Stones of the Wall
By: Houying Dai
3.75
Format: None pages, Paperback
Set in Shanghai in the late 1970s, this novel depicts the life of Sun Yue, a woman once branded a "…
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"It’s better to live an ordinary life. If you go on striving for this and that, you’ll end up paying with your life."-Michael Berry, To Live
2. No Longer Human
By: Osamu Dazai , Donald Keene
3.99
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
Osamu Dazai's No Longer Human, this leading postwar Japanese writer's second novel, tells the poign… read more
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"Show me what you've written," I said, although I wanted desperately to avoid looking at it."-Osamu Dazai, No Longer Human
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"I felt as though the vessel if my suffering had become empty, as if nothing could interest me now. I had lost even the ability to suffer."-Osamu Dazai, No Longer Human
3. Kitchen Chinese: A Novel About Food, Family, and Finding Yourself
By: Ann Mah
3.50
Format: None pages, Paperback
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4. We Had to Remove This Post
By: Hanna Bervoets
2.93
Format: 136 pages, Hardcover
For readers of Leila Slimani’s The Perfect Nanny or Ling Ma's Severance: a tight, propulsive, chill… read more
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"Yena's insecurities were soap bubbles that I had to keep popping, like in that game you play on your phone, but new ones kept appearing and I didn't want to lose, I didn't want to lose her,..."-Hanna Bervoets, We Had to Remove This Post
"They want me to give them something new, things they'd never dare look at, things that are far beyond their imagination, which is why Gregory asks, "But whats the worst thing you ever saw?" rather th…"-Hanna Bervoets, We Had to Remove This Post
5. The Discomfort of Evening
By: Marieke Lucas Rijneveld
3.45
Format: 282 pages, Paperback
I thought about being too small for so much, but that no one told you when you were big enough ... … read more
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"In de nacht is iedereen leeftijdsloos."-Marieke Lucas Rijneveld, The Discomfort of Evening
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"En nu, doordat ik door mijn wimpers keek had ik ook het idee dat moeder en de veearts niet doorhadden dat ik meeluisterde, dat ik in gedachten de trekken rondom moeders mond en ogen uit kon gummen om…"-Marieke Lucas Rijneveld, The Discomfort of Evening
6. Aleksandra
By: Lisa Weeda
3.55
Format: 351 pages, Paperback
Met verbluffend vertelplezier en met alle literaire stijlmiddelen die tot haar beschikking staan ve… read more
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7. The Backstreets
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3.46
Format: 168 pages, Paperback
The Backstreets is an astonishing novel by a preeminent contemporary Uyghur author who was disappea… read more
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"The unceasing sound of the cars was precisely the silence of the city."-Perhat Tursun, The Backstreets
8. Cocoon
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4.03
Format: 323 pages, Paperback
Cheng Gong and Li Jiaqi go way back. Both hailing from dysfunctional families, they grew up togethe… read more
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"If the gods deal you a terrible hand, all you can do is play it as best you can."-Zhang Yueran, Cocoon
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3.42
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10. Beste mevrouw Eva
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3.91
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11. Pa Pa Pa
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3.48
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12. Hormonen in de nacht
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3.04
Format: 448 pages, Paperback
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13. Stones of the Wall
By: Houying Dai
3.75
Format: None pages, Paperback
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14. Een asgrauwe dageraad
By: Wang Jiaxin
3.40
Format: 104 pages, Paperback
De vrije verzen van Wang Jiaxin zijn bedrieglijk eenvoudig en kristalhelder, en zoals kristal een h… read more
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