The Holy Terrors
By: Jean Cocteau , Rosamond Lehmann
4.11
Format: 528 pages, Paperback
Les Enfants Terribles holds an undisputed place among the classics of modern fiction. Written in a …
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1. Our Lady of the Flowers
By: Jean-Paul Sartre , Jean Genet , Bernard Frechtman
4.01
Format: 216 pages, Paperback
Jean Genet's seminal Our Lady Of The Flowers (1943) is generally considered to be his finest fictio… read more
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"En prison on ferme plus de portes qu'on n'en ouvre."-Jean-Paul Sartre, Our Lady of the Flowers
"Slowly but surly I want to strip her of every kind of happiness as to make a saint of her."-Jean-Paul Sartre, Our Lady of the Flowers
"Dzięki temu,że powiedział mi,iż nie żyję,pogodziłem się z faktem,że ludzie wyrzucili mnie ze swoich myśli"-Jean-Paul Sartre, Our Lady of the Flowers
"on him, under him, with his mouth pressed to hers, he sang to her uncouth songs that moved through her body."-Jean-Paul Sartre, Our Lady of the Flowers
2. L'Écume des jours
By: Boris Vian
3.93
Format: 351 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Chick, Alise, Chloé et Colin passent leur temps à dire des choses rigolotes, à écouter Duke Ellingt… read more
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"Per me, ciccino mio"-Boris Vian, L'Écume des jours
"Le plus clair de mon temps je le passe à l'obscurcir."-Boris Vian, L'Écume des jours
"Те се умълчаха за миг. Една кана използва настъпилата тишина, за да издаде сребрист звук, който отекна о стените."-Boris Vian, L'Écume des jours
"Le ciel bleu-vert pendait presque jusqu'au pavé et de grandes taches blanches marquaient sur le sol la place où des nuages venaient de se fracasser. (p. 220)"-Boris Vian, L'Écume des jours
3. Les Chants de Maldoror
By: Comte de Lautréamont , Guy Wernham
4.15
Format: 342 pages, Paperback
The macabre but beautiful work Les Chants de Maldoror has achieved a considerable reputation as one… read more
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"...the police, that shield of civilization..."-Comte de Lautréamont, Les Chants de Maldoror
"I received life like a wound and I have forbidden suicide to heal the scar."-Comte de Lautréamont, Les Chants de Maldoror
"Qui donc, sur la tête, me donne des coups de barre de fer, comme un marteau frappant l'enclume?"-Comte de Lautréamont, Les Chants de Maldoror
"I will state in a few lines that Maldoror was good during his first year, when he lived happily; that is a fact. Then he realised he was born malicious: an extraordinary fate! ... Who would have thou…"-Comte de Lautréamont, Les Chants de Maldoror
4. The Dreamers
By: Gilbert Adair
3.65
Format: None pages, Paperback
Gilbert Adair's novel is set in Paris in the spring of 1968. The city is beginning to emerge from h… read more
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5. The Ravishing of Lol Stein
By: Marguerite Duras , None , Diệp Anh
3.33
Format: None pages, Paperback
Lol Stein is a beautiful young woman, securely married, settled in a comfortable life--and a voyeur… read more
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6. The Devil in the Flesh
By: None , Raymond Radiguet
4.40
Format: 82 pages, Paperback
The Devil in the Flesh, one of the finest, most delicate love stories ever written, is set in Paris… read more
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7. The Holy Terrors
By: Jean Cocteau , Rosamond Lehmann
4.11
Format: 528 pages, Paperback
Les Enfants Terribles holds an undisputed place among the classics of modern fiction. Written in a … read more
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8. Gods and Kings: The Rise and Fall of Alexander McQueen and John Galliano
By: Dana Thomas
3.53
Format: 39 pages, Hardcover
More than two decades ago, John Galliano and Alexander McQueen arrived on the fashions scene when t… read more
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9. 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
10. The Counterfeiters
By: André Gide
3.54
Format: None pages, Paperback
Originally published in 1925, this book became known for the frank sexuality of its contents and it… read more
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11. The Thief's Journal
By: Jean-Paul Sartre , Jean Genet , Bernard Frechtman
3.00
Format: 144 pages,
The Thief's Journal is perhaps Jean Genet's most authentically autobiographical novel, personifying… read more
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12. The Vice Consul
By: Marguerite Duras , Eileen Ellenbogen
3.65
Format: 36 pages, Paperback
The Vice-Consul is a bleak, enigmatic novel. Set in the steamy monsoon heat of Calcutta, it brings … read more
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13. Teorema
By: Pier Paolo Pasolini
4.26
Format: None pages,
Una novela en la que los sentimientos, los pensamientos y las convicciones morales y religiosas ocu… read more
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14. The Book of Monelle
By: Marcel Schwob , Kit Schluter
0.00
Format: 126 pages, Paperback
When Marcel Schwob published "The Book of Monelle" in French in 1894, it immediately became the uno… read more
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16. Querelle of Brest
By: Jean Genet , Anselm Hollo
3.57
Format: 307 pages, Paperback
It was first published anonymously in 1947 and limited to 460 numbered copies. It is set in the mid… read more
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17. Cinna
By: Pierre Corneille
4.54
Format: 253 pages,
Tragedie sur la grace. Corneille se demande comment on peut mettre fin a la spirale de la violence.… read more
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18. Bonjour tristesse
By: Françoise Sagan
3.72
Format: 154 pages, Mass Market Paperback
(English follows French) La villa est magnifique, l'été brûlant, la Méditerranée toute proche. C… read more
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"Je serais intelligente, cultivée, un peu détachée, comme Anne."-Françoise Sagan, Bonjour tristesse
"Il est très vaniteux ou très peu sûr de lui, comme vous voulez."-Françoise Sagan, Bonjour tristesse
"Bet juk taip malonu paklusti savo impulsams, o paskui gailėtis..."-Françoise Sagan, Bonjour tristesse
"Et de plus, Cyril m'aimait ... cette pensée suffisait à mon euphorie."-Françoise Sagan, Bonjour tristesse
19. Contempt
By: Alberto Moravia , Tim Parks , Angus Davidson
4.90
Format: None pages, Paperback
Contemptis a brilliant and unsettling work by one of the revolutionary masters of modern European l… read more
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21. Supplément au Voyage de Bougainville
By: Denis Diderot
3.30
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
Les protagonistes du dialogue de Diderot, A et B, discutent du Voyage autour du monde du navigateur… read more
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