6 must-read poetry books like Requiem : (1908) by Rainer Maria Rilke

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Requiem : (1908)

By: Rainer Maria Rilke

4.03

Format: 26 pages, Kindle Edition

Bei diesem Werk handelt es sich um eine urheberrechtsfreie Ausgabe. Der Kauf dieser Kindle-Edition …

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1. A Season in Hell

By: Michel Butor , Arthur Rimbaud , Robert Mapplethorpe , None

4.07

Format: 95 pages, Hardcover

Written by Rimbaud at age 18 in the wake of a tempestuous affair with fellow poet, Paul Verlaine, A… read more

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"Cela s'est passé. Je sais aujourd'hui saluer la beauté."

-Michel Butor, A Season in Hell

"Elle est retrouvée — Quoi? — l’Éternité. C’est la mer mêlée Au soleil."

-Michel Butor, A Season in Hell

"In the dawn, armed with a burning patience, we shall enter the splendid cities."

-Michel Butor, A Season in Hell

"¡Perpetua farsa! Mi inocencia podría hacerme llorar. La vida es la farsa en que participamos todos."

-Michel Butor, A Season in Hell

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2. Mendel el de los libros

By: Stefan Zweig , Berta Vias Mahou

4.00

Format: 57 pages, Paperback

Escrito en 1929, Mendel el de los libros narra la trágica historia de un excéntrico librero de viej… read more

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"لا ننتج الكتب إلا لكي نبقى على صلة بالبشر فيما وراء الموت فنزود بذلك عن أنفسنا ضد العدو الألد للحياة ، ضد الزمن الذي يمضي ، ضد النسيان"

-Stefan Zweig, Mendel el de los libros

"Los libros sólo se escriben para, por encima del propio aliento, unir a los seres humanos, y así defendernos frente al inexorable reverso de toda existencia: la fugacidad y el olvido"

-Stefan Zweig, Mendel el de los libros

"...avrei dovuto sapere che i libri si fanno solo per legarsi agli uomini al di là del nostro breve respiro e difendersi così dall'inesorabile avversario di ogni vita: la caducità e l'oblio."

-Stefan Zweig, Mendel el de los libros

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3. Ararat

By: Louise Glück

4.12

Format: 68 pages, Paperback

Louise Glück won the Pulitzer Prize for The Wild Iris in 1993. The author of eight books of poetry … read more

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"To say I’m without fear– it wouldn’t be true. I’m afraid of sickness, humiliation. Like anyone, I have my dreams. But I’ve learned to hide them, to protect myself from fulfillment: all happiness attr…"

-Louise Glück, Ararat

"As I saw it, all my mother's life, my father held her down, like lead strapped to her ankles. She was buoyant by nature; she wanted to travel, go to the theater, go to museums. What he wanted was to …"

-Louise Glück, Ararat

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4. The Elementary Particles

By: Michel Houellebecq , Frank Wynne

3.80

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

An international literary phenomenon, The Elementary Particles is a frighteningly original novel–pa… read more

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"It's a curious idea to reproduce when you don't even like life."

-Michel Houellebecq, The Elementary Particles

"He doesn't know it yet, but the infinity of childhood is brief."

-Michel Houellebecq, The Elementary Particles

"The world outside had its own rules, and those rules were not human."

-Michel Houellebecq, The Elementary Particles

"J'aurais pu adhérer au Front National, mais à quoi bon manger de la choucroute avec des cons?"

-Michel Houellebecq, The Elementary Particles

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5. Pinocchio

By: John Boyne , Unknown , Monteiro Lobato , Carlo Collodi

3.85

Format: 262 pages, Paperback

A timeless classic to be read over and over. This is the story of Pinocchio, filled with harrowi… read more

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"Hunger is the best cook."

-John Boyne, Pinocchio

"A conscience is that still small voice that people won't listen to."

-John Boyne, Pinocchio

"Would it be possible to find a more ungrateful boy, or one with less heart than I have!"

-John Boyne, Pinocchio

"Laziness is a serious illness and one must cure it immediately; yes, even from early childhood. If not, it will kill you in the end."

-John Boyne, Pinocchio

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6. On the Road

By: Jack Kerouac

3.61

Format: 307 pages, Paperback

A quintessential novel of America & the Beat Generation On the Road chronicles Jack Kerouac's years… read more

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"We wandered in a frenzy and a dream (301)."

-Jack Kerouac, On the Road

"I forgave everybody, I gave up, I got drunk."

-Jack Kerouac, On the Road

"It was a rainy night. It was the myth of a rainy night."

-Jack Kerouac, On the Road

"There was nothing to talk about anymore. The only thing to do was go."

