Whatever
By: Michel Houellebecq , Paul Hammond
3.57
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
Just thirty, with a well-paid job, depression and no love life, the narrator and anti-hero par exce…
Want to Read $ 7.99"En su lugar, una víbora ya se habría suicidado."-Michel Houellebecq, Whatever
"Me considero un tipo normal. Bueno, puede que no exactamente, pero ¿Quién lo es exactamente? Digamos que soy normal al 80%."-Michel Houellebecq, Whatever
"Il me dit: « Vous avez dû avoir peur. » Je réponds oui pour ne pas faire d'histoires, mais en fait je n'ai pas eu peur du tout, j'ai juste eu l'impression que j'allais crever dans les prochaines minutes ; c'est différent."-Michel Houellebecq, Whatever
"Een vrouw die in de handen van de psychoanalytici is gevallen wordt totaal en voorgoed onbruikbaar. Dat fenomeen moet niet als een neveneffect van de psychoanalyse worden beschouwd maar wel degelijk als het hoofddoel ervan"-Michel Houellebecq, Whatever
If you liked the philosophy plot in Whatever by Michel Houellebecq, Paul Hammond , here is a list of 5 books like this:
1. A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments
By: David Foster Wallace
4.15
Format: 353 pages, Paperback
In this exuberantly praised book — a collection of seven pieces on subjects ranging from television… read more
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- literature
- philosophy
"What I know about auto racing could be inscribed with a dry Magic Marker on the lip of a Coke bottle."-David Foster Wallace, A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments
"If Realism called it like it saw it, Metafiction simply called it as it saw itself seeing itself see it."-David Foster Wallace, A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments
"Quentin Tarantino is interested in watching somebody's ear getting cut off; David Lynch is interested in the ear."-David Foster Wallace, A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments
"American human beings are a slippery and protean bunch in real life, hard as hell to get any kind of universal handle on."-David Foster Wallace, A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments
2. L'Avversario
By: Emmanuel Carrère , Eliana Vicari Fabris
3.99
Format: 169 pages, Paperback
«Il 9 gennaio 1993 Jean-Claude Romand ha ucciso la moglie, i figli e i genitori, poi ha tentato di … read more
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- roman
- france
- french literature
"Il est notoire que les hommes les plus remarquables sont aussi les plus modestes, les moins soucieux de l'opinion qu'on a d'eux."-Emmanuel Carrère, L'Avversario
"Je n'ai jamais été aussi libre, jamais la vie n'a été aussi belle. Je suis un assassin, j'ai l'image la plus basse qui puisse exister dans la société, mais c'est plus facile à supporter que les vingt…"-Emmanuel Carrère, L'Avversario
3. Taipei
By: Tao Lin
3.33
Format: 248 pages, Paperback
"At some point, maybe twenty minutes after he'd begun refreshing Twitter, Tumblr, Facebook, Gmail i… read more
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- literature
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- contemporary
"On average, since the urge to kill myself isn't so strong that I actually kill myself, the world is worth living in."-Tao Lin, Taipei
"Nice" said Paul staring transfixed at Fran's delicate and extreme gaze, like that of a skeleton with eyeballs, or a person with their face peeled off."-Tao Lin, Taipei
"Gradually, after being the target a few times of a similar capriciousness, which he discerned as default behavior for most people, and not liking it, Paul learned to not be more generous or enthusias…"-Tao Lin, Taipei
"He wanted to hide by shrinking past zero, through the dot at the end of himself, to a negative size, into an otherworld, where he would find a place— in an enormous city, too large to know itself, or…"-Tao Lin, Taipei
4. Against Nature
By: Joris-Karl Huysmans , Patrick McGuinness , Robert Baldick , Patrick McGuiness
3.87
Format: 54 pages, Paperback
With a title translated either as Against Natureor as Against The Grain, this wildly original fin-d… read more
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- literature
- philosophy
- france
- french literature
- fiction
5. Là-Bas
By: Joris-Karl Huysmans , None
3.73
Format: 238 pages, Paperback
At the novel's center is Durtal, a writer obsessed with the life of one of the blackest figures in … read more
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- literature
- france
- french literature
- fiction
6. Frumoasele străine
By: Mircea Cărtărescu
3.59
Format: 378 pages,
Umorul, satiricul si grotescul au fost dintotdeauna, in volumele sale de versuri, in Levantul si-n … read more
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- fiction
- contemporary
7. The Loser
By: Thomas Bernhard , Jack Dawson
3.34
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
Thomas Bernhard was one of the most original writers of the twentieth century. His formal innovatio… read more
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- literature
- novels
- 20th century
- fiction
8. Woodcutters
By: Thomas Bernhard , David McLintock
3.34
