If you liked the fiction plot in Der Blaue Siphon by Urs Widmer , here is a list of 26 books like this:
1. Small World
By: Martin Suter
4.08
Format: 325 pages, Paperback
Erst sind es Kleinigkeiten: Konrad Lang legt aus Versehen seine Brieftasche in den Kühlschrank. Bal… read more
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- german literature
- fiction
- contemporary
2. In the Sea There are Crocodiles: Based on the True Story of Enaiatollah Akbari
By: Fabio Geda , Howard Curtis
3.99
Format: 215 pages, Hardcover
When a ten-year-old boy's village in Afghanistan falls prey to Taliban rule, his mother shepherds t… read more
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- contemporary
"Khasta kofta inseamna obosit ca o chiftea,pt ca atunci cand femeile fac chiftele,prin partile noastre,le framanta si le framanta si le framanta mult timp in causul mainii"-Fabio Geda, In the Sea There are Crocodiles: Based on the True Story of Enaiatollah Akbari
"Ha detto: “Tre cose che non devi fare nella vita, Enait jan , per nessun motivo. La prima è usare le droghe. Ce ne sono che hanno un odore e un sapore buono e i sussurrano alle orecchie che sapranno …"-Fabio Geda, In the Sea There are Crocodiles: Based on the True Story of Enaiatollah Akbari
3. Die Physiker
By: Friedrich Dürrenmatt
4.38
Format: 613 pages, Paperback
Mobius, ein umworbener weil genialer Physiker, will eine gefahrliche Verstrickung von Wissenschaft … read more
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- german literature
- fiction
4. Jugend ohne Gott
By: Ödön von Horváth
4.31
Format: 110 pages, Paperback
Das vielleicht wichtigste Werk Horvaths. Eine Erzahlung uber Respekt und Toleranz. Jugend ohne Gott… read more
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- german literature
- fiction
5. Vom Ende der Einsamkeit
By: Benedict Wells
4.38
Format: 355 pages, Hardcover
Jules und seine beiden Geschwister wachsen behütet auf, bis ihre Eltern bei einem Unfall ums Leben … read more
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- german literature
- fiction
- contemporary
"De eenzaamheid in ons kunnen we alleen samen overwinnen."-Benedict Wells, Vom Ende der Einsamkeit
"Er waren dingen die ik niet kon zeggen, alleen schrijven. Want als ik praatte, dacht ik en als ik schreef, voelde ik."-Benedict Wells, Vom Ende der Einsamkeit
"Ik vraag me af wanneer alles verkeerd begon te lopen en of het misschien al vanaf het begin de verkeerde kant op is gegaan."-Benedict Wells, Vom Ende der Einsamkeit
"Aber in ihrer Gegenwart habe ich zum ersten Mal die Stille in mir genossen. Sie war wie eine kalte Hand auf einer heißen Stirn."-Benedict Wells, Vom Ende der Einsamkeit
6. Ein ganzes Leben
By: Robert Seethaler
3.50
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
Als Andreas Egger in das Tal kommt, in dem er sein Leben verbringen wird, ist er vier Jahre alt, un… read more
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- german literature
- fiction
- contemporary
7. Tonio Kröger
By: Thomas Mann , J. White
3.73
Format: 128 pages, Paperback
A title in the Bristol Classical Press German Texts series, in German with English notes, vocabular… read more
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- german literature
- fiction
"A felicidade é amar e talvez colher pequenas aproximações ilusórias da pessoa amada."-Thomas Mann, Tonio Kröger
"What they, in their innocence, cannot comprehend is that a properly constituted, healthy, decent man never writes, acts, or composes."-Thomas Mann, Tonio Kröger
"Vuole credere lei che sarei orgoglioso e felice di possedere un amico tra gli uomini? Ma fino ad ora ho avuto amici solo tra demoni, farfarelli, mostri oscuri e fantasmi afasiaci, vale a dire: tra le…"-Thomas Mann, Tonio Kröger
"ბედნიერება იმაში კი არ არის, რომ უყვარდეთ; ეს გაძლევს მხოლოდ კმაყოფილების გრძნობას. იყო ბედნიერი - ნიშნავს გიყვარდეს, დაიჭირო წარმავალი, შესაძლოა მაცდური წამიერი გაელვებები, შენი სიყვარულის ობიექტის …"-Thomas Mann, Tonio Kröger
8. Der Sandmann
By: E.T.A. Hoffmann
4.10
Format: 136 pages, Paperback
Unter Hoffmanns Werken hat Der Sandmann das weitaus grosste Interesse gefunden. Sein Grundproblem i… read more
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- german literature
- fiction
9. Bahnwärter Thiel
By: Gerhart Hauptmann
2.50
Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback
Gerhart Hauptmanns 1888 erschienene "novellistische Studie" 'Bahnwarter Thiel' ist das erste bedeut… read more
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- german literature
- fiction
10. The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum
By: Heinrich Böll , Leila Vennewitz
3.88
Format: 0 pages, Paperback
In an era in which journalists will stop at nothing to break a story, Henrich Boll's The Lost Honor… read more
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- german literature
- fiction
11. Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
By: Patrick Süskind , John E. Woods
4.00
Format: 139 pages, Paperback
An acclaimed bestseller and international sensation, Patrick Suskind's classic novel provokes a ter… read more
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- fiction
12. Der Besuch der alten Dame
By: Friedrich Dürrenmatt
3.75
Format: None pages, Paperback
>>Claire Zachanassian, eine amerikanische Multimillionarin, kehrt in ihr Heimatdorf Gullen zuruck, … read more
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- german literature
- fiction
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- fiction
- contemporary
14. The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea
By: Yukio Mishima , John Nathan
3.85
Format: 181 pages, Paperback
This is an alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780679750154 The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the… read more
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- fiction
"إن الخطر، هو الحياة"-Yukio Mishima, The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea
"To Ryuji the smile seemed as brittle as fine glass crystal and very dangerous"-Yukio Mishima, The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea
"حتى وإن أبحرت سنوات عديدة، لن تعتاد يوماً على العواصف، وفي كل مرة تتساءل إن كنت ستودع الحياة"."-Yukio Mishima, The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea
"The only people in this world I really trust are my fans - even if they do forget you so fast."-Yukio Mishima, The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea
15. Revenge
By: Yōko Ogawa , Stephen Snyder
4.26
Format: 168 pages, Paperback
Sinister forces draw together a cast of desperate characters in this eerie and absorbing novel from… read more
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16. Die dunkle Seite des Mondes
By: Martin Suter
4.48
Format: None pages, Paperback
Starwirtschaftsanwalt Urs Blank, funfundvierzig, Fachmann fur Fusionsverhandlungen, hat seine Gefuh… read more
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17. Greek Lessons
By: Han Kang
3.47
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
A powerful novel about the saving grace of language and human connection, from the author of the In… read more
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- fiction
- contemporary
"If snow is the silence that falls from the sky, perhaps rain is an endless sentence."-Han Kang, Greek Lessons
"Si tomamos como cierta la premisa que dice que, cuando perdemos algo, ganamos otra cosa, ¿Qué es lo que he ganado yo al perderte a ti?."-Han Kang, Greek Lessons
"Before she lost words - when she was still able to se them to write - she sometimes wished that her own expressions would more closely resemble inarticulacy: a moan or low cry."-Han Kang, Greek Lessons
"To her, there was no touch as instantaneous and intuitive as the gaze. It was close to being the only way of touching without touch. Language, by comparison, is an infinitely more physical way to tou…"-Han Kang, Greek Lessons
18. Cold Enough for Snow
By: Jessica Au
3.73
Format: 99 pages, Paperback
A mother and daughter travel from abroad to meet in Tokyo: they walk along the canals through the a… read more
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- fiction
- contemporary
"She had kept, I knew, all the tickets, brochures and guides we had been given to take home, as if she would take them out later to read as one reads a novel."-Jessica Au, Cold Enough for Snow
"The best we could do in this life was to pass through it, like smoke through the branches, suffering, until we either reached the state of nothingness, or else suffered elsewhere."-Jessica Au, Cold Enough for Snow
"Nowadays, she said, people were hungry to know everything, thinking that they could understand it all, as if enlightenment were just around the corner. But, she said, in fact there was no control, an…"-Jessica Au, Cold Enough for Snow
"Then she reached for her bag and took out a small book. She explained she had found it at a store near her home, and that it described the nature of your character based on the date of your birth. (.…"-Jessica Au, Cold Enough for Snow
19. So Late in the Day
By: Claire Keegan
4.00
Format: 47 pages, Hardcover
After an uneventful Friday at the Dublin office, Cathal faces into the long weekend and takes the b… read more
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- fiction
- contemporary
20. Melody
By: Martin Suter
4.09
Format: 332 pages, Hardcover
In einer Villa am Zürichberg wohnt Alt-Nationalrat Dr. Stotz, umgeben von Porträts einer jungen Fra… read more
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- german literature
- fiction
- contemporary
21. Junge mit schwarzem Hahn
By: Stefanie vor Schulte
4.18
Format: 227 pages, Hardcover