-Jack Kerouac, On the Road

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7. Kitchen

By: Banana Yoshimoto , Megan Backus

3.66

Format: 296 pages,

Banana Yoshimoto's novels have made her a sensation in Japan and all over the world, and Kitchen, t… read more

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8. Mephisto

By: Klaus Mann , Robin Smyth

4.82

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Klaus Mann - Thomas Mann's son - wrote MEPHISTO while living in exile from the Germany of World War… read more

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9. Cronopios and Famas

By: Julio Cortázar , Paul Blackburn

4.39

Format: 280 pages, Paperback

"The Instruction Manual," the first chapter, is an absurd assortment of tasks and items dissected i… read more

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10. A Breath of Life

By: Clarice Lispector , Benjamin Moser , Johnny Lorenz

3.83

Format: None pages, Paperback

A mystical dialogue between a male author (a thinly disguised Clarice Lispector) and his/her creati… read more

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11. Ways of Going Home

By: Alejandro Zambra , Megan McDowell

3.98

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Ways of Going Homebegins with an earthquake, seen through the eyes of an unnamed nine-year-old boy.… read more

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12. Selected Poems

By: None , Edmund Keeley , Philip Sherrard

3.91

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

This representative selection from the work of one of modern Greece's most fascinating poets was ma… read more

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Cover of The Clown by Heinrich Böll, Leila Vennewitz, Laureano Xoaquín Araujo Cardalda

13. The Clown

By: Heinrich Böll , Leila Vennewitz , Laureano Xoaquín Araujo Cardalda

3.94

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Acclaimed entertainer Hans Schnier collapses when his beloved Marie leaves him because he won’t mar… read more

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"I am a clown...and I collect moments."

-Heinrich Böll, The Clown

"بی خداها حوصله ام را سر می برند، چون فقط درباره خدا حرف می زنند!"

-Heinrich Böll, The Clown

"Atheisten langweilen mich, weil sie immer nur von Gott sprechen."

-Heinrich Böll, The Clown

"An artist is like a woman who can do nothing but love, and who succumbs to every stray male jackass."

-Heinrich Böll, The Clown

14. Chéri

By: Colette Gauthier-Villars

4.36

Format: 512 pages,

Lea de Lonval is an aging courtesan, a once famous beauty facing the end of her sexual career. She … read more

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15. Barbe bleue

By: Amélie Nothomb

4.04

Format: 323 pages, Paperback

Saturnine cherche une colocation car vivre sur le canape du tout petit appartement de sa copine, c'… read more

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16. 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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17. Felicity

By: Mary Oliver

4.12

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Mary Oliver, winner of the Pulitzer Prize, celebrates love in her new collection of poems "If I ha… read more

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18. Pippi Longstocking

By: Astrid Lindgren , Louis S. Glanzman , Florence Lamborn

4.41

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

The beloved story of a spunky young girl and her hilarious escapades. Tommy and his sister Annika h… read more

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19. Bonjour tristesse

By: Françoise Sagan

3.72

Format: 154 pages, Mass Market Paperback

(English follows French) La villa est magnifique, l'été brûlant, la Méditerranée toute proche. C… read more

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"Je serais intelligente, cultivée, un peu détachée, comme Anne."

-Françoise Sagan, Bonjour tristesse

"Il est très vaniteux ou très peu sûr de lui, comme vous voulez."

-Françoise Sagan, Bonjour tristesse

"Bet juk taip malonu paklusti savo impulsams, o paskui gailėtis..."

-Françoise Sagan, Bonjour tristesse

"Et de plus, Cyril m'aimait ... cette pensée suffisait à mon euphorie."

-Françoise Sagan, Bonjour tristesse

20. Letter to His Father

By: Franz Kafka , Max Brod , Eithne Wilkins , Ernst Kaiser , Willem van Toorn , Gerda Meijerink

3.53

Format: 349 pages,

This is the bilingual edition with German verso, English recto. read more

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21. The Fall

By: Albert Camus , Justin O'Brien

4.01

Format: 0 pages, Paperback

Elegantly styled, Camus' profoundly disturbing novel of a Parisian lawyer's confessions is a searin… read more

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22. A Girl's Story

By: Annie Ernaux

3.89

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

WINNER OF THE 2022 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE Another masterpiece of remembering from Annie Ernau… read more

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"Un été immense comme ils le sont tous jusqu'à vingt-cinq ans"

-Annie Ernaux, A Girl's Story

"Everywhere on earth, with every day that dawns, a woman stands surrounded by men ready to throw stones at her."

-Annie Ernaux, A Girl's Story

"At this very moment, out in the streets, the open spaces, on the metro, in lecture halls, and inside millions of heads, millions of novels are being written chapter by chapter, erased and revised, an…"

-Annie Ernaux, A Girl's Story

"Aucun autre projet d’écriture ne me paraît, non pas lumineux, ni nouveau, encore moins heureux, mais vital, capable de me faire vivre au-dessus du temps. Juste « profiter de la vie » est une perspect…"

-Annie Ernaux, A Girl's Story

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23. 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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"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

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24. La favola di Amore e Psiche

By: Apuleius

3.88

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Comincia come ogni favola il racconto di Amore e Psiche, con un re e una regina e le loro tre figli… read more

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"Iam nil officiunt mihi nec ipsae nocturnae tenebrae: teneo te, meum lumen."

