The Memoir of an Anti-Hero
By: Kornel Filipowicz
3.71
Format: 64 pages, Paperback
The Second World War. Poland. Our narrator has no intention of being a hero. He plans to survive th…
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1. Blue Bamboo: Japanese Tales of Fantasy
By: Osamu Dazai , Ralph F. McCarthy
3.74
Format: 184 pages, Paperback
Blue Bamboo is a collection of seven short stories by one of Japan's preeminent postwar writers and… read more
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- literature
- short stories
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"When you find yourself looking ridiculous, reasoning isn't worth a damn."-Osamu Dazai, Blue Bamboo: Japanese Tales of Fantasy
"Any connoisseur knows you've got to be drunk to really enjoy a good romance."-Osamu Dazai, Blue Bamboo: Japanese Tales of Fantasy
"It seems that when people are in a state of euphoria, they don’t always notice the suffering of others."-Osamu Dazai, Blue Bamboo: Japanese Tales of Fantasy
"It would seem that the more irresponsible and crafty one is, the more likely one is to have a talent for storytelling."-Osamu Dazai, Blue Bamboo: Japanese Tales of Fantasy
2. Voices in the Evening
By: Natalia Ginzburg
3.74
Format: 170 pages, Paperback
In a hushed Italian town after the Second World War, Elsa lives with her parents in the house where… read more
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- fiction
- 20th century
3. A Rage in Harlem (Harlem Cycle, #1)
By: Chester Himes
4.06
Format: None pages, Paperback
A Rage in Harlemis a ripping introduction to Coffin Ed Johnson and Grave Digger Jones, patrolling N… read more
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- fiction
4. The Lifted Veil
By: George Eliot
3.47
Format: 1 pages, Paperback
Horror was my familiar. Published the same year as her first novel, Adam Bede, this overlooked work… read more
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5. The Life of a Stupid Man
By: Jay Rubin , Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
3.85
Format: 128 pages, Paperback
'What is the life of a human being - a drop of dew, a flash of lightning? This is so sad, so sad.' … read more
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6. The Golden Bowl
By: Henry James , Gore Vidal , Patricia Crick
3.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
'A thing to marvel at, a thing to be grateful for.'A rich American art-collector and his daughter M… read more
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7. Come Close
By: Sappho
3.85
Format: 370 pages, Paperback
'Yes, we did many things, then - all Beautiful ...' Lyrical, powerful poems about love, sexuality, … read more
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8. There Once Lived a Woman Who Tried to Kill Her Neighbor's Baby: Scary Fairy Tales
By: Ludmilla Petrushevskaya , Anna Summers , Keith Gessen
5.00
Format: 229 pages, Paperback
The literary event of Halloween: a book of otherworldly power from Russia's preeminent contemporary… read more
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9. The Sound of the Mountain
By: Yasunari Kawabata , Edward G. Seidensticker
4.00
Format: 98 pages, Paperback
By day Ogata Shingo is troubled by small failures of memory. At night he hears a distant rumble fro… read more
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10. The Three-Cornered World
By: Natsume Sōseki , None
4.32
Format: 480 pages, Paperback
"An artist abandons city life to wander into the mountains to meditate, but when he decides to stay… read more
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11. Aylak Köpek
By: Sadegh Hedayat , Mehmet Kanar
3.89
Format: None pages, Paperback
Oteki kitaplari gibi Mehmet Kanar'in cevirisiyle sundugumuz Aylak Kopek, Sadik Hidayet'in yasam ve … read more
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12. Strange Tale of Panorama Island
By: Edogawa Rampo , None
2.33
Format: None pages, Paperback
Edogawa Ranpo (1894-1965) was a great admirer of Edgar Allan Poe and like Poe drew on his penchant … read more
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14. Natural Novel
By: Georgi Gospodinov , Zornitsa Hristova
3.00
Format: 107 pages, Paperback
Gospodinov flits and buzzes among various subjects -- from graffiti in public toilets to the movies… read more
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15. Combats et métamorphoses d'une femme
By: Édouard Louis
4.13
Format: 128 pages, Paperback
