Mario and the Magician and Other Stories
By: Thomas Mann
3.77
Format: 365 pages, Paperback
In this extraordinary collection of short stories, Thomas Mann uses settings as diverse as Germany,…
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1. Niebla
By: Miguel de Unamuno
4.05
Format: 259 pages, Paperback
Esta obra de Miguel de Unamuno es uno de los ejemplos clásicos más eminentes de la novela moderna. … read more
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- literature
- classics
- 20th century
- fiction
"Toda ley es una ley de ritmo, y el ritmo es el amor."-Miguel de Unamuno, Niebla
"El amor precede al conocimiento, y éste mata a aquél."-Miguel de Unamuno, Niebla
"Because Augustus was not a hiker, but a walker of life"-Miguel de Unamuno, Niebla
"Hasta que se llora de veras no se sabe si se tiene o no alma."-Miguel de Unamuno, Niebla
2. The Volcano Lover
By: Susan Sontag
3.64
Format: 432 pages, Paperback
Set in 18th century Naples, based on the lives of Sir William Hamilton, his celebrated wife Emma, a… read more
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- literature
- literary fiction
- classics
- fiction
"To travel is to shop."-Susan Sontag, The Volcano Lover
"Desire wills its perpetuation ad infinitum."-Susan Sontag, The Volcano Lover
"How much self-love comes in the guise of selfless devotion!"-Susan Sontag, The Volcano Lover
"With genius, as with beauty -- all, well almost all, is forgiven."-Susan Sontag, The Volcano Lover
3. The Book of Disquiet
By: Fernando Pessoa , Richard Zenith
4.41
Format: 544 pages, Paperback
Fernando Pessoa was many writers in one. He attributed his prolific writings to a wide range of alt… read more
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- literature
- classics
- 20th century
- fiction
"My past is everything I failed to be."-Fernando Pessoa, The Book of Disquiet
"Literature is the most agreeable way of ignoring life."-Fernando Pessoa, The Book of Disquiet
"Ah, it's my longing for whom I might have been that distracts and torments me!"-Fernando Pessoa, The Book of Disquiet
"There are ships sailing to many ports, but not a single one goes where life is not painful."-Fernando Pessoa, The Book of Disquiet
4. Demian
By: Hermann Hesse
4.14
Format: 193 pages, Paperback
Wie alle Hauptwerke Hermann Hesses hat auch der Demian, den der damals 40jährige Autor mitten im Er… read more
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- german literature
- literary fiction
- classics
- literature
- fiction
- 20th century
"Fate and character are different names for the same idea."-Hermann Hesse, Demian
"En estos momentos tuve una certeza fulminante: cada uno tenía una “misión"-Hermann Hesse, Demian
"You've never lived what you are thinking, and that isn't good. Only the ideas we actually live are of any value."-Hermann Hesse, Demian
"I wanted only to live in accord with the promptings which came from my true self. Why was that so very difficult?"-Hermann Hesse, Demian
5. The Left Hand of Darkness
By: Ursula K. Le Guin , Lech Jęczmyk
4.10
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
A groundbreaking work of science fiction, The Left Hand of Darkness tells the story of a lone human… read more
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- classics
- fiction
"The king was pregnant."-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Left Hand of Darkness
"Truth is a matter of the imagination."-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Left Hand of Darkness
"The light is the left hand of darkness"-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Left Hand of Darkness
"Science fiction is not prescriptive; it is descriptive."-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Left Hand of Darkness
6. Twelfth Night
By: William Shakespeare , Folger Shakespeare Library
3.95
Format: 272 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Named for the twelfth night after Christmas, the end of the Christmas season, Twelfth Night plays w… read more
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- literature
- classics
- fiction
"a raven's heart within a dove."-William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night
"I pity you That's a degree to love"-William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night
"Better a witty fool, than a foolish wit."-William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night
"Many a good hanging prevents a bad marriage."-William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night
7. The Age of Reason
By: Jean-Paul Sartre
4.17
Format: None pages,
The first fully Existentialist fiction by the creator of a philosophical movement that captured the… read more
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- literature
- classics
- fiction
8. At Swim-Two-Birds
By: Flann O'Brien , William H. Gass
4.04
Format: None pages, Paperback
A wildly comic send-up of Irish literature and culture, At Swim-Two-Birdsis the story of a young, l… read more
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- literature
