Rugați-vă pentru fratele Alexandru
By: Constantin Noica
4.21
Format: 148 pages, Paperback
Spre sfarsitul celui de-al Doilea Razboi Mondial, o manastire de maici din Moldova a fost ocupata d…
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1. Forest Dark
By: Nicole Krauss
3.08
Format: 304 pages, ebook
From the bestselling, twice Orange Prize-shortlisted, National Book Award-nominated author comes a … read more
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"One is always in the hold of the world, but one doesn't physically feel it's hold, doesn't account for its effect. Cannot draw comfort from the hold of the world, which registers only as a neutral em…"-Nicole Krauss, Forest Dark
"He had slept next to her for thirty-six years, and the mattress felt different without her weight, however slight, and without the rhythm of her breath the dark had no measure. There were times he wo…"-Nicole Krauss, Forest Dark
"In the months after the relationship ends, a person can seem to grow at a lightning rate, like in a nature documentary where weeks of footage is run at high speed to show a plant unfurling in seconds…"-Nicole Krauss, Forest Dark
"When I woke again, it was into a homesickness that felt physical, as its symptoms had been physical for seventeenth-century mercenary soldiers who'd fallen ill from being so far from home, the first …"-Nicole Krauss, Forest Dark
2. One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
By: None , H.T. Willetts , Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
3.98
Format: 182 pages, Paperback
The only English translation authorized by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn First published in the Soviet… read more
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"A couple of ounces ruled your life."-None, One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
"It's all so arty there's no art left in it."-None, One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
"Two roubles. Worn notes that didn't rustle."-None, One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
"Гении не подгоняют трактовку под вкус тиранов!"-None, One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
3. Histoire de la violence
By: Édouard Louis
3.77
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
J’ai rencontré Reda un soir de Noël. Je rentrais chez moi après un repas avec des amis, vers quatre… read more
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"I’m sorry, monsieur, but now this is a criminal proceeding. It’s out of your hands."-Édouard Louis, Histoire de la violence
"I’ve been trying to construct a memory that would let me undo the past, that would amplify it and destroy it, so that the more I remember and the more I lose myself in the images that remain, the les…"-Édouard Louis, Histoire de la violence
"I know from experience that the isolation of those who try to forget the past is as terrible as the isolation of those for whom the past is an obsession; I’ve learned that the question is never wheth…"-Édouard Louis, Histoire de la violence
"I was sure that if I kept acting like a trauma victim, that’s what I’d become the effects would be even worse and would last longer. Meanwhile my body knew exactly what was going on. I told Clara: th…"-Édouard Louis, Histoire de la violence
4. Mantaua. Nasul. Însemnările unui nebun
By: Nikolai Gogol , Emil Iordache
4.08
Format: 156 pages, Paperback
Fie ca este un frizer ticait, cicalit de nevasta, pe care il loveste nenorocirea din pricina unui n… read more
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5. Dr. Faustus
By: Christopher Marlowe
3.80
Format: 64 pages, Paperback
The Tragical History of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus, commonly referred to simply as Doctor… read more
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"Hell is just a frame of mind."-Christopher Marlowe, Dr. Faustus
"Be silent then, for danger is in words."-Christopher Marlowe, Dr. Faustus
"Solamen miseris socios habuisse doloris."-Christopher Marlowe, Dr. Faustus
"He that loves pleasure must for pleasure fall."-Christopher Marlowe, Dr. Faustus
6. A Streetcar Named Desire
By: Tennessee Williams
3.98
Format: 107 pages, Paperback
The Pulitzer Prize and Drama Critics Circle Award winning play—reissued with an introduction by Art… read more
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"Never inside, I didn't lie in my heart..."-Tennessee Williams, A Streetcar Named Desire
"And funerals are pretty compared to deaths."-Tennessee Williams, A Streetcar Named Desire
"I think you have a great capacity for devotion,"-Tennessee Williams, A Streetcar Named Desire
"I want to rest. I want to breathe quietly again."-Tennessee Williams, A Streetcar Named Desire
7. Mrs. Dalloway
By: Virginia Woolf , Maureen Howard
3.79
Format: 194 pages, Hardcover
Heralded as Virginia Woolf's greatest novel, this is a vivid portrait of a single day in a woman's … read more
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"Life stand still here."-Virginia Woolf, Mrs. Dalloway
"To love makes one solitary."-Virginia Woolf, Mrs. Dalloway
"What a lark! What a plunge!"-Virginia Woolf, Mrs. Dalloway
"What does the brain matter compared with the heart?"-Virginia Woolf, Mrs. Dalloway