Pendant une grande partie de sa vie ma mère a vécu dans la pauvreté et la nécessité, à l'écart de t… read more
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"Why do I feel as though I'm writing a sad story, when my aim was to tell the story of a liberation?"-Édouard Louis, Combats et métamorphoses d'une femme
"I'd gotten so used to seeing her unhappy at home that the joy on her face seemed scandalous to me, a deceit, a lie that had to be exposed as soon as possible."-Édouard Louis, Combats et métamorphoses d'une femme
"I started this book wanting to tell the story of a woman, but I've realized that yours is the story of a human being who fought for the right to exist as a woman, as opposed to the nonexistence impos…"-Édouard Louis, Combats et métamorphoses d'une femme
"A final memory. A few months ago, in the garden of a teahouse where I’d suggested we meet, she told me how she had once been called to the school by my teacher when I was six years old. The teacher w…"-Édouard Louis, Combats et métamorphoses d'une femme
16. Şeytanın Çırağı
By: Shirō Hamao
3.81
Format: 128 pages, Paperback
“Sayın Savcı Tsuchida, bir katil zanlısı olarak burada tutuluyorum. Fakat belki de aslında katil be… read more
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- short stories
- fiction
17. The Pachinko Parlour
By: Elisa Shua Dusapin
3.61
Format: 171 pages, Paperback
The days are beginning to draw in. The sky is dark by seven in the evening. I lie on the floor and … read more
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- fiction
"They made it illegal to speak Korean. You could be sentenced to death for speaking it. And do you know what your grandmother’s mother did to avoid being subjected to speaking Japanese at school? She …"-Elisa Shua Dusapin, The Pachinko Parlour
"When Korea was divided, we were still nationals of a unified Korea. It was called Choson. At separation, the Japanese government gave us permission to keep our Korean identity, but we had to choose b…"-Elisa Shua Dusapin, The Pachinko Parlour
18. Pandora's Box
By: Osamu Dazai
3.63
Format: 126 pages, Kindle Edition
The war is over. Japan is defeated. Together with his country, a young man must rebuild his life. H… read more
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- fiction
"This cry was old until yesterday. Today, however, this is the newest free thought. The reason of then years ago differs from the reason of today. That is not mysticism after all. It is the innate lov…"-Osamu Dazai, Pandora's Box
19. Tell Them of Battles, Kings, and Elephants
By: Mathias Énard
3.86
Format: 151 pages, Kindle Edition
In 1506, Michelangelo – a young but already renowned sculptor – is invited by the sultan of Constan… read more
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- fiction
"We all ape God in His absence."-Mathias Énard, Tell Them of Battles, Kings, and Elephants
"Entscheide dich für mich und meine erloschenen Geschichten."-Mathias Énard, Tell Them of Battles, Kings, and Elephants
"Calligraphies are our images, Maestro, images of our faith."-Mathias Énard, Tell Them of Battles, Kings, and Elephants
"How many works of art will there have to be to put beauty into the world?"-Mathias Énard, Tell Them of Battles, Kings, and Elephants
20. Star
By: Yukio Mishima
3.61
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
All eyes are upon Rikio. And he likes it, mostly. His fans cheer from a roped-off section, screamin… read more
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"Just as evil never dies, neither does the sentimental."-Yukio Mishima, Star
"The very thing that makes a star spectacular is the same thing that strikes him from the world at large and makes him an outsider."-Yukio Mishima, Star
"A hidden poetry that will be lost if any mediocrity is shed. Genius is a casualty. The poetry must never be conspicuous — its scent is only detectable when subtle."-Yukio Mishima, Star
21. Lance
By: Vladimir Nabokov
3.37
Format: 64 pages, Paperback
'The illegible signature of teetering disaster' Three great stories—"The Aurelian", "Signs and … read more
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- fiction
- short stories
- 20th century
"So it went on, that obsession and that despair and that nightmarish impossibility to swindle destiny, until a certain first of April, of all dates."-Vladimir Nabokov, Lance
"What I am thinking of is the man of imagination and science, whose courage is infinite because his curiosity surpasses his courage. Nothing will keep him back."-Vladimir Nabokov, Lance
