Unforgivable
By: Philippe Djian
3.05
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
Francis, a sixty-year-old author, has not written a word in the twelve years since his first wife a…
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1. Blaze
By: Stephen King , Richard Bachman
3.76
Format: 285 pages, Hardcover
From the Flap: The last of the Richard Bachman novels, recently recovered and published for the … read more
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"Blaze himself was pretty sure he himself was going to hell, as were most other people. It was a dirty world, and the longer you lived, the dirtier you got."-Stephen King, Blaze
"Sometimes when he was in the country he would sleep in a barn and wake in the night and go out and look at the stars and there were so many, and he knew they were there before him, and they would be …"-Stephen King, Blaze
2. L'Écume des jours
By: Boris Vian
3.93
Format: 351 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Chick, Alise, Chloé et Colin passent leur temps à dire des choses rigolotes, à écouter Duke Ellingt… read more
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- roman
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"Per me, ciccino mio"-Boris Vian, L'Écume des jours
"Le plus clair de mon temps je le passe à l'obscurcir."-Boris Vian, L'Écume des jours
"Те се умълчаха за миг. Една кана използва настъпилата тишина, за да издаде сребрист звук, който отекна о стените."-Boris Vian, L'Écume des jours
"Le ciel bleu-vert pendait presque jusqu'au pavé et de grandes taches blanches marquaient sur le sol la place où des nuages venaient de se fracasser. (p. 220)"-Boris Vian, L'Écume des jours
3. Ce que je sais de Vera Candida
By: Véronique Ovaldé
3.68
Format: 300 pages, Hardcover
Quelque part dans une Amérique du Sud imaginaire, trois femmes d’une même lignée semblent promises … read more
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4. The Lover
By: Marguerite Duras , Barbara Bray , Maxine Hong Kingston
3.72
Format: 117 pages, Paperback
Set against the backdrop of French colonial Vietnam, The Lover reveals the intimacies and intricaci… read more
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- literature
- literary fiction
- france
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"He says he’s lonely, horribly lonely because of this love he feels for her. She says she’s lonely too. She doesn’t say why."-Marguerite Duras, The Lover
"The air was blue, you could hold it in your hand. Blue. The sky was the continual throbbing of the brilliance of the light."-Marguerite Duras, The Lover
"When it's in a book I don't think it'll hurt any more ...exist any more. One of the things writing does is wipe things out. Replace them."-Marguerite Duras, The Lover
"You didn't have to attract desire. Either it was in the woman who aroused it or it didn't exist. Either it was there at first glance or else it had never been."-Marguerite Duras, The Lover
5. Tenth of December
By: George Saunders
3.98
Format: 251 pages, Hardcover
One of the most important and blazingly original writers of his generation, George Saunders is an u… read more
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- literature
- literary fiction
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"Ted, I swear to God, quothe he."-George Saunders, Tenth of December
"Every step was a victory. He had to remember that."-George Saunders, Tenth of December
"Why was she dancing? No reason. Just alive, I guess."-George Saunders, Tenth of December
"The thing about girls? Suzanne said. Is we are more content-driven."-George Saunders, Tenth of December
6. The Second Coming
By: John Niven
3.70
Format: None pages, Paperback
GOD'S COMING - LOOK BUSY! God really is coming, and he is going to be pissed. Having left his son i… read more
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- contemporary
7. Death and the Penguin
By: Andrey Kurkov , George Bird
4.33
Format: 268 pages, Paperback
Viktor is an aspiring writer with only Misha, his pet penguin, for company. Although he would prefe… read more
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8. Interpreter of Maladies
By: Jhumpa Lahiri
4.17
Format: 198 pages, Hardcover
Librarian's note: An alternate cover edition can be found here Navigating between the Indian tra… read more
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"Sexy means loving someone you do not know."-Jhumpa Lahiri, Interpreter of Maladies
"You got cats at home?" "No cats. Only a husband."-Jhumpa Lahiri, Interpreter of Maladies
"A woman who had fallen out of love with her life"-Jhumpa Lahiri, Interpreter of Maladies
