6 must-read literature books like Pig Tales by Marie Darrieussecq

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Pig Tales

By: Marie Darrieussecq

3.46

Format: 151 pages, Paperback

Pig Tales is the story of a young woman who lands a position at Perfumes Plus, a beauty boutique/“m…

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1. King Kong théorie

By: Virginie Despentes

4.01

Format: 155 pages, Paperback

J’écris de chez les moches, pour les moches, les frigides, les mal baisées, les imbaisables, toutes… read more

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  • feminism
  • france
  • french literature
"Le prostitute costituiscono l'unico proletariato la cui condizione commuove tanto la borghesia"

-Virginie Despentes, King Kong théorie

"Dans la morale judéo-chrétienne, mieux vaut être prise de force que prise pour une chienne, on nous l'a assez répété."

-Virginie Despentes, King Kong théorie

"Il faut être crétin, ou simplement malhonnête, pour trouver une oppression insupportable et juger l'autre pleine de poésie."

-Virginie Despentes, King Kong théorie

"Hace falta ser idiota, o asquerosamente deshonesto, para pensar que una forma de opresión es insoportable y juzgar que la otra está llena de poesía."

-Virginie Despentes, King Kong théorie

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2. The Following Story

By: Cees Nooteboom , Ina Rilke

3.70

Format: 186 pages, Paperback

Herman Mussert went to bed last night in Amsterdam and wakes in Lisbon in a hotel room where he sle… read more

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  • literature
  • novels
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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3. El ala rota

By: Antonio Altarriba , Kim

4.50

Format: 122 pages, Hardcover

La madre de Petra murio al dar a luz a su hija, y con la desgracia, su propio padre intento matarla… read more

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4. The Lady and the Little Fox Fur

By: Deborah Levy , Violette Leduc , Derek Coltman

3.69

Format: 88 pages, Paperback

Trapped in the depths of poverty, an old woman escapes into an existence where objects, streets, an… read more

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  • feminism
  • france
  • french literature
  • 20th century
  • fiction

5. The Lesbian Body

By: David LeVay , Monique Wittig

4.62

Format: None pages, Paperback

On a fictional Sapphic island where women live exclusively among themselves, the narrator-protagoni… read more

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  • feminism
  • france
  • fiction

6. I Am Alive and You Are Dead: A Journey into the Mind of Philip K. Dick

By: Emmanuel Carrère , Timothy Bent

3.68

Format: 191 pages, Hardcover

From the master chronicler of psychological extremes, an unforgettable portrait of the "Shakespeare… read more

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  • france
  • french literature

7. Como si existiese el perdón

By: Mariana Travacio

4.07

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

?Se puede escuchar un libro? ?Puede uno abrir un libro y sentir las voces como un eco entre los res… read more

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8. The Ethics of Authenticity

By: Charles Margrave Taylor

3.60

Format: None pages,

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9. L'analphabète: récit autobiographique

By: Ágota Kristóf

4.11

Format: 57 pages, Paperback

Onze chapitres pour onze moments de sa vie, de la petite enfance en Hongrie à l'apprentissage du fr… read more

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  • literature
  • france
  • french literature
"You become a writer by writing with patience and obstinacy, without ever losing faith in what you write."

-Ágota Kristóf, L'analphabète: récit autobiographique

"في الغالب أكتفي بالكتابة في ذهني . ذلك اسهل . داخل الراس تجري الامور كلها بيسر . لكن ما ان نشرع في الكتابة حتى تتغير الأفكار .تتشوه.تصير خاطئة"

-Ágota Kristóf, L'analphabète: récit autobiographique

10. Memoirs of a Polar Bear

By: Susan Bernofsky , Yōko Tawada

4.07

Format: None pages, Paperback

Memoirs of a Polar Bearstars three generations of talented writers and performers--who happen to be… read more

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11. The Meursault Investigation

By: John Cullen , Kamel Daoud

3.00

Format: 253 pages, Paperback

He was the brother of "the Arab" killed by the infamous Meursault, the antihero of Camus's classic … read more

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12. Pig Tales

By: Marie Darrieussecq

3.46

Format: 151 pages, Paperback

Pig Tales is the story of a young woman who lands a position at Perfumes Plus, a beauty boutique/“m… read more

Similar categories in Marie Darrieussecq's Pig Tales book and Marie Darrieussecq's Pig Tales

  • magical realism
  • literature
  • feminism
  • france
  • french literature
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • 20th century
  • novels
  • fantasy

13. 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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14. The Weight of Things

By: None , Marianne Fritz

3.85

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

The Weight of Things is the first book, and the first translated book, and possibly the only transl… read more

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  • literature
  • novels
  • 20th century
  • fiction
"..the present is always the best time to spread your arms wide and embrace the whole world, all at once, as best you can."

