Het leven zoals het is
By: Benoîte Groult
3.10
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
Net als in Groults internationale bestseller Zout op mijn huid spelen liefde, reizen en passie een …
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1. L'appel de l'ange
By: Guillaume Musso
3.91
Format: None pages, Paperback
Dans leur telephone, il y avait toute leur vie... New York. Aeroport Kennedy. Dans la salle d'embar… read more
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2. Days in the History of Silence
By: Anne Bruce , Merethe Lindstrøm
3.53
Format: 231 pages, Paperback
Eva and Simon have spent most of their adult lives together. He is a physician and she is a teache… read more
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3. A Happy Death
By: Albert Camus , Richard Howard , Jean Sarocchi
4.15
Format: 275 pages, Paperback
Is it possible to die a happy death?This is the central question of Camus's astonishing early novel… read more
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4. Narcissus and Goldmund
By: Hermann Hesse , Ursule Molinaro
4.05
Format: 336 pages,
Narcissus and Goldmundtells the story of two medieval men whose characters are diametrically opposi… read more
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5. Body and Soul
By: Frank Conroy
3.33
Format: 140 pages, Paperback
In the dim light of a basement apartment, six-year-old Claude Rawlings sits at an old white piano, … read more
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6. Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China
By: Jung Chang
3.68
Format: 113 pages,
The story of three generations in twentieth-century China that blends the intimacy of memoir and th… read more
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7. Skippy Dies
By: Paul Murray
4.67
Format: 46 pages, Paperback
A tragic comedy of epic sweep and dimension, Skippy Dies wrings every last drop of humour and hopel… read more
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8. Der Trafikant
By: Robert Seethaler
4.34
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Osterreich 1937: Der 17-jahrige Franz Huchel verlasst sein Heimatdorf, um in Wien als Lehrling in e… read more
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9. Le Consentement
By: Vanessa Springora
4.30
Format: 216 pages, Paperback
Au milieu des années 1980, élevée par une mère divorcée, V. comble par la lecture le vide laissé pa… read more
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"Si las relaciones sexuales entre un adulto y un menor de quince años son ilegales, ¿por qué esa tolerancia cuando son obra del representante de una élite, un fotógrafo, un escritor, un cineasta o un …"-Vanessa Springora, Le Consentement
"No, ese hombre no albergaba los mejores sentimientos. Ese hombre no era bueno. Era lo que aprendemos a temer desde niños: un ogro. Nuestro amor era un sueño tan potente que nada, ni una sola de las p…"-Vanessa Springora, Le Consentement
"I would recall my mission in life - pleasuring men. That was my condition, my status. And so I would offer my services anew, with renewed zeal, and with a simulated conviction that I even managed to …"-Vanessa Springora, Le Consentement
"What he loved more than anything was making love. Who could blame him? When it came to sex, I oscillated between feeling all-powerful and completely apathetic. Sometimes I was filled with a feeling o…"-Vanessa Springora, Le Consentement
10. The Young Man
By: Annie Ernaux
3.61
Format: 64 pages, Paperback
WINNER OF THE 2022 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE Annie Ernaux's most recent book, dazzling and breat… read more
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11. Triste tigre
By: Neige Sinno
4.23
Format: 283 pages, Paperback
J'ai voulu y croire, j'ai voulu rêver que le royaume de la littérature m'accueillerait comme n'impo… read more
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"C'est vrai qu'aucun [...] n'avait vu ce que nous pouvions voir nous, les enfants et ma mère, au sein du foyer, où il se comportait comme un tyran. Et c'est quand même ça qui ressort avant tout de cet…"-Neige Sinno, Triste tigre
12. The Eighth Life
By: Nino Haratischwili
4.52
Format: 944 pages, Hardcover
Six romances, one revolution, the story of the century. 'That night Stasia took an oath, swearin… read more