"I not only debar too definite a planet from any role in my story – from the role every dot and full stop should play in my story (which I see as a kind of celestial chart)."-Vladimir Nabokov, Lance
"The clichés are, of course, disguised; essentially, they are the same throughout all cheap reading matter, whether it spans the universe or the living room. They are like those 'assorted' cookies tha…"-Vladimir Nabokov, Lance
22. The White Book
By: Han Kang
3.81
Format: 160 pages, Hardcover
Shortlisted for the 2018 Man Booker International Prize From Booker Prize-winner and literary p… read more
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- fiction
"Now and then, the passage of time seems acutely apparent. Physical pain always sharpens the awareness."-Han Kang, The White Book
"This life needed only one of us to live it. If you had lived beyond those first few hours, I would not be living now. My life means yours is impossible."-Han Kang, The White Book
"And she frequently forgot, That her body (all our bodies) is a house of sand. That it shattered and is shattering still. Slipping stubbornly through fingers."-Han Kang, The White Book
"There is none of us whom life regards with any partiality. Sleet falls as she walks these streets, holding this knowledge inside her. Sleet that leaves cheeks and eyebrows heavy with moisture. Everyt…"-Han Kang, The White Book
23. Baron Bagge
By: Alexander Lernet-Holenia
3.88
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
Baron Bagge, a cavalry officer during the First World War, receives orders from his unhinged comman… read more
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24. Two Stories
By: Sally Rooney
3.30
Format: None pages, Audio CD
Two stories about the uncertainties of attraction, from the acclaimed author of Normal People and C… read more
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"Time skimmed past us like an ice skater."-Sally Rooney, Two Stories
"He kissed me. I felt feverish and stupid, like a thirsty person with too much water suddenly pouring into their mouth."-Sally Rooney, Two Stories
"What made you think I was nice? He doesn’t think he can answer this question. In truth he doesn’t think of her as particularly nice. He just thinks of niceness as a general standard to which everyone…"-Sally Rooney, Two Stories
"We used to watch films together like that. And he would touch my hair in that exact way, distractedly. I found his distraction comforting. In a way i wanted to live inside it, as if it was a place of…"-Sally Rooney, Two Stories
25. The Missing Girl
By: Shirley Jackson
3.55
Format: 55 pages, Paperback
' "Of course, no one would want to say anything about a girl like this that's missing..." ' Mali… read more
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26. The Wind Rises
By: Hori Tatsuo
3.60
Format: 102 pages, Hardcover
The male leading character accompanied his seriously ill wife-to-be, Setsuko, to go to the deep mou… read more
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"E se adesso la chiamassi?" pensai tra me e me. Ma ero sicuro che avresti fatto finta di niente, come se a pronunciare il tuo nome non fossi stato io."-Hori Tatsuo, The Wind Rises
27. Das Glückliche Tal
By: Annemarie Schwarzenbach
3.58
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
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28. En Hakiki Mürşit: Gülleylâ'ya Anılar
By: Azra Erhat
4.22
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
“Koğuşta yazdığım yazılarda kendi yaşamımı anlatmıştım, ama yalnız içimi dökmek, tutuklulukla savaş… read more
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29. The Memoir of an Anti-Hero
By: Kornel Filipowicz
3.71
Format: 64 pages, Paperback
The Second World War. Poland. Our narrator has no intention of being a hero. He plans to survive th… read more
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- literature
- novella
- poland
- world war ii
- short stories
- 20th century
- fiction
- polish literature
30. We Do Not Part
By: Han Kang
3.91
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Han Kang’s most revelatory book since The Vegetarian, We Do Not Part tells the story of a friendshi… read more
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31. Alacakaranlık İtirafları
By: Shirō Hamao
3.73
Format: 104 pages, Paperback
“Yamamoto, sen bir insanı öldürmenin ne kadar zor olduğunu hiç düşündün mü? Önceden planlayıp cinay… read more
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