8 Best philosophy books like Idea of Prose by Giorgio Agamben

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Idea of Prose

By: Giorgio Agamben

3.99

Format: 152 pages, Paperback

This book consists of prose pieces that find a new form of expression for philosophy, an expression…

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1. King Kong théorie

By: Virginie Despentes

4.01

Format: 155 pages, Paperback

J’écris de chez les moches, pour les moches, les frigides, les mal baisées, les imbaisables, toutes… read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • essays
"Le prostitute costituiscono l'unico proletariato la cui condizione commuove tanto la borghesia"

-Virginie Despentes, King Kong théorie

"Dans la morale judéo-chrétienne, mieux vaut être prise de force que prise pour une chienne, on nous l'a assez répété."

-Virginie Despentes, King Kong théorie

"Il faut être crétin, ou simplement malhonnête, pour trouver une oppression insupportable et juger l'autre pleine de poésie."

-Virginie Despentes, King Kong théorie

"Hace falta ser idiota, o asquerosamente deshonesto, para pensar que una forma de opresión es insoportable y juzgar que la otra está llena de poesía."

-Virginie Despentes, King Kong théorie

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2. The Driver's Seat

By: John Lanchester , Muriel Spark

3.61

Format: 103 pages, Paperback

Alternative cover edition of ISBN 0141188340 Lise is thin, neither good-looking nor bad-looking.… read more

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"Sonra bu kumaş leke de tutmaz "diyor tezgahtar kız."

-John Lanchester, The Driver's Seat

"It's a whydunnit in q-sharp major and it has a message: never talk to the sort of girls that you wouldn't leave lying about in your drawing-room for the servants to pick up."

-John Lanchester, The Driver's Seat

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3. Dream Story

By: Frederic Raphael , Arthur Schnitzler , J.M.Q. Davies

3.76

Format: 117 pages, Paperback

Like his Viennese contemporary Sigmund Freud, the doctor and dramatist Arthur Schnitzler (1862-1931… read more

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"El imperativo urgente del momento era huir, al menos por un tiempo, al sueño y al olvido."

-Frederic Raphael, Dream Story

"متأكدة بقدر حدسي أن حقيقة ليلة، بل حتى حقيقة حياة إنسان بأكملها، لا تعني في الوقت ذاته حقيقته الداخلية."

-Frederic Raphael, Dream Story

"بدا له أنه لو وقف وحده سافِر الوجه بين كل هؤلاء المقنَّعين، فسيكون الأمر أسوأ آلاف المرات من أن يقف فجأة عاريًا بين اللابسين"

-Frederic Raphael, Dream Story

"Am I sure? Only as sure as I am that the reality of one night, let alone that of a whole lifetime, can ever be the whole truth."

-Frederic Raphael, Dream Story

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4. One Way Street And Other Writings

By: Walter Benjamin , None , K. Shorter

4.07

Format: 213 pages, Paperback

This is a representative selection of Walter Benjamin's intellectual and literary writings. Reminis… read more

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  • theory
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • essays
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5. I Love Dick

By: Chris Kraus , Eileen Myles , Joan Hawkins

3.81

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

In I Love Dick, Chris Kraus, author of Aliens & Anorexia, Torpor, and Video Green, boldly tears awa… read more

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6. Narla İncire Gazel

By: Bilge Karasu

4.00

Format: 142 pages, Paperback

"Nar kentinde bir incir buldum Nari da inciri de, ovmek isterim. Anam her kisin en karanlik noktasi… read more

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7. Altı Ay Bir Güz

By: Bilge Karasu

3.79

Format: None pages, Paperback

Alti Ay Bir Guz, 1995 yilinda yitirdigimiz yazar, cevirmen Bilge Karasu'nun, hasta oldugu aylarda t… read more

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8. The Confusions of Young Törless

By: J.M. Coetzee , Shaun Whiteside , Robert Musil

3.38

Format: None pages, Paperback

Like his contemporary and rival Sigmund Freud, Robert Musil boldly explored the dark, irrational un… read more

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9. España invertebrada

By: José Ortega y Gasset

3.72

Format: 134 pages,

Esta obra, ya clasica, ha ejercido una enorme influencia sobre nuestra historiografia y constituye … read more

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10. Lacci

By: Domenico Starnone

3.88

Format: 588 pages, Hardcover

Che cosa lasciamo, quando lasciamo qualcuno? Una casa, una famiglia, il passato, un'idea di futuro,… read more

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11. The Complete Fairy Tales

By: Oscar Wilde

4.11

Format: None pages, Paperback

The Complete Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde includes the two definitive story collections The Happy Pri… read more

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12. Critique of Pure Reason

By: Immanuel Kant , Allen W. Wood , Paul Guyer

3.96

Format: 785 pages, Paperback

'The purpose of this critique of pure speculative reason consists in the attempt to change the old … read more

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  • theory
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
"The great mass of people are worthy of our respect."

-Immanuel Kant, Critique of Pure Reason

"I had to deny knowledge in order to make room for faith."

-Immanuel Kant, Critique of Pure Reason

"Man must be disciplined, for he is by nature raw and wild.."

-Immanuel Kant, Critique of Pure Reason

"Thoughts without content are empty, intuitions without concepts are blind."