-None, The Weight of Things

"...the ideal legal form being, it goes without saying, the one in which the least taxes are paid and the company is least vulnerable to any official prying."

-None, The Weight of Things

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15. Nie mówię żegnaj

By: Han Kang

3.77

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Zdobywczyni nagrody Man Booker Prize 2016, Han Kang, powraca po 5 latach z nową, pełnowymiarową pow… read more

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  • novels
  • fiction
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16. Arkada Yaylılar Çalıyor

By: Melikşah Altuntaş

3.35

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

“Arkamda yaylılar çalıyor. Biri bir filmde ya da dizide gururla yürüdüğünde çaldığı gibi. Hep hüzün… read more

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  • fiction
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17. Billur Örüntüler

By: Rıdvan Hatun

3.79

Format: 136 pages, Paperback

“Sence önce tren mi gelir kar mı yağar?” “Bilmem, önce kar yağmaya başlarsa daha güzel olur sanki.”… read more

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18. Combats et métamorphoses d'une femme

By: Édouard Louis

4.13

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

Pendant une grande partie de sa vie ma mère a vécu dans la pauvreté et la nécessité, à l'écart de t… read more

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  • feminism
  • france
  • french literature
  • contemporary
"Why do I feel as though I'm writing a sad story, when my aim was to tell the story of a liberation?"

-Édouard Louis, Combats et métamorphoses d'une femme

"I'd gotten so used to seeing her unhappy at home that the joy on her face seemed scandalous to me, a deceit, a lie that had to be exposed as soon as possible."

-Édouard Louis, Combats et métamorphoses d'une femme

"I started this book wanting to tell the story of a woman, but I've realized that yours is the story of a human being who fought for the right to exist as a woman, as opposed to the nonexistence impos…"

-Édouard Louis, Combats et métamorphoses d'une femme

"A final memory. A few months ago, in the garden of a teahouse where I’d suggested we meet, she told me how she had once been called to the school by my teacher when I was six years old. The teacher w…"

-Édouard Louis, Combats et métamorphoses d'une femme

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19. Long Live the Post Horn!

By: Vigdis Hjorth

3.67

Format: 240 pages, ebook

Ellinor, a 35-year-old media consultant, has not been feeling herself; she's not been feeling much … read more

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  • literature
  • feminism
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • novels
"A letter is practically a gift."

-Vigdis Hjorth, Long Live the Post Horn!

"What do we do with our despair if our lives are too small to contain it?"

-Vigdis Hjorth, Long Live the Post Horn!

"What do we do with our despair if our lives are too small to contain it?’ . . . .accept that there’s so much we’ll never understand intellectually and try to live with things which don’t add up, that…"

-Vigdis Hjorth, Long Live the Post Horn!

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20. Animalia

By: Jean-Baptiste Del Amo

4.12

Format: 424 pages, Kindle Edition

Animalia retraces the history of a modest peasant family through the twentieth century as they deve… read more

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  • literature
  • france
  • french literature
  • fiction
  • novels
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21. Bir Ada İcat Etmek

By: Alain Gillot

4.18

Format: 168 pages, Paperback

Çin’de bir şantiyede çalışırken, yedi yaşındaki oğlu Tom’un öldüğünü öğrenen Dani, haberi alır alma… read more

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22. Dul Ölümsüz Eş Arıyor

By: Jean-Louis Fournier

3.78

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

Eşi Sylvie’nin ölümünün ardından mutsuzluğun doruklarında yalnız ve dul kalan Fournier, hayal kırık… read more

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  • france
  • fiction
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23. No era a esto a lo que veníamos

By: María Bastarós

3.72

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

No era a esto a lo que veníamos es un libro sobre el terror de la normalidad. Sus personajes luchan… read more

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  • fiction
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24. Gräns

By: John Ajvide Lindqvist

3.62

Format: 79 pages, Hardcover

Tina som jobbar vid tullen är fenomenalt skicklig på att ta fast smugglare. Aldrig har hon tagit mi… read more

