5 Best biography books like Vita breve di Katherine Mansfield by Pietro Citati

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Vita breve di Katherine Mansfield

By: Pietro Citati

3.19

Format: 129 pages, Hardcover

Katherine Mansfield, nata nel 1888 in Nuova Zelanda, morta nel 1923 in Francia, ha composto alcuni …

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1. A Place to Live

By: Lynne Sharon Schwartz , Natalia Ginzburg

3.98

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Arguably one of Italy’s greatest contemporary writers, Natalia Ginzburg has been best known in Amer… read more

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  • nonfiction
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2. To the Lighthouse

By: Virginia Woolf

3.80

Format: 209 pages, Paperback

The serene and maternal Mrs. Ramsay, the tragic yet absurd Mr. Ramsay, and their children and assor… read more

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"I have had my vision."

-Virginia Woolf, To the Lighthouse

"[...] there was only the sound of the sea."

-Virginia Woolf, To the Lighthouse

"Well, we must wait for the future to show."

-Virginia Woolf, To the Lighthouse

"The very stone one kicks with one's boot will outlast Shakespeare."

-Virginia Woolf, To the Lighthouse

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3. Is that Kafka? 99 Finds

By: Reiner Stach , Kurt Beals

3.98

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

In the course of compiling his highly acclaimed three-volume biography of Kafka, while foraying to … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
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4. Un homme qui dort

By: Georges Perec

4.05

Format: 160 pages, Mass Market Paperback

" Tu as vingt-cinq ans et vingt-neuf dents, trois chemises et huit chaussettes, quelques livres que… read more

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"Ne kimseyi görme, ne konuşma, düşünme, dışarı çıkma, yerinden kımıldama isteği duyuyorsun."

-Georges Perec, Un homme qui dort

"Önceden düşünülmüş bir hareket değil bu, bir hareket de değil zaten, bir hareket yokluğu, yapmadığın bir hareket,yapmaktan kaçındığın hareketler."

-Georges Perec, Un homme qui dort

"Ils t'identifient, ils te reconnaissent. Ils ne savent pas que ces simples saluts, ces seuls sourire, ces signes de tête indifférents sont tous ce qui chaque jour te sauve."

-Georges Perec, Un homme qui dort

"Time, which sees to everything, has provided the solution, despite yourself. Time, that knows the answer, has continued to flow. It is on a day like this one, a little later, a little earlier, that e…"

-Georges Perec, Un homme qui dort

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5. 4 3 2 1

By: Paul Auster

4.39

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Astonishing, a masterpiece, Paul Auster's greatest, most satisfying, most vivid and heartbreaking n… read more

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6. The Garden Party and Other Stories

By: Katherine Mansfield , Lorna Sage

3.97

Format: 0 pages, Paperback

Written during the final stages of her illness, "The Garden Party and Other Stories" is full of a s… read more

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7. Nutcracker

By: E.T.A. Hoffmann , Ralph Manheim , Maurice Sendak

3.93

Format: 245 pages, Hardcover

The tale of Nutcracker, written by E.T.A. Hoffmann in 1816, has fascinated and inspired artists, co… read more

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8. Le Grand Meaulnes

By: Alain-Fournier , None

4.00

Format: 199 pages, Paperback

In a small village in the Sologne, Fifteen-year-old Francois Seurel narrates the story of his relat… read more

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9. La herencia de Eszter

By: Sándor Márai , Judit Xantus Szarvas

3.12

Format: None pages,

Instalada en la casa que heredo de su padre y con la sola compania de una pariente anciana, Eszter … read more

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10. The Garden Party

By: Katherine Mansfield

3.62

Format: None pages, ebook

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge… read more

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11. La bella estate

By: Cesare Pavese

4.06

Format: 205 pages, Paperback

"A quei tempi era sempre festa. Bastava uscire di casa e attraversare la strada, per diventare come… read more

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12. The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox

