The Escape
By: Adam Thirlwell
2.94
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Haffner is charming, morally suspect, sexually omnivorous, vain, possessed of more hair than is his…
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1. 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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- literary fiction
- novels
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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
2. Follia
By: Patrick McGrath , Matteo Codignola
3.96
Format: 294 pages, Paperback
«Le storie d’amore contraddistinte da ossessione sessuale sono un mio interesse professionale ormai… read more
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- contemporary
"Gli uomini gelosi sono intrinsecamente deboli. Hanno il terrore di essere abbandonati."-Patrick McGrath, Follia
"these are precisely the conditions that killed love, after first blighting its growth: squalor, fear, uncertainty, overfamiliarity."-Patrick McGrath, Follia
"Stella mi disse di aver capito in quel momento che in ciascuno di noi c'è come l'anelito a gridare al mondo la verità, a qualsiasi costo. O a distruggersi."-Patrick McGrath, Follia
"For despite his confidence, and his apparent maturity, I suspected that there was in him a deep and childish need to elevate, and idealize, the love object. This is not uncommon in artists. The very …"-Patrick McGrath, Follia
3. The Man Who Planted Trees
By: Jean Giono
3.85
Format: 344 pages, Paperback
Simply written, but powerful and unforgettable, The Man Who Planted Trees is a parable for modern t… read more
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- fiction
4. Swimming Home
By: Deborah Levy , Tom McCarthy
4.04
Format: 156 pages, Paperback
Swimming Homeis a subversive page-turner, a merciless gaze at the insidious harm that depression ca… read more
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5. Oryx and Crake (MaddAddam, #1)
By: Margaret Atwood
4.03
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
Oryx and Crakeis at once an unforgettable love story and a compelling vision of the future. Snowman… read more
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6. Middlesex
By: Jeffrey Eugenides
4.03
Format: 325 pages, Paperback
Middlesextells the breathtaking story of Calliope Stephanides, and three generations of the Greek-A… read more
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7. Vernon Subutex, 1 (Vernon Subutex, #1)
By: Virginie Despentes
3.74
Format: 70 pages, Paperback
QUI EST VERNON SUBUTEX ? Une legende urbaine. Un ange dechu. Un disparu qui ne cesse de ressurgir. … read more
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8. Soumission
By: Michel Houellebecq
3.65
Format: 300 pages, Paperback
Dans une France assez proche de la nôtre, un homme s’engage dans la carrière universitaire. Peu mot… read more
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- roman
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- contemporary
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"It’s submission,"-Michel Houellebecq, Soumission
"There is no Israel for me."-Michel Houellebecq, Soumission
"Intimacy isn’t something men talk about."-Michel Houellebecq, Soumission
"I was about as political as a bath towel."-Michel Houellebecq, Soumission
9. The Man Who Saw Everything
By: Deborah Levy
3.67
Format: 199 pages, Hardcover
It is 1988 and Saul Adler, a narcissistic young historian, has been invited to Communist East Berli… read more
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- literary fiction
- literature
- fiction
- contemporary
- novels
"There is a spectre inside every photograph."-Deborah Levy, The Man Who Saw Everything
"She wanted to escape from a reality that was so rational it was a little bit mad."-Deborah Levy, The Man Who Saw Everything
"I wanted to die of shame but everyone insisted on keeping me alive. I had to live."-Deborah Levy, The Man Who Saw Everything
"We were doing everything we could to avoid the moment we would both go our separate ways."-Deborah Levy, The Man Who Saw Everything
10. I cerchi nell'acqua
By: Alessandro Robecchi
4.04
Format: 416 pages, Paperback
Due storie parallele che arrivano dal passato, un omicidio misterioso e sullo sfondo una Milano sot… read more
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11. The Escape
By: Adam Thirlwell
2.94
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Haffner is charming, morally suspect, sexually omnivorous, vain, possessed of more hair than is his… read more
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