag ser mig cykle, kan du være sikker på, at civilisationen, som vi kender den, er gået under. Verden er gået nedenom og hjem. Jeg snakker atomkrig eller zombier. Når det sker, vil jeg ove…"

-Sara Rahmeh, Betonhjerter

"Mama kommer aldrig til Damaskus igen, og det gør jeg nok heller ikke. Jeg ved godt, at hun vil hjem og hvile side om side med sine forældre og alle dem, der levede før hende, hvis navne jeg aldrig ha…"

-Sara Rahmeh, Betonhjerter

"Der sker noget magisk, når mama fortæller om sin ungdom i Syrien. I et øjeblik forsvinder trætheden omkring hendes øjne. Tiden forbarmer sig over hendes ansigt, og jeg får et glimt af den unge kvinde…"

-Sara Rahmeh, Betonhjerter

Cover of Havbrevene by Siri Ranva Hjelm Jacobsen

23. Havbrevene

By: Siri Ranva Hjelm Jacobsen

3.64

Format: 64 pages, Hardcover

I Havbrevene skriver de to søstre Atlanterhavet og Middelhavet til hinanden om universet, livet på … read more

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  • danish
"Når jeg genkalder mig Ikaros, bliver jeg meget sørgmodig og forvirret. Han var branket kobber, et hjerte, jeg bar ham på min læbe. Jeg blev vingerne, eller jeg blev voks, noget af mig smeltede til Ik…"

-Siri Ranva Hjelm Jacobsen, Havbrevene

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24. Underskud

By: Emma Holten

4.36

Format: 288 pages, None

Økonomiens sprog er overalt. Når politikere, chefer og økonomer siger, der “ikke er råd” eller noge… read more

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  • danish
"Det er nemt at gøre grin med Svampe-Hobbes Firkant, men Locke har samme problem."

-Emma Holten, Underskud

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25. Frie oplevelser

By: Shahrnush Parsipur

3.48

Format: None pages, ebook

En ung kvinde møder en dag en mand, som danser i regnen. De går sammen gennem Teheran og bliver int… read more

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26. Argumenter imod kvinder

By: Birgitte Possing

4.04

Format: 279 pages, Hardcover

Denne bog samler argumenter mod kvinders uddannelses-, stemme-, valg-, erhvervs-, leder-, forældrem… read more

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  • danish
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27. The Polar Bear

By: Henrik Pontoppidan

3.74

Format: 47 pages, Wisconsin Introductions to Scandinavia, Pamphlet Series II

A short story by Danish Nobel Prize winner Henrik Pontoppidan about Thorkild Muller, a reclusive, u… read more

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  • nobel prize
  • classics
  • danish
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28. Gik Einstein til fitness?

By: Jeppe Kyhne Knudsen

3.83

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

I Gik Einstein til fitness? præsenterer hjerneforsker Troels W. Kjær den nyeste forskning inden for… read more

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29. Til alle dem der vil forlade mig

By: Gustav Valdemar Strange

4.06

Format: 182 pages, Hæftet

Som barn ventede han på, at nogen skulle give ham noget at sørge over. Han fantaserede om at blive … read more

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30. Tusten og andre noveller

By: Tarjei Vesaas

4.10

Format: 88 pages, Paperback

Dette første udvalg af Tarjei Vesaas’ bedste noveller indledes med “Tusten”, der kan ses som en for… read more

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31. Arbeidarhjerte - bok 1

By: Carl Frode Tiller

4.21

Format: 349 pages, Hardcover

I løpet av nokre få tiår har Norge, landet der eg har budd heile livet, vorte fullstendig forandra,… read more

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