A Dilemma
By: Joris-Karl Huysmans
4.19
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
Originally published in book form in French in 1887, Joris-Karl Huysmans' A Dilemma remains a parti…
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1. The Thief and Other Stories
By: Georg Heym
4.04
Format: 106 pages, Paperback
An English-language translation of the complete published stories of Georg Heym (1887-1912). There … read more
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2. Schoolgirl
By: Osamu Dazai , Allison Markin Powell , Adam L. Kern , None
4.02
Format: 103 pages, Paperback
Osamu Dazai's 1939 novella depicts a day in the life of a Tokyo schoolgirl. Propelling Dazai into t… read more
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"I yearned for everything long gone."-Osamu Dazai, Schoolgirl
"Sometimes happiness arrives one night too late."-Osamu Dazai, Schoolgirl
"Mornings are grey. Always the same. Absolutely empty."-Osamu Dazai, Schoolgirl
"Good night. I'm Cinderella without her prince. Do you know where to find me in Tokyo? You won't see me again."-Osamu Dazai, Schoolgirl
3. The Vet's Daughter
By: Kathryn Davis , Barbara Comyns
3.90
Format: 152 pages, Paperback
The Vet’s Daughter combines shocking realism with a visionary edge. The vet lives with his bedridde… read more
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"Her face worked in an odd way, like knitting coming undone."-Kathryn Davis, The Vet's Daughter
"When I left the kitchen the whole family were all gazing upwards at the dancing flies."-Kathryn Davis, The Vet's Daughter
"It was Sunday morning, and old people passed me like sad grey waves on their way to church."-Kathryn Davis, The Vet's Daughter
"Now I lay down on this tree and felt a lonely sadness coming over me in waves. Slow tears ran from my eyes and trickled into my ears. I thought, 'I even cry in a humble, common way, with tears flowin…"-Kathryn Davis, The Vet's Daughter
4. Autobiography of Red: A Novel in Verse
By: Anne Carson , Stesichorus
4.27
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
The award-winning poet Anne Carson reinvents a genre in Autobiography of Red, a stunning work that … read more
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"Under the seams runs the pain."-Anne Carson, Autobiography of Red: A Novel in Verse
"There is no person without a world."-Anne Carson, Autobiography of Red: A Novel in Verse
"Don't want to be free want to be with you."-Anne Carson, Autobiography of Red: A Novel in Verse
"Sometimes a journey makes itself necessary."-Anne Carson, Autobiography of Red: A Novel in Verse
5. Om mørke
By: Josefine Klougart
3.54
Format: 329 pages, Hardcover
Om mørke er både undergangsfortælling og skabelsesberetning. Der er jordskælv, laviner, eksplosione… read more
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6. The Cathedral of Mist
By: Edward Gauvin , Paul Willems , Bette Burgoyne
4.12
Format: 99 pages, Paperback
First published in French in 1983, The Cathedral of Mist is a collection of stories from the last o… read more
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- france
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"Miracles belong only to the moment, and live on only in memory."-Edward Gauvin, The Cathedral of Mist
"For the palace was but emptiness, a hole in a labyrinth of lines, a skyward precipice."-Edward Gauvin, The Cathedral of Mist
7. Baudolino
By: Umberto Eco , William Weaver , R.C.S. Libri
3.79
Format: 527 pages, Paperback
It is April 1204, and Constantinople, the splendid capital of the Byzantine Empire, is being sacked… read more
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- classics
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"Tüm aşıklar gibi Baudlino da kibirli olmuştu."-Umberto Eco, Baudolino
"Yes, I know, it's not the truth, but in a great history little truths can be altered so that the greater truth emerges."-Umberto Eco, Baudolino
"And so it was that the Poet, through an excess of theological refinement, was unable to satisfy his coarse carnal passion."-Umberto Eco, Baudolino
"There, Master Niketas,’ Baudolino said, ‘when I was not prey to the temptations of this world, I devoted my nights to imagining other worlds. A bit with the help of wine, and a bit with that of the g…"-Umberto Eco, Baudolino
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9. A Dilemma
By: Joris-Karl Huysmans
4.19
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
Originally published in book form in French in 1887, Joris-Karl Huysmans' A Dilemma remains a parti… read more
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10. Lolly Willowes
By: Sylvia Townsend Warner , Alison Lurie
3.50
Format: 24 pages, Paperback
In Lolly Willowes, an ageing spinster rebels against her role as the universal aunt, at everybody's… read more
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11. The Box Man