"In those six weeks I regarded her arrival as I would the arrival of a coming month, or season - something inevitable, but meaningless at the same time."-Jhumpa Lahiri, Interpreter of Maladies
9. 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
10. The Sense of an Ending
By: Julian Barnes
4.05
Format: None pages, Hardcover
A novel so compelling that it begs to be read in a single sitting, with stunning psychological and … read more
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11. Chess Story
By: Stefan Zweig , Joel Rotenberg , Peter Gay , None , None , None , None , None
3.00
Format: 24 pages, Paperback
Chess Story, also known as The Royal Game, is the Austrian master Stefan Zweig's final achievement,… read more
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12. Premier sang
By: Amélie Nothomb
3.81
Format: 173 pages, Paperback
« Il ne faut pas sous-estimer la rage de survivre. » read more
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13. 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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14. What Happens at Night
By: Peter Cameron
3.47
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
An unnamed American couple travels to a strange, snowy European city to adopt a baby. It’s a diffic… read more
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15. Le Mage du Kremlin
By: Giuliano da Empoli
4.13
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
On l’appelait le « mage du Kremlin ». L’énigmatique Vadim Baranov fut metteur en scène puis product… read more
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16. Last Night in Montreal
By: Emily St. John Mandel
3.73
Format: 230 pages, Kindle Edition
Lilia Albert has been leaving people behind for her entire life. She spends her childhood and adol… read more
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"She was unsettling. But sometimes there was something perfect about it."-Emily St. John Mandel, Last Night in Montreal
"It was never very easy to reach her, like loving someone who was rarely in the same room"-Emily St. John Mandel, Last Night in Montreal
"His only part in the story: to observe and remember the chain of events. Not all of us will be cast in the greatest dramas; someone has to remember them"-Emily St. John Mandel, Last Night in Montreal
"What she aspired to was a kind of delirious perfection. What Lilia wanted was to travel, but not only that; she wanted to be a citizen of everywhere, free-wheeling and capable of instant flight."-Emily St. John Mandel, Last Night in Montreal
17. La vita di chi resta
By: Matteo B. Bianchi
4.04
Format: 251 pages, Kindle Edition
"Quando torni io non ci sarò già più." Sono le ultime parole di S. a Matteo, pronunciate al telefon… read more
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"Il suicidio è ancora un grande tabù. E invece dobbiamo parlarne, lo dobbiamo alle vittime: non solo a chi si è tolto la vita, ma anche a chi è rimasto"-Matteo B. Bianchi, La vita di chi resta
"Dai ricordi io sono invaso, inzuppato dentro. Potrei trasferirmi in Cina, li avrei comunque addosso. Oceani e continenti nel mezzo non sarebbero di alcuna utilità. Io sono i miei ricordi."-Matteo B. Bianchi, La vita di chi resta
18. Le livre des sœurs
By: Amélie Nothomb
3.76
Format: 198 pages, Paperback
Amélie Nothomb possède l’énigmatique et belle faculté de raconter des histoires tristes qui ne vous… read more
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19. The Phone Booth at the Edge of the World
By: Laura Imai Messina
3.87
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
The international bestselling novel sold in 21 countries, about grief, mourning, and the joy of sur… read more
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"We're still parents, even when our children are no longer here."-Laura Imai Messina, The Phone Booth at the Edge of the World
"It isn't just the best things that come to an end, but also the worst."-Laura Imai Messina, The Phone Booth at the Edge of the World
"It was the right moment. It always is when something beautiful happens."-Laura Imai Messina, The Phone Booth at the Edge of the World
"We need to possess joy in abundance before we can bestow it on somebody else."-Laura Imai Messina, The Phone Booth at the Edge of the World
20. Unforgivable
By: Philippe Djian
3.05
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
Francis, a sixty-year-old author, has not written a word in the twelve years since his first wife a… read more
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