In the Land of the Cyclops: Essays
By: Karl Ove Knausgård
3.84
Format: 416 pages, Paperback
From the New York Times bestselling author of the My Struggle series comes a collection of ambitiou…
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1. The Loser
By: Thomas Bernhard , Jack Dawson
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Thomas Bernhard was one of the most original writers of the twentieth century. His formal innovatio… read more
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2. The Cripple of Inishmaan
By: Martin McDonagh
4.00
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
In 1934, the people of Inishmaan learn that the Hollywood director Robert Flaherty is coming to the… read more
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3. Ogilvy on Advertising
By: David Ogilvy
3.71
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
A candid and indispensable primer on all aspects of advertising from the man Time has called "the m… read more
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4. Aliss at the Fire
By: Jon Fosse , Damion Searls
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In her old house by the fjord, Signe lies on a bench and sees a vision of herself as she was more t… read more
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5. Solenoid
By: Mircea Cărtărescu
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Format: 83 pages, Paperback
,,Vreau sa scriu o dare de seama despre anomaliile mele. In viata mea obscura, in afara oricarei is… read more
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6. The Children of the New Forest
By: Frederick Marryat
3.88
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
The Children of the New Forest is a children's novel published in 1847 by Frederick Marryat. It is … read more
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7. Against Interpretation and Other Essays
By: Susan Sontag
3.28
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First published in 1966, this celebrated book--Sontag's first collection of essays--quickly became … read more
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8. Guerre
By: Louis-Ferdinand Céline
3.79
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
Parmi les manuscrits de Louis-Ferdinand Céline récemment retrouvés figurait une liasse de deux cent… read more
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"A tant d’années passées le souvenir des choses, bien précisément, c’est un effort. Ce que les gens ont dit c’est presque tourné des mensonges. Faut se méfier. C’est putain le passé, ça fond dans la r…"-Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Guerre
"J’ai bien dû rester là encore une partie de la nuit suivante. Toute l’oreille à gauche était collée par terre avec du sang, la bouche aussi. Entre les deux y avait un bruit immense. J’ai dormi dans c…"-Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Guerre
9. Kairos
By: Jenny Erpenbeck
3.46
Format: 379 pages, Hardcover
Die neunzehnjährige Katharina und Hans, ein verheirateter Mann Mitte fünfzig, begegnen sich Ende de… read more
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"She would like a shallow life, swift and shallow, till some day she can start again. Get through her time fast until then. And when will that be? Then."-Jenny Erpenbeck, Kairos
10. A Shining
By: Jon Fosse
3.49
Format: 56 pages, Paperback
A man starts driving without knowing where he is going. He alternates between turning right and lef… read more
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"but you can’t just touch a whiteness like that. because if you did you’d probably get it dirty. and imagine getting something so white dirty"-Jon Fosse, A Shining
"Es ist auch nicht zu begreifen, es ist etwas anderes, vielleicht etwas, das man nur erlebt und das nicht wirklich geschieht. Aber geht es an, dass man so etwas einfach erlebt. Alles, was man erlebt, …"-Jon Fosse, A Shining
11. Anéantir
By: Michel Houellebecq
3.84
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"La prise de vues donnait une étrange impression de neutralité."-Michel Houellebecq, Anéantir
"Les chrétiens ont du mal en général, avec l’absurde, ça n’entre pas vraiment dans leurs catégories."-Michel Houellebecq, Anéantir
"Certains lundis de la toute fin novembre, ou du début de décembre, surtout lorsqu'on est célibataire, on a la sensation d'être dans le couloir de la mort. Les vacances d'été sont depuis longtemps oub…"-Michel Houellebecq, Anéantir
12. 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
13. Scenes from a Childhood
By: Jon Fosse
3.67
Format: 152 pages, Paperback
One of Norway's most celebrated authors and playwrights, Jon Fosse is famed for the minimalist and … read more
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14. The Other Name: Septology I-II
By: Jon Fosse
4.06
Format: 351 pages, Paperback
The Other Name follows the lives of two men living close to each other on the west coast of Norway.… read more
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"...there inside the person is what will pass away and become one with what is invisible in everything..."-Jon Fosse, The Other Name: Septology I-II
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15. A New Name: Septology VI-VII
By: Jon Fosse
4.49
Format: 228 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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"God is so far away that no one can say anything about him and that’s why all ideas about God are wrong, and at the same time he is so close that we almost can’t notice him, because he is the foundati…"-Jon Fosse, A New Name: Septology VI-VII
16. The Contrarian: Peter Thiel and Silicon Valley's Pursuit of Power
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17. Any Person Is the Only Self: Essays
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3.97
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Contagiously curious essays on reading, art, and the life of the mind, from the acclaimed author of… read more
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18. In the Land of the Cyclops: Essays
By: Karl Ove Knausgård
3.84
Format: 350 pages, Hardcover
In the Land of the Cyclops is a collection of thirty-seven essays by Karl Ove Knausgaard. In these … read more
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19. Making Sense of Race
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4.20
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Race is our age's great taboo. Public intellectuals insist that it does not exist-that it's a "soci… read more
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20. Frostbite: How Refrigeration Changed Our Food, Our Planet, and Ourselves
By: Nicola Twilley
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An engaging and far-reaching exploration of refrigeration, tracing its evolution from scientific my… read more
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21. Do I Know You?: A Faceblind Reporter’s Journey into the Science of Sight, Memory, and Imagination
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4.29
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An award-winning science writer discovers she’s faceblind, and investigates the neuroscience of sig… read more
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