Shadows
By: David Albahari
3.96
Format: None pages, None
mrak, ce sont les ténèbres dans lesquelles fut plongée la Yougoslavie "l'ex-payx", comme on dit. m…
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1. Nigdje, niotkuda
By: Bekim Sejranović
4.30
Format: 251 pages, Paperback
Roman nadahnuto i na više razina iskazuje izbjegličku sudbinu Bosanaca, putovanje od nemila do nedr… read more
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"Poslije se Rale navukao na nacionalizam, a Kole na heroin. Heroin bolje puca, ali nacionalizam je jeftiniji i legalan."-Bekim Sejranović, Nigdje, niotkuda
"Djeca nemaju strah od smrti, to i jest ono što ih čini djecom. Djeca imaju strah od roditelja. Kada strah od roditelja istisne strah od smrti, može se reći da smo odrasli."-Bekim Sejranović, Nigdje, niotkuda
2. The Sacred Night
By: Tahar Ben Jelloun
3.56
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
The haunting continuation of The Sand Child , Ben Jelloun concludes Ahmed's, now Zahra's, journey. … read more
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3. The Kreutzer Sonata
By: Doris Lessing , Leo Tolstoy , Isai Kamen
3.87
Format: 128 pages, Paperback
When Marshal of the Nobility Pozdnyshev suspects his wife of having an affair with her music partne… read more
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"In a large city the unhappy feel their sadness less acutely."-Doris Lessing, The Kreutzer Sonata
"It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness."-Doris Lessing, The Kreutzer Sonata
"Yes, man is much worse than the animal when he does not live like a man."-Doris Lessing, The Kreutzer Sonata
"Удивительное дело, какая полная бывает иллюзия того, что красота есть добро."-Doris Lessing, The Kreutzer Sonata
4. 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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"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
5. 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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"... 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
6. The New York Trilogy
By: Paul Auster , Art Spiegelman
4.36
Format: 184 pages, Paperback
Paul Auster's signature work, The New York Trilogy, consists of three interlocking novels: City of … read more
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7. We
By: Yevgeny Zamyatin , Clarence Brown
3.89
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
The exhilarating dystopian novel that inspired George Orwell's 1984 and foreshadowed the worst exce… read more
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"Her smile was a bite, and I was its target."-Yevgeny Zamyatin, We
"There is no final one; revolutions are infinite."-Yevgeny Zamyatin, We
"knowledge, absolutely sure of its infallibility, is faith"-Yevgeny Zamyatin, We
"You're in a bad way! Apparently, you have developed a soul."-Yevgeny Zamyatin, We
8. The Lottery
By: Shirley Jackson
4.05
Format: 30 pages, Paperback
In a small American town, the local residents are abuzz with excitement and nervousness when they w… read more
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"It's not the way it used to be... people ain't the way they used to be."-Shirley Jackson, The Lottery
"It isn't fair, it isn't right," Mrs. Hutchinson screamed, and then they were upon her."-Shirley Jackson, The Lottery
"The morning of June 27th was clear and sunny, with the fresh warmth of a full-summer day; the flowers were blossoming profusely and the grass was richly green."-Shirley Jackson, The Lottery
9. Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent
By: Eduardo Galeano , Cedric Belfrage
4.31
Format: 317 pages, Paperback
Since its U.S. debut almost fifty years ago, this brilliant text has set a new standard for histori… read more
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"Bolivians die with rotted lungs so that the world may consume cheap tin."-Eduardo Galeano, Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent
"Whatever Latin America sells—raw materials or manufactures—its chief export product is really cheap labor."-Eduardo Galeano, Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent
"Cuando el Estado se hace dueño de la principal riqueza de un país, corresponde preguntarse quién es el dueño del Estado."-Eduardo Galeano, Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent
"Cuanto más codiciado por el mercado mundial, mayor es la desgracia que un producto trae consigo al pueblo latinoamericano que, con su sacrificio, lo crea."-Eduardo Galeano, Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent
