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…
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1. The Chairs
By: Eugène Ionesco , Martin Crimp
3.85
Format: 60 pages, Paperback
In a house on an island a very old couple pass their time with private games and half-remembered st… read more
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2. La promesse de l'aube
By: Romain Gary
4.24
Format: 456 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Librarian's note: Older cover of ISBN 2070363732. – Tu seras un héros, tu seras général, Gabriel… read more
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"... văn chương là nơi nương tựa cuối cùng trên cõi đời cho những ai không biết náu mình vào đâu nữa"-Romain Gary, La promesse de l'aube
"Kartais man atrodo, kad gyvenu jau tik iš mandagumo, ir jeigu dar leidžiu plakti savo širdžiai, tai tik todėl, kad visada mėgau gyvūnus."-Romain Gary, La promesse de l'aube
"... hạnh phúc là cái gì đó có thể đạt tới, chỉ cần tìm thấy thiên hướng sâu xa trong mình rồi hết lòng với những gì mình thích, hoàn toàn quên cả bản thân."-Romain Gary, La promesse de l'aube
"At the darkest moments of the war, in the thick of the battle, I always faced peril with a feeling of invincibility. Nothing could happen to me because I was her happy ending."-Romain Gary, La promesse de l'aube
3. The Opposing Shore
By: Julien Gracq
4.01
Format: 292 pages, Paperback
The great maritime state of Orsenna has long been lulled by settled peace and prosperity. It is thr… read more
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"[Original text in French] Giovanni n'avait pas menti. Sagra était une merveille baroque, une collision improbable et inquiétante de la nature et de l'art. [My translation to English] Giovanni hadn't …"-Julien Gracq, The Opposing Shore
4. 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
5. Rue des boutiques obscures
By: Patrick Modiano
3.63
Format: 250 pages, Paperback
Que reste-t-il de la vie d'un homme ? Une photo, au fond d'une boîte ou d'un tiroir, des papiers ad… read more
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"One has to retire eventually, Guy."-Patrick Modiano, Rue des boutiques obscures
"The letters dance before my eyes. Who am I?"-Patrick Modiano, Rue des boutiques obscures
"Did you see her again in France?" I asked him."-Patrick Modiano, Rue des boutiques obscures
"Nice is a city of ghosts and specters, but I hope not to become one of them right away."-Patrick Modiano, Rue des boutiques obscures
6. La Princesse de Montpensier
By: Madame de La Fayette , Jacques Perrin
3.11
Format: 83 pages, Mass Market Paperback
La Princesse de Montpensier Madame de Lafayette En 1566, à la cour des Valois, en plein tumulte des… read more
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7. Un barrage contre le Pacifique
By: Marguerite Duras
3.76
Format: 370 pages, Mass Market Paperback
"Les barrages de la mère dans la plaine, c'était le grand malheur et la grande rigolade à la fois, … read more
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"Comme quoi une idée est toujours une bonne idée, du moment qu'elle fait faire quelque chose, même si tout est entrepris de travers."-Marguerite Duras, Un barrage contre le Pacifique
8. In Search of Lost Time
By: Marcel Proust , Richard Howard , None , Terence Kilmartin , D.J. Enright , Andreas Mayor
4.34
Format: 4211 pages, Paperback
On the surface a traditional "Bildungsroman" describing the narrator’s journey of self-discovery, t… read more
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"Love is a striking example of how little reality means to us."-Marcel Proust, In Search of Lost Time
"Our worst fears, like our greatest hopes, are not outside our powers, and we can come in the end to triumph over the former and to achieve the latter."-Marcel Proust, In Search of Lost Time
"I had spent the New Year's Day of old men, who differ on that day from their juniors, not because people have ceased to give them presents but because they themselves have ceased to believe in the Ne…"-Marcel Proust, In Search of Lost Time
"Only, we must allow time. But our demands as far as time is concerned are no less exorbitant than those which the heart requires in order to change. For one thing, time is the very thing that we are …"-Marcel Proust, In Search of Lost Time
9. The Fortune of the Rougons (Les Rougon-Macquart, #1)
By: Émile Zola
3.75
Format: None pages, Paperback
La fortuna de los Rougon (1871) es la primera novela de la serie Les Rougon Macquart, de Emile Zola… read more
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10. 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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11. The Temptation of St. Antony
By: Gustave Flaubert , Lafcadio Hearn , Kitty Mrosovsky
3.33
Format: None pages, Paperback
A book that deeply influenced the young Freud & was the inspiration for many artists, The Temptatio… read more
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- literature
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12. Les Cavaliers
By: Joseph Kessel
3.69
Format: 192 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Kessel a situe en Afghanistan une des aventures les plus belles et les plus feroces qu'il nous ait … read more
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13. Père Goriot
By: Honoré de Balzac
3.85
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
Père Goriot is the tragic story of a father whose obsessive love for his two daughters leads to his… read more
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"Good befalls us while we sleep, sometimes."-Honoré de Balzac, Père Goriot
"آری ,در این دنیا هیچ چیزی کامل نیست, مگر بدبختی."-Honoré de Balzac, Père Goriot
"Notre coeur est un trésor, videz-le d'un coup, vous êtes ruinés."-Honoré de Balzac, Père Goriot
"If youth were not ignorant and timid, civilization would be impossible."-Honoré de Balzac, Père Goriot
14. Bérénice
By: Jean Racine
4.12
Format: 323 pages, Paperback
Berenice, au centre de l'oeuvre de son auteur, en 1670, est une piece singuliere dans la production… read more
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15. Gargoyles
By: Thomas Bernhard , Richard Winston , Clara Winston
3.34
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
The playwright and novelist Thomas Bernhard was one of the most widely translated and admired write… read more