- classics
- fiction
9. The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales
By: Oliver Sacks
3.75
Format: 271 pages, Paperback
In his most extraordinary book, "one of the great clinical writers of the twentieth century" (The N… read more
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- short stories
10. The Name of the Rose
By: Umberto Eco , Seán Barrett , William Weaver
4.14
Format: 552 pages, Paperback
The year is 1327. Franciscans in a wealthy Italian abbey are suspected of heresy, and Brother Willi… read more
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- literature
- classics
- fiction
"الكتب ليست مجعولة كي نؤمن بما تقوله ولكن لكي نتحرّى فيها."-Umberto Eco, The Name of the Rose
"Nothing gives a fearful man more courage than another's fear."-Umberto Eco, The Name of the Rose
"The people of God cannot be changed until the outcasts are restored to its body."-Umberto Eco, The Name of the Rose
"How peaceful life would be without Love, Adso. How Safe. How Tranquil. And how Dull."-Umberto Eco, The Name of the Rose
11. The Talented Mr. Ripley (Ripley, #1)
By: Patricia Highsmith
4.20
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
Since his debut in 1955, Tom Ripley has evolved into the ultimate bad boy sociopath, influencing co… read more
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- classics
- fiction
12. The Aleph and Other Stories
By: Jorge Luis Borges , Andrew Hurley
4.33
Format: 48 pages, Paperback
Full of philosophical puzzles and supernatural surprises, these stories contain some of Borges's mo… read more
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- literature
- fiction
- classics
- short stories
13. The Trial
By: Franz Kafka , Max Brod , Edwin Muir , Willa Muir
3.95
Format: 255 pages, Paperback
Written in 1914 but not published until 1925, a year after Kafka’s death, The Trial is the terrifyi… read more
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- german literature
- literary fiction
- classics
- literature
- fiction
- 20th century
"But I’m not guilty,"-Franz Kafka, The Trial
"Asking questions were the most important thing."-Franz Kafka, The Trial
"It was very learned, but it didn't actually say anything."-Franz Kafka, The Trial
"The way she sits on my lap as if it were her proper place!"-Franz Kafka, The Trial
14. Steppenwolf
By: Hermann Hesse , Basil Creighton , کیکاووس جهانداری
4.75
Format: None pages, Paperback
Steppenwolfis a poetical self-portrait of a man who felt himself to be half-human and half-wolf. Th… read more
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15. Antigone (The Theban Plays, #3)
By: Sophocles , J.E. Thomas
4.06
Format: None pages, Paperback
The curse placed on Oedipus lingers and haunts a younger generation in this new and brilliant trans… read more
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16. Du côté de chez Swann (À la recherche du temps perdu, #1)
By: Marcel Proust , Simon Vance , Lydia Davis
4.15
Format: 710 pages, Mass Market Paperback
«Et tout d'un coup le souvenir m'est apparu. Ce goût, c'était celui du petit morceau de madeleine q… read more
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- literature
- literary fiction
"Longtemps, je me suis couché de bonne heure."-Marcel Proust, Du côté de chez Swann (À la recherche du temps perdu, #1)
"the comfort of reclusion, the poetry of hibernation"-Marcel Proust, Du côté de chez Swann (À la recherche du temps perdu, #1)
"Now are the woods all black, But still the sky is blue."-Marcel Proust, Du côté de chez Swann (À la recherche du temps perdu, #1)
"Fall in love with a dog's bum, And thou'll think it pretty as a plum."-Marcel Proust, Du côté de chez Swann (À la recherche du temps perdu, #1)
17. Ulysses
By: James Joyce
3.75
Format: 925 pages, Paperback
Ulysses is a modernist novel by Irish writer James Joyce. It was first serialized in parts in the A… read more
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- literary fiction
- classics
- literature
- 20th century
- fiction
"Shite and onions!"-James Joyce, Ulysses
"Let my country die for me."-James Joyce, Ulysses
"Be just before you are generous."-James Joyce, Ulysses
"no more pain. wake no more. nobody owns"-James Joyce, Ulysses
18. Respiración artificial
By: Ricardo Piglia
3.65
Format: None pages, Paperback
Respiracion artificialse trata no solo del unico libro memorable publicado durante el periodo de la… read more
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19. Invitation to a Beheading
By: Vladimir Nabokov
4.89
Format: 78 pages, Paperback
An alternative cover edition for this ISBN can be found Like Kafka's The Castle, Invitation to a … read more
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20. Hell House
By: Richard Matheson
3.78
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Can any soul survive? Regarded as the Mount Everest of haunted houses, Belasco House has witnessed … read more
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21. A Confederacy of Dunces
By: John Kennedy Toole , Walker Percy
3.89
