13 Top fiction books like 53 Days by Georges Perec

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53 Days

By: Georges Perec

3.57

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Novela en la que trabajaba Georges Perec en el momento de su muerte, 53 días incluye, por un lado, …

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Cover of The Emigrants by Michael Hulse, W.G. Sebald

1. The Emigrants

By: Michael Hulse , W.G. Sebald

4.17

Format: 237 pages, Paperback

At first The Emigrants appears simply to document the lives of four Jewish émigrés in the twentieth… read more

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  • literature
  • fiction
"It is hard, said Mme Landau, when I told her about those railway lessons, in the end it is hard to know what it is that someone dies of. Yes, it is very hard, said Mme Landau, one really doesn't know."

-Michael Hulse, The Emigrants

"The tiny features below, taken together with the gentle mass of Montblanc towering above them, the Vanoise glacier almost invisible in the shimmering distance, and the Alpine panorama that occupied h…"

-Michael Hulse, The Emigrants

Cover of High-Rise by J.G. Ballard

2. High-Rise

By: J.G. Ballard

3.61

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

When a class war erupts inside a luxurious apartment block, modern elevators become violent battleg… read more

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  • literature
  • fiction
"Togetherness is beating up an empty elevator."

-J.G. Ballard, High-Rise

"this was an environment built, not for man, but for man's absence."

-J.G. Ballard, High-Rise

"In effect, the apartment block was a small vertical city, its two thousand inhabitants boxed up into the sky.j.g."

-J.G. Ballard, High-Rise

"Not for the first time Laing reflected that he and his neighbors were eager for trouble as the most effective means of enlarging their sex lives."

-J.G. Ballard, High-Rise

Cover of My Name is Red by Orhan Pamuk, Erdağ M. Göknar

3. My Name is Red

By: Orhan Pamuk , Erdağ M. Göknar

3.65

Format: 135 pages, Paperback

At once a fiendishly devious mystery, a beguiling love story, and a brilliant symposium on the powe… read more

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  • literature
  • mystery
  • fiction
Cover of Labyrinths:  Selected Stories and Other Writings by André Maurois, Jorge Luis Borges, James E. Irby, Donald A. Yates

4. Labyrinths: Selected Stories and Other Writings

By: André Maurois , Jorge Luis Borges , James E. Irby , Donald A. Yates

3.63

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

Although his work has been restricted to the short story, the essay, and poetry, Jorge Luis Borges … read more

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  • literature
  • fiction
Cover of How I Came to Know Fish by Robert McDowell, Ota Pavel, Jindriska Badal

5. How I Came to Know Fish

By: Robert McDowell , Ota Pavel , Jindriska Badal

4.05

Format: 150 pages, Paperback

Unassuming and unforgettable, the stories of How I Came to Know Fish memorialize Ota Pavel's childh… read more

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  • fiction
"When I felt better, I tried to remember what had been beautiful in my life. I did not think about love or how I had wandered all over the world. I did not think about night flights across the ocean o…"

-Robert McDowell, How I Came to Know Fish

Cover of Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino, William Weaver

6. Invisible Cities

By: Italo Calvino , William Weaver

4.11

Format: 15 pages, Paperback

"Kublai Khan does not necessarily believe everything Marco Polo says when he describes the cities v… read more

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  • literature
  • fiction

7. Selected Stories

By: Robert Walser , Susan Sontag , Christopher Middleton

4.28

Format: 364 pages, Paperback

How to place the mysterious Swiss writer Robert Walser, a humble genius who possessed one of the mo… read more

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8. Terrasse à Rome

By: Pascal Quignard

4.15

Format: None pages, Paperback

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9. One, None, and One Hundred Thousand

By: Luigi Pirandello , William Weaver

3.29

Format: None pages, Paperback

The novel had a rather long and difficult period of gestation. Pirandello began writing it in 1909.… read more

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10. The Rings of Saturn

By: Michael Hulse , W.G. Sebald

3.94

Format: 128 pages, Mass Market Paperback

The Rings of Saturn- with its curious archive of photographs - records a walking tour of the east c… read more

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11. Stella Maris (The Passenger, #2)

By: Cormac McCarthy

3.87

Format: 190 pages, Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER. The Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Road returns with the second v… read more

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  • literature
  • mystery
  • fiction
"I would like to belong but I dont."

