El eclipse y otros cuentos
By: Augusto Monterroso
4.05
Format: 64 pages, Paperback
Los cuentos del guatemalteco Augusto Monterroso cubren una gran variedad de temas y suelen caracter…
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1. Love in the Time of Cholera
By: Gabriel García Márquez , Edith Grossman
3.94
Format: 348 pages, Paperback
In their youth, Florentino Ariza and Fermina Daza fall passionately in love. When Fermina eventuall… read more
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"I’ve remained a virgin for you."-Gabriel García Márquez, Love in the Time of Cholera
"مايؤلمني في الموت هو ألا أموت حبا"-Gabriel García Márquez, Love in the Time of Cholera
"Be calm. God awaits you at the door."-Gabriel García Márquez, Love in the Time of Cholera
"He is ugly and sad... but he is all love."-Gabriel García Márquez, Love in the Time of Cholera
2. Demian
By: Hermann Hesse
4.14
Format: 193 pages, Paperback
Wie alle Hauptwerke Hermann Hesses hat auch der Demian, den der damals 40jährige Autor mitten im Er… read more
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"Fate and character are different names for the same idea."-Hermann Hesse, Demian
"En estos momentos tuve una certeza fulminante: cada uno tenía una “misión"-Hermann Hesse, Demian
"You've never lived what you are thinking, and that isn't good. Only the ideas we actually live are of any value."-Hermann Hesse, Demian
"I wanted only to live in accord with the promptings which came from my true self. Why was that so very difficult?"-Hermann Hesse, Demian
3. Yerma
By: Federico García Lorca , Gwynne Edwards , Chris Megson
3.55
Format: 199 pages, Paperback
Yerma (meaning 'Barren') is one of three tragic plays about peasants and rural life that make up Lo… read more
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4. How Much Land Does a Man Need?
By: Leo Tolstoy , Boris Dralyuk
4.11
Format: 66 pages, Kindle Edition
The story of a greedy peasant named Pakhom. Although Pakhom enjoys health and family happiness, he … read more
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"I understood that men only think that they live by caring only about themselves: in reality they live by love alone."-Leo Tolstoy, How Much Land Does a Man Need?
"Next morning, when Semyon woke up, the children were still asleep and his wife had gone over to the neighbour's to borrow some bread. Only the stranger was sitting on the bench, wearing the old trous…"-Leo Tolstoy, How Much Land Does a Man Need?
"An elder sister came from the town to visit her younger sister in the country. This elder sister was married to a merchant and the younger to a peasant in the village. The two sisters sat down for a …"-Leo Tolstoy, How Much Land Does a Man Need?
5. The Name of the Rose
By: Umberto Eco , Seán Barrett , William Weaver
4.14
Format: 552 pages, Paperback
The year is 1327. Franciscans in a wealthy Italian abbey are suspected of heresy, and Brother Willi… read more
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"الكتب ليست مجعولة كي نؤمن بما تقوله ولكن لكي نتحرّى فيها."-Umberto Eco, The Name of the Rose
"Nothing gives a fearful man more courage than another's fear."-Umberto Eco, The Name of the Rose
"The people of God cannot be changed until the outcasts are restored to its body."-Umberto Eco, The Name of the Rose
"How peaceful life would be without Love, Adso. How Safe. How Tranquil. And how Dull."-Umberto Eco, The Name of the Rose
6. El hombre que amaba a los perros
By: Leonardo Padura
3.71
Format: None pages, Paperback
En 2004, a la muerte de su mujer, Ivan, aspirante a escritor y ahora responsable de un pauperrimo g… read more
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7. Little Tales of Misogyny
By: Patricia Highsmith
3.54
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
Nowhere is Patricia Highsmith more edgy than in these mordantly hilarious sketches that make up Lit… read more
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9. The Double
By: Fyodor Dostoevsky
3.68
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
While his literary reputation rests mainly on such celebrated novels as Crime and Punishment, The B… read more
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"Tulburarea sa echivala cu agonia."-Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Double
"La inocencia es la fuerza de la inocencia"-Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Double
"Totul, până și destinul, se înarma împotriva sa."-Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Double
"Așa e firea mea. Vreau întotdeauna să merg mai iute decât evenimentele."-Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Double
10. The Death of Ivan Ilych
By: Leo Tolstoy , Aylmer Maude
4.13
Format: 86 pages, Paperback
Hailed as one of the world's supreme masterpieces on the subject of death and dying, The Death of I… read more
