19 Best fiction books like Scialle nero (Novelle per un anno #1) by Luigi Pirandello

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Scialle nero (Novelle per un anno #1)

By: Luigi Pirandello

3.65

Format: 235 pages, Paperback

Primo volume della raccolta Novelle per un anno, pubblicato nel 1922, la raccolta Scialle nero cont…

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1. The Unbearable Lightness of Being

By: Milan Kundera , Michael Henry Heim

4.11

Format: 314 pages, Paperback

In The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Milan Kundera tells the story of a young woman in love with a… read more

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"I want you to be weak. As weak as I am."

-Milan Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness of Being

"Physical love is unthinkable without violence."

-Milan Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness of Being

"Only the most naive of questions are truly serious."

-Milan Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness of Being

"The longing for Paradise is man's longing not to be man."

-Milan Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness of Being

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2. White Nights

By: Fyodor Dostoevsky

4.06

Format: 82 pages, Paperback

White Nights is a short story by Fyodor Dostoevsky that was published in 1848. Set in St. Petersbur… read more

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"E ti chiedi: “Dove sono i tuoi sogni?"

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, White Nights

"Oh, how unbearable is a happy person sometimes!"

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, White Nights

"Kalbim içimde konuşurken ben susmayı beceremem."

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, White Nights

"But how could you live and have no story to tell?"

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, White Nights

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3. Survival in Auschwitz

By: Primo Levi , Philip Roth , Stuart J. Woolf

4.33

Format: 187 pages, Paperback

The true and harrowing account of Primo Levi’s experience at the German concentration camp of Ausch… read more

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"... infin che un giorno senso non avrà più dire : domani" (...jusqu'à ce qu'un jour dire "demain" n'ait plus de sens)"

-Primo Levi, Survival in Auschwitz

"…in this place everything is forbidden, not for hidden reasons, but because the camp has been created for that purpose."

-Primo Levi, Survival in Auschwitz

"...for a country is considered the more civilized the more the wisdom and efficiency of its laws hinder a weak man from becoming too weak or a powerful one too powerful."

-Primo Levi, Survival in Auschwitz

"Qualcuno, molto tempo fa, ha scritto che anche i libri, come gli esseri umani, hanno un loro destino, imprevedibile, diverso da quello che per loro si desiderava e si attendeva."

-Primo Levi, Survival in Auschwitz

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4. Cuore

By: Edmondo de Amicis

3.84

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

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5. Père Goriot

By: Honoré de Balzac

3.85

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Père Goriot is the tragic story of a father whose obsessive love for his two daughters leads to his… read more

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"Good befalls us while we sleep, sometimes."

-Honoré de Balzac, Père Goriot

"آری ,در این دنیا هیچ چیزی کامل نیست, مگر بدبختی."

-Honoré de Balzac, Père Goriot

"Notre coeur est un trésor, videz-le d'un coup, vous êtes ruinés."

-Honoré de Balzac, Père Goriot

"If youth were not ignorant and timid, civilization would be impossible."

-Honoré de Balzac, Père Goriot

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6. The Plot Against America

By: Philip Roth

2.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

This may be alternative history, but it is chillingly and convincingly realistic in its portrayal. … read more

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7. Eleven Minutes

By: Margaret Jull Costa , Paulo Coelho

4.16

Format: None pages, Paperback

Eleven Minutesis the story of Maria, a young girl from a Brazilian village, whose first innocent br… read more

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8. La signora Dalloway in Bond Street

By: Virginia Woolf , Anna Luisa Zazo

4.03

Format: 480 pages, Paperback

Testo originale a fronte. Contiene "Il diario di Joan Martyn", "La signora Dalloway in Bond Street"… read more

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9. 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

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10. Il sentiero dei nidi di ragno

By: Italo Calvino

3.71

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Pubblicato nel 1947, Il sentiero dei nidi di ragno e il romanzo d'esordio di Italo Calvino. Protago… read more

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11. The Clown

By: Heinrich Böll , Leila Vennewitz , Laureano Xoaquín Araujo Cardalda

3.94

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Acclaimed entertainer Hans Schnier collapses when his beloved Marie leaves him because he won’t mar… read more

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"I am a clown...and I collect moments."