Format: 394 pages, Paperback
Here is Ignatius Reilly: slob extraordinary, a mad Oliver Hardy, a fat Don Quixote, a perverse Thom… read more
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- literature
- literary fiction
- classics
- fiction
"Oh, Fortuna, you capricious sprite!"-John Kennedy Toole, A Confederacy of Dunces
"Mothers got a hard road to travel, believe me."-John Kennedy Toole, A Confederacy of Dunces
"The day before me is fraught with God knows what horrors."-John Kennedy Toole, A Confederacy of Dunces
"Mother doesn't cook, Ignatius said dogmatically, She burns."-John Kennedy Toole, A Confederacy of Dunces
22. Los lanzallamas (Los siete locos, #2)
By: Roberto Arlt
3.95
Format: 253 pages,
Los Lanzallamas es la continuacion de Los Siete Locos, publicado en 1929, por Roberto Arlt. Publica… read more
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23. The Queen of Spades
By: Alexander Pushkin , None
2.18
Format: 166 pages, Paperback
The Queen of Spades(Russian: Pikovaya dama) is an acclaimed short story by Alexander Pushkin about … read more
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24. Momentos estelares de la humanidad: Catorce miniaturas históricas
By: Stefan Zweig , Berta Vias Mahou
4.24
Format: 312 pages, Paperback
Éste es probablemente el libro más famoso de Stefan Zweig. En él lleva a su cima el arte de la mini… read more
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- german literature
- classics
- literature
- short stories
- 20th century
"Pero incluso con sus favoritos, el destino no siempre se muestra magnánimo. Rara vez conceden los dioses a los mortales más de una hazaña única e imperecedera."-Stefan Zweig, Momentos estelares de la humanidad: Catorce miniaturas históricas
"Ama ne yazık ki tarihte hep aynı trajedi tekrarlanmaktadır, çünkü fikir adamları zamanı gelince, dava adamı olma sorumluluğunu üstlenmekte zorlanırlar ve pek nadir durumlarda harekete geçerler. Düşün…"-Stefan Zweig, Momentos estelares de la humanidad: Catorce miniaturas históricas
"ich spüre wieder erschrocken, eine wie schwache, armselige und quallige Substanz das doch sein muß, was wir immer großspurig Seele, Geist, Gefühl, was wir Schmerzen nen- nen, da all dies selbst im äu…"-Stefan Zweig, Momentos estelares de la humanidad: Catorce miniaturas históricas
25. Middlemarch
By: Michel Faber , George Eliot
4.02
Format: 912 pages, Mass Market Paperback
"People are almost always better than their neighbours think they are" George Eliot’s most ambit… read more
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- literature
- classics
- fiction
"After all, the true seeing is within."-Michel Faber, Middlemarch
"I shall do everything it becomes me to do."-Michel Faber, Middlemarch
"I protest against any absolute conclusion."-Michel Faber, Middlemarch
"What loneliness is more lonely than distrust?"-Michel Faber, Middlemarch
26. Cosmétique de l'ennemi
By: Amélie Nothomb
4.67
Format: 523 pages, Mass Market Paperback
<> C'est dans le hall d'un aeroport que tout a commence. Il savait que ce serait lui. La victime pa… read more
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27. The Passenger (The Passenger #1)
By: Cormac McCarthy
3.58
Format: 385 pages, Kindle Edition
1980, PASS CHRISTIAN, MISSISSIPPI: It is three in the morning when Bobby Western zips the jacket of… read more
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- literature
- literary fiction
- fiction
"All of history [is] a rehearsal for its own extinction."-Cormac McCarthy, The Passenger (The Passenger #1)
"...do you think if you died drunk you’d sober up before you met Jesus?"-Cormac McCarthy, The Passenger (The Passenger #1)
"The evil has no alternate plan. It is simply incapable of assuming failure"-Cormac McCarthy, The Passenger (The Passenger #1)
"She asked the girl what she wanted to be when she grew up and she said dead."-Cormac McCarthy, The Passenger (The Passenger #1)
28. 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
- literary fiction
- 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)
29. 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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- literature
- fiction
"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
30. Dios fulmine a la que escriba sobre mí
By: Aura García-Junco
3.94
Format: 216 pages, Paperback
H. Pascal, maestro excéntrico, escritor en el margen y promotor cultural, murió abruptamente en jul… read more
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- fiction
"El envejecimiento de los padres es algo para lo que ninguna progenie está preparada"-Aura García-Junco, Dios fulmine a la que escriba sobre mí
31. Mario and the Magician and Other Stories
By: Thomas Mann
3.77
Format: 365 pages, Paperback
In this extraordinary collection of short stories, Thomas Mann uses settings as diverse as Germany,… read more
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- german literature
- nobel prize
- literary fiction
- classics
- literature
- short stories
- fiction
- 20th century
