Allucinazioni americane
By: Roberto Calasso
3.63
Format: 133 pages, Paperback
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1. Venere privata
By: Giorgio Scerbanenco , Luca Doninelli
3.83
Format: 252 pages, Paperback
In appendice: Io, Vladimir Scerbanenko. Le piccole idee della società dei consumi muoiono nei pr… read more
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2. A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments
By: David Foster Wallace
4.15
Format: 353 pages, Paperback
In this exuberantly praised book — a collection of seven pieces on subjects ranging from television… read more
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"What I know about auto racing could be inscribed with a dry Magic Marker on the lip of a Coke bottle."-David Foster Wallace, A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments
"If Realism called it like it saw it, Metafiction simply called it as it saw itself seeing itself see it."-David Foster Wallace, A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments
"Quentin Tarantino is interested in watching somebody's ear getting cut off; David Lynch is interested in the ear."-David Foster Wallace, A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments
"American human beings are a slippery and protean bunch in real life, hard as hell to get any kind of universal handle on."-David Foster Wallace, A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments
3. The Canterville Ghost
By: Oscar Wilde , Inga Moore
3.88
Format: 126 pages, Hardcover
This is Oscar Wilde's tale of the American family moved into a British mansion, Canterville Chase, … read more
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"Love is stronger than death is"-Oscar Wilde, The Canterville Ghost
"Oh, I hate the cheap severity of abstract ethics!"-Oscar Wilde, The Canterville Ghost
"You can have your secret as long as I have your heart[.]"-Oscar Wilde, The Canterville Ghost
"To his alert mind and ears, every experience was education."-Oscar Wilde, The Canterville Ghost
4. The Unbearable Lightness of Being
By: Milan Kundera , Michael Henry Heim
4.11
Format: 314 pages, Paperback
In The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Milan Kundera tells the story of a young woman in love with a… read more
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"I want you to be weak. As weak as I am."-Milan Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness of Being
"Physical love is unthinkable without violence."-Milan Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness of Being
"Only the most naive of questions are truly serious."-Milan Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness of Being
"The longing for Paradise is man's longing not to be man."-Milan Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness of Being
5. The Dead
By: James Joyce
3.99
Format: 100 pages, Paperback
Often cited as the best work of short fiction ever written, Joyce's story details a New Year's Eve … read more
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"Like distant music these words that he had written years before were borne towards him from the past."-James Joyce, The Dead
"Why is it that words like these seem dull and cold? Is it because there is no word tender enough to be your name?"-James Joyce, The Dead
"In one letter that he had written to her then he had said: 'Why is it that words like these seem to me so dull and cold? Is it because there is no word tender enough to be your name?"-James Joyce, The Dead
"Escuchando esta noche los nombres de esos grandes cantantes del pasado me pareció, debo confesarlo, que vivimos en época menos espaciosa. Aquéllos se pueden llamar, sin exageración, días espaciosos:…"-James Joyce, The Dead
6. 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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"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
7. L'Arminuta
By: Donatella Di Pietrantonio
4.09
Format: 163 pages, Hardcover
Ci sono romanzi che toccano corde così profonde, originarie, che sembrano chiamarci per nome. È que… read more
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"You talk shit because all you’re good for is buying your children day-old bread from the baker"-Donatella Di Pietrantonio, L'Arminuta
"Nel tempo ho perso anche quell'idea confusa di normalita' e oggi davvero ignoro che luogo sia una madre. Mi manca come puo' mancare la salute, un riparo, una certezza. E' un vuoto persistente, che co…"-Donatella Di Pietrantonio, L'Arminuta
8. Nadja
By: André Breton , Richard Howard
3.55
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
Nadja, originally published in France in 1928, is the first and perhaps best Surrealist romance eve… read more
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"I am the soul in limbo."-André Breton, Nadja
"Le coeur humain, beau comme un sismographe."-André Breton, Nadja
"Beauty will be convulsive or will not be at all."-André Breton, Nadja
"...with the end of my breath, which is the beginning of yours."-André Breton, Nadja
9. Un giorno questo dolore ti sarà utile
By: Peter Cameron , Giuseppina Oneto
4.00
Format: 126 pages, Paperback
James ha 18 anni e vive a New York. Finita la scuola, lavoricchia nella galleria d'arte della madre… read more
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10. Bestiario
By: Julio Cortázar
3.70
Format: 264 pages, Paperback
In these eight masterpieces there is no room for the smallest sign of stumbling or youthful underto… read more
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11. Lacci
By: Domenico Starnone
3.88
Format: 588 pages, Hardcover
Che cosa lasciamo, quando lasciamo qualcuno? Una casa, una famiglia, il passato, un'idea di futuro,… read more
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12. Absalom, Absalom!
By: William Faulkner
3.51
Format: None pages, Paperback
Published in 1936, Absalom, Absalom! is considered by many to be William Faulkner's masterpiece. Al… read more
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13. Fathers and Sons
By: Ivan Turgenev , None , None
3.99
Format: 244 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Bazarov—a gifted, impatient, and caustic young man—has journeyed from school to the home of his fri… read more
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"He has no faith in principles, only in frogs."-Ivan Turgenev, Fathers and Sons
"Death's an old story, but new for each person."-Ivan Turgenev, Fathers and Sons
"I look up to heaven only when I want to sneeze."-Ivan Turgenev, Fathers and Sons
"However, I know myself as a very unhappy person."-Ivan Turgenev, Fathers and Sons
14. Le otto montagne
By: Paolo Cognetti
3.80
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Pietro e un ragazzino di citta, solitario e un po' scontroso. La madre lavora in un consultorio di … read more
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15. The Sound and the Fury
By: William Faulkner
3.86
Format: 366 pages, Paperback
The tragedy of the Compson family features some of the most memorable characters in literature: bea… read more
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"I say money has no value; it's just the way you spend it."-William Faulkner, The Sound and the Fury
"with that sort of gigantic delicacy of an elephant picking up a peanut."-William Faulkner, The Sound and the Fury
"Caddy put her arms around me, and her shining veil, and I couldn't smell trees anymore and I began to cry."-William Faulkner, The Sound and the Fury
"A man is the sum of his misfortunes. One day you'd think misfortune would get tired but then time is your misfortune"-William Faulkner, The Sound and the Fury
