Dikter
By: Pär Lagerkvist
4.00
Format: 439 pages, Hardcover
Pär Lagerkvists samlade dikter på svenska. Innehåller diktsamlingarna: Ångest (1916) Istället fö…
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1. Doctor Glas
By: Margaret Atwood , Hjalmar Söderberg , Paul Britten Austin
3.70
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
A masterpiece of enduring power, Doctor Glas confronts a chilling moral quandary with gripping in… read more
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- swedish literature
- classics
- 20th century
"We know so little about one another. We embrace a shadow and love a dream."-Margaret Atwood, Doctor Glas
"Besynnerligt, att det alltid går en rysning genom luften före soluppgången."-Margaret Atwood, Doctor Glas
"Nothing diminishes and degrades a human being more than the knowledge of being unloved."-Margaret Atwood, Doctor Glas
"La moralidad es un servicio doméstico, no una divinidad. Conviene usarla, pero no debe mandar"-Margaret Atwood, Doctor Glas
2. To the Lighthouse
By: Virginia Woolf
3.80
Format: 209 pages, Paperback
The serene and maternal Mrs. Ramsay, the tragic yet absurd Mr. Ramsay, and their children and assor… read more
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- classics
- 20th century
"I have had my vision."-Virginia Woolf, To the Lighthouse
"[...] there was only the sound of the sea."-Virginia Woolf, To the Lighthouse
"Well, we must wait for the future to show."-Virginia Woolf, To the Lighthouse
"The very stone one kicks with one's boot will outlast Shakespeare."-Virginia Woolf, To the Lighthouse
3. Solaris
By: Stanisław Lem
3.99
Format: 204 pages, Paperback
A classic work of science fiction by renowned Polish novelist and satirist Stanislaw Lem. When K… read more
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- classics
"Is a mountain only a huge stone? Is a planet an enormous mountain?"-Stanisław Lem, Solaris
"If man had more of a sense of humour, things might have turned out differently."-Stanisław Lem, Solaris
"I was still a prisoner in my nightmares, and every morning the play began again."-Stanisław Lem, Solaris
"But what am I going to see? I don't know. In a certain sense, it depends on you."-Stanisław Lem, Solaris
4. Complete Poems
By: Karin Boye , David McDuff
4.12
Format: 190 pages, Paperback
Karin Boye (1900-41) was one of Sweden's greatest poets. She rose above shattering personal defeats… read more
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- poetry
- classics
- 20th century
- swedish literature
"Thus we are driven, lost souls, from camp-fire flame to camp-fire flame, know nothing of our next rest and nothing of the journey's aim"-Karin Boye, Complete Poems
"The sated day is never first The best day is a day of thirst Yes, there is goal and meaning in our path - but it is the way that is the labour's worth."-Karin Boye, Complete Poems
5. The Waves
By: Virginia Woolf
4.15
Format: 297 pages, Paperback
Set on the coast of England against the vivid background of the sea, The Waves introduces six chara… read more
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- poetry
- classics
- 20th century
"Death is woven in with the violets,"-Virginia Woolf, The Waves
"Up here my eyes are green leaves, unseeing."-Virginia Woolf, The Waves
"I am not one and simple, but complex and many."-Virginia Woolf, The Waves
"But I pine in Solitude. Solitude is my undoing."-Virginia Woolf, The Waves
6. On the Road
By: Jack Kerouac
3.61
Format: 307 pages, Paperback
A quintessential novel of America & the Beat Generation On the Road chronicles Jack Kerouac's years… read more
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- classics
- 20th century
"We wandered in a frenzy and a dream (301)."-Jack Kerouac, On the Road
"I forgave everybody, I gave up, I got drunk."-Jack Kerouac, On the Road
"It was a rainy night. It was the myth of a rainy night."-Jack Kerouac, On the Road
"There was nothing to talk about anymore. The only thing to do was go."-Jack Kerouac, On the Road
7. The Chronicles of Narnia (The Chronicles of Narnia, #1-7)
By: C.S. Lewis , Pauline Baynes
4.28
Format: 767 pages, Paperback
