6 Best nonfiction books like The Smell of Humans: A Memoir of the Holocaust in Hungary (Central European University Press Book) by Ernő Szép

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The Smell of Humans: A Memoir of the Holocaust in Hungary (Central European University Press Book)

By: Ernő Szép

4.12

Format: 196 pages, Paperback

Primarily a piece of creative writing and autobiographical literature of a very distinctive Central…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in The Smell of Humans: A Memoir of the Holocaust in Hungary (Central European University Press Book) by Ernő Szép , here is a list of 6 books like this:

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1. A Matter оf Death аnd Life

By: Andrey Kurkov

3.69

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

Marital troubles? Sick of life? Suicide the answer? Why not get yourself a contract killer? N… read more

Similar categories in Andrey Kurkov's A Matter оf Death аnd Life book and Ernő Szép's The Smell of Humans: A Memoir of the Holocaust in Hungary (Central European University Press Book)

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2. Congo

By: Éric Vuillard

4.50

Format: 532 pages, Paperback

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Similar categories in Éric Vuillard's Congo book and Ernő Szép's The Smell of Humans: A Memoir of the Holocaust in Hungary (Central European University Press Book)

  • nonfiction
  • history
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3. The Magic Mountain

By: Thomas Mann , John E. Woods

4.13

Format: 706 pages, Paperback

In this dizzyingly rich novel of ideas, Mann uses a sanatorium in the Swiss Alps, a community devot… read more

Similar categories in Thomas Mann's The Magic Mountain book and Ernő Szép's The Smell of Humans: A Memoir of the Holocaust in Hungary (Central European University Press Book)

"Laughter is a sunbeam of the soul."

-Thomas Mann, The Magic Mountain

"A harmful truth is better than a useful lie."

-Thomas Mann, The Magic Mountain

"Tolerance becomes a crime when applied to evil."

-Thomas Mann, The Magic Mountain

"It is love, not reason, that is stronger than death."

-Thomas Mann, The Magic Mountain

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4. 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

Similar categories in Annie Ernaux's A Girl's Story book and Ernő Szép's The Smell of Humans: A Memoir of the Holocaust in Hungary (Central European University Press Book)

  • nonfiction
"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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5. Baumgartner

By: Paul Auster

3.78

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

A taut yet expansive novel of love, memory, and grief from Paul Auster, best-selling, award-winning… read more

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"Vivir es sentir dolor, y vivir con miedo al dolor es negarse a vivir"

-Paul Auster, Baumgartner

"To live is to feel pain, he told himself, and to live in fear of pain is to refuse to live."

-Paul Auster, Baumgartner

"at some point in the coming years, the two books should be combined and reconfigured into a large, one-volume collected poems—a monument of singing pages that will overwhelm the silence of Anna’s gra…"

-Paul Auster, Baumgartner

"the story turns out to be so astounding and so powerful that your jaw drops open and you feel that it has changed or enhanced or deepened your understanding of the world, does it matter if the story …"

-Paul Auster, Baumgartner

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6. 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

Similar categories in Louis-Ferdinand Céline's Guerre book and Ernő Szép's The Smell of Humans: A Memoir of the Holocaust in Hungary (Central European University Press Book)

"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

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7. Wound

By: Oksana Vasyakina

3.93

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

For fans of Maggie Nelson and Eileen Myles, the lyrical and deeply moving story of a young queer wo… read more

Similar categories in Oksana Vasyakina's Wound book and Ernő Szép's The Smell of Humans: A Memoir of the Holocaust in Hungary (Central European University Press Book)

"Meg kellett szoknom, hogy át kell gondolni, mit árulok el a partneremről, hogy hogyan viselkedem nyilvánosan. Nem azért, mert szégyenlős voltam – feszengtem persze egy kicsit, de nem próbáltam titkol…"

-Oksana Vasyakina, Wound

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8. Winter (Seasonal, #2)

By: Ali Smith

3.82

Format: 322 pages, Hardcover

The dazzling second novel in Ali Smith’s essential Seasonal Quartet—from the Baileys Prize-winning,… read more

Similar categories in Ali Smith's Winter (Seasonal, #2) book and Ernő Szép's The Smell of Humans: A Memoir of the Holocaust in Hungary (Central European University Press Book)

"Everywhere’s a here, isn’t it?"

-Ali Smith, Winter (Seasonal, #2)

"Are we at mercy of technology or is technology at mercy of us?"

-Ali Smith, Winter (Seasonal, #2)

"Mind and matter are mysterious and, when they come together, bounteous."

-Ali Smith, Winter (Seasonal, #2)

"You can’t expect to live in the world like the world’s your private myth."