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"And if you don’t know who you are, then look at all the possible versions of you, find the most impossible one, and become that."-Nino Haratischwili, The Eighth Life
"and you asked me where people keep their childhood, and I remember telling you that we keep it hidden, between our ribs, in little liver spots and moles, in the roots of our hair, above our heart, in…"-Nino Haratischwili, The Eighth Life
"Love was slow, creeping poison, loge was treacherous and insincere, love was a veil thrown over the misery of the world, love was sticky and indigestible, it was a mirror in which one could be what o…"-Nino Haratischwili, The Eighth Life
13. La plus secrète mémoire des hommes
By: Mohamed Mbougar Sarr
4.18
Format: 464 pages, Paperback
Un magistral roman d'apprentissage, une saisissante enquête sur les traces d'un mystérieux auteur m… read more
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"Nunca intentes decir de qué habla un gran libro. O si lo haces, la única respuesta posible es: de nada."-Mohamed Mbougar Sarr, La plus secrète mémoire des hommes
"He alcanzado el estado terminal de la inmigración: simplemente ya no creo en la posibilidad del regreso."-Mohamed Mbougar Sarr, La plus secrète mémoire des hommes
"Estuvo tanto tiempo en el exilio - medio siglo! - que nos decíamos que debía de haberse dejado una parte de sí mismo por el camino"-Mohamed Mbougar Sarr, La plus secrète mémoire des hommes
"Nos apetece hablar de todo, menos del exilio. De todas formas, no hay nada que decir sobre el exilio. No conozco un tema más molesto en este mundo."-Mohamed Mbougar Sarr, La plus secrète mémoire des hommes
14. De eerlijke vinder
By: Lize Spit
3.61
Format: 96 pages, Hardcover
Alternative cover edition of ISBN 9789059657328 'Hoe langer hij ermee wachtte, hoe minder moed h… read more
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15. Schemerleven
By: Jaap Robben
4.44
Format: 312 pages, Hardcover
Wanneer de jonge, vrijgevochten Frieda Tendeloo op een late wintermiddag in 1963 de dichtgevroren W… read more
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16. Elizabeth Finch
By: Julian Barnes
3.17
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
From the award-winning novelist, a compact narrative that centers on the presence of a vivid and pa… read more
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- fiction
"In the case of George and the Dragon – an encounter in which the dice were theologically loaded – any morally sentient human being must surely sympathise with the poor dragon."-Julian Barnes, Elizabeth Finch
"I don’t know what the average allotment of good luck in a life is or should be — it’s an unanswerable question, and doubtless there is no ‘should’ in it anyway — but I do know that she was part of my…"-Julian Barnes, Elizabeth Finch
"Korean woman who had escaped from the North to the South. She was talking about love. ‘If you grow up in the West,’ she said, ‘you may think romance occurs naturally, but it does not. You learn how t…"-Julian Barnes, Elizabeth Finch
"We must certainly consider, not just in this class, but outside it, in our own turbulent and fretful lives, the element of chance. The number of people we deeply meet is strangely few. Passion may mi…"-Julian Barnes, Elizabeth Finch
17. The Cafe on the Edge of the World: A Story About the Meaning of Life
By: John P. Strelecky
3.55
Format: 136 pages, Paperback
In a small cafe at a location so remote it stands in the middle of the middle of nowhere, John--a m… read more
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- fiction
"Man schafft nicht alles. Niemand tut das. Deshalb sollte man sich über die Dinge freuen, zu denen man kommt."-John P. Strelecky, The Cafe on the Edge of the World: A Story About the Meaning of Life
"Why is it that we spend so much of our time preparing for when we can do what we want, instead of just doing what we want right now?"-John P. Strelecky, The Cafe on the Edge of the World: A Story About the Meaning of Life
"As I was floating on the surface, I realized something: When the turtle was swimming, it linked its movements to the movements of the water. When a wave was coming at him, he would float, and paddle …"-John P. Strelecky, The Cafe on the Edge of the World: A Story About the Meaning of Life
