11 best-selling poetry books like Les Matinaux suivi de La parole en archipel by René Char

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Les Matinaux suivi de La parole en archipel

By: René Char

3.96

Format: 156 pages, Paperback

[Les Matinaux (1950) + La parole en archipel (1962), René CHAR] Qu'il vive ! Dans mon pays, les ten…

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1. A piena voce

By: Vladimir Mayakovsky

3.99

Format: 215 pages, Paperback

Fils d'un forestier géorgien, Vladimir Maïakovski avait une allure de bûcheron, et c'est avec une é… read more

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2. Demian

By: Hermann Hesse

4.14

Format: 193 pages, Paperback

Wie alle Hauptwerke Hermann Hesses hat auch der Demian, den der damals 40jährige Autor mitten im Er… read more

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"Fate and character are different names for the same idea."

-Hermann Hesse, Demian

"En estos momentos tuve una certeza fulminante: cada uno tenía una “misión"

-Hermann Hesse, Demian

"You've never lived what you are thinking, and that isn't good. Only the ideas we actually live are of any value."

-Hermann Hesse, Demian

"I wanted only to live in accord with the promptings which came from my true self. Why was that so very difficult?"

-Hermann Hesse, Demian

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3. The Great God Pan (Creation Classics)

By: Arthur Machen

3.69

Format: 82 pages, Paperback

"I will not read it; I should never sleep again" A doctor performs an experiment on a young wom… read more

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"There was something about Herbert which shocked him inexpressibly; not his poor rags nor the marks which poverty had set upon his face, but rather a indefinite terror which hung about him like a mist."

-Arthur Machen, The Great God Pan (Creation Classics)

"Villiers, that woman, if I can call her a woman, corrupted my soul. The night of the wedding I found myself sitting in her bedroom in the hotel, listening to her talk. She was sitting up in bed, and …"

-Arthur Machen, The Great God Pan (Creation Classics)

"Clarke, in the deep folds of dream, was conscious that the path from his father’s house had led him into an undiscovered country, and he was wondering at the strangeness of it all, when suddenly, in …"

-Arthur Machen, The Great God Pan (Creation Classics)

"We know what happened to those who chanced to meet the Great God Pan, and those who are wise know that all symbols are symbols of something, not of nothing. It was, indeed, an exquisite symbol beneat…"

-Arthur Machen, The Great God Pan (Creation Classics)

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4. Les Fleurs du Mal

By: Charles Baudelaire , Richard Howard

4.20

Format: 365 pages, Paperback

Charles Baudelaire's 1857 masterwork was scandalous in its day for its portrayals of sex, same-sex … read more

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"L'orage rajeunit les fleurs"

-Charles Baudelaire, Les Fleurs du Mal

"I am the vampire at my own veins."

-Charles Baudelaire, Les Fleurs du Mal

"Beauty, you walk on corpses, mocking them;"

-Charles Baudelaire, Les Fleurs du Mal

"My heart is lost; the beasts have eaten it."

-Charles Baudelaire, Les Fleurs du Mal

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5. Survival in Auschwitz

By: Primo Levi , Philip Roth , Stuart J. Woolf

4.33

Format: 187 pages, Paperback

The true and harrowing account of Primo Levi’s experience at the German concentration camp of Ausch… read more

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"... infin che un giorno senso non avrà più dire : domani" (...jusqu'à ce qu'un jour dire "demain" n'ait plus de sens)"

-Primo Levi, Survival in Auschwitz

"…in this place everything is forbidden, not for hidden reasons, but because the camp has been created for that purpose."

-Primo Levi, Survival in Auschwitz

"...for a country is considered the more civilized the more the wisdom and efficiency of its laws hinder a weak man from becoming too weak or a powerful one too powerful."

-Primo Levi, Survival in Auschwitz

"Qualcuno, molto tempo fa, ha scritto che anche i libri, come gli esseri umani, hanno un loro destino, imprevedibile, diverso da quello che per loro si desiderava e si attendeva."