Librarian note: An alternate cover for this edition can be found here: 2005. Journeys to the end… read more
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- classics
"Yes,"-C.S. Lewis, The Chronicles of Narnia (The Chronicles of Narnia, #1-7)
"Murder! Fascists! Lions! It isn't fair ."-C.S. Lewis, The Chronicles of Narnia (The Chronicles of Narnia, #1-7)
"Even I never dreamed of Magic like this!"-C.S. Lewis, The Chronicles of Narnia (The Chronicles of Narnia, #1-7)
"No se puede alcanzar la suprema sabiduria sin sacrificios."-C.S. Lewis, The Chronicles of Narnia (The Chronicles of Narnia, #1-7)
8. The Myth of Sisyphus
By: Albert Camus , Justin O'Brien , James Wood , Justin Obrien
4.18
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselv… read more
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- classics
- 20th century
"A fate is not a punishment."-Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus
"there are truths but no truth"-Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus
"To will is to stir up paradoxes"-Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus
"Le suicide est une solution à l'absurde."-Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus
9. The Woman Destroyed
By: Simone de Beauvoir , Patrick O'Brian
3.75
Format: None pages,
Una crisi coniugale o familiare costringe tre donne a mettere in discussione la propria vita e il p… read more
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- classics
10. Aniara: An Epic Science Fiction Poem
By: Harry Martinson , Leif Sjöberg , None
3.43
Format: 64 pages, Paperback
The great Swedish writer Harry Martinson published his masterpiece, Aniara, during the height of th… read more
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11. Kris
By: Karin Boye
3.93
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
Genom sina kanslor for skolkamraten Siv tvingas den unga Malin Forst att omvardera sitt liv. Pa tro… read more
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12. A Farewell to Arms
By: Ernest Hemingway , نجف دریابندری
4.12
Format: 80 pages, Paperback
In 1918 Ernest Hemingway went to war, to the war to end all wars. He volunteered for ambulance serv… read more
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13. Giovanni’s Room
By: James Baldwin
4.33
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
Set in the contemporary Paris of American expatraites, liasons, and violence, a young man finds h… read more
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- classics
"Nobody can stay in the Garden of Eden."-James Baldwin, Giovanni’s Room
"Perhaps home is not a place but simply an irrevocable condition."-James Baldwin, Giovanni’s Room
"...for nothing is more unbearable, once one has it, than freedom."-James Baldwin, Giovanni’s Room
"I loved her as much as ever and I still did not know how much that was."-James Baldwin, Giovanni’s Room
14. Bright Lights, Big City
By: Jay McInerney
3.80
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
With the publication of Bright Lights, Big City in 1984, Jay McInerney became a literary sensation,… read more
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- classics
- 20th century
"Under the spell of alcohol your differences recede."-Jay McInerney, Bright Lights, Big City
"It's the Abstract Expressionist approach to publishing. Throw ink at paper. Hope for pattern to emerge."-Jay McInerney, Bright Lights, Big City
"The level of the room keeps changing. All of the surfaces swell and recede with oceanic rhytm. You are not quite all right. You are somewhat wrong."-Jay McInerney, Bright Lights, Big City
"You feel that if only you could make yourself sit down at a typewriter you could give shape to what seems merely a chain reaction of pointless disasters."-Jay McInerney, Bright Lights, Big City
15. Hunger
By: Knut Hamsun , George Egerton
4.05
Format: 134 pages, Paperback
One of the most important and controversial writers of the 20th century, Knut Hamsun made literary … read more
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- classics
"Yoksul aydın, zengin aydından çok daha kuvvetli görür.(s.128)"-Knut Hamsun, Hunger
"It was not my intention to collapse; no, I would die standing."-Knut Hamsun, Hunger