-Immanuel Kant, Critique of Pure Reason

13. Housekeeping

By: Marilynne Robinson

3.94

Format: 450 pages,

A modern classic, Housekeepingis the story of Ruth and her younger sister, Lucille, who grow up hap… read more

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14. The Hatred of Poetry

By: Ben Lerner

3.71

Format: 435 pages,

No art has been denounced as often as poetry. It's even bemoaned by poets: "I, too, dislike it," wr… read more

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15. Caliban and the Witch: Women, the Body and Primitive Accumulation

By: Silvia Federici

4.15

Format: None pages, Paperback

Literary Nonfiction. CALIBAN AND THE WITCH is a history of the body in the transition to capitalism… read more

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16. Goethe Dies

By: James Reidel , Thomas Bernhard

3.57

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

This collection of four stories by the writer George Steiner called "one of the masters of European… read more

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17. The Burnout Society

By: Byung-Chul Han

5.00

Format: 172 pages,

Our competitive, service-oriented societies are taking a toll on the late-modern individual. Rather… read more

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18. Economic & Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844/The Communist Manifesto

By: Karl Marx , Friedrich Engels , None

3.71

Format: 76 pages, Paperback

(Great Books in Philosophy) Communism as a political movement attained global importance after the … read more

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19. Sweet Days of Discipline

By: Tim Parks , Fleur Jaeggy

4.50

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

Set in postwar Switzerland, Fleur Jaeggy's eerily beautiful novel begins simply and innocently enou… read more

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20. Tools for Conviviality

By: Ivan Illich

4.00

Format: 258 pages, Paperback

Questo libro analizza la particolare relazione uomo-strumento che si e affermata nel contesto della… read more

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21. Pnin

By: Vladimir Nabokov , David Lodge

4.00

Format: 120 pages, Hardcover

One of the best-loved of Nabokov's novels, Pninfeatures his funniest and most heart-rending charact… read more

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22. 995 km

By: Murathan Mungan

3.69

Format: 264 pages, Paperback

Murathan Mungan'dan bu kez sürükleyici bir kara polisiye. Hiçbir şeyin göründüğü gibi olmadığı ama… read more

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"İnsanın çok uzak bir geçmişte kalmış çocukluğu, bir süre sonra kendi çocuğu yerine geçiyor."

-Murathan Mungan, 995 km

"Bütün Anadolu kahvelerinde olduğu gibi burada da iki şey asılı duruyor havada, bir sagara dumanı, iki can sıkıntısı..."

-Murathan Mungan, 995 km

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23. Mañana y tarde

By: Jon Fosse

3.88

Format: 102 pages, Paperback

Un niño que se llamará Johannes llega al mundo. Fallece un anciano llamado Johannes. Entre estos do… read more

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"Ahora tú también estás muerto, Johannes, dice Peter Te moriste esta mañana, dice Y como yo era tu mejor amigo, me enviaron a recogerte, dice Pero ¿por qué hemos pescado cangrejos? dice Johannes Tenía…"

-Jon Fosse, Mañana y tarde

"Vart ska vi fara? säger Johannes Nej nu frågar du som om du fortfarande var vid liv, säger Peter Inte till någon plats? säger Johannes Nej dit vi nu ska, det är inte någon plats, och därför har den h…"

-Jon Fosse, Mañana y tarde

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24. La crisis de la narración

By: Byung-Chul Han

3.90

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

Las narraciones crean lazos. De ellas nace lo que nos conecta y vincula. De este modo, fundan comun… read more

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  • theory
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • essays
"Nuevas narraciones hacen posible una nueva percepción. La "nueva valoración de todos los valores" de la que hablaba Nietzsche abre una nueva perspectiva al mundo."

-Byung-Chul Han, La crisis de la narración

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25. Örme Biçimleri

By: Nurdan Gürbilek

4.21

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Yazarken bir kapıdan girer, çoğu zaman aynı kapıdan çıkar gideriz. Bir doğruyla başlar, aynı doğruy… read more

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  • nonfiction
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26. Loa a la Tierra: un viaje al jardín

By: Byung-Chul Han

3.76

Format: 180 pages, Paperback

La Tierra da vida y renueva. Su poder regenerador es latente e inescrutable, creador y paciente. En… read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
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27. Yer Değiştiren Gölge

By: Nurdan Gürbilek

4.27

Format: 103 pages, Paperback

''Bir sözcüğe ne kadar yakından bakarsanız, o kadar uzaktan dönüp bakacaktır size.'' Edebi metinler… read more

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  • nonfiction
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28. Eloge du risque

By: Anne Dufourmantelle

4.15

Format: 311 pages, Paperback

Le risque est un combat dont nous ne connaîtrions pas l'adversaire, un désir dont nous n'aurions pa… read more

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  • philosophy
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29. Idea of Prose

By: Giorgio Agamben

3.99

Format: 152 pages, Paperback

This book consists of prose pieces that find a new form of expression for philosophy, an expression… read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • essays
  • italian literature
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30. La Flor de Lis with CD (Audio) (Spanish Edition)

By: Marosa Di Giorgio

4.48

Format: 125 pages, Paperback

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31. El hombre y lo divino

By: María Zambrano

4.31

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

Aparecida por vez primera en 1955 y sustancialmente ampliada en su reedición de 1973, "El hombre y … read more

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Transform Your Habits

King Kong théorie

Virginie Despentes

4.01

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One Way Street And Other Writings

Walter Benjamin , None , K. Shorter

4.07

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Critique of Pure Reason

Immanuel Kant , Allen W. Wood , Paul Guyer

3.96

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La crisis de la narración

Byung-Chul Han

3.90

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The Art of the Novel

Milan Kundera , Linda Asher

3.60

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Ágota Kristóf

4.11

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A Girl's Story

Annie Ernaux

3.89

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Nurdan Gürbilek

4.21

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