By: Kōbō Abe , E. Dale Saunders
4.09
Format: 349 pages, Paperback
Kobo Abe, the internationally acclaimed author of Woman in the Dunes, combines wildly imaginative f… read more
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12. 4 Dada Suicides: Selected Texts of Arthur Cravan, Jacques Rigaut, Julien Torma, and Jacques Vaché
By: André Breton , Iain White , Terry Hale , Jacques Rigaut , Roger L. Conover , None , None , None , None , None , None , None
4.50
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
This book collects together works by four "writers" on the fringes of the Dada movement in 1920's P… read more
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13. My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness
By: Kabi Nagata , Jocelyne Allen
3.74
Format: 70 pages, Paperback
The heart-rending autobiographical manga that's taken the internet by storm! My Lesbian Experience … read more
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14. The Red and the Black
By: Stendhal , None
3.86
Format: 577 pages, Paperback
Handsome, ambitious Julien Sorel is determined to rise above his humble provincial origins. Soon re… read more
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- literature
- france
- french literature
- fiction
"A good book is an event in my life."-Stendhal, The Red and the Black
"Toute vraie passion ne songe qu'a elle."-Stendhal, The Red and the Black
"It seems that my destiny is to die dreaming."-Stendhal, The Red and the Black
"A novel is a mirror walking along a main road."-Stendhal, The Red and the Black
15. Bel-Ami
By: Guy de Maupassant , Douglas Parmée
3.85
Format: 416 pages, Paperback
Guy de Maupassant's scandalous tale of an opportunistic young man corrupted by the allure of power,… read more
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"In fact living is dying."-Guy de Maupassant, Bel-Ami
"Vivre enfin, c'est mourir!"-Guy de Maupassant, Bel-Ami
"The only certainty is death."-Guy de Maupassant, Bel-Ami
"I drink to the victory of the mind over the millions."-Guy de Maupassant, Bel-Ami
16. Bruges-La-Morte
By: Georges Rodenbach , Will Stone
3.95
Format: 132 pages, Paperback
Hugues Viane is a widower who has turned to the melancholy, decaying city of Bruges as the ideal lo… read more
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17. Stella Maris (The Passenger, #2)
By: Cormac McCarthy
3.87
Format: 190 pages, Hardcover
NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER. The Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Road returns with the second v… read more
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"I would like to belong but I dont."-Cormac McCarthy, Stella Maris (The Passenger, #2)
"Love is quite possibly a mental disorder itself."-Cormac McCarthy, Stella Maris (The Passenger, #2)
"The notion of nothing is an inconceivable notion"-Cormac McCarthy, Stella Maris (The Passenger, #2)
"Rage is only for what you believe can be fixed. All the rest is grief."-Cormac McCarthy, Stella Maris (The Passenger, #2)
18. The Employees: A Workplace Novel of the 22nd Century
By: Olga Ravn
3.67
Format: 136 pages, Paperback
A workplace novel of the 22nd century The near-distant future. Millions of kilometres from Earth… read more
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"This is not a human, but a coworker."-Olga Ravn, The Employees: A Workplace Novel of the 22nd Century
"Cada ação encerra em si um elemento de caos."-Olga Ravn, The Employees: A Workplace Novel of the 22nd Century
"Tudo precisa atravessar enormes distâncias para se tornar o que é."-Olga Ravn, The Employees: A Workplace Novel of the 22nd Century
"Eu também tenho em mim palavras apagadas que deveria ter dito e já não sei mais o que significam."-Olga Ravn, The Employees: A Workplace Novel of the 22nd Century
19. Termush
By: Sven Holm
3.31
Format: 119 pages, Paperback
Introduced by Jeff VanderMeer, welcome to a luxury hotel at the end of the world in this post-apoca… read more
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"An inspired lie could be preferred to a malignant truth."-Sven Holm, Termush
"I must ask myself whether I am not colouring what I see with my own views."-Sven Holm, Termush
"- I do have some faith in democracy, but I don't think that this vote can be regarded as a matter of course as democratic. The voters knew too little about the alternatives. - They are always Ill-inf…"-Sven Holm, Termush
20. The Impersonal Adventure
By: Marcel Béalu
3.56
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
A traveling businessman decides to tarry in an unnamed city, dons a new name and profession on a wh… read more
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21. The Plotinus
By: Rikki Ducornet
3.87
Format: 88 pages, Paperback
Upon setting out for a morning walk with his knobby stick in hand, a young man is arrested by a rob… read more
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