10. The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales
By: Jacob Grimm , Wilhelm Grimm , Joseph Campbell , James Stern , Padraic Colum , Josef Scharl , Margaret Raine Hunt
3.67
Format: 244 pages, Paperback
For almost two centuries, the stories of magic and myth gathered by the Brothers Grimm have been pa… read more
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11. Canne al vento
By: Grazia Deledda , Angela Cerinotti
3.80
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
Unica donna insignita dal Nobel nell'ambito della letteratura italiana e autrice di più di cinquant… read more
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"...siamo proprio come le canne al vento, donna Ester mia. Ecco perché! Siamo canne, e la sorte è il vento."-Grazia Deledda, Canne al vento
"Little by little they all gathered around him, entering through the cracks like moonbeams...[b]ut once the wind of misfortune blows, people disperse like little clouds around the moon when the wind b…"-Grazia Deledda, Canne al vento
"The feast lasted nine days, the last three becoming a continuous circle dance accompanied by songs and music. Noemi always stayed on the belvedere among the banquet remains. ... No, she didn't dance,…"-Grazia Deledda, Canne al vento
"Eccola dunque col pensiero laggiù. Le par d’essere ancora fanciulla, arrampicata sul belvedere del prete, in una sera di maggio. Una grande luna di rame sorge dal mare, e tutto il mondo pare d’oro e …"-Grazia Deledda, Canne al vento
12. Under the Skin
By: Michel Faber
3.77
Format: None pages, Paperback
In this haunting, entrancing novel, Michel Faber introduces us to Isserley, a female driver who cru… read more
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13. Optužena
By: Slavenka Drakulić
3.75
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
Pet godina nakon "Fride" Slavenka Drakulic ponovo pise o boli, ali ovaj put u prvom planu nije fizi… read more
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14. Embers
By: Sándor Márai , Carol Brown Janeway
3.87
Format: 268 pages, Paperback
Originally published in 1942 and now rediscovered to international acclaim, this taut and exquisite… read more
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15. The Bridge on the Drina
By: Ivo Andrić , William H. McNeill , None
3.81
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
In the small Bosnian town of Visegrad the stone bridge of the novel's title, built in the sixteenth… read more
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16. A Hero of Our Time
By: Mikhail Lermontov , Paul Foote
3.60
Format: None pages, Paperback
In its adventurous happenings, its abductions, duels, and sexual intrigues, A Hero of Our Timelooks… read more
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17. The Seagull
By: Anton Chekhov , Michael Frayn
4.62
Format: None pages, Paperback
A Methuen Student Edition of Chekhov's classic play in Michael Frayn's acclaimed translation. When … read more
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18. The Encyclopedia of the Dead
By: Michael Henry Heim , Danilo Kiš
3.92
Format: 381 pages, Paperback
In these stories Kis depicts human relationships, encounters, landscapes - the multitude of details… read more
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19. Ficciones
By: Jorge Luis Borges , Anthony Bonner , Anthony Kerrigan
3.53
Format: 320 pages,
The seventeen pieces in Ficcionesdemonstrate the whirlwind of Borges's genius and mirror the precis… read more
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20. Štefica Cvek u raljama života
By: Dubravka Ugrešić
3.07
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Volite li "ljubice"? Sto god mislili o njima, uzivat cete u ovom vrhunskom pastisu trivijalnih ljub… read more
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21. Disgrace
By: J.M. Coetzee
3.50
Format: None pages, Paperback
Set in post-apartheid South Africa, J. M. Coetzee's searing novel tells the story of David Lurie, a… read more
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22. Please Look After Mom
By: Shin Kyung-Sook , Chi-Young Kim , None
4.62
Format: 290 pages, Hardcover
An international sensation and a bestseller that has sold over 1.5 million copies in the author's n… read more
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23. American Pastoral
By: Philip Roth
3.94
Format: 432 pages, Paperback
Pulitzer Prize Winner (1998) In American Pastoral, Philip Roth gives us a novel of unqualified g… read more