Der elfjährige Martin besitzt nichts bis auf das Hemd auf dem Leib und seinen schwarzen Hahn, Behüt… read more
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- german literature
- fiction
- contemporary
22. Hard Land
By: Benedict Wells
4.29
Format: 345 pages, Hardcover
Missouri, 1985: Um vor den Problemen zu Hause zu fliehen, nimmt der fünfzehnjährige Sam einen Ferie… read more
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- german literature
- fiction
- contemporary
23. Kabale und Liebe
By: Friedrich Schiller
3.06
Format: 141 pages, Paperback
ISBNs moved from this edition Das 1784 erschienene und uraufgeführte Drama 'Kabale und Liebe' (ur… read more
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- german literature
- fiction
"Bei uns wird nur selten eine Mariage geschlossen, wo nicht wenigstens ein halb Dutzend der Gäste - oder der Aufwärter- das Paradies des Bräutigams geometrisch ermessen kann."-Friedrich Schiller, Kabale und Liebe
24. Dschinns
By: Fatma Aydemir
4.58
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Dreißig Jahre hat Hüseyin in Deutschland gearbeitet, nun erfüllt er sich endlich seinen Traum: eine… read more
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- german literature
- fiction
- contemporary
25. Die Wahrheit über das Lügen: Zehn Geschichten
By: Benedict Wells
4.01
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Es geht um alles oder nichts in diesen Geschichten. Sie handeln vom Unglück, frei zu sein, und von … read more
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- german literature
- fiction
- contemporary
26. The Premonition
By: Banana Yoshimoto
3.43
Format: 133 pages, Hardcover
The internationally beloved author of Kitchen and Dead-End Memories returns with a beautiful and he… read more
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- fiction
- contemporary
"I'd never known a love before that could blot out the world around like this."-Banana Yoshimoto, The Premonition
"Later, for the first time in a very long time, I heard my aunt play the piano. Its tone was soft, and just like I remembered it. At the kitchen window one overcast afternoon, I watched its beautiful …"-Banana Yoshimoto, The Premonition
27. Three O'Clock in the Morning
By: Gianrico Carofiglio
4.00
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
A coming-of-age novel—a heady union of Before Sunrise and Beautiful Ruins—about a father and his te… read more
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- fiction
- contemporary
28. Winter in Sokcho
By: Elisa Shua Dusapin
3.56
Format: 154 pages, Paperback
As if Marguerite Duras wrote Convenience Store Woman - a beautiful, unexpected novel from a debut F… read more
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- fiction
- contemporary
"The rain hammered down, the sea rising beneath it in spikes like the spines of a sea urchin."-Elisa Shua Dusapin, Winter in Sokcho
"How do you know when a story is done?’ ‘My character reaches a point when I know he has a life of his own. I can let him go."-Elisa Shua Dusapin, Winter in Sokcho
"How do you know when a story is done?" "My character reaches a point when I know he has a life of his own. I can let him go."-Elisa Shua Dusapin, Winter in Sokcho
29. Sprache und Sein
By: Kübra Gümüşay
4.33
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
Kübra Gümüşay beschreibt wie Sprache unser Denken prägt und unsere Politik bestimmt. „Ein beein… read more
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- german literature
"Wir haben die AfD so groß gemacht, wie sie es heute ist. Indem wir ihre Provokationen durch unsere Diskussionen legitimierten. Indem wir ihren Hass zur Meinung erkoren haben. Indem wir ihre Menschenf…"-Kübra Gümüşay, Sprache und Sein
"Der Kampf um absolute Wahrheiten ist zu einer Aufmerksamkeitsmaschine geworden. Es ist heute möglich, seinen Lebensunterhalt damit zu bestreiten, Islamkritiker*in zu sein. Doch dieser Kampf um abschl…"-Kübra Gümüşay, Sprache und Sein
"Und wenn diese Sprache, das Deutsche, nicht meine ist, dann ist es auch meine Schuld. Statt darum zu flehen, zu erbitten, sie möge Platz für uns schaffen, sollten wir uns diesen Platz nehmen. Wir sol…"-Kübra Gümüşay, Sprache und Sein
"Fremdsprache ist nicht gleich Fremdsprache. Bilingual ist nicht gleich bilingual. Wenn Sie an Bilingualität denken, welche Sprachen fallen Ihnen ein? Deutsch und Französisch? Deutsch und Englisch? De…"-Kübra Gümüşay, Sprache und Sein
30. Der Blaue Siphon
By: Urs Widmer
3.26
Format: None pages, Paperback
German read more
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- german literature
- fiction
- contemporary
31. Ich bin auch Jonathan
By: Angela Lembo-Achtnich
4.61
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Als schwarzes Schaf der Familie bezeichnet Jonny Fischer den Jungen, der er einst gewesen ist. Auf … read more
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