Belfast Confetti
By: Ciaran Carson
4.04
Format: 108 pages, Paperback
Belfast Confetti, Ciaran Carson’s third book of poetry, weaves together in a carefully sequenced vo…
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1. The Secret Agent
By: Joseph Conrad
3.59
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
Mr Verloc, the secret agent, keeps a shop in London's Soho where he lives with his wife Winnie, her… read more
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- 20th century
"Bad world for poor people."-Joseph Conrad, The Secret Agent
"To the destruction of what is."-Joseph Conrad, The Secret Agent
"As a general rule, a reputation is built on manner as much as on achievement."-Joseph Conrad, The Secret Agent
"A certain simplicity of thought is common to serene souls at both ends of the social scale."-Joseph Conrad, The Secret Agent
2. Eureka Street
By: Robert McLiam Wilson
4.17
Format: 396 pages, Paperback
In a city blasted by years of force and fury, but momentarily stilled by a cease-fire, two unlikely… read more
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- ireland
- irish literature
- 20th century
"All stories are love stories."-Robert McLiam Wilson, Eureka Street
"The human route to sympathy or empathy is a clumsy one but it's all we've got. To understand the consequences of our actions we must exercise our imaginations."-Robert McLiam Wilson, Eureka Street
"Mes rideaux sont ouverts et je regarde la nuit. Je viens de passer deux bonnes heures avec moi-même. Je ne me suis jamais senti moins seul. Il a plu et les gouttes d'eau sur les vitres brillent comme…"-Robert McLiam Wilson, Eureka Street
"I turned on my heel and walked on. He had charm, sure, but it was so obscure. Before I got to the end of the street I heard him call after me. I stopped and turned round. He stood amidst a clutch of …"-Robert McLiam Wilson, Eureka Street
3. Waiting for Godot
By: Samuel Beckett
3.63
Format: 416 pages, Paperback
Cuando en 1953 se estreno en Paris Esperando a Godot, casi nadie sabia quien era Samuel Beckett, sa… read more
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4. Orlando
By: Virginia Woolf , Sandra M Gilbert
3.87
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
Virginia Woolf's Orlando 'The longest and most charming love letter in literature', playfully const… read more
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"Life and a lover"-Virginia Woolf, Orlando
"Thoughts are divine."-Virginia Woolf, Orlando
"All extremes of feeling are allied with madness."-Virginia Woolf, Orlando
"Love, the poet said, is woman's whole existence."-Virginia Woolf, Orlando
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- ireland
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6. Bad Blood: A Walk Along the Irish Border
By: Colm Tóibín
4.27
Format: 260 pages, Paperback
Soon after the Anglo-Irish agreement, Colm Toibin travelled along the Irish border from Derry to Ne… read more
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- ireland
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7. The Butcher Boy
By: Patrick McCabe
3.43
Format: 80 pages, Paperback
"I was thinking how right ma was -- Mrs. Nugent all smiles when she met us and how are you getting … read more
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- ireland
- irish literature
8. City of Bohane
By: Kevin Barry
3.51
Format: None pages, Paperback
Shortlisted for the 2011 Costa First Novel Award Forty years in the future. The once-great city of … read more
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- ireland
- irish literature
9. Good Behaviour
By: Molly Keane , Marian Keyes
4.25
Format: 127 pages, Paperback
Behind the gates of Temple Alice, the aristocratic Anglo-Irish St Charles family sinks into a state… read more
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- ireland
- irish literature
10. Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
By: Jeanette Winterson
3.94
Format: 456 pages, Paperback
This startling novel describes the adolescence of a ferociously bright and rebellious orphan adopte… read more
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11. No Bones
By: Anna Burns
4.13
Format: 334 pages, Paperback
This is a book about feelings, family, sex, and Ireland--but don't tell Amelia that. She's the one … read more
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12. The Rough Field
By: John Montague
3.86
Format: 416 pages, Paperback
The sixth edition of this major modern poetic sequence concludes with a revised and expanded sectio… read more
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13. American Woman
By: Susan Choi
4.31
Format: 517 pages, Paperback
Susan Choi's first novel, The Foreign Student, was published to remarkable critical acclaim. The Ne… read more
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14. Translations
By: Brian Friel
3.70
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
The action of this play takes place in late August 1833 at a hedge-school in the townland of Baile … read more
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15. Amongst Women
By: John McGahern
3.00
Format: 81 pages,
Moran is an old Republican whose life was forever transformed by his days of glory as a guerilla le… read more
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16. The Awakening
By: Kate Chopin
3.68
Format: 195 pages, Paperback
When first published in 1899, The Awakening shocked readers with its honest treatment of female mar… read more
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"The morning was full of sunlight and hope."-Kate Chopin, The Awakening
"She had resolved to never take another step backward."-Kate Chopin, The Awakening