-Ali Smith, Winter (Seasonal, #2)

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9. La Malnata

By: Beatrice Salvioni

3.91

Format: 233 pages, Kindle Edition

Due ragazzine molto diverse tra loro. La storia di un'amicizia indimenticabile nell'Italia del fasc… read more

Similar categories in Beatrice Salvioni's La Malnata book and Ernő Szép's The Smell of Humans: A Memoir of the Holocaust in Hungary (Central European University Press Book)

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10. 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

Similar categories in Jon Fosse's Mañana y tarde book and Ernő Szép's The Smell of Humans: A Memoir of the Holocaust in Hungary (Central European University Press Book)

"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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11. Elolliset

By: Iida Turpeinen

4.38

Format: 296 pages, Hardcover

Vuonna 1741 luonnontieteilijä ja teologi Georg Wilhelm Steller seilaa kapteeni Vitus Beringin retki… read more

Similar categories in Iida Turpeinen's Elolliset book and Ernő Szép's The Smell of Humans: A Memoir of the Holocaust in Hungary (Central European University Press Book)

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12. Kaarna

By: Tommi Kinnunen

4.24

Format: 204 pages, Hardcover

Ihminen ei voi tulla entisekseen, jos ei tiedä, kuka on ollut. He kiertävät poron etäältä. Se py… read more

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13. 36 uurnaa : väärässä olemisen historia

By: Sirpa Kähkönen

3.59

Format: 267 pages, Hardcover

Kirjailija Sirpa Kähkösen äiti Riitta (s. 1941) kuoli maaliskuussa 2022 pitkään sairastettuaan. Elä… read more

Similar categories in Sirpa Kähkönen's 36 uurnaa : väärässä olemisen historia book and Ernő Szép's The Smell of Humans: A Memoir of the Holocaust in Hungary (Central European University Press Book)

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14. Huono tyttö

By: Sara Al Husaini

4.03

Format: 300 pages, Hardcover

Vuoden pakolaisnaisen omakohtainen esikoisromaani ravistelee ytimiä myöten. Äiti saattaa pelosta… read more

Similar categories in Sara Al Husaini's Huono tyttö book and Ernő Szép's The Smell of Humans: A Memoir of the Holocaust in Hungary (Central European University Press Book)

  • nonfiction
Cover of Samaan virtaan: Putinin sota naisia vastaan by Sofi Oksanen

15. Samaan virtaan: Putinin sota naisia vastaan

By: Sofi Oksanen

4.41

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Vaikuttava essee siitä, miten Venäjä toistaa Ukrainassa vanhaa ohjekirjaansa, jota Katariina Suuri … read more

Similar categories in Sofi Oksanen's Samaan virtaan: Putinin sota naisia vastaan book and Ernő Szép's The Smell of Humans: A Memoir of the Holocaust in Hungary (Central European University Press Book)

  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of La felicità del lupo by Paolo Cognetti

16. La felicità del lupo

By: Paolo Cognetti

3.68

Format: 152 pages, Hardcover

Arrivato alla fine di una lunga relazione, Fausto cerca rifugio tra i sentieri dove camminava da ba… read more

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17. The Friend

By: Sigrid Nunez

3.77

Format: 212 pages, Paperback

A moving story of love, friendship, grief, healing, and the magical bond between a woman and her do… read more

Similar categories in Sigrid Nunez's The Friend book and Ernő Szép's The Smell of Humans: A Memoir of the Holocaust in Hungary (Central European University Press Book)

"I like that the Aborigines say dogs make people human"

-Sigrid Nunez, The Friend

"I know this is all moronically anthropomorphic, but sometimes that is the form love takes."

-Sigrid Nunez, The Friend

"Anthropomorphism, I've decided, is inescapable, and though I might try to hide it I no longer fight it."

-Sigrid Nunez, The Friend

"There's a certain type of person who, having read this far, is anxiously wondering: Does something bad happen to the dog?"

-Sigrid Nunez, The Friend

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18. Levelek nélkül

By: Dénes Krusovszky

3.88

Format: 512 pages, Paperback

Egy kelet-magyarországi kisvárosban egyszer csak ledobják a fák tavaszi leveleiket. Mi történhetett… read more

Similar categories in Dénes Krusovszky's Levelek nélkül book and Ernő Szép's The Smell of Humans: A Memoir of the Holocaust in Hungary (Central European University Press Book)

  • hungarian literature
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19. Bröd och mjölk

By: Karolina Ramqvist

3.68

Format: 332 pages, Hardcover

I Bröd och mjölk skriver Karolina Ramqvist om en ensam flickas uppväxt fylld av doft, färg och smak… read more

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20. The Passenger

By: Ulrich Alexander Boschwitz

3.95

Format: 266 pages, Hardcover

Hailed as a remarkable literary discovery, a lost novel of heart-stopping intensity and harrowing a… read more