8. 20 de ani in Siberia
By: Anița Nandriș-Cudla
4.53
Format: 302 pages, Paperback
...20 de ani in Siberia - o asez printre cele mai fantastice carti care s-au scris in tara noastra.… read more
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- romanian literature
- nonfiction
- memoir
9. Survival in Auschwitz
By: Primo Levi , Philip Roth , Stuart J. Woolf
4.33
Format: 187 pages, Paperback
The true and harrowing account of Primo Levi’s experience at the German concentration camp of Ausch… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
"... infin che un giorno senso non avrà più dire : domani" (...jusqu'à ce qu'un jour dire "demain" n'ait plus de sens)"-Primo Levi, Survival in Auschwitz
"…in this place everything is forbidden, not for hidden reasons, but because the camp has been created for that purpose."-Primo Levi, Survival in Auschwitz
"...for a country is considered the more civilized the more the wisdom and efficiency of its laws hinder a weak man from becoming too weak or a powerful one too powerful."-Primo Levi, Survival in Auschwitz
"Qualcuno, molto tempo fa, ha scritto che anche i libri, come gli esseri umani, hanno un loro destino, imprevedibile, diverso da quello che per loro si desiderava e si attendeva."-Primo Levi, Survival in Auschwitz
10. Don Quixote
By: Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra , Roberto González Echevarría , John Rutherford
3.66
Format: 296 pages, Paperback
Don Quixote has become so entranced by reading chivalric romances, that he determines to become a k… read more
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11. Jurnalul fericirii
By: Nicolae Steinhardt
4.43
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
,,O carte splendida, amestec inextricabil de notatie cotidiana, amintire, confesiune, hermeneutica,… read more
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- philosophy
- romanian literature
- nonfiction
- memoir
12. The Luzhin Defense
By: Vladimir Nabokov , Michael Scammell
3.95
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
A chilling story of obsession and madness. Luzhin, a distracted, withdrawn boy, takes up chess as a… read more
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"And perhaps it was precisely because she knew nothing at all about chess that chess for her was not simply a parlor game or a pleasant pastime, but a mysterious art equal to all the recognized arts. …"-Vladimir Nabokov, The Luzhin Defense
13. Sînt o babă comunistă!
By: Dan Lungu
3.97
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Romanul continua ,,experimentul de mentalitate" inceput de Dan Lungu cu Raiul gainilor- coborirea i… read more
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14. If on a Winter's Night a Traveler
By: Italo Calvino , William Weaver
3.90
Format: 216 pages,
If on a Winter's Night a Traveleris a marvel of ingenuity, an experimental text that looks longingl… read more
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15. Capitalist Realism: Is There No Alternative?
By: Mark Fisher
4.00
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
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16. Long Day's Journey Into Night
By: Eugene O'Neill
3.89
Format: 32 pages, Paperback
Eugene O'Neill's autobiographical play Long Day's Journey into Night is regarded as his finest work… read more
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17. Incendies
By: Wajdi Mouawad
4.37
Format: 90 pages, Paperback
Lorsque le notaire Lebel fait aux jumeaux Jeanne et Simon Marwan la lecture du testament de leur mè… read more
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"L'enfance est un couteau planté dans la gorge."-Wajdi Mouawad, Incendies
"Maintenant que nous sommes ensemble, ça va mieux."-Wajdi Mouawad, Incendies
"Ce n'est jamais bon signe lorsque la jeunesse s'enfuit."-Wajdi Mouawad, Incendies
"Every balle que je mets dans le fusil, Is like a poème. And I shoot a poème to the people and it is the précision of my poème qui tue les gens"-Wajdi Mouawad, Incendies
18. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
By: James Joyce , Seamus Deane
3.64
Format: 329 pages, Paperback
The portrayal of Stephen Dedalus's Dublin childhood and youth, his quest for identity through art a… read more
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"My heart is quite calm now. I will go back."-James Joyce, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
"God spoke to you by so many voices but you would not hear."-James Joyce, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
"Are you not weary of ardent ways? Tell no more of enchanted days."-James Joyce, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
"He thought that he was sick in his heart if you could be sick in that place."-James Joyce, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
19. El túnel
By: None
5.00
Format: None pages,
Breve e intensa novela publicada en 1948, este logrado fruto de la denominada "literatura existenci… read more
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20. Soumission
By: Michel Houellebecq
3.65
Format: 300 pages, Paperback
Dans une France assez proche de la nôtre, un homme s’engage dans la carrière universitaire. Peu mot… read more