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  • fantasy
  • fiction
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25. Başkalarının Tanrısı

By: Mine Söğüt

3.59

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

“Ne doğumumuz ne ölümümüz ne de doğumla ölüm arasında can çekişerek sürdürdüğümüz hayatlar bize ait… read more

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  • novels
  • fiction
Cover of Çıplak Babalar by Margit Schreiner

26. Çıplak Babalar

By: Margit Schreiner

3.63

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

Margit Schreiner’in daha önce yayımladığımız “Sevmek Dedikleri” ve “Ev, Kadınlar, Seks.” kitapların… read more

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27. La Petite Dernière

By: Fatima Daas

3.85

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

« Je m'appelle Fatima Daas. Je suis la mazoziya, la dernière. Celle à laquelle on ne s'est pas prép… read more

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  • feminism
  • france
  • french literature
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • novels
"Il n'y a que sur les photos qu'on est heureux."

-Fatima Daas, La Petite Dernière

"Islam meant believing in God, loving Him, fearing Him, obeying Him. I got the first stages right."

-Fatima Daas, La Petite Dernière

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28. Eine Frau zu sehen

By: Annemarie Schwarzenbach

3.87

Format: 76 pages, Hardcover

Weihnachten 1929: Im Fahrstuhl eines Hotels in den Schweizer Alpen trifft die junge Erzählerin auf … read more

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  • fiction
"(...) ese nombre que es más que deseo, que se ha convertido ya en posesión a fuerza de haberlo repetido mil veces."

-Annemarie Schwarzenbach, Eine Frau zu sehen

"Ich weiß nicht, wie ich ein Gestern ertragen habe, und ein Vorgestern, und die vielen Tage, die sich noch rückwärts reihen."

-Annemarie Schwarzenbach, Eine Frau zu sehen

"(...) ¿qué son las posibilidades? ¿No significan acaso promesa, siempre y cuando seamos valientes? ¿No significan acaso poder de la voluntad?: y saberlo es suficiente para ser capaz de esperar."

-Annemarie Schwarzenbach, Eine Frau zu sehen

"Pero, ¿podía haber algo que infundiera más miedo que otra noche de espera, otro día de tensión, el no-suceder, el no-actuar? ¿Acaso no se había alcanzado un punto culminante, por encima del cual solo…"

-Annemarie Schwarzenbach, Eine Frau zu sehen

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29. Quebrada

By: Mariana Travacio

4.11

Format: 166 pages, Paperback

Quebrada es la palabra que define un paso estrecho entre dos montañas. Así, como una hendidura que … read more

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  • fiction
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30. Harvey

By: Emma Cline

3.07

Format: 104 pages, Paperback

Quando Harvey apre gli occhi sono le quattro del mattino. Solo, immobile, nella camera da letto di … read more

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  • feminism
  • novels
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of Something Out of Place: Women and Disgust by Eimear McBride

31. Something Out of Place: Women and Disgust

By: Eimear McBride

3.37

Format: 176 pages, Kindle Edition

In her blistering non-fiction debut, Eimear McBride unpicks the contradictory forces of disgust and… read more

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  • feminism
  • contemporary
"Od hipisowskiego ideału 'wolnej miłości', zakazującego kobietom używania słowa 'nie', po świeższe zabiegi przemycania niszowych praktyk BDSM do seksualnego mainstreamu, żadna kobieta - może z wyjątki…"

-Eimear McBride, Something Out of Place: Women and Disgust

17 Top fiction books like Pig Tales by Marie Darrieussecq

Transform Your Habits

The Following Story

Cees Nooteboom , Ina Rilke

3.70

Transform Your Habits

The Lady and the Little Fox Fur

Deborah Levy , Violette Leduc , Derek Coltman

3.69

The Lesbian Body

David LeVay , Monique Wittig

4.62

Transform Your Habits

Pig Tales

Marie Darrieussecq

3.46

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Mutsuzluk Zamanlarında Mutluluk

Zehra Aksu Yılmazer , Wilhelm Genazino

3.35

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The Lady and the Little Fox Fur

Deborah Levy , Violette Leduc , Derek Coltman

3.69

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Sıradan Zaferler

Manu Larcenet , Emre Yavuz

3.44

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3.86

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