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
This controversial portrayal of Viennese artistic circles begins as the writer-narrator arrives at … read more
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- literature
- novels
- 20th century
- fiction
9. Llamadas telefónicas
By: Roberto Bolaño
4.27
Format: 260 pages, Paperback
Decia Hemingway que un buen relato debe ser como un iceberg; lo que se ve es siempre menos que lo q… read more
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- literature
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- contemporary
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- french literature
11. Un roman français
By: Frédéric Beigbeder
3.70
Format: 264 pages, Paperback
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12. Whatever
By: Michel Houellebecq , Paul Hammond
3.57
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
Just thirty, with a well-paid job, depression and no love life, the narrator and anti-hero par exce… read more
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- roman
- literature
- philosophy
- france
- french literature
- fiction
- contemporary
- 20th century
- novels
- drama
"En su lugar, una víbora ya se habría suicidado."-Michel Houellebecq, Whatever
"Me considero un tipo normal. Bueno, puede que no exactamente, pero ¿Quién lo es exactamente? Digamos que soy normal al 80%."-Michel Houellebecq, Whatever
"Il me dit: « Vous avez dû avoir peur. » Je réponds oui pour ne pas faire d'histoires, mais en fait je n'ai pas eu peur du tout, j'ai juste eu l'impression que j'allais crever dans les prochaines minu…"-Michel Houellebecq, Whatever
"Een vrouw die in de handen van de psychoanalytici is gevallen wordt totaal en voorgoed onbruikbaar. Dat fenomeen moet niet als een neveneffect van de psychoanalyse worden beschouwd maar wel degelijk …"-Michel Houellebecq, Whatever
13. 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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- roman
- literature
- philosophy
- france
- french literature
- fiction
- 20th century
- novels
"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
14. Guerre
By: Louis-Ferdinand Céline
3.79
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
Parmi les manuscrits de Louis-Ferdinand Céline récemment retrouvés figurait une liasse de deux cent… read more
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- roman
- france
- french literature
- 20th century
- fiction
- novels
"A tant d’années passées le souvenir des choses, bien précisément, c’est un effort. Ce que les gens ont dit c’est presque tourné des mensonges. Faut se méfier. C’est putain le passé, ça fond dans la r…"-Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Guerre
"J’ai bien dû rester là encore une partie de la nuit suivante. Toute l’oreille à gauche était collée par terre avec du sang, la bouche aussi. Entre les deux y avait un bruit immense. J’ai dormi dans c…"-Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Guerre
15. Humus
By: Gaspard Kœnig
3.64
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
Deux étudiants en agronomie, angoissés comme toute leur génération par la crise écologique, refusen… read more
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- france
- fiction
- contemporary
"Vous aurez compris que pour ma part, je renonce. J'ai été jusqu'au bout de mon expérience et j'ai constaté que nous étions déjà condamnés. Nous profitons encore un peu, ivres morts, du sursis que nou…"-Gaspard Kœnig, Humus
16. Trilogía
By: Jon Fosse
3.90
Format: 162 pages, Paperback
Trilogía es un libro diferente. Es hipnótico. Para Jon Fosse escribir es como rezar y, para el lect… read more
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- drama
17. Yoga
By: Emmanuel Carrère
3.87
Format: 380 pages, Paperback
C'est l'histoire d'un livre sur le yoga et la dépression. La méditation et le terrorisme. L'aspirat… read more
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- roman
- france
- french literature
- contemporary
18. Nattskolen (Morgenstjernen, #4)
By: Karl Ove Knausgård
4.37
Format: 484 pages, Hardcover
Årets roman fra Karl Ove Knausgård, «Nattskolen», inngår i det store Morgenstjernen-verket som åpne… read more
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- roman
- fiction
19. Rhizom
By: Gilles Deleuze
4.28
Format: 63 pages, Paperback
„Ihr habt die Wahl zwischen einem letzten Abschied von der Psychoyse, einem rosa Panther, der Gesch… read more
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- philosophy
- france
"Trascendencia, enfermedad propiamente europea."-Gilles Deleuze, Rhizom
20. Znaki zodiaku
By: Maciej Marcisz
3.51
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
Toskania, słońce, grupa przyjaciół, piękna sceneria, dom na wzgórzu, dwa miesiące wolnego i wróżba,… read more
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- contemporary
21. Vem dödade min fotboll? : en uppgörelse med världens mest älskade sport
By: Simon Bank
3.83
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
Fotbollen förändrades i grunden under ett 2000-tal då oligarker köpte klubbar och diktaturer mutade… read more
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