-Heinrich Böll, The Clown

"Atheisten langweilen mich, weil sie immer nur von Gott sprechen."

-Heinrich Böll, The Clown

"بی خداها حوصله ام را سر می برند، چون فقط درباره خدا حرف می زنند!"

-Heinrich Böll, The Clown

"An artist is like a woman who can do nothing but love, and who succumbs to every stray male jackass."

-Heinrich Böll, The Clown

12. La luna e i falò

By: Cesare Pavese , Gian Luigi Beccaria

4.06

Format: 205 pages, Paperback

Pubblicato nell'aprile del 1950 e considerato dalla critica il libro piu bello di Pavese, "La luna … read more

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13. Lord Arthur Savile's Crime

By: Oscar Wilde

3.85

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

'He was not blind to the fact that murder, like the religions of the Pagan world, requires a victim… read more

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14. Il rogo di Berlino

By: Helga Schneider

3.89

Format: 575 pages, Paperback

Il progressivo annientamento di Berlino durante la guerra, visto dagli occhi di una bambina che fu … read more

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15. The Citadel

By: A.J. Cronin

4.20

Format: 24 pages, Paperback

"Cronin's distinguished achievement....No one could have written as fine, honest, and moving a stud… read more

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16. I Malavoglia

By: Giovanni Verga

4.67

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

Nei Malavoglia (1881) Verga si immerge nella realta locale di un paese siciliano, Aci Trezza, e rac… read more

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17. Felicity

By: Mary Oliver

4.12

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Mary Oliver, winner of the Pulitzer Prize, celebrates love in her new collection of poems "If I ha… read more

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18. The Ladies' Paradise (Les Rougon-Macquart, #11)

By: Émile Zola , Brian Nelson

3.03

Format: 234 pages, Paperback

The Ladies Paradise (Au Bonheur des Dames) recounts the rise of the modern department store in late… read more

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19. Reading Lolita in Tehran

By: Azar Nafisi

4.20

Format: 172 pages,

Every Thursday morning for two years in the Islamic Republic of Iran, a bold and inspired teacher n… read more

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20. The Uncommon Reader

By: Alan Bennett

3.74

Format: 120 pages, Hardcover

Led by her yapping corgis to the Westminster traveling library outside Buckingham Palace, the Queen… read more

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"Книгите подпалват въображението."

-Alan Bennett, The Uncommon Reader

"At eighty, things do not occur; they recur."

-Alan Bennett, The Uncommon Reader

"Archbishop. Why do I never read the lesson?"

-Alan Bennett, The Uncommon Reader

"A book is a device to ignite the imagination."

-Alan Bennett, The Uncommon Reader

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21. Nana

By: Émile Zola

3.84

Format: 473 pages, Paperback

Wenn die üppige blonde Nana auf der Bühne des Pariser Varietétheaters steht, spürt jeder: sie hat k… read more

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"The more grievous the sin, the greater the repentance, God was bidding His time."

-Émile Zola, Nana

"A ruined man fell from her hands like a ripe fruit, to lie rotting on the ground."

-Émile Zola, Nana

"Kalau kau sendiri tidak senang melakukan sesuatu, itu bukan alasan untuk mencegah orang lain menyukainya."

-Émile Zola, Nana

"The passion for defiling things was inborn in her. It was not enough for her to destroy them, she had to soil them too."

-Émile Zola, Nana

22. Novecento. Un monologo

By: Alessandro Baricco

3.37

Format: 204 pages, Paperback

Il Virginianera un piroscafo. Negli anni tra le due guerre faceva la spola tra Europa e America, co… read more

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23. Le fait du prince

By: Amélie Nothomb

4.21

Format: 539 pages, Paperback

<< Il y a un instant, entre la quinzieme et la seizieme gorgee de champagne, ou tout homme est un a… read more

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24. Apology

By: Plato , James J. Helm

4.20

Format: 127 pages, Paperback

The Apology of Socrates is Plato's version of the speech given by Socrates as he unsuccessfully def… read more

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"Kötülük ölümden daha hızlı koşar."

-Plato, Apology

"Loin de parler quand on me paie, et de me taire quand on me donne rien."

-Plato, Apology

"As long as I draw breath and am able, I won't give up practicing philosophy."