-Cormac McCarthy, Stella Maris (The Passenger, #2)

"The notion of nothing is an inconceivable notion"

-Cormac McCarthy, Stella Maris (The Passenger, #2)

"Love is quite possibly a mental disorder itself."

-Cormac McCarthy, Stella Maris (The Passenger, #2)

"Rage is only for what you believe can be fixed. All the rest is grief."

-Cormac McCarthy, Stella Maris (The Passenger, #2)

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12. 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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  • literature
  • fiction
"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

Cover of Tosca by Maud Vanhauwaert

13. Tosca

By: Maud Vanhauwaert

3.96

Format: 243 pages, Paperback

In een brief aan haar uitgever legt vertaalster May uit hoe een treffend potloodportret het begin v… read more

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  • literature
  • fiction
Cover of So Late in the Day: Stories of Women and Men by Claire Keegan

14. So Late in the Day: Stories of Women and Men

By: Claire Keegan

3.99

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

Librarian's Note: This is the entry for the short story collection. Please don't combine it with th… read more

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  • literature
  • fiction
"You know what is at the heart of misogyny? When it comes down to it?’ ‘So I’m a misogynist now?’ ‘It’s simply about not giving,’ she said."

-Claire Keegan, So Late in the Day: Stories of Women and Men

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15. In het oog

By: Marijke Schermer

3.92

Format: 216 pages, Hardcover

Op een dag krijgt Nicola geen geld meer voor haar bacterie-onderzoek, terwijl ze iets groots op het… read more

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  • literature
  • fiction
"Ik wist dat volwassen mensen dit soort gesprekken voerden, dit soort gesprekken hoorden te voeren, dat je moest praten en je gevoelens moest uiten en naar de gevoelens van de ander moest luisteren en…"

-Marijke Schermer, In het oog

"Maakt het uit, vroeg ik, maakt het iets uit of je weet waarom iemand je verlaat? Leiden gesprekken over waarom en hoe en met welke gevoelens ergens toe? Het verhaal kan immers een leugen zijn, en de …"

-Marijke Schermer, In het oog

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16. Gebied 19

By: Esther Gerritsen

3.35

Format: 284 pages, Kindle Edition

De dag na zijn bruiloft wordt Tomas alleen wakker. Zijn vrouw is nergens te bekennen, terwijl haar … read more

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  • literature
  • fiction
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17. Tussen de legers

By: Joseph Roth

4.04

Format: 140 pages, Hardcover

Joseph Roth was student in Wenen toen de Eerste Wereldoorlog uitbrak en hij zijn vaderland uit elka… read more

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18. Parkeren in Hilversum (Dutch Edition)

By: Detlev van Heest

4.07

Format: 566 pages, Kindle Edition

Na vijftien mislukte jaren als landverhuizer in Japan en Nieuw-Zeeland keert Detlev van Heest zonde… read more

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19. 53 Days

By: Georges Perec

3.57

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Novela en la que trabajaba Georges Perec en el momento de su muerte, 53 días incluye, por un lado, … read more

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  • literature
  • france
  • french literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
Cover of Ik kus uw handen duizendmaal (Faxen aan Ger, #6) by Nicolien Mizee

20. Ik kus uw handen duizendmaal (Faxen aan Ger, #6)

By: Nicolien Mizee

4.43

Format: 386 pages, Kindle Edition

In dit nieuwe deel 'faxen aan Ger' is het debuut van Nicolien Mizee net ze is nu echt schrijver en… read more

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Cover of De maat van alle dingen by Johannes Westendorp

21. De maat van alle dingen

By: Johannes Westendorp

4.00

Format: 313 pages, Kindle Edition

De plot staat op 2 januari 2017 wordt in de Utrechtse winkelpassage Hoog Catharijne een aanslag ge… read more

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Michael Hulse , W.G. Sebald

4.17

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J.G. Ballard

3.61

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My Name is Red

Orhan Pamuk , Erdağ M. Göknar

3.65

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3.63

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Luister

Sacha Bronwasser

3.95

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3.88

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Cobi van Baars

3.75

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Rob van Essen

3.78

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