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"Life is just a short period of time in which you are alive."-Philip Roth, American Pastoral
"The tragedy of the man not set up for tragedy—that is every man's tragedy."-Philip Roth, American Pastoral
"[...] ero una biografia in moto perpetuo, memoria sino al midollo delle ossa."-Philip Roth, American Pastoral
"Exhibitionismul inerent unei marturisiri nu face decat sa agraveze suferinta."-Philip Roth, American Pastoral
24. Chess Story
By: Stefan Zweig , Joel Rotenberg , Peter Gay , None , None , None , None , None
3.00
Format: 24 pages, Paperback
Chess Story, also known as The Royal Game, is the Austrian master Stefan Zweig's final achievement,… read more
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25. The Discomfort of Evening
By: Marieke Lucas Rijneveld
3.45
Format: 282 pages, Paperback
I thought about being too small for so much, but that no one told you when you were big enough ... … read more
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"In de nacht is iedereen leeftijdsloos."-Marieke Lucas Rijneveld, The Discomfort of Evening
"We can't simply swap God - he's the strongest Pokémon card we have."-Marieke Lucas Rijneveld, The Discomfort of Evening
"Onze dagen zullen verlengd worden, net zoals we boeken uit de bibliotheek verlengen om er langer in te kunnen verdwalen zonder kans te maken op een geldboete."-Marieke Lucas Rijneveld, The Discomfort of Evening
"En nu, doordat ik door mijn wimpers keek had ik ook het idee dat moeder en de veearts niet doorhadden dat ik meeluisterde, dat ik in gedachten de trekken rondom moeders mond en ogen uit kon gummen om…"-Marieke Lucas Rijneveld, The Discomfort of Evening
26. La felicità del lupo
By: Paolo Cognetti
3.68
Format: 152 pages, Hardcover
Arrivato alla fine di una lunga relazione, Fausto cerca rifugio tra i sentieri dove camminava da ba… read more
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27. First Person Singular: Stories
By: Haruki Murakami
3.54
Format: 245 pages, Hardcover
A riveting new collection of short stories from the beloved, internationally acclaimed, Haruki Mura… read more
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"Hätte ich auf dem Jupiter umsteigen sollen?"-Haruki Murakami, First Person Singular: Stories
"It’s important in life to get used to losing."-Haruki Murakami, First Person Singular: Stories
"A circle that has many centers but no circumference"-Haruki Murakami, First Person Singular: Stories
"Nichts, was leicht zu haben ist, besitzt einen Wert."-Haruki Murakami, First Person Singular: Stories
28. The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture
By: Gabor Maté
4.32
Format: 576 pages, Hardcover
By the acclaimed author of In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts, a groundbreaking investigation into the c… read more
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29. Catch the Rabbit
By: Lana Bastašić
3.89
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A moving story about loss, forgetting and female friendship: two women on a road trip across Bosnia… read more
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"He reads books that are not for school as if he has nothing better to do with his time."-Lana Bastašić, Catch the Rabbit
"His hair was just like yours - black, uncombed, as if someone had left it behind on his head."-Lana Bastašić, Catch the Rabbit
"Boys just stared at you as if you were a complicated dessert surrounded by unknown tableware."-Lana Bastašić, Catch the Rabbit
"The right to silence was always more important in our friendship than the right to questions."-Lana Bastašić, Catch the Rabbit
30. Herkunft
By: Saša Stanišić
4.17
Format: 365 pages, Hardcover
HERKUNFT ist ein Buch über den ersten Zufall unserer Biografie: irgendwo geboren werden. Und was da… read more
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"Träume sind etwas Lebendiges - und als solche vergänglich wie das Gedächtnis."-Saša Stanišić, Herkunft
"Zoki walks into the classroom, puts a piece of paper down on the teacher’s desk, and shouts: “Everyone write your name."-Saša Stanišić, Herkunft
"Otec tancoval a už nebol nazúrený, napokon to ani nejde dohromady, všetko ostatné sa dá robiť aj s hnevom, ale toto nie, nie objímanie."-Saša Stanišić, Herkunft
"Ich verstehe nicht, dass Herkunft Eigenschaften mit sich bringen soll, und verstehe nicht, dass manche bereit sind, in ihrem Namen in Schlachten zu ziehen."-Saša Stanišić, Herkunft
31. Shadows
By: David Albahari
3.96
Format: None pages, None
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