5 Best literature books like The Black Cauldron by William Heinesen

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The Black Cauldron

By: William Heinesen

3.72

Format: 363 pages, Paperback

Spanning the tragedy of war, the clash of sectarian interests, the interplay of religion and sex, T…

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1. Chronicle of a Death Foretold

By: Gabriel García Márquez , Gregory Rabassa

3.97

Format: 120 pages, Paperback

A man returns to the town where a baffling murder took place twenty-seven years earlier, determined… read more

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"الشرف هو الحب" , هكذا كنت أسمع أمي تقول"

-Gabriel García Márquez, Chronicle of a Death Foretold

"Ningún lugar de la vida es más triste que una cama vacía"

-Gabriel García Márquez, Chronicle of a Death Foretold

"...ningún lugar de la vida es más triste que una cama vacía."

-Gabriel García Márquez, Chronicle of a Death Foretold

"He always considered death an unavoidable professional hazard."

-Gabriel García Márquez, Chronicle of a Death Foretold

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2. Robinson Crusoe

By: Virginia Woolf , Daniel Defoe , Gerald McCann

3.68

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Daniel Defoe relates the tale of an English sailor marooned on a desert island for nearly three dec… read more

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"For sudden Joys, like Griefs, confound at first. "

-Virginia Woolf, Robinson Crusoe

"On a horse? I was married on a horse? Gillian looked like she could kill the groom"

-Virginia Woolf, Robinson Crusoe

"All evils are to be considered with the good that is in them, and with what worse attends them."

-Virginia Woolf, Robinson Crusoe

"for me to think of such a voyage was the most preposterous thing that ever man in such circumstances could be guilty of."

-Virginia Woolf, Robinson Crusoe

3. Brobyggarna

By: Jan Guillou

4.01

Format: 511 pages, Hardcover

Nar havet tog deras far och farbror fick de tre gossarna pa det norska Vestlandet utanfor Bergen so… read more

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4. One Hundred Years of Solitude

By: Gabriel García Márquez , Gregory Rabassa

4.12

Format: 417 pages, Mass Market Paperback

The brilliant, bestselling, landmark novel that tells the story of the Buendia family, and chronicl… read more

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"Cease, cows, life is short."

-Gabriel García Márquez, One Hundred Years of Solitude

"There is always something left to love."

-Gabriel García Márquez, One Hundred Years of Solitude

"Children inherit their parents' madness."

-Gabriel García Márquez, One Hundred Years of Solitude

"بدأ يدرك كم يحب فى الواقع الأشخاص الذين كرههم أكثر من سواهم ."

-Gabriel García Márquez, One Hundred Years of Solitude

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5. The Eighth Life

By: Nino Haratischwili

4.52

Format: 944 pages, Hardcover

Six romances, one revolution, the story of the century. 'That night Stasia took an oath, swearin… read more

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"And if you don’t know who you are, then look at all the possible versions of you, find the most impossible one, and become that."

-Nino Haratischwili, The Eighth Life

"and you asked me where people keep their childhood, and I remember telling you that we keep it hidden, between our ribs, in little liver spots and moles, in the roots of our hair, above our heart, in…"

-Nino Haratischwili, The Eighth Life

"Love was slow, creeping poison, loge was treacherous and insincere, love was a veil thrown over the misery of the world, love was sticky and indigestible, it was a mirror in which one could be what o…"

-Nino Haratischwili, The Eighth Life

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6. The Anomaly

By: Hervé Le Tellier

3.81

Format: 391 pages, Paperback

A virtuoso novel where logic confronts magic and that explores the part of ourselves that eludes us… read more

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"Aimer évite au moins de chercher sans cesse un sens à sa vie."

-Hervé Le Tellier, The Anomaly

"Le vrai pessimiste sait qu'il est déjà trop tard pour l'être."

-Hervé Le Tellier, The Anomaly

"Es gibt ein Leben nach dem Tod, besonders nach dem der anderen."

-Hervé Le Tellier, The Anomaly

"Une traduction est une œuvre, les traducteurs sont des auteurs."