"God be praised, I had raised myself in my own estimation again!"-Knut Hamsun, Hunger
"Truth is neither ojectivity nor the balanced view; truth is a selfless subjectivity."-Knut Hamsun, Hunger
16. Down and Out in Paris and London
By: George Orwell
4.60
Format: None pages, Paperback
This unusual fictional account - in good part autobiographical - narrates without self-pity and oft… read more
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17. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Captain Nemo, #2)
By: Jules Verne , Anthony Bonner
3.89
Format: 269 pages, Hardcover
When an unidentified “monster” threatens international shipping, French oceanographer Pierre Aronna… read more
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- classics
"Aures habent et non audient` - `They have ears but hear not"-Jules Verne, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Captain Nemo, #2)
"We may brave human laws, but we cannot resist natural ones."-Jules Verne, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Captain Nemo, #2)
"If there were no thunder, men would have little fear of lightning."-Jules Verne, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Captain Nemo, #2)
"Steam seems to have killed all gratitude in the hearts of sailors."-Jules Verne, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Captain Nemo, #2)
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19. All Quiet on the Western Front
By: Erich Maria Remarque , A.W. Wheen
5.00
Format: 172 pages, Mass Market Paperback
This is the testament of Paul Baumer, who enlists with his classmates in the German army of World W… read more
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20. La Dame aux Camélias
By: Alexandre Dumas fils , David Coward
4.04
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
One of the greatest love stories of all time, this novel has fascinated generations of readers. Dum… read more
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- classics
"Had she stabbed me with a knife, she could not have hurt me more."-Alexandre Dumas fils, La Dame aux Camélias
"Life is no more than the repeated fulfilling of a permanent desire."-Alexandre Dumas fils, La Dame aux Camélias
"We are not allowed to have hearts, under penalty of being hooted down."-Alexandre Dumas fils, La Dame aux Camélias
"La vida es maravillosa, querido. Depende del color del cristal con que se mira"-Alexandre Dumas fils, La Dame aux Camélias
21. Breakfast at Tiffany's
By: Truman Capote
3.83
Format: 373 pages, Paperback
In this seductive, wistful masterpiece, Truman Capote created a woman whose name has entered the Am… read more
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22. A Girl's Story
By: Annie Ernaux
3.89
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
WINNER OF THE 2022 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE Another masterpiece of remembering from Annie Ernau… read more
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"Un été immense comme ils le sont tous jusqu'à vingt-cinq ans"-Annie Ernaux, A Girl's Story
"Everywhere on earth, with every day that dawns, a woman stands surrounded by men ready to throw stones at her."-Annie Ernaux, A Girl's Story
"At this very moment, out in the streets, the open spaces, on the metro, in lecture halls, and inside millions of heads, millions of novels are being written chapter by chapter, erased and revised, an…"-Annie Ernaux, A Girl's Story
"Aucun autre projet d’écriture ne me paraît, non pas lumineux, ni nouveau, encore moins heureux, mais vital, capable de me faire vivre au-dessus du temps. Juste « profiter de la vie » est une perspect…"-Annie Ernaux, A Girl's Story
23. Childhood / Youth / Dependency (The Copenhagen Trilogy, #1-3)
By: Tove Ditlevsen
4.37
Format: 371 pages, Hardcover
Called a masterpiece by The New York Times, the acclaimed trilogy from Tove Ditlevsen, a pioneer in… read more
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- classics
"Every person has their own truth just as every child has their own childhood."-Tove Ditlevsen, Childhood / Youth / Dependency (The Copenhagen Trilogy, #1-3)