-Primo Levi, Survival in Auschwitz

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6. Letters to a Young Poet

By: Rainer Maria Rilke , Franz Xaver Kappus , Reginald Snell

4.29

Format: 80 pages, Paperback

In 1903, a student at a military academy sent some of his verses to a well-known Austrian poet, req… read more

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"Everything is gestation and then birthing."

-Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters to a Young Poet

"Have patience with everything that remains unsolved in your heart. ...live in the question."

-Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters to a Young Poet

"A work of art is good if it has arisen out of necessity. That is the only way one can judge it."

-Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters to a Young Poet

"Perhaps all dragons in our lives are really princesses just waiting to see us just once being beautiful and courageous."

-Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters to a Young Poet

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7. Paris Spleen

By: Charles Baudelaire , Louise Varèse

3.89

Format: 221 pages, Paperback

Set in a modern, urban Paris, the prose pieces in this volume constitute a further exploration of t… read more

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8. A Lover's Discourse: Fragments

By: Roland Barthes , Richard Howard , Wayne Koestenbaum

4.33

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

A Lover's Discourse, at its 1978 publication, was revolutionary: Roland Barthes made unprecedented … read more

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9. Thus Spoke Zarathustra

By: Friedrich Nietzsche , Walter Kaufmann

4.07

Format: 327 pages, Paperback

Thus Spoke Zarathustra is a foundational work of Western literature and is widely considered to be … read more

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"He who obeys, does not listen to himself!"

-Friedrich Nietzsche, Thus Spoke Zarathustra

"Something unappeased, unappeasable, is within me."

-Friedrich Nietzsche, Thus Spoke Zarathustra

"Those who hear not the music think the dancers mad."

-Friedrich Nietzsche, Thus Spoke Zarathustra

"Blessed are the sleepy ones: for they shall soon nod off."

-Friedrich Nietzsche, Thus Spoke Zarathustra

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10. Bartleby the Scrivener

By: Herman Melville

3.93

Format: 80 pages, Paperback

Academics hail it as the beginning of modernism, but to readers around the world—even those daunted… read more

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"I would prefer not to."

-Herman Melville, Bartleby the Scrivener

"To a sensitive being, pity is not seldom pain."

-Herman Melville, Bartleby the Scrivener

"Bartleby in a singularly mild, firm voice, replied, “I would prefer not to."

-Herman Melville, Bartleby the Scrivener

"At present I would prefer not to be a little reasonable,' was his mildly cadaverous reply."

-Herman Melville, Bartleby the Scrivener

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11. Nadja

By: André Breton , Richard Howard

3.55

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

Nadja, originally published in France in 1928, is the first and perhaps best Surrealist romance eve… read more

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"I am the soul in limbo."

-André Breton, Nadja

"Le coeur humain, beau comme un sismographe."

-André Breton, Nadja

"Beauty will be convulsive or will not be at all."

-André Breton, Nadja

"...with the end of my breath, which is the beginning of yours."

-André Breton, Nadja

Cover of The Unknown Masterpiece by Arthur C. Danto, Honoré de Balzac, Richard Howard

12. The Unknown Masterpiece

By: Arthur C. Danto , Honoré de Balzac , Richard Howard

3.64

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

One of Honore de Balzac's most celebrated tales, "The Unknown Masterpiece" is the story of a painte… read more

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13. Le bleu est une couleur chaude

By: Jul Maroh

4.24

Format: 212 pages, Paperback

La vie de Clementine bascule le jour ou elle rencontre Emma, une jeune fille aux cheveux bleus, qui… read more

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14. Steppenwolf

By: Hermann Hesse , Basil Creighton , کیکاووس جهانداری

4.75

Format: None pages, Paperback

Steppenwolfis a poetical self-portrait of a man who felt himself to be half-human and half-wolf. Th… read more

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15. The Invention of Morel

By: Jorge Luis Borges , Suzanne Jill Levine , Adolfo Bioy Casares , Norah Borges de Torre , Ruth L.C. Simms

4.00

Format: 103 pages, Paperback

Jorge Luis Borges declared The Invention of Morel a masterpiece of plotting, comparable to The Turn… read more

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"So I was dead! The thought delighted me."