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"If you look for the working classes in fiction, and especially English fiction, all you find is a hole."-Leo Tolstoy, The Death of Ivan Ilych
"And the further he departed from childhood and the nearer he came to the present the more worthless and doubtful were the joys."-Leo Tolstoy, The Death of Ivan Ilych
"In the depths of his heart he knew that he was dying but, so far from growing used to the idea, he simply did not and could not grasp it."-Leo Tolstoy, The Death of Ivan Ilych
"It can't be that life is so senseless and horrible. But if it really has been so horrible and senseless, why must I die and die in agony? There is something wrong!"-Leo Tolstoy, The Death of Ivan Ilych
11. The Bottle Imp
By: Robert Louis Stevenson
2.75
Format: None pages, Paperback
Offering an engrossing spin on a time-honored theme--the risky business of making a pact with the d… read more
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12. The Gambler
By: Fyodor Dostoevsky , Constance Garnett , Gary Saul Morson
3.91
Format: 188 pages, Paperback
In this dark and compelling short novel, Dostoevsky tells the story of Alexey Ivanovitch, a young t… read more
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"Quien teme al lobo no se mete en el bosque."-Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Gambler
"يجب ان يظل المال دون الأستقراطي، حتى لكأن الأستقراطي لا يكاد يحفل به أو يقلق له"-Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Gambler
"En toda situación es posible comportarse con dignidad. Si hay lucha, que sea noble y no humillante."-Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Gambler
"I believe he was feeling a bit nervous. Possibly it was my costume that took him aback. I was dressed quite well, even elegantly, and looked as if I belonged to the best society."-Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Gambler
13. Siddhartha
By: Hermann Hesse , Hilda Rosner
3.17
Format: 319 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Siddhartha Este libro electronico tiene una mesa activa de los contenidos Siddhartha es una novela … read more
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14. El hereje
By: Miguel Delibes
3.31
Format: None pages,
En el ano 1517, Martin Lutero fija sus noventa y cinco tesis contra las indulgencias en la puerta d… read more
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16. Nada
By: Edith Grossman , Carmen Laforet
3.83
Format: 244 pages, Hardcover
Carmen Laforet’s Nada ranks among the most important literary works of post-Civil War Spain. Loosel… read more
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"You always move in the same circle of people no matter how many turns you seem to make"-Edith Grossman, Nada
"... siempre se mueve uno en el mismo círculo de personas por más vueltas que parezca dar."-Edith Grossman, Nada
"el interés y la estimación que inspire una persona son dos cosas que no siempre van unidas."-Edith Grossman, Nada
"Su charla insubstancial me parecía el rumor de lluvia que se escucha con gusto y con pereza."-Edith Grossman, Nada
17. The Murders in the Rue Morgue (C. Auguste Dupin, #1)
By: Edgar Allan Poe
3.82
Format: 38 pages, Paperback
".. Rue Morgue" is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe first published in "Graham's Magazine" in 1841.… read more
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"The mental features discoursed of as the analytical, are, in themselves, but little susceptible of analysis."-Edgar Allan Poe, The Murders in the Rue Morgue (C. Auguste Dupin, #1)
"I was deeply interested in the little family history which he detailed to me with all that candor which a Frenchman indulges whenever mere self is the theme."-Edgar Allan Poe, The Murders in the Rue Morgue (C. Auguste Dupin, #1)
"There are very few persons who have not, at some period of their lives, amused themselves in retracing the steps by which particular conclusions of their own minds have been attained."-Edgar Allan Poe, The Murders in the Rue Morgue (C. Auguste Dupin, #1)
"You will say, no doubt, using the language of the law, that 'to make out my case,' I should rather undervalue, than insist upon a full estimation of the activity required in this matter. This may be …"-Edgar Allan Poe, The Murders in the Rue Morgue (C. Auguste Dupin, #1)
18. Notes from Underground
By: Fyodor Dostoevsky , Norman Dietz , Richard Pevear , Larissa Volokhonsky , Boris de Schlœzer , Emanuela Guercetti , None , Donald Fanger , None , None , None
4.17
Format: 136 pages, Paperback
Dostoevsky’s most revolutionary novel, Notes from Underground marks the dividing line between ninet… read more
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"l'homme de la nature et de la verite"-Fyodor Dostoevsky, Notes from Underground
