At Night He Lifts Weights
By: Kang Young-sook
3.40
Format: 225 pages, Paperback
A disquieting vision of ecological dystopia in a collection by a major Korean writer. An artist is …
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1. Goodbye, Vitamin
By: Rachel Khong
4.29
Format: 248 pages, Paperback
Goodbye, Vitamin is the wry, beautifully observed story of a woman at a crossroads, as Ruth and her… read more
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2. Greek Lessons
By: Han Kang
3.47
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
A powerful novel about the saving grace of language and human connection, from the author of the In… read more
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"If snow is the silence that falls from the sky, perhaps rain is an endless sentence."-Han Kang, Greek Lessons
"Si tomamos como cierta la premisa que dice que, cuando perdemos algo, ganamos otra cosa, ¿Qué es lo que he ganado yo al perderte a ti?."-Han Kang, Greek Lessons
"Before she lost words - when she was still able to se them to write - she sometimes wished that her own expressions would more closely resemble inarticulacy: a moan or low cry."-Han Kang, Greek Lessons
"To her, there was no touch as instantaneous and intuitive as the gaze. It was close to being the only way of touching without touch. Language, by comparison, is an infinitely more physical way to tou…"-Han Kang, Greek Lessons
3. The Hole
By: Hiroko Oyamada
3.49
Format: 92 pages, Paperback
Asa’s husband is transferring jobs, and his new office is located near his family’s home in the cou… read more
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"I moved out here with my husband."-Hiroko Oyamada, The Hole
"It's just, families are strange things, aren't they? You have this couple: one man, one woman. A male and a female, if you will. They mate, and why? To leave children behind. And what are the childre…"-Hiroko Oyamada, The Hole
"Abrí la ventana y oí a las cigarras cantar. No sé si era porque estaba en el campo y había muchos árboles o por la influencia del clima de ese año, pero nunca las había oído con tanta intensidad. Era…"-Hiroko Oyamada, The Hole
4. Chlorine
By: Jade Song
3.72
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
In the vein of The Pisces and The Vegetarian, Chlorine is a debut novel that blurs the line between… read more
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"Nearly every human memory is corrupted by the fact that it is a memory of being human"-Jade Song, Chlorine
"Would a mermaid who stays at home, much-loved, with two beautiful parents and loving sisters who share everything, be worth memorializing? No."-Jade Song, Chlorine
"Humans break so easily. They break their bones, their bodies, their hearts. I, too, as a girl, once broke. My head. And when this happened, I, like many other humans, did not allow myself the time an…"-Jade Song, Chlorine
5. Help Wanted
By: Adelle Waldman
3.62
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
In Help Wanted, Adelle Waldman brings her unparalleled wit and knack for social observation to the … read more
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6. Nipponia Nippon
By: Kazushige Abe
3.31
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
Il diciassettenne protagonista Haruo vive in cittadina di provincia nel nord del Giappone. È un ado… read more
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7. Weasels in the Attic
By: Hiroko Oyamada
3.43
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
From the acclaimed author of The Hole and The Factory, a thrilling and mysterious work that explore… read more
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"We meet at school, or work, or maybe a store. Wherever it is, there's just a random group of individuals, right? Within that group, you find your mate. If you were in a different group, you' d end up…"-Hiroko Oyamada, Weasels in the Attic
8. Blackouts
By: Justin Torres
3.77
Format: 306 pages, Hardcover
From the bestselling author of We the Animals, Blackouts mines lost histories--personal and collect… read more
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9. Nails and Eyes
By: Kaori Fujino
3.43
Format: 138 pages, Paperback
Tense, subtly disturbing Japanese literary horror perfect for fans of The Memory Police, Tender is … read more
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"As a woman, Shoko is extremely petite, but as a heart, she is wondrously large."-Kaori Fujino, Nails and Eyes
"Maybe she suddenly had a deathwish, the way some people fall in love at first sight."-Kaori Fujino, Nails and Eyes
"There were always going to be people who loved you and people who hated you, no matter what you did, so why let anything trouble you?"-Kaori Fujino, Nails and Eyes
"You felt that your life would always be this way. Not as one day going by, and then another, but life as an ever-expanding single day. And yet, time did go by."-Kaori Fujino, Nails and Eyes
10. Pink Slime
By: Fernanda Trías
3.68
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
A taut, harrowing novel about a woman and the people who depend on her as the world around them tee… read more
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11. Mirrored Heavens (Between Earth and Sky, #3)
By: Rebecca Roanhorse
4.31
Format: 597 pages, Hardcover
The interwoven destinies of the people of Meridian will finally be determined in this stunning conc… read more
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12. Your Utopia
By: Bora Chung
3.65
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
By the internationally acclaimed author of Cursed Bunny, in another thrilling translation from the … read more
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13. 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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"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
14. I Went To See My Father
By: Shin Kyung-Sook
3.70
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
An instant bestseller in Korea and the follow up to the international bestseller, Please Look After… read more
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15. Asa: The Girl Who Turned into a Pair of Chopsticks
By: Natsuko Imamura
3.47
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
The startling first collection of dark, surreal, and unsettling stories from the international priz… read more
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16. A Leopard-Skin Hat
By: Anne Serre
3.76
Format: 122 pages, Paperback
A quintessential early novel about an intense friendship, by the winner of the 2020 Prix Goncourt d… read more
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17. Cannibals
By: Shin'ya Tanaka
2.92
Format: 70 pages, Kindle Edition
During the hot, dry summer of 1988, in a forgotten neighborhood known as the riverside, seventeen-y… read more
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18. Rejection: Fiction
By: Tony Tulathimutte
4.34
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
From the Whiting and O. Henry–winning author of Private Citizens (“the first great millennial novel… read more
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"Identity is diet history, single serving sociology; at its worst, a partriotism of trauma, or a prothesis of personality. Privilege discourse a well-meaning attempt to balance scales that have become…"-Tony Tulathimutte, Rejection: Fiction
19. The New Seoul Park Jelly Massacre
By: Cho yeeun
3.51
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
At New Seoul Park, Korea’s greatest theme park, an enigmatic man tempts visitors with a mysterious … read more
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"I couldn't help but feel empty inside as I thought about all the moments of my life fading away like that. What was I, after all, if all the memories that made me up were gone?"-Cho yeeun, The New Seoul Park Jelly Massacre
20. Where I End
By: Sophie White
4.07
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
My mother. At night, my mother creaks. The house creaks along with her. Through our thin shar… read more
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21. At Night He Lifts Weights
By: Kang Young-sook
3.40
Format: 225 pages, Paperback
A disquieting vision of ecological dystopia in a collection by a major Korean writer. An artist is … read more
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- short stories
- fiction
- horror
- adult