-Apuleius, La favola di Amore e Psiche

"I little esteeme to see your visage and figure, little doe I regard the night and darknesse thereof, for you are my only light."

-Apuleius, La favola di Amore e Psiche

"Night fell, and her husband came to bed, and as soon as they had finished kissing and embracing each other, he fell fast asleep. Psyche was not naturally either very strong or very brave, but the cru…"

-Apuleius, La favola di Amore e Psiche

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25. La seducción

By: Sara Torres

3.68

Format: 147 pages, Kindle Edition

Tras el éxito de Lo que hay, vuelve con una novela sobre la distancia, el deseo y la fantasía la au… read more

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"Esa es la propuesta del 'amor' humano hacia los animales: adáptate a mi ley o muere."

-Sara Torres, La seducción

"No elegimos las primeras imágenes que capturan nuestro deseo. Nos son impuestas: por azar, por poder o por norma."

-Sara Torres, La seducción

"Imagino ese concretísimo gesti para poder correrme. ¿Qué dice de mi? ¿Qué dicen de nosotras las imágenes que nos desatan?"

-Sara Torres, La seducción

"Las observaba y sus gestos, imaginados en mi propia carne, me dolían, pero a ellas no. Parecía natural su ser suaves, imberbes, con aroma a frambuesa y a plátano."

-Sara Torres, La seducción

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26. She and Her Cat: Stories

By: Makoto Shinkai

3.89

Format: 135 pages, Hardcover

For fans of Mieko Kawakami’s Breasts and Eggs and Murata Sayaka’s Earthlings, this Japanese bestsel… read more

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"I recalled that rainy day when I'd rescued Chobi-or so I'd arrogantly believed at the time. Actually, I was the one who'd been rescued."

-Makoto Shinkai, She and Her Cat: Stories

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27. I Is Another: Septology III-V

By: Jon Fosse

4.44

Format: 271 pages, Paperback

Asle is an ageing painter and widower who lives alone on the southwest coast of Norway. His only fr… read more

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"...I just keep the mistakes and let them be wrong, because it’s often the mistakes that eventually lead to something right..."

-Jon Fosse, I Is Another: Septology III-V

"...one of the most important things when it comes to painting is being able to stop at the right time, to know when a picture is saying what it can say, if you keep going too long then more often tha…"

-Jon Fosse, I Is Another: Septology III-V

"...a person comes from God and goes back to God, I think, for the body is conceived and born, it grows and declines, it dies and vanishes, but the spirit is a unity of body and soul, the way form and…"

-Jon Fosse, I Is Another: Septology III-V

"...everyone has a deep longing inside them, we always always long for something and we believe that what we long for is this or that, this person or that person, this thing or that thing, but actuall…"

-Jon Fosse, I Is Another: Septology III-V

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28. Cara de pan

By: Sara Mesa

3.67

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

«La primera vez la coge tan desprevenida que se sobresalta al verlo.» El encuentro se produce en un… read more

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"Se supone que los profesores organizan los grupos para promover la igualdad, usan esa expresión: promover la igualdad pero consiguen justo lo contrario: debilitar a los débiles y fortalecer a los fue…"

-Sara Mesa, Cara de pan

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29. Optic Nerve

By: María Gainza

3.92

Format: 208 pages, Kindle Edition

The narrator of Optic Nerve is an Argentinian woman whose obsession is art. The story of her life i… read more

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"el estilo es un medio para insistir sobre algo."

-María Gainza, Optic Nerve

"Mal administrada, la historia del arte puede ser letal como la estricnina."

-María Gainza, Optic Nerve

"Nos llamábamos igual, mi prima y yo. Recién ahora me doy cuenta de que nuestro nombre contiene al mar como un llamado, como una premonición."

-María Gainza, Optic Nerve

"Some details are lost to time, and in fact it’s for the best. To ever feel that you understand anything only means that your mind has turned rigid."

-María Gainza, Optic Nerve

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30. (h)amor 9: amigas

By: Sandra Cendal

4.02

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

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31. Requiem : (1908)

By: Rainer Maria Rilke

4.03

Format: 26 pages, Kindle Edition

Bei diesem Werk handelt es sich um eine urheberrechtsfreie Ausgabe. Der Kauf dieser Kindle-Edition … read more

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5 Top womens books like A Girl's Story by Annie Ernaux

Transform Your Habits

The Days of Abandonment

Elena Ferrante , Ann Goldstein

3.87

Transform Your Habits

Things I Don't Want to Know

Deborah Levy

4.09

Transform Your Habits

A Girl's Story

Annie Ernaux

3.89

Transform Your Habits

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Simone de Beauvoir

4.10

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