-Jorge Luis Borges, The Invention of Morel

"The sea is endless when you are in a rowboat."

-Jorge Luis Borges, The Invention of Morel

"To be sure, nothing created by man is perfect."

-Jorge Luis Borges, The Invention of Morel

"It is frightening to accept so much good fortune!"

-Jorge Luis Borges, The Invention of Morel

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16. Du côté de chez Swann (À la recherche du temps perdu, #1)

By: Marcel Proust , Simon Vance , Lydia Davis

4.15

Format: 710 pages, Mass Market Paperback

«Et tout d'un coup le souvenir m'est apparu. Ce goût, c'était celui du petit morceau de madeleine q… read more

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"Longtemps, je me suis couché de bonne heure."

-Marcel Proust, Du côté de chez Swann (À la recherche du temps perdu, #1)

"the comfort of reclusion, the poetry of hibernation"

-Marcel Proust, Du côté de chez Swann (À la recherche du temps perdu, #1)

"Now are the woods all black, But still the sky is blue."

-Marcel Proust, Du côté de chez Swann (À la recherche du temps perdu, #1)

"Fall in love with a dog's bum, And thou'll think it pretty as a plum."

-Marcel Proust, Du côté de chez Swann (À la recherche du temps perdu, #1)

17. Manifestoes of Surrealism

By: André Breton , None , Richard Seaver , None

4.60

Format: None pages, Paperback

Manifestoes of Surrealismis a book by Andre Breton, describing the aims, meaning, and political pos… read more

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18. Les Nourritures terrestres: suivi de Les nouvelles nourritures

By: André Gide

3.68

Format: 248 pages, Pocket Book

« Nathanaël, je t'enseignerai la ferveur. Une existence pathétique, Nathanaël, plutôt que la tranq… read more

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"ای کاش «اهمیت» در نگاه تو باشد نه در چیزی که به آن می‌نگری."

-André Gide, Les Nourritures terrestres: suivi de Les nouvelles nourritures

"My happiness is made of fervour. Through the medium of all things without distinction, I have passionately worshipped"

-André Gide, Les Nourritures terrestres: suivi de Les nouvelles nourritures

"Commandements de Dieu, vous avez rendu malade mon âme, / Vous avez entouré de murs les seuls eaux pour me désaltérer."

-André Gide, Les Nourritures terrestres: suivi de Les nouvelles nourritures

"Que toute émotion sache te devenir une ivresse. Si ce que tu manges ne te grise pas, c'est que tu n'avais pas assez faim."

-André Gide, Les Nourritures terrestres: suivi de Les nouvelles nourritures

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19. Sentimental Education

By: Gustave Flaubert , Geoffrey Wall , Robert Baldick

3.81

Format: 460 pages, Paperback

Based on Flaubert’s own youthful passion for an older woman, Sentimental Education was described by… read more

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"Cheer up,' said the captain's son. 'Life is long, and we are young."

-Gustave Flaubert, Sentimental Education

"A man so habituated to corruption that he would happily pay for the pleasure of selling himself."

-Gustave Flaubert, Sentimental Education

"...I'm going to write a little novel entitled 'The History of the Idea of Justice' and won't it be funny!"

-Gustave Flaubert, Sentimental Education

"It’s hard to communicate anything exactly and that’s why perfect relationships between people are difficult to find."

-Gustave Flaubert, Sentimental Education

20. Friday, or, The Other Island

By: Michel Tournier , Norman Denny

4.15

Format: None pages, Paperback

Friday, winner of the 1967 Grand Prix du Roman of the Academie Francaise, is a sly, enchanting rete… read more

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21. The Magic Mountain

By: Thomas Mann , John E. Woods

4.13

Format: 706 pages, Paperback

In this dizzyingly rich novel of ideas, Mann uses a sanatorium in the Swiss Alps, a community devot… read more

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"Laughter is a sunbeam of the soul."