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"It’s submission,"-Michel Houellebecq, Soumission
"There is no Israel for me."-Michel Houellebecq, Soumission
"Intimacy isn’t something men talk about."-Michel Houellebecq, Soumission
"I was about as political as a bath towel."-Michel Houellebecq, Soumission
21. Notes from Underground
By: Fyodor Dostoevsky , Norman Dietz , Richard Pevear , Larissa Volokhonsky , Boris de Schlœzer , Emanuela Guercetti , None , Donald Fanger , None , None , None
4.17
Format: 136 pages, Paperback
Dostoevsky’s most revolutionary novel, Notes from Underground marks the dividing line between ninet… read more
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- philosophy
"l'homme de la nature et de la verite"-Fyodor Dostoevsky, Notes from Underground
"I'll go this minute!' Of course, I remained."-Fyodor Dostoevsky, Notes from Underground
"إذ ما العذاب والألم ... سوى المحرك الوحيد للوعي."-Fyodor Dostoevsky, Notes from Underground
"To love is to suffer and there can be no love otherwise."-Fyodor Dostoevsky, Notes from Underground
22. Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1)
By: Chinua Achebe
3.73
Format: 215 pages, Paperback
A simple story of a "strong man" whose life is dominated by fear and anger, Things Fall Apart is wr… read more
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"Let us not reason like cowards,"-Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1)
"There is no story that is not true."-Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1)
"عندما يضئ القمر يشعر الكسيح برغبة قوية إلى المشي"-Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1)
"إذا نظر امرؤ إلى فم ملك, ظن أنه لم يرضع قط من ثدي أمه"-Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1)
23. The Counterlife
By: Philip Roth
3.42
Format: 32 pages, Paperback
The Counterlifeis about people enacting their dreams of renewal and escape, some of them going so f… read more
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24. 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
25. Blindness
By: José Saramago
4.17
Format: 349 pages, Kindle Edition
From Nobel Prize–winning author José Saramago, a magnificent, mesmerizing parable of loss A city… read more
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"الناس يتعودون إي شيء ."-José Saramago, Blindness
"هناك أوقات لايفيد معها الكلام ."-José Saramago, Blindness
"* البطون الفارغة تستيقظ باكراً ."-José Saramago, Blindness
"* الأحقاد القديمة لاتزول بسهولة ."-José Saramago, Blindness
26. El verano en que mi madre tuvo los ojos verdes
By: Tatiana Țîbuleac
4.35
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
Plena de emoción y crudeza, Tatiana Ţîbuleac muestra una intensísima fuerza narrativa en este bruta… read more
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- romanian literature
"De ce nu începuse mama să moară mai devreme?"-Tatiana Țîbuleac, El verano en que mi madre tuvo los ojos verdes
"Te he querido, Aleksy, te he querido como he podido."-Tatiana Țîbuleac, El verano en que mi madre tuvo los ojos verdes
"Ni rien ni personne ne m'intéressait, et je ne pensais ni à l'avenir ni au présent. Je vivais du passé, comme les pauvres vivent de pain rassis."-Tatiana Țîbuleac, El verano en que mi madre tuvo los ojos verdes
"La imposibilidad de morir cuando tenía la necesidad absoluta de hacerlo fue la injusticia más grande que se ha cometido conmigo, y conmigo se han cometido muchas injusticias."-Tatiana Țîbuleac, El verano en que mi madre tuvo los ojos verdes
27. The Perfect Nanny
By: Leïla Slimani
3.40
Format: 228 pages, Paperback
This is an alternate cover edition for ISBN 9780143132172. When Myriam, a French-Moroccan lawyer… read more
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"The baby is dead."-Leïla Slimani, The Perfect Nanny
"Nous devons prouver que, vous aussi, vous êtes une victime."-Leïla Slimani, The Perfect Nanny
"Several times during the night, she opened her eyes, unsure if an hour had passed or a month."-Leïla Slimani, The Perfect Nanny
"Yeah. Maybe. But honestly, I don’t understand.’ ‘You shouldn’t try to understand everything. Children are just like adults. There’s nothing to understand."-Leïla Slimani, The Perfect Nanny
28. La început a fost sfârșitul
By: Adriana Georgescu
4.76
Format: 234 pages, Paperback
Adriana Georgescu avea 25 de ani în 1945, când a fost arestată de comuniști și supusă torturii. Era… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
29. Islamul si violenţa
By: Adonis
3.63
Format: 180 pages, Paperback
Adonis în dialog cu Houria Abdelouahed Islamul şi violenţa este un manifest al celui mai importa… read more
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- nonfiction
30. Specii
By: Cristian Fulaș
3.87
Format: 312 pages, Paperback
„Noul roman al lui Cristian Fulaș, Specii, nu seamănă cu nici una dintre cărțile publicate anterior… read more
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- romanian literature
31. Rugați-vă pentru fratele Alexandru
By: Constantin Noica
4.21
Format: 148 pages, Paperback
Spre sfarsitul celui de-al Doilea Razboi Mondial, o manastire de maici din Moldova a fost ocupata d… read more
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