"She wanted to destroy something. The crash and clatter were what she wanted to hear."-Kate Chopin, The Awakening
"She felt that her speech was voicing the incoherency her thoughts, and stopped abruptly."-Kate Chopin, The Awakening
17. The Lonely Londoners
By: Sam Selvon
3.82
Format: 287 pages, Paperback
From the brilliant, sharp, witty pen of Sam Selvon, his classic award-winning novel of immigrant li… read more
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18. The Winter's Tale
By: William Shakespeare
4.75
Format: 14 pages, Paperback
The New Cambridge Shakespeare appeals to students worldwide for its up-to-date scholarship and emph… read more
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19. King Henry IV, Part 1 (Wars of the Roses, #2)
By: William Shakespeare , David Scott Kastan
3.87
Format: None pages, Paperback
David Scott Kastan lucidly explores the remarkable richness and the ambitious design of King Henry … read more
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20. A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing
By: Eimear McBride
3.86
Format: None pages, Paperback
Eimear McBride's debut tells, with astonishing insight and in brutal detail, the story of a young w… read more
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21. Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1)
By: Chinua Achebe
3.73
Format: 215 pages, Paperback
A simple story of a "strong man" whose life is dominated by fear and anger, Things Fall Apart is wr… read more
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"Let us not reason like cowards,"-Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1)
"There is no story that is not true."-Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1)
"عندما يضئ القمر يشعر الكسيح برغبة قوية إلى المشي"-Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1)
"إذا نظر امرؤ إلى فم ملك, ظن أنه لم يرضع قط من ثدي أمه"-Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1)
22. 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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23. The House of Mirth
By: Edith Wharton , Nina Bawden
4.05
Format: 12 pages, Paperback
First published in 1905, THE HOUSE OF MIRTH shocked the New York society it so deftly chronicles, p… read more
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24. Reading in the Dark
By: Seamus Deane
4.34
Format: 168 pages,
A New York TimesNotable Book Winner of the GuardianFiction Prize Winner of the Irish TimesFiction A… read more
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25. The Truth About Stories: A Native Narrative
By: Thomas King
4.06
Format: None pages, Hardcover
"Stories are wondrous things. And they are dangerous." In The Truth About Stories, Native novelist … read more
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26. Shuna's Journey
By: Hayao Miyazaki
4.34
Format: 160 pages, Hardcover
From legendary animator Hayao Miyazaki comes a new manga classic about a prince on a quest for a go… read more
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27. The Queen of Dirt Island
By: Donal Ryan
4.09
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
From the multi-award-winning and internationally bestselling author Donal Ryan, a searing, jubilant… read more
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"Time will wind its own sweet way. We have no choice but to keep up."-Donal Ryan, The Queen of Dirt Island
"Happiness was a strange notion, something that was wrapped neatly, and packed into the closing scenes of television shows and daytime films, sharply relieved on the screen, but blurry in real life, a…"-Donal Ryan, The Queen of Dirt Island
"her mother and grandmother and great-grandmother had walked her to the classroom door and Mammy had cried a bit and Granny had told her to cop on and Nana then had told Granny to cop on herself and t…"-Donal Ryan, The Queen of Dirt Island
"She felt sad in that moment for anyone in the world who didn’t have a mother like hers. A mother who was standing now above her quarry like a prizefighter in a swell of victory, looking slowly left a…"-Donal Ryan, The Queen of Dirt Island
28. A Ghost in the Throat
By: Doireann Ní Ghríofa
4.04
Format: 326 pages, Paperback
A true original. In this stunningly unusual prose debut, Doireann Ni Ghriofa sculpts essay and auto… read more
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- ireland
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"Swift, the twist from ordinary to catastrophe."-Doireann Ní Ghríofa, A Ghost in the Throat
"Instead, I'll think of new words, and then I'll follow them."-Doireann Ní Ghríofa, A Ghost in the Throat
"We cannot know from whose mouths the echoes of our lives will chime."-Doireann Ní Ghríofa, A Ghost in the Throat
"We cannot permit reason to intrude upon this moment. Do not deny us this."-Doireann Ní Ghríofa, A Ghost in the Throat
29. The Best American Essays 2022
By: Alexander Chee
3.98
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
A collection of the year's best essays, selected by award-winning writer Alexander Chee. Alexand… read more
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30. Belfast Confetti
By: Ciaran Carson
4.04
Format: 108 pages, Paperback
Belfast Confetti, Ciaran Carson’s third book of poetry, weaves together in a carefully sequenced vo… read more
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31. The God of Hell: A Play
By: Sam Shepard
3.25
Format: 112 pages, Paperback
Pulitzer Prize winner Sam Shepard’s latest play is an uproarious, brilliantly provocative farce tha… read more
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