18. Alkibiades
By: Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer
4.35
Format: 960 pages, Hardcover
Deze monumentale, rijk gedocumenteerde, historische roman vertelt het waargebeurde verhaal van het … read more
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19. De jaloezieman
By: Jo Nesbø
3.20
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
Als een Duitse toerist op een Grieks eiland spoorloos verdwijnt, wordt de hulp ingeroepen van De Ja… read more
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20. The Years
By: Annie Ernaux
4.17
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
Considered by many to be the iconic French memoirist’s defining work and a breakout bestseller when… read more
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"Sauver quelque chose du temps où l'on ne sera plus jamais."-Annie Ernaux, The Years
"La profusion des choses cachait la rareté des idées et l'usure des croyances."-Annie Ernaux, The Years
"The profusion of things concealed the scarcity of ideas and the erosion of beliefs."-Annie Ernaux, The Years
"Je ne suis nulle part dans le temps. Il est l'ange qui fait revivre le passé, rend éternel."-Annie Ernaux, The Years
21. Everybody Knows
By: Jordan Harper
3.76
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Welcome to Mae Pruett’s Los Angeles, where “Nobody talks. But everybody whispers.” As a “black-bag… read more
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"You have to be invited in. Cops are like vampires that way."-Jordan Harper, Everybody Knows
"What she tells him after that blows out the back of Chris’s head like a book-depository bullet."-Jordan Harper, Everybody Knows
"Brass and the DAs are the true villains in a cop’s life. The knuckleheads are just the product they trade in."-Jordan Harper, Everybody Knows
"His hands in his lap grasp and clench the air like he’s trying to find the world’s throat and choke it until it’s dead."-Jordan Harper, Everybody Knows
22. C'est comme ça que je disparais
By: Mirion Malle
4.32
Format: 206 pages, Paperback
« La première fois où j'ai eu le goût de mourir, j'avais genre euh 12 ans ? Mais ça compte pas, ça … read more
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"Je suis vide, je ne ressens rien, juste du vide. Avoir le cœur brisé me manque. Être triste me manque."-Mirion Malle, C'est comme ça que je disparais
"Je me sentais tellement vivante à ce moment-là, je crois. Maintenant, je ne me rappelle plus ce que ça fait d'être triste."-Mirion Malle, C'est comme ça que je disparais
"Il continue sa vie, sans embûches, sans répercussions. Il m'a détruite et il a le droit de vivre une vie heureuse. Et moi, je suis brisée à tout jamais."-Mirion Malle, C'est comme ça que je disparais
"J'aurais aimé... j'aurais tellement aimé profiter de ma vie. Profiter de ma vingtaine. Finir mon adolescence doucement. J'aurais voulu avoir ce droit-là."-Mirion Malle, C'est comme ça que je disparais
23. De draaischijf
By: Tom Lanoye
4.04
Format: 477 pages, Hardcover
‘Ik had me de dag waarop ik word begraven heel anders voorgesteld.’ Aan het woord is Alex Desmedt, … read more
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"Ik heb nooit, zoals als zij, geloofd in militaire triomfen in naam van God, volk of staat. Ik ben gepokt en gemazeld een Vlaming van de nooit-meer-oorloggeneratie. De lessen van het verspilde bloed a…"-Tom Lanoye, De draaischijf
"De eerste is Gerard Walschap, verre vriend en trouwe fan. Schrijver van stavast, geen groot talent voor toneelteksten, des te meer voor krachtig vertellen en stevige polemiek. ‘Dag mensen, dat ’t wel…"-Tom Lanoye, De draaischijf
"Zijn ambtswoning lag om de hoek, in de Pelikaanstraat. Niet ver van onze diamantbeurs, die ondanks alle krijgsperikelen en gevluchte slijpers toch aan bedrijvigheid leek te herwinnen. Het steentje. Z…"-Tom Lanoye, De draaischijf
24. De geschiedenis van mijn seksualiteit
By: Sofie Lakmaker
3.77
Format: 223 pages, Paperback
'De geschiedenis van mijn seksualiteit luidt: dat ik altijd op zoek ben geweest naar iemand die de … read more
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- feminism
"fucking hetero's, gotta teach them everything."-Sofie Lakmaker, De geschiedenis van mijn seksualiteit
