9 Top fiction books like Herr Adamson by Urs Widmer

Cover of Herr Adamson by Urs Widmer

Herr Adamson

By: Urs Widmer

3.47

Format: 199 pages, Paperback

Es ist Freitag, der 22. Mai 2032. Einen Tag nach seinem vierundneunzigsten Geburtstag sitzt ein Man…

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Cover of Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert, Margaret Mauldon, Malcolm Bowie, Mark Overstall

1. Madame Bovary

By: Gustave Flaubert , Margaret Mauldon , Malcolm Bowie , Mark Overstall

3.70

Format: 329 pages, Paperback

Madame Bovary is the debut novel of French writer Gustave Flaubert, published in 1856. The characte… read more

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  • fiction
"Every notary carries about inside him the debris of a poet."

-Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary

"Speech is a rolling-mill that always thins out the sentiment."

-Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary

"How oft the warmth of the sun above Makes a pretty young girl dream of love."

-Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary

"For him the universe did not extend beyond the circumference of her petticoat."

-Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary

Cover of The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro

2. The Buried Giant

By: Kazuo Ishiguro

3.58

Format: 317 pages, Hardcover

"You've long set your heart against it, Axl, I know. But it's time now to think on it anew. There's… read more

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  • fiction
"Are you still there, Axl?"

-Kazuo Ishiguro, The Buried Giant

"The Giant, once buried, now stirs."

-Kazuo Ishiguro, The Buried Giant

"The Giant, once well buried, now stirs."

-Kazuo Ishiguro, The Buried Giant

"A wound that healed slowly, but heal it did."

-Kazuo Ishiguro, The Buried Giant

Cover of Die Physiker by Friedrich Dürrenmatt

3. Die Physiker

By: Friedrich Dürrenmatt

4.38

Format: 613 pages, Paperback

Mobius, ein umworbener weil genialer Physiker, will eine gefahrliche Verstrickung von Wissenschaft … read more

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  • german literature
  • fiction
Cover of Hotel Savoy by Joseph Roth, John Hoare

4. Hotel Savoy

By: Joseph Roth , John Hoare

3.64

Format: None pages, Paperback

Still bearing scars from the gulag, a freed POW traverses Russia to arrive at the Polish town of Lo… read more

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  • german literature
  • fiction
Cover of Swimming in the Dark by Tomasz Jedrowski

5. Swimming in the Dark

By: Tomasz Jedrowski

4.26

Format: 191 pages, Hardcover

Set in early 1980s Poland against the violent decline of communism, a tender and passionate story o… read more

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  • fiction
"Little sparks cause fires too."

-Tomasz Jedrowski, Swimming in the Dark

"I avoided you, so that you couldn’t avoid me."

-Tomasz Jedrowski, Swimming in the Dark

"Selfish. Growing into yourself is nothing but that."

-Tomasz Jedrowski, Swimming in the Dark

"See it as a game– everyone knows the rules. And if you can’t change them, there’s no point in worrying."

-Tomasz Jedrowski, Swimming in the Dark

Cover of There Are Rivers in the Sky by Elif Shafak

6. There Are Rivers in the Sky

By: Elif Shafak

4.58

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

From the Booker Prize finalist author of The Island of Missing Trees, an enchanting new tale about … read more

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  • fiction
"Books, like paper lanterns, provide us with a light amidst the fog."

-Elif Shafak, There Are Rivers in the Sky

Cover of De opgang by Stefan Hertmans

7. De opgang

By: Stefan Hertmans

3.86

Format: 412 pages, Hardcover

In de zomer van 1979 trok een huis in het Gentse Patershol de aandacht van Stefan Hertmans. De blau… read more

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  • fiction
Cover of The Empusium: A Health Resort Horror Story by Olga Tokarczuk

8. The Empusium: A Health Resort Horror Story

By: Olga Tokarczuk

4.05

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The Nobelist's latest masterwork, set in a sanitarium on the eve of World War I, probes the horrors… read more

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  • fiction
"mitologię, jako zbiór pouczających opowieści, które pomagają żyć"

-Olga Tokarczuk, The Empusium: A Health Resort Horror Story

"Ojciec często powtarzał mu (...) że kobiety są z natury swojej zdradliwe i chwiejne. Rozmazane."

-Olga Tokarczuk, The Empusium: A Health Resort Horror Story

"To proste - myślał Mieczyś Wojnicz, łykając łzy, które mieszały się z krwią zwierzęcia w jego wątłym ciele - być mężczyzną to nauczyć się ignorować to, co sprawia kłopot. Oto cała tajemnica."

-Olga Tokarczuk, The Empusium: A Health Resort Horror Story

"Wojnicz już zauważył, że każda dyskusja, czy szło o demokrację, czy o piąty wymiar, czy o rolę religii socjalizm, Europę, wreszcie sztukę nowoczesną, wszystko w końcu sprowadzało się do kobiet"

-Olga Tokarczuk, The Empusium: A Health Resort Horror Story

Cover of Herr Adamson by Urs Widmer

9. Herr Adamson

By: Urs Widmer

3.47

Format: 199 pages, Paperback

Es ist Freitag, der 22. Mai 2032. Einen Tag nach seinem vierundneunzigsten Geburtstag sitzt ein Man… read more

Similar categories in Urs Widmer's Herr Adamson book and Urs Widmer's Herr Adamson

  • german literature
  • fiction
Cover of Kornblumenblau by Christian Schünemann

10. Kornblumenblau

By: Christian Schünemann

3.55

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Belgrad – eine europäische Metropole, so nah und doch so fern. Unter der kundigen, atmosphärischen … read more

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20 Best fiction books like The Empusium: A Health Resort Horror Story by Olga Tokarczuk

Transform Your Habits

Kairos

Jenny Erpenbeck

3.46

Transform Your Habits

Parade

Rachel Cusk

3.70

Transform Your Habits

Orbital

Samantha Harvey

3.73

Transform Your Habits

The Safekeep

Yael van der Wouden

4.08

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