-Hervé Le Tellier, The Anomaly

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7. When Death Takes Something from You Give It Back: Carl's Book

By: Naja Marie Aidt

4.27

Format: 142 pages, Kindle Edition

In March 2015, Naja Marie Aidt’s twenty-five-year-old son, Carl, died in a tragic accident. When De… read more

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"No deseaba recurrir a una persona que ve la pena como un trabajo que elaborar. No deseaba elaborar ningún trabajo. No deseaba contribuir a esa visión de la pena como un trabajo. La sola idea de que l…"

-Naja Marie Aidt, When Death Takes Something from You Give It Back: Carl's Book

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8. On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

By: Ocean Vuong

4.04

Format: 246 pages, Hardcover

On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous is a letter from a son to a mother who cannot read. Written when th… read more

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"It was beauty, I learned, that we risked ourselves for."

-Ocean Vuong, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

"To look at something is to fill your whole life with it, if only briefly."

-Ocean Vuong, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

"What were you before you met me?" "I think I was drowning" "And what are you now?" "Water"

-Ocean Vuong, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

"A page, turning, is a wing lifted with no twin, and therefore no flight. And yet we are moved."

-Ocean Vuong, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

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9. Meter i sekundet

By: Stine Pilgaard

3.78

Format: 268 pages, Paperback

Et ungt par bosætter sig på en højskole i Vestjylland med deres lille barn. De træder ind i en verd… read more

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"Kanske är det för att jag är ensambarn, men jag blir alltid förvirrad när jag inte möts av jubel vart jag än kommer"

-Stine Pilgaard, Meter i sekundet

"Det gäller att ha is i magen, säger Anders Agger, om man är tyst tillräckligt länge kommer de till sist att börja prata"

-Stine Pilgaard, Meter i sekundet

"Jag säger inte att jag är oskyldig. I likhet med de flesta senmoderna människor är jag bara en bra vän när jag har långtråkigt eller har behov av andra"

-Stine Pilgaard, Meter i sekundet

"När man inte kan överblicka saker och ting är det viktigt att inte bry sig om framtiden. Släpp de stora dragen och ta en minut i taget [...] Gör allt så enkelt och kortsiktigt som möjligt, tänk inte …"

-Stine Pilgaard, Meter i sekundet

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10. Annas sang

By: Benjamin Koppel

4.21

Format: 505 pages, Hardcover

1930’ernes København. Hannah vokser op som den yngste af fem børn i den jødiske emigrantfamilie Kop… read more

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11. Mythos: The Greek Myths Retold (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #1)

By: Stephen Fry

4.26

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Mythos is a modern collection of Greek myths, stylishly retold by legendary writer, actor, and come… read more

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"Green fingers are better than gold."

-Stephen Fry, Mythos: The Greek Myths Retold (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #1)

"Goodness me. You don’t ask for the moon, do you?"

-Stephen Fry, Mythos: The Greek Myths Retold (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #1)

"Gaia visited her daughter Mnemosyne, who was busy being unpronounceable."

-Stephen Fry, Mythos: The Greek Myths Retold (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #1)

"For the world seems never to offer anything worthwhile without also providing a dreadful opposite."

-Stephen Fry, Mythos: The Greek Myths Retold (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #1)

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12. Jente, 1983

By: Linn Ullmann

3.70

Format: 260 pages, Hardcover

«Gjennom å skrive det som skjedde, gjennom å fortelle historien så sannferdig som jeg kan, forsøker… read more

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13. The Black Cauldron

By: William Heinesen

3.72

Format: 363 pages, Paperback

Spanning the tragedy of war, the clash of sectarian interests, the interplay of religion and sex, T… read more

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18 must-read fiction books like The Eighth Life by Nino Haratischwili

Transform Your Habits

Wees onzichtbaar

Murat Isik

4.25

Transform Your Habits

Max, Mischa & Tetoffensiven

Johan Harstad

4.43

Transform Your Habits

Luister

Sacha Bronwasser

3.95

Transform Your Habits

The Eighth Life

Nino Haratischwili

4.52

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