-Plato, Apology

"Athenian men, I respect and love you, but I shall obey the god rather than you..."

-Plato, Apology

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25. La Malnata

By: Beatrice Salvioni

3.91

Format: 233 pages, Kindle Edition

Due ragazzine molto diverse tra loro. La storia di un'amicizia indimenticabile nell'Italia del fasc… read more

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26. The Maniac

By: Benjamín Labatut

4.34

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

From one of contemporary literature’s most exciting new voices, a haunting story centered on the Hu… read more

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"[...] si nuestra especie iba a sobrevivir el siglo XX, necesitábamos llenar el enorme vacío dejado por la huida de los dioses, y la única candidata viable para realizar esa extraña y esotérica transf…"

-Benjamín Labatut, The Maniac

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27. La favola di Amore e Psiche

By: Apuleius

3.88

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Comincia come ogni favola il racconto di Amore e Psiche, con un re e una regina e le loro tre figli… read more

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"Iam nil officiunt mihi nec ipsae nocturnae tenebrae: teneo te, meum lumen."

-Apuleius, La favola di Amore e Psiche

"I little esteeme to see your visage and figure, little doe I regard the night and darknesse thereof, for you are my only light."

-Apuleius, La favola di Amore e Psiche

"Night fell, and her husband came to bed, and as soon as they had finished kissing and embracing each other, he fell fast asleep. Psyche was not naturally either very strong or very brave, but the cru…"

-Apuleius, La favola di Amore e Psiche

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28. Trois

By: Valérie Perrin

4.29

Format: 672 pages, Paperback

« Je m'appelle Virginie. Aujourd'hui, de Nina, Adrien et Etienne, seul Adrien me parle encore. Nin… read more

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"W życiu są ci, którzy zostają, i ci, którzy odjeżdżają, myśli Nina. I ci, którzy porzucają."

-Valérie Perrin, Trois

"Nina a appris qu'on ne construit rien avec quelqu'un, ni pour quelqu'un. Qu'une existence se fonde seul et que si par miracle on rencontre une âme un peu sœur, c'est cadeau."

-Valérie Perrin, Trois

"Imagine you’ve been unable to move for years because your fist is clenched inside a container, and to manage to pull your hand out, to free yourself, you just need to let go of what you’re clutching …"

-Valérie Perrin, Trois

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29. El dique (Blackwater, #2)

By: Michael McDowell

3.82

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Mientras Perdido se recupera de la inundación, se propone la construcción de un dique que impida un… read more

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"Grace began to understand. "I have friends," she protested. "I have Zaddie." "Zaddie is just a little colored girl," Mary-Love pointed out. "It's all right to play with Zaddie, but she's not your rea…"

-Michael McDowell, El dique (Blackwater, #2)

"Mary-Love liked to see herself as the family cornucopia, dispensing all manner of good things, unstintingly, unceasingly. She considered herself amply rewarded by her children's gratitude, and if she…"

-Michael McDowell, El dique (Blackwater, #2)

"That her niece should find such profound pleasure in the company of a thirteen-year-old black girl--and, more to the point, always within the precincts of Elinor's house--was a slap in Mary-Love's fa…"

-Michael McDowell, El dique (Blackwater, #2)

"To the little girl the house seemed a gigantic head, and she only a morsel of meat conveniently positioned in its gaping mouth. The front porch was that grinning mouth, the white porch railing its lo…"

-Michael McDowell, El dique (Blackwater, #2)

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30. Scialle nero (Novelle per un anno #1)

By: Luigi Pirandello

3.65

Format: 235 pages, Paperback

Primo volume della raccolta Novelle per un anno, pubblicato nel 1922, la raccolta Scialle nero cont… read more

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17 Top fiction books like Nana by Émile Zola

Transform Your Habits

Rachel Ray

Anthony Trollope , John Sutherland

3.83

Transform Your Habits

Madame Bovary

Gustave Flaubert , Margaret Mauldon , Malcolm Bowie , Mark Overstall

3.70

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Elsa

Louis Aragon

4.23

Transform Your Habits

Eugénie Grandet

Honoré de Balzac , Sylvia Raphael , Christopher Prendergast

3.79

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