6 best-selling literature books like W, or the Memory of Childhood by Georges Perec, David Bellos

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W, or the Memory of Childhood

By: Georges Perec , David Bellos

3.81

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Combining fiction and autobiography in a quite unprecedented way, Georges Perec leads the reader in…

If you liked the literature plot in W, or the Memory of Childhood by Georges Perec, David Bellos , here is a list of 6 books like this:

Cover of Dora Bruder by Patrick Modiano, None

1. Dora Bruder

By: Patrick Modiano , None

3.57

Format: 123 pages, Hardcover

Patrick Modiano opens Dora Bruder by telling how in 1988 he stumbled across an ad in the personal c… read more

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  • literature
  • france
  • french literature
  • fiction
"But I am a patient man. I can wait for hours in the rain."

-Patrick Modiano, Dora Bruder

"Existen casualidades, encuentros y coincidencias que se ignorarán siempre…"

-Patrick Modiano, Dora Bruder

"El éxtasis no dura mucho, sin embargo. No tiene porvenir. Pronto nuestro impulso es frenado en seco."

-Patrick Modiano, Dora Bruder

"That is her secret. A poor and precious secret that not even the executioners, the decrees, the occupying authorities, the Depot, the barracks, the camps, History, time-everything that defiles and de…"

-Patrick Modiano, Dora Bruder

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2. The War

By: Marguerite Duras , Barbara Bray

3.86

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

One of France's greatest novelists offers a remarkable diary of the Nazi occupation of Paris during… read more

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  • classics
  • france
  • french literature
Cover of The Ravishing of Lol Stein by Marguerite Duras, None, Diệp Anh

3. 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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  • roman
  • classics
  • literature
  • france
  • french literature
  • fiction
Cover of Austerlitz by Anthea Bell, W.G. Sebald

4. Austerlitz

By: Anthea Bell , W.G. Sebald

4.67

Format: 48 pages, Paperback

In 1939, five-year-old Jacques Austerlitz is sent to England on a Kindertransport and placed with f… read more

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  • literature
  • fiction
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5. Britannicus

By: Jean Racine

3.61

Format: 192 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Une mere autoritaire et possessive, un fils sournois et pervers, un vertueux demi-frere par allianc… read more

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  • classics
  • france
  • french literature
  • fiction
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6. Wittgenstein’s Nephew

By: Thomas Bernhard , David McLintock

4.03

Format: 101 pages, Paperback

It is 1967. In separate wings of a Viennese hospital, two men lie bedridden. The narrator, Thomas B… read more

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  • literature
  • classics
  • 20th century
  • fiction
"Bu zaman zarfında Paul'un düşüncelerinden yoksun kalmıştım, başka başka yüzlerce, ortalaması son derece düşük çaplı kafa içinde boğulmama ramak kalmıştı, çünkü kendimizi aldatmayalım, çoğunlukla elim…"

-Thomas Bernhard, Wittgenstein’s Nephew

"Benimle Nathal'de avlu duvarı dibinde oturmuş, batmakta olan güneşin altında, kaç kere Paris'e, kaç kere Londra'ya, kaç kere Roma'ya gittiğinin, kaç bin şişe şampanya ictiğinin ve acaba kaç kitap oku…"

-Thomas Bernhard, Wittgenstein’s Nephew

"O sıralar herkes tarafından da terk edilmiştim, ben onların hepsini terk etmiştim çünkü, işin aslı bu, hiç kimseyi istemiyordum, tıpkı artık hiçbir şeyi istemeyişim ama her şeye de kendi elimle son v…"

-Thomas Bernhard, Wittgenstein’s Nephew

"قلت لنفسى وأنا أجلس فوق دكة فى منتزه المدينة، إن هذه ربما تكون آخر مرة أرى فيها صديقى. لم أكن اعتقد أن جسدا بهذا الوهن، خبت فيه جذوة الحياة وانطفأت شعلة الإرادة، سيتحمل أكثر من بضعة أيام. زُلزل كيانى …"

-Thomas Bernhard, Wittgenstein’s Nephew

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7. Thomas the Obscure

By: Maurice Blanchot , Robert Lamberton

2.74

Format: None pages, Paperback

Before Sartre, before Beckett, before Robbe-Grillet, Maurice Blanchot created the new novel, the ul… read more

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  • classics
  • literature
  • france
  • french literature
  • fiction
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8. W, or the Memory of Childhood

By: Georges Perec , David Bellos

3.81

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Combining fiction and autobiography in a quite unprecedented way, Georges Perec leads the reader in… read more

