The Weir and Other Plays
By: Conor McPherson
4.05
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
The first U.S. collection of an extraordinary new voice in Irish drama. This volume includes The We…
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1. Patrimony
By: Philip Roth
4.21
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
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"But this had happened to me more than once in my life: I had refused to allow convention to determine my conduct, only to learn, after I’d gone my own way, that my bedrock feelings were sometimes mor…"-Philip Roth, Patrimony
2. Gilead (Gilead, #1)
By: Marilynne Robinson
3.85
Format: 247 pages, Paperback
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"How I wish you could have known me in my strength."-Marilynne Robinson, Gilead (Gilead, #1)
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4. Ulysses
By: James Joyce
3.75
Format: 925 pages, Paperback
Ulysses is a modernist novel by Irish writer James Joyce. It was first serialized in parts in the A… read more
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"Shite and onions!"-James Joyce, Ulysses
"Let my country die for me."-James Joyce, Ulysses
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5. The Dharma Bums
By: Jack Kerouac
4.71
Format: None pages,
Two ebullient young men search for Truth the Zen way: from marathon wine-drinking bouts, poetry jam… read more
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6. Ulysses And Us: The Art Of Everyday Living
By: Declan Kiberd
4.07
Format: 189 pages, Paperback
Declan Kiberd argues that 'Ulysses', far from being the epitome of elitism, was always intended as … read more
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7. In the Shelter: Finding a Home in the World
By: Pádraig Ó Tuama
3.25
Format: 40 pages, Hardcover
There's an old Irish proverb: 'It is in the shelter of each other that the people live'. In this bo… read more
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8. Dubliners
By: James Joyce , Jeri Johnson
3.44
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
This work of art reflects life in Ireland at the turn of the last century, and by rejecting euphemi… read more
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9. Paradise Lost
By: John Milton , John Leonard
3.84
Format: 512 pages, Paperback
John Milton's Paradise Lost is one of the greatest epic poems in the English language. It tells the… read more
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"What hath night to do with sleep?"-John Milton, Paradise Lost
"Awake, arise or be for ever fall’n."-John Milton, Paradise Lost
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10. Cinema Speculation
By: Quentin Tarantino
4.06
Format: 391 pages, Hardcover
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"Elvis movies weren't real movies, they were "Elvis Presley movies"-Quentin Tarantino, Cinema Speculation
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11. Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma
By: Claire Dederer
3.79
Format: 257 pages, Hardcover
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"Biography used to be something you sought out, yearned for, actively pursued. Now it falls on your head all day long."-Claire Dederer, Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma
12. Shy
By: Max Porter
3.63
Format: 136 pages, Hardcover
A novel about guilt, rage, imagination, and boyhood, about being lost in the dark and learning you’… read more
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"He could learn to speak this language: night-end."-Max Porter, Shy
"He feels colossally sad. Blisteringly sad. Almost ecstatically sad."-Max Porter, Shy
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13. The Secret to Superhuman Strength
By: Alison Bechdel
4.15
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
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14. Exhalation
By: Ted Chiang
4.28
Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition
In these nine stunningly original, provocative, and poignant stories, Ted Chiang tackles some of hu… read more
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"The universe began as an enormous breath being held."-Ted Chiang, Exhalation
"I am not that air, I am the pattern that it assumed, temporarily."-Ted Chiang, Exhalation
"Contemplate the marvel that is existence, and rejoice that you are able to do so. I"-Ted Chiang, Exhalation
"even if a universe’s life span is calculable, the variety of life that is generated within it is not."-Ted Chiang, Exhalation
15. Ulysses: A Reader's Odyssey
By: Daniel Mulhall
4.13
Format: 324 pages, Paperback
Marking the centenary of Ireland’s – and possibly the world’s – most famous novel, this joyful intr… read more
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16. The Novelist
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3.41
Format: 196 pages, Hardcover
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17. Of Boys and Men: Why the Modern Male Is Struggling, Why It Matters, and What to Do About It
By: Richard V. Reeves
4.07
Format: 298 pages, Hardcover
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"True equality between groups that are different in any way can be attained only by providing for the differences". That´s Margaret Mead again, in 1974. Mead´s idea of true equality might now be label…"-Richard V. Reeves, Of Boys and Men: Why the Modern Male Is Struggling, Why It Matters, and What to Do About It
18. The Death of Francis Bacon
By: Max Porter
3.14
Format: 80 pages, Hardcover
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19. Putting the Rabbit in the Hat
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3.77
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
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20. Poguemahone
By: Patrick McCabe
4.01
Format: 624 pages, Hardcover
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21. The Weir and Other Plays
By: Conor McPherson
4.05
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
The first U.S. collection of an extraordinary new voice in Irish drama. This volume includes The We… read more
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- fiction
- ireland
- irish literature
- plays
- drama