16. Capitalist Realism: Is There No Alternative?
By: Mark Fisher
4.00
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
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17. Todo modo
By: Leonardo Sciascia
3.54
Format: 317 pages, Paperback
Se dovessimo indicare una forma romanzesca capace di rivelare come si compone e come si manifesta q… read more
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18. The Red Badge of Courage
By: Stephen Crane
3.68
Format: 330 pages, Paperback
During an unnamed battle, 18-year-old private Henry Fleming survives what he considers to be a lost… read more
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19. La vida es sueño
By: Pedro Calderón de la Barca , None
4.33
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
He aqui la creacion mas lograda y de caracter mas universal de Calderon. La vida es suenoes, en sin… read more
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20. La camera azzurra
By: Georges Simenon , Marina di Leo
4.13
Format: None pages, Paperback
Librarian note: an alternate cover for this edition can be found . "Sei cosi bello" gli aveva dett… read more
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21. Keep the Aspidistra Flying
By: George Orwell
4.00
Format: 592 pages, Paperback
London, 1936. Gordon Comstock has declared war on the money god; and Gordon is losing the war. Near… read more
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22. Hitchcock
By: Alfred Hitchcock , François Truffaut
4.29
Format: 144 pages,
Any book-length interview with Alfred Hitchcock is valuable, but considering that this volume's int… read more
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23. Die Panne
By: Friedrich Dürrenmatt
3.50
Format: None pages, Paperback
As told by Atkinson (NY Times): "Three retired men of law on a remote mountain in Switzerland amuse… read more
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24. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Oz, #1)
By: L. Frank Baum , W.W. Denslow
4.00
Format: 154 pages, Paperback
Come along, Toto, she said. We will go to the Emerald City and ask the Great Oz how to get back to … read more
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"True courage is in facing danger when you are afraid..."-L. Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Oz, #1)
"If we walk far enough," says Dorothy, "we shall sometime come to someplace."-L. Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Oz, #1)
"El verdadero valor reside en enfrentarse al peligro aun cuando uno está asustado."-L. Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Oz, #1)
"She is protected by the Power of Good, and that is greater than the Power of Evil."-L. Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Oz, #1)
25. Happening
By: Annie Ernaux
4.32
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
In 1963, Annie Ernaux, 23 and unattached, realizes she is pregnant. Shame arises in her like a plag… read more
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"There is no such thing as a lesser truth."-Annie Ernaux, Happening
"I was intoxicated, wrapped up in wordless intelligence."-Annie Ernaux, Happening
"People judged according to the law, they didn't judge the law."-Annie Ernaux, Happening
"love children are the most beautiful of all.' What a terrible statement."-Annie Ernaux, Happening
26. 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
27. When We Cease to Understand the World
By: Benjamín Labatut
4.14
Format: 193 pages, Kindle Edition
One of The New York Times Book Review ’s 10 Best Books of 2021 Shortlisted for the 2021 Internat… read more
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"Como la luna en el budismo, una partícula no existe; el acto de medición la vuelve un objeto real"-Benjamín Labatut, When We Cease to Understand the World
"Reality, they said to those present, does not exist as something separate from the act of observation."-Benjamín Labatut, When We Cease to Understand the World
"Una de las cosas que siempre me han sorprendido de Chile es la aversión que sentimos por la cordillera. No habitamos las montañas."-Benjamín Labatut, When We Cease to Understand the World
"Solo una visione di insieme, come quella di un santo, di un pazzo o di un mistico, ci permetterà di decifrare la forma in cui è organizzato l’universo."-Benjamín Labatut, When We Cease to Understand the World
28. Yoga
By: Emmanuel Carrère
3.87
Format: 380 pages, Paperback
C'est l'histoire d'un livre sur le yoga et la dépression. La méditation et le terrorisme. L'aspirat… read more
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29. Il fascismo eterno
By: Umberto Eco
4.33
Format: 51 pages, Kindle Edition
“Ritengo sia possibile indicare una lista di caratteristiche tipiche di quello che vorrei chiamare … read more
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"L’Ur-Fascismo si basa su un “populismo qualitativo"-Umberto Eco, Il fascismo eterno
"Libertà e liberazione sono un compito che non finisce mai."-Umberto Eco, Il fascismo eterno
"It would be so much easier for us, if there appeared on the world scene somebody saying "I want to reopen Auschwitz, I want the Black Shirts to parade again in the Italian squares". Life is not that …"-Umberto Eco, Il fascismo eterno
"Fu il fascismo italiano a convincere molti leader liberali europei che il nuovo regime stesse attuando interessanti riforme sociali in grado di fornire un’alternativa moderatamente rivoluzionaria all…"-Umberto Eco, Il fascismo eterno
30. Allucinazioni americane
By: Roberto Calasso
3.63
Format: 133 pages, Paperback
Per generale consenso, Vertigo [La donna che visse due volte] è il più inestricabile tra i film di … read more
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