Similar categories in Ulrich Alexander Boschwitz's The Passenger book and Ernő Szép's The Smell of Humans: A Memoir of the Holocaust in Hungary (Central European University Press Book)

  • holocaust
  • jewish
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21. Panza de burro

By: Andrea Abreu López

3.80

Format: 172 pages, Paperback

«Reconozco que al principio, cuando Panza de burro solo había crecido unos capitulitos, pensé que s… read more

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"A la altura del cruce vi la forma del cuerpo de Isora al final del camino. Era verla allá, al final de la carretera, justo en el rasante, donde el camino se volvía casi vertical, y me golpeaba una al…"

-Andrea Abreu López, Panza de burro

"Y ya las ranitas del estanque en el que ya nadie nadaba empezaban a cantar y parecía como una canción antigua, una canción que venía de siglos atrás, de cuando Isora y yo todavía no éramos amigas per…"

-Andrea Abreu López, Panza de burro

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22. Viime ajat

By: Katja Raunio

3.39

Format: 117 pages, Hardcover

Nainen työskentelee asiakaspalvelijana erään museon kesänäyttelyssä. On pakko. Kun muut ympärillä p… read more

Similar categories in Katja Raunio's Viime ajat book and Ernő Szép's The Smell of Humans: A Memoir of the Holocaust in Hungary (Central European University Press Book)

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23. Hiekkalinnat: Erittelyjä rakkausromaania varten

By: Jukka Viikilä

3.33

Format: 171 pages, Hardcover

Kaksinkertaisen Finlandia-voittajan romaani on häikäisevä tutkielma rakkaudesta, seksistä ja uskoll… read more

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24. Clock Dance

By: Anne Tyler

3.58

Format: 292 pages, Paperback

Willa Drake can count on one hand the defining moments of her life: when she was eleven and her mot… read more

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"My wife used to say that her idea of hell would be marrying Ghandi," Ben said ... "Think about it: Ghandi was always the good one. Everyone else looked so rude and loud and self-centered by compariso…"

-Anne Tyler, Clock Dance

Cover of The Lantern of Lost Memories by Sanaka Hiiragi

25. The Lantern of Lost Memories

By: Sanaka Hiiragi

4.05

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

From acclaimed Japanese author Sanaka Hiigari comes a heartwarming, life-affirming novel about a ma… read more

Similar categories in Sanaka Hiiragi's The Lantern of Lost Memories book and Ernő Szép's The Smell of Humans: A Memoir of the Holocaust in Hungary (Central European University Press Book)

Cover of Kaffe med mjölk by Ella-Maria Nutti

26. Kaffe med mjölk

By: Ella-Maria Nutti

3.70

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

En mamma och en dotter. Ett avstånd mellan dom lika långt som mellan Gällivare och Stockholm. En ma… read more

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27. Sockerormen

By: Karin Smirnoff

3.87

Format: 317 pages, Hardcover

Alternative cover for this edition can be found here. Agnes, Kristian och Miika växer upp i Söde… read more

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28. Saulus

By: Miklós Mészöly

3.45

Format: 156 pages, Hardcover

Aki a damaszkuszi úton fölkel a földről, az már Paulus, a Biblia Pál apostola. Róla már nem szól Mé… read more

Similar categories in Miklós Mészöly's Saulus book and Ernő Szép's The Smell of Humans: A Memoir of the Holocaust in Hungary (Central European University Press Book)

  • hungarian literature
Cover of Sydänhämärä by Harry Salmenniemi

29. Sydänhämärä

By: Harry Salmenniemi

3.65

Format: 230 pages, Hardcover

Kun toinen lapsi on syntymässä, ensimmäinen sairastuu. Yhtäkkiä on toimittava ja selvittävä aivan u… read more

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30. Väärän auton kyytiin

By: Päivi Hannula

3.55

Format: 326 pages, Hardcover

Avoimia tapauksia maanteiden varsilta kadonneista tytöistä, naisista ja miehistä, joiden kohtalot e… read more

Similar categories in Päivi Hannula's Väärän auton kyytiin book and Ernő Szép's The Smell of Humans: A Memoir of the Holocaust in Hungary (Central European University Press Book)

  • nonfiction
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31. The Smell of Humans: A Memoir of the Holocaust in Hungary (Central European University Press Book)

By: Ernő Szép

4.12

Format: 196 pages, Paperback

Primarily a piece of creative writing and autobiographical literature of a very distinctive Central… read more

Similar categories in Ernő Szép's The Smell of Humans: A Memoir of the Holocaust in Hungary (Central European University Press Book) book and Ernő Szép's The Smell of Humans: A Memoir of the Holocaust in Hungary (Central European University Press Book)

  • history
  • jewish
  • hungarian literature
  • nonfiction
  • hungary
  • holocaust

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