By: Maggie O'Farrell

4.33

Format: 700 pages, Paperback

Maggie O'Farrell takes readers on a journey to the darker places of the human heart, where desires … read more

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13. The Tartar Steppe

By: Dino Buzzati , Stuart Hood

3.80

Format: 25 pages,

Often likened to Kafka's The Castle, The Tartar Steppe is both a scathing critique of military life… read more

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14. Embers

By: Sándor Márai , Carol Brown Janeway

3.87

Format: 268 pages, Paperback

Originally published in 1942 and now rediscovered to international acclaim, this taut and exquisite… read more

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15. Kiss of the Spider Woman

By: Manuel Puig

4.01

Format: 281 pages, Paperback

Sometimes they talk all night long. In the still darkness of their cell, Molina re-weaves the glitt… read more

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"¿Qué pasa que a veces alguien dice algo y conquista para siempre a otra persona?"

-Manuel Puig, Kiss of the Spider Woman

"--And the good thing about feeling happy, you know, Valentin? ...It's that you think it's forever, that one's never ever going to feel unhappy again."

-Manuel Puig, Kiss of the Spider Woman

"– Io non ci credo alla faccenda del godi e non pensare al domani, Molina. Nessuno gode senza pensare al domani. Va bene solo per il paradiso terrestre."

-Manuel Puig, Kiss of the Spider Woman

"—And what's so bad about being soft like a woman? Why is it men or whoever, some poor bastard, some queen, can't be sensitive, too, if he's got a mind to? —I don't know, but sometimes that kind of be…"

-Manuel Puig, Kiss of the Spider Woman

16. Jack Frusciante è uscito dal gruppo

By: Enrico Brizzi

3.80

Format: 212 pages, Paperback

Questo romanzo, scritto da un autore diciannovenne, racconta il mondo sommerso e inquieto dei giova… read more

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17. Il mare non bagna Napoli

By: Anna Maria Ortese

5.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

Al suo primo apparire, nel 1953, Il mare non bagna Napolisembro a molti inserirsi in quel filone ch… read more

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18. Travels with Herodotus

By: Ryszard Kapuściński , Klara Glowczewska

3.90

Format: None pages, Hardcover

From the master of literary reportage whose acclaimed books include Shah of Shahs, The Emperor,and … read more

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19. La figlia del sole

By: Nadia Fusini

4.21

Format: 391 pages, Hardcover

Francis e Zoe, che nel nome si ispirano ai personaggi di Salinger, sono fratello e sorella, diversi… read more

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20. The Portrait of a Lady

By: Henry James , Patricia Crick

3.79

Format: 797 pages, Paperback

When Isabel Archer, a beautiful, spirited American, is brought to Europe by her wealthy Aunt Touche… read more

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"She has only one fault; too many ideas."

-Henry James, The Portrait of a Lady

"If one is strong, one loves the more strongly."

-Henry James, The Portrait of a Lady

"It's not my fate to give up--I know it can't be."

-Henry James, The Portrait of a Lady

"The finer natures were those that shone at the larger times."

-Henry James, The Portrait of a Lady

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21. Momentos estelares de la humanidad: Catorce miniaturas históricas

By: Stefan Zweig , Berta Vias Mahou

4.24

Format: 312 pages, Paperback

Éste es probablemente el libro más famoso de Stefan Zweig. En él lleva a su cima el arte de la mini… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
"Pero incluso con sus favoritos, el destino no siempre se muestra magnánimo. Rara vez conceden los dioses a los mortales más de una hazaña única e imperecedera."