"My classmates find me unceasingly, overwhelmingly comical, and I've gotten used to the clown role and even find a sad comfort in it, because together with my confirmed stupidity, it protects me again…"-Tove Ditlevsen, Childhood / Youth / Dependency (The Copenhagen Trilogy, #1-3)
24. Jävla karlar
By: Andrev Walden
4.07
Format: 376 pages, Hardcover
"En gång hade jag sju pappor på sju år. Det här är berättelsen om de åren. Om något låter påhittat … read more
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- swedish literature
"Min pappa är indian och nu ska jag berätta det för blomma."-Andrev Walden, Jävla karlar
25. The Details
By: Ia Genberg
3.90
Format: 128 pages, Hardcover
An acclaimed Swedish author makes her English language debut with this intoxicating novel in the ve… read more
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- swedish literature
"La fiducia resta lettera morta, se non la si sente nelle ossa."-Ia Genberg, The Details
"L'io , o meglio, il cosidetto "io", non è altro che questo: ciò che resta delle persone a cui ci siamo stretti."-Ia Genberg, The Details
"La vita mi ha regalato la mia buona dose di magia, e il più delle volte è successo all'incontro con gli altri. Lì c'è qualcosa. Lì, soltanto lì."-Ia Genberg, The Details
"Per i morti la successione del tempo non ha importanza, l'unica cosa che conta sono i dettagli, la densità, il come e il cosa e tutto ciò che riguarda il chi."-Ia Genberg, The Details
26. Sommaren 1985
By: John Ajvide Lindqvist
3.64
Format: 326 pages, Hardcover
Det var den sommaren. Sommaren 1985. Live Aid-sommaren. På Särsö i Roslagens skärgård finns ett … read more
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- swedish literature
27. Samlade verk
By: Lydia Sandgren
4.08
Format: 689 pages, Hardcover
I Göteborg förbereds en stor retrospektiv över konstnären Gustav Beckers verk från 1980-talet och f… read more
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- swedish literature
"You’re right,"-Lydia Sandgren, Samlade verk
"People engage in a lot of self-deception,"-Lydia Sandgren, Samlade verk
"Over the years, I’ve thought a lot about what a person has a right to tell other people. As a therapist, it’s simple: everything you’re told is confidential. Outside the clinic, however, there are un…"-Lydia Sandgren, Samlade verk
28. Eufori: En roman om Sylvia Plath
By: Elin Cullhed
3.52
Format: 294 pages, Hardcover
Eufori är en fantasi om Sylvia Plaths sista år i livet. I en rasande, böljande, bångstyrig text möt… read more
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- swedish literature
29. Kärlekens Antarktis
By: Sara Stridsberg
3.97
Format: 313 pages, Hardcover
”Och det var juni, det var månaden för att försvinna, månaden för att bli hittad i stycken, månaden… read more
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30. Dikter
By: Pär Lagerkvist
4.00
Format: 439 pages, Hardcover
Pär Lagerkvists samlade dikter på svenska. Innehåller diktsamlingarna: Ångest (1916) Istället fö… read more
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- poetry
- classics
- 20th century
- swedish literature
31. The Empusium: A Health Resort Horror Story
By: Olga Tokarczuk
4.05
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
The Nobelist's latest masterwork, set in a sanitarium on the eve of World War I, probes the horrors… read more
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"mitologię, jako zbiór pouczających opowieści, które pomagają żyć"-Olga Tokarczuk, The Empusium: A Health Resort Horror Story
"Ojciec często powtarzał mu (...) że kobiety są z natury swojej zdradliwe i chwiejne. Rozmazane."-Olga Tokarczuk, The Empusium: A Health Resort Horror Story
"To proste - myślał Mieczyś Wojnicz, łykając łzy, które mieszały się z krwią zwierzęcia w jego wątłym ciele - być mężczyzną to nauczyć się ignorować to, co sprawia kłopot. Oto cała tajemnica."-Olga Tokarczuk, The Empusium: A Health Resort Horror Story
"Wojnicz już zauważył, że każda dyskusja, czy szło o demokrację, czy o piąty wymiar, czy o rolę religii socjalizm, Europę, wreszcie sztukę nowoczesną, wszystko w końcu sprowadzało się do kobiet"-Olga Tokarczuk, The Empusium: A Health Resort Horror Story