Similar categories in Georges Perec's W, or the Memory of Childhood book and Georges Perec's W, or the Memory of Childhood

  • roman
  • classics
  • literature
  • france
  • french literature
  • fiction
  • 20th century

9. Zazie in the Metro

By: Barbara Wright , Raymond Queneau , Gilbert Adair

4.01

Format: 217 pages, Paperback

Impish, foul-mouthed Zazie arrives in Paris from the country to stay with her uncle Gabriel. All sh… read more

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10. Leggenda privata

By: Michele Mari

3.88

Format: None pages, Hardcover

L'Accademia dei Ciechi ha deliberato: Michele Mari deve scrivere la sua autobiografia. O, come gli … read more

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11. Le Cid

By: Pierre Corneille

3.59

Format: 188 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Dans une Espagne médiévale, héroïque, éclatante, deux jeunes gens se déchirent et s'adorent. Pour l… read more

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  • classics
  • france
  • french literature
  • fiction
"Va, je ne te hais point."

-Pierre Corneille, Le Cid

"Dans le bonheur d'autrui je cherche mon bonheur"

-Pierre Corneille, Le Cid

"Czując cudownie w sobie rozdwojoną duszę Raz nim gardzę, drugi raz wzdychać za nim muszę."

-Pierre Corneille, Le Cid

"Je suis jeune, il est vrai mais aux âmes bien nées La valeur n'attend pas le nombre des années"

-Pierre Corneille, Le Cid

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12. Les Bonnes

By: Jean Genet

3.60

Format: 222 pages, Pocket Book

The Maids (Les Bonnes) is Jean Genet's most oft-revived work for the stage. First performed in Pari… read more

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  • classics
  • france
  • french literature
  • 20th century
  • fiction
"I, his mistress, mad with grief, shall follow him...I shall share his glory. You speak of widowhood and deny me the white gown - the mourning of queens."

-Jean Genet, Les Bonnes

13. Invitation to a Beheading

By: Vladimir Nabokov

4.89

Format: 78 pages, Paperback

An alternative cover edition for this ISBN can be found  Like Kafka's The Castle, Invitation to a … read more

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14. Rhinocéros

By: Eugène Ionesco , None

3.91

Format: None pages, Paperback

"Tous les chats sont mortels. Socrate est mortel. Donc Socrate est un chat." Tout langage stereotyp… read more

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15. 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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16. Lorenzaccio

By: Alfred de Musset

3.59

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Personnage grossier, brutal, le duc Alexandre de Medicis dirige la ville de Florence. Se desinteres… read more

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17. The Words

By: Jean-Paul Sartre , Bernard Frechtman

5.00

Format: 32 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Jean-Paul Sartre's famous autobiography of his first ten years has been widely compared to Rousseau… read more

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18. Jealousy

By: Alain Robbe-Grillet , Richard Howard

3.94

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

'Jealousy' tells of a jealous husband whose suspicion of his wife and neighbors takes possession of… read more

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19. Enfance

By: Nathalie Sarraute

3.46

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

Ce livre ecrit sous la forme d'un dialogue entre Nathalie Sarraute et son double qui, par ses mises… read more

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20. Un amour de Swann (À la recherche du temps perdu, #1.2)

By: Marcel Proust

4.29

Format: 426 pages, Paperback

Un amour de Swannest un fragment de A la recherche du temps perdu, la deuxieme partie de Du cote de… read more

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Cover of Aucun de nous ne reviendra by Charlotte Delbo

21. Aucun de nous ne reviendra

By: Charlotte Delbo

4.32

Format: 182 pages, Paperback

Aucun de nous ne reviendra est, plus qu'un récit, une suite de moments restitués. Ils se détachent … read more

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  • classics
  • france
  • french literature

9 Best fiction books like W, or the Memory of Childhood by Georges Perec, David Bellos

Transform Your Habits

Dora Bruder

Patrick Modiano , None

3.57

Transform Your Habits

The Ravishing of Lol Stein

Marguerite Duras , None , Diệp Anh

3.33

Transform Your Habits

Austerlitz

Anthea Bell , W.G. Sebald

4.67

Transform Your Habits

Britannicus

Jean Racine

3.61

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13 Best fiction books like Wittgenstein’s Nephew by Thomas Bernhard, David McLintock

Transform Your Habits

Vertigo

Michael Hulse , W.G. Sebald

4.00

Transform Your Habits

The Emigrants

Michael Hulse , W.G. Sebald

4.17

Transform Your Habits

The Recognitions

William H. Gass , William Gaddis

4.20

Transform Your Habits

The Left-Handed Woman (English and German Edition)

Peter Handke

3.21

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