-Stefan Zweig, Momentos estelares de la humanidad: Catorce miniaturas históricas

"Ama ne yazık ki tarihte hep aynı trajedi tekrarlanmaktadır, çünkü fikir adamları zamanı gelince, dava adamı olma sorumluluğunu üstlenmekte zorlanırlar ve pek nadir durumlarda harekete geçerler. Düşün…"

-Stefan Zweig, Momentos estelares de la humanidad: Catorce miniaturas históricas

"ich spüre wieder erschrocken, eine wie schwache, armselige und quallige Substanz das doch sein muß, was wir immer großspurig Seele, Geist, Gefühl, was wir Schmerzen nen- nen, da all dies selbst im äu…"

-Stefan Zweig, Momentos estelares de la humanidad: Catorce miniaturas históricas

22. L'amico ritrovato

By: Arthur Koestler , None , Fred Uhlman

3.00

Format: 136 pages, Paperback

An alternate cover edition can be found . Due ragazzi sedicenni frequentano la stessa scuola esclu… read more

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23. 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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24. The Young Man

By: Annie Ernaux

3.61

Format: 64 pages, Paperback

WINNER OF THE 2022 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE Annie Ernaux's most recent book, dazzling and breat… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
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25. Baumgartner

By: Paul Auster

3.78

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

A taut yet expansive novel of love, memory, and grief from Paul Auster, best-selling, award-winning… read more

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"Vivir es sentir dolor, y vivir con miedo al dolor es negarse a vivir"

-Paul Auster, Baumgartner

"To live is to feel pain, he told himself, and to live in fear of pain is to refuse to live."

-Paul Auster, Baumgartner

"at some point in the coming years, the two books should be combined and reconfigured into a large, one-volume collected poems—a monument of singing pages that will overwhelm the silence of Anna’s gra…"

-Paul Auster, Baumgartner

"the story turns out to be so astounding and so powerful that your jaw drops open and you feel that it has changed or enhanced or deepened your understanding of the world, does it matter if the story …"

-Paul Auster, Baumgartner

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26. La vita intima

By: Niccolò Ammaniti

3.46

Format: 317 pages, Kindle Edition

Maria Cristina Palma ha una vita all'apparenza perfetta, è bella, ricca, famosa, il mondo gira into… read more

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27. Specchio delle mie brame: La prigione della bellezza

By: Maura Gancitano

4.13

Format: 180 pages, Paperback

La bellezza oggi è qualcosa di ben preciso a cui adeguarsi: un certo modo di vestire, di mangiare, … read more

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  • nonfiction
"Il bello è libero e davvero indipendente, non è una merce, non può essere consumato, non si fa pubblicità, non può essere posseduto, non provoca la noia e l’insoddisfazione che proviamo non appena co…"

-Maura Gancitano, Specchio delle mie brame: La prigione della bellezza

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28. Małe kobietki (Małe kobietki, #1, Część 1)

By: Louisa May Alcott

4.03

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

The full version of the book consists of two parts: "Little Women" and "Good Wives". However, it ap… read more

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"...for love is the only thing that we can carry with us when we go, and it makes the end so easy."

-Louisa May Alcott, Małe kobietki (Małe kobietki, #1, Część 1)

"You can't live on friends, try it and see how cool they'll grow. He hasn't any business, has he? (Aunt March.)"

-Louisa May Alcott, Małe kobietki (Małe kobietki, #1, Część 1)

"Creo que para el sábado en la noche habrán descubierto que todo juego y nada de trabajo es tan malo como todo trabajo y nada de juego."

-Louisa May Alcott, Małe kobietki (Małe kobietki, #1, Część 1)

"Don’t you feel that it is pleasanter to help one another, to have daily duties with make leisure sweet when it comes, and to bear and for bear, that home may be comfortable and lovely to us all?"

-Louisa May Alcott, Małe kobietki (Małe kobietki, #1, Część 1)

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29. Donna con libro: Autoritratto delle mie letture

By: Bianca Pitzorno

3.88

Format: 260 pages, Paperback

«Questo libro non vuole essere un saggio sulla lettura né tantomeno sulla letteratura, ma una sorta… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
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30. Vita breve di Katherine Mansfield

By: Pietro Citati

3.19

Format: 129 pages, Hardcover

Katherine Mansfield, nata nel 1888 in Nuova Zelanda, morta nel 1923 in Francia, ha composto alcuni … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • literary criticism

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3.83

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