-Thomas Mann, The Magic Mountain

"A harmful truth is better than a useful lie."

-Thomas Mann, The Magic Mountain

"Tolerance becomes a crime when applied to evil."

-Thomas Mann, The Magic Mountain

"It is love, not reason, that is stronger than death."

-Thomas Mann, The Magic Mountain

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22. Malgré tout

By: Jordi Lafebre

4.37

Format: 150 pages, Hardcover

C'est l'histoire d'un amour à rebours. Une passion platonique mais éternelle entre deux êtres. D'un… read more

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23. Les Pizzlys

By: Jérémie Moreau

4.25

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Sur fond d'Anthropocène et d'humanité aliénée par ses GPS, Jérémie Moreau fait voyager ses personna… read more

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24. La Saga de Grimr

By: Jérémie Moreau

4.16

Format: 232 pages, Hardcover

1783. L’Islande, accablée par la misère, doit encore subir le joug du Danemark. Et le sort de Grim… read more

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25. Le Chœur des femmes

By: Aude Mermilliod

4.64

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Jean, major de promo et interne à l'hôpital, doit faire un stage en soins gynécologiques aux côtés … read more

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"A healer is someone whose hand the patient wants to hold."

-Aude Mermilliod, Le Chœur des femmes

"Share what you know. Your patients will repay you hundredfold."

-Aude Mermilliod, Le Chœur des femmes

"You will not stop them from dying. At best, you will stop them from dying today."

-Aude Mermilliod, Le Chœur des femmes

"If a woman is asking for birth control, it's because she needs it. The request itself is enough."

-Aude Mermilliod, Le Chœur des femmes

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26. La Sirène des Pompiers

By: Hubert

3.82

Format: 64 pages, Kindle Edition

Paris, fin du XIXe siècle. Le peintre Gustave Gélinet, un barbouilleur qui a "moins d'imagination q… read more

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27. Poésies

By: Paul Valéry

3.96

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

L'amateur de poèmes SI je regarde tout à coup ma véritable pensée, je ne me console pas de devoi… read more

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"La mer, la mer, toujours recommencée !"

-Paul Valéry, Poésies

Cover of Lettres aux jeunes poétesses by Aurélie Olivier

28. Lettres aux jeunes poétesses

By: Aurélie Olivier

4.08

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

Vingt et une poétesses francophones racontent ce qu’est écrire et être une femme ou une personne no… read more

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  • poetry
Cover of Le ciel brûle / Tentative de jalousie by Mari Tsvetaieva

29. Le ciel brûle / Tentative de jalousie

By: Mari Tsvetaieva

4.13

Format: 280 pages, Paperback

Librarian's note: Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9782070403608. Il est des talents si impétueux… read more

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30. Les Matinaux suivi de La parole en archipel

By: René Char

3.96

Format: 156 pages, Paperback

[Les Matinaux (1950) + La parole en archipel (1962), René CHAR] Qu'il vive ! Dans mon pays, les ten… read more

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  • poetry
Cover of Quand les femmes parlent d'amour: Une anthologie de la poésie féminine by Françoise Chandernagor

31. Quand les femmes parlent d'amour: Une anthologie de la poésie féminine

By: Françoise Chandernagor

3.71

Format: 320 pages, pocket_book

Dans cette anthologie très personnelle, Françoise Chandernagor nous convie à la lecture des textes … read more

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  • poetry

12 best-selling fiction books like Les Pizzlys by Jérémie Moreau

Transform Your Habits

Le grand vide

Léa Murawiec

3.97

Transform Your Habits

Je suis leur silence

Jordi Lafebre

4.12

Transform Your Habits

Par l'ouest, vers les Indes (Ana et l'Entremonde, #1)

Marc Dubuisson

4.26

Transform Your Habits

La couleur des choses

Martin Panchaud

4.11

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