25. The Horla and Others: Guy de Maupassant's Best Weird Fiction and Ghost Stories: Tales of Mystery, Murder, Fantasy & Horror (Oldstyle Tales' Horror Authors)
By: Guy de Maupassant
3.89
Format: 159 pages, Paperback
Before succumbing to the insanity that ravaged his later life, Guy de Maupassant established a repu… read more
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"A sick thought can devour the body's flesh more than fever or consumption."-Guy de Maupassant, The Horla and Others: Guy de Maupassant's Best Weird Fiction and Ghost Stories: Tales of Mystery, Murder, Fantasy & Horror (Oldstyle Tales' Horror Authors)
"Es evidente que la soledad resulta peligrosa para las mentes que piensan demasiado."-Guy de Maupassant, The Horla and Others: Guy de Maupassant's Best Weird Fiction and Ghost Stories: Tales of Mystery, Murder, Fantasy & Horror (Oldstyle Tales' Horror Authors)
"I said, 'If other beings besides us exist on Earth, why didn't we meet them a long time ago?"-Guy de Maupassant, The Horla and Others: Guy de Maupassant's Best Weird Fiction and Ghost Stories: Tales of Mystery, Murder, Fantasy & Horror (Oldstyle Tales' Horror Authors)
"Whence come those mysterious influences which change our happiness into discouragement, and our self-confidence into diffidence?"-Guy de Maupassant, The Horla and Others: Guy de Maupassant's Best Weird Fiction and Ghost Stories: Tales of Mystery, Murder, Fantasy & Horror (Oldstyle Tales' Horror Authors)
26. L'Héliotrope (Steam Sailors, #1)
By: E.S. Green
4.25
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
Il fut un temps où les Alchimistes nourrissaient le Haut et Bas-Monde de leurs inventions merveille… read more
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- roman
- france
- fiction
27. Checkout 19
By: Claire-Louise Bennett
3.17
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
The adventures of a young woman discovering her own genius, through the people she meets--and dream… read more
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- fiction
"Mimicry can be unkind, but at least it acknowledges that you’re there."-Claire-Louise Bennett, Checkout 19
"Yet in my heart I was bereft, grieving – homesick for a place I had never seen. For a place that doesn't exist, yet I belonged there nonetheless. Ridiculous really. Ridiculous, yet so acute and abidi…"-Claire-Louise Bennett, Checkout 19
"…the impulse for transgression and a taste for abasement is not so difficult to locate and arouse. Because of course it is thrilling to be astutely defiled. To have every revered trait and inimitable…"-Claire-Louise Bennett, Checkout 19
"an unbearably tense and disorienting paradox that underscores everyday life in a working-class environment—on the one hand it’s an abrasive and in-your-face world, yet, at the same time, much of it s…"-Claire-Louise Bennett, Checkout 19
28. Heatwave
By: Victor Jestin
3.16
Format: 112 pages, Hardcover
A vivid, mesmerizing novel about a teenage boy on vacation who makes an irrevocable mistake and bec… read more
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"Elle ne m'aime pas. Elle ne m'aime plus. J'ai mis l'éternité dans deux heures qui n'étaient rien pour elle, elle est partie laver son linge et elle est revenue."-Victor Jestin, Heatwave
29. Belladona
By: Hugo Claus
2.84
Format: 267 pages, Hardcover
«Dos cosas preocupaban al ministro aquella mañana, su peso y la muerte»: la frase inicial de esta o… read more
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30. Un chien à ma table
By: Claudie Hunzinger
3.11
Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition
Un soir, une jeune chienne, traînant une sale histoire avec sa chaîne brisée, surgit à la porte d’u… read more
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- roman
- france
"S'il avait été encore en vie, Tolstoï défendrait les rivières, les forêts, les prairies, comme autant de personnes, esclaves du capital, exténuées, mourantes sous le joug des humains."-Claudie Hunzinger, Un chien à ma table
31. Het leven zoals het is
By: Benoîte Groult
3.10
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
Net als in Groults internationale bestseller Zout op mijn huid spelen liefde, reizen en passie een … read more
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