"I'll go this minute!' Of course, I remained."-Fyodor Dostoevsky, Notes from Underground
"إذ ما العذاب والألم ... سوى المحرك الوحيد للوعي."-Fyodor Dostoevsky, Notes from Underground
"To love is to suffer and there can be no love otherwise."-Fyodor Dostoevsky, Notes from Underground
19. One Hundred Years of Solitude
By: Gabriel García Márquez , Gregory Rabassa
4.12
Format: 417 pages, Mass Market Paperback
The brilliant, bestselling, landmark novel that tells the story of the Buendia family, and chronicl… read more
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"Cease, cows, life is short."-Gabriel García Márquez, One Hundred Years of Solitude
"There is always something left to love."-Gabriel García Márquez, One Hundred Years of Solitude
"Children inherit their parents' madness."-Gabriel García Márquez, One Hundred Years of Solitude
"بدأ يدرك كم يحب فى الواقع الأشخاص الذين كرههم أكثر من سواهم ."-Gabriel García Márquez, One Hundred Years of Solitude
20. 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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21. A Man's Place
By: Annie Ernaux
3.88
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
WINNER OF THE 2022 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE A New York Times Notable Book Annie Ernaux's fat… read more
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"J'écris peut-être parce qu'on n'avait plus rien à se dire."-Annie Ernaux, A Man's Place
"Sous le bonheur, la crispation de l'aisance gagnée à l'arraché."-Annie Ernaux, A Man's Place
"Có lẽ niềm tự hào lớn nhất đối với ông, hay thậm chí là lời biện minh cho cuộc đời ông: là tôi đang thuộc về thế giới từng khinh miệt ông."-Annie Ernaux, A Man's Place
"It was in other people that I searched for the figure of my father, in the way they would call their children, sit down and looked bored in waiting rooms and wave goodbye on station platforms."-Annie Ernaux, A Man's Place
22. Serotonin
By: Michel Houellebecq
3.58
Format: 337 pages, Kindle Edition
»Es ist nicht die Zukunft, es ist die Gegenwart, die dich tötet, die wiederkommt, um an dir zu nage… read more
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"[...] chiaramente sto semplificando ma se non si semplifica non si conclude niente."-Michel Houellebecq, Serotonin
"nic nas nie koi równie łatwo jak świadomość innych niż nasze dramatów, które nam zostały oszczędzone"-Michel Houellebecq, Serotonin
"An atmosphere of general catastrophe always alleviates individual catastrophe- that's probably why suicides are so rare in wartime"-Michel Houellebecq, Serotonin
"... it isn't the future but past that kills you, that comes back to torment and undermine you, and effectively ends up killing you."-Michel Houellebecq, Serotonin
23. 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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24. El verano en que mi madre tuvo los ojos verdes
By: Tatiana Țîbuleac
4.35
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
Plena de emoción y crudeza, Tatiana Ţîbuleac muestra una intensísima fuerza narrativa en este bruta… read more
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"De ce nu începuse mama să moară mai devreme?"-Tatiana Țîbuleac, El verano en que mi madre tuvo los ojos verdes
"Te he querido, Aleksy, te he querido como he podido."-Tatiana Țîbuleac, El verano en que mi madre tuvo los ojos verdes
"Ni rien ni personne ne m'intéressait, et je ne pensais ni à l'avenir ni au présent. Je vivais du passé, comme les pauvres vivent de pain rassis."-Tatiana Țîbuleac, El verano en que mi madre tuvo los ojos verdes
"La imposibilidad de morir cuando tenía la necesidad absoluta de hacerlo fue la injusticia más grande que se ha cometido conmigo, y conmigo se han cometido muchas injusticias."-Tatiana Țîbuleac, El verano en que mi madre tuvo los ojos verdes
25. Panza de burro
By: Andrea Abreu López
3.80
Format: 172 pages, Paperback
«Reconozco que al principio, cuando Panza de burro solo había crecido unos capitulitos, pensé que s… read more
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"A la altura del cruce vi la forma del cuerpo de Isora al final del camino. Era verla allá, al final de la carretera, justo en el rasante, donde el camino se volvía casi vertical, y me golpeaba una al…"-Andrea Abreu López, Panza de burro
"Y ya las ranitas del estanque en el que ya nadie nadaba empezaban a cantar y parecía como una canción antigua, una canción que venía de siglos atrás, de cuando Isora y yo todavía no éramos amigas per…"-Andrea Abreu López, Panza de burro
26. El eclipse y otros cuentos
By: Augusto Monterroso
4.05
Format: 64 pages, Paperback
Los cuentos del guatemalteco Augusto Monterroso cubren una gran variedad de temas y suelen caracter… read more
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