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16. 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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17. 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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18. The Masterpiece (Les Rougon-Macquart, #14)
By: Émile Zola , Roger Pearson
3.70
Format: 264 pages, Paperback
The Masterpieceis the tragic story of Claude Lantier, an ambitious and talented young artist who ha… read more
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19. The Charterhouse of Parma
By: Robert Andrew Parker , Richard Howard , Stendhal , Arthur Schurig
3.79
Format: 532 pages, Paperback
Richard Howard's exuberant and definitive rendition of Stendhal's stirring tale has brought about t… read more
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"Mutluluğu uzaklarda aramaya kalkmanın ne anlamı var, işte burada, elimin altında!"-Robert Andrew Parker, The Charterhouse of Parma
"Hay que confesar que había días en que la condesa no dirigía la palabra a nadie; era vista paseando bajo los altos castaños, hundida en sombríos ensueños; era demasiado inteligente para no sentir a v…"-Robert Andrew Parker, The Charterhouse of Parma
"Men siden året 1635, da Milano-provinsen ble underlagt spanjolene, disse tause, mistenksomme, hovmodige herrer som alltid fryktet opprør, hadde livsgleden vært borte. Folk tok etter herskernes livsfo…"-Robert Andrew Parker, The Charterhouse of Parma
"El lejano sonido de la campana de un pueblecito escondido bajo los árboles conmueve nuestra imaginación. Estos sones que las aguas transportan dulcificándolos adquieren un tinte de dulce melancolía y…"-Robert Andrew Parker, The Charterhouse of Parma
20. Man's Fate
By: André Malraux , Haakon Chevalier
3.40
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
As explosive and immediate today as when it was originally published in 1933, 'Man's Fate' ('La Con… read more
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21. Compass
By: Mathias Énard , Charlotte Mandell
4.22
Format: None pages, Hardcover
As night falls over Vienna, Franz Ritter, an insomniac musicologist, takes to his sickbed with an u… read more
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22. Vipère au poing
By: Hervé Bazin
3.85
Format: 288 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Vipere au poing, c'est le combat impitoyable livre par Jean Rezeau dit Brasse-Bouillon, et ses frer… read more
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23. Journey to the End of the Night
By: Louis-Ferdinand Céline , Ralph Manheim , William T. Vollmann
4.19
Format: 453 pages, Paperback
Louis-Ferdinand Celine's revulsion and anger at what he considered the idiocy and hypocrisy of soci… read more
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"If you aren't rich you should always look useful."-Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Journey to the End of the Night
"When you write, you should put your skin on the table."-Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Journey to the End of the Night
"Sonuçta savaş dediğiniz şey, anlamadığınız ne varsa odur"-Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Journey to the End of the Night
"Nearly all a poor bastard's desires are punishable by jail."-Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Journey to the End of the Night
24. Phèdre
By: Jean Racine
3.69
Format: 55 pages, Mass Market Paperback
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"Maintenant je me cherche et ne me trouve plus."-Jean Racine, Phèdre
"Mes crimes désormais ont comblé la mesure. Je respire à la fois l'inceste et l'imposture"-Jean Racine, Phèdre
"Présente je vous fuis; absente, je vous trouve; Dans le fond des forêts votre image me suit"-Jean Racine, Phèdre
"Hélas! de vos malheurs innocente ou coupable, / De quoi pour vous sauver n'étais-je point capable?"-Jean Racine, Phèdre
25. 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
26. Three Tales
By: Gustave Flaubert , Geoffrey Wall , Roger Whitehouse
4.03
Format: 325 pages,
First published in 1877, these three stories are dominated by questions of doubt, love, loneliness,… read more
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27. Thérèse Desqueyroux
By: François Mauriac
1.00
Format: None pages,
Pour eviter le scandale et proteger les interets de leur fille, Bernard Desqueyroux, que sa femme T… read more
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28. Alcools
By: Guillaume Apollinaire , Donald Revell
4.33
Format: 300 pages, Paperback
Alcools, first published in 1913 and one of the few indispensable books of twentieth- century poetr… read more
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29. Les Liaisons dangereuses
By: Pierre Choderlos de Laclos , Douglas Parmée
4.06
Format: 402 pages, Paperback
The complex moral ambiguities of seduction and revenge make Les Liaisons dangereuses (1782) one of … read more
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"J'ai vécu"-Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, Les Liaisons dangereuses
"Will you, then, never grow weary of being unjust?"-Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, Les Liaisons dangereuses
"I see you are already as timid as a slave: you might as well be in love."-Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, Les Liaisons dangereuses
"...it is not for the illusion of a moment to govern the choice of a lifetime."-Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, Les Liaisons dangereuses
30. Lost Illusions
By: Honoré de Balzac , Ellen Marriage , George Saintsbury
4.16
Format: 656 pages, Paperback
Handsome would-be poet Lucien Chardon is poor and naive, but highly ambitious. Failing to make his … read more
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"For avarice begins where poverty ends."-Honoré de Balzac, Lost Illusions
"ci sono uomini-quercia, io sono forse solo un arbusto elegante, e ho la pretesa di essere un cedro."-Honoré de Balzac, Lost Illusions
"Conscience, my dear, is a kind of stick that everyone picks up to thrash his neighbor with, but one he never uses against himself."-Honoré de Balzac, Lost Illusions
"căci excesele de orice soi împing trupul pe calea spre care e predispus din naştere: ca şi învăţătura multă, beţia îl îngraşă pe cel gras şi îl slăbeşte pe cel slab."-Honoré de Balzac, Lost Illusions
31. Ils vont tuer Robert Kennedy
By: Marc Dugain
3.45
Format: 400 pages, ebook
Un professeur d’histoire contemporaine de l’université de Colombie-Britannique est persuadé que la … read more
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