6 Top nonfiction books like The Young Man by Annie Ernaux

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The Young Man

By: Annie Ernaux

3.61

Format: 64 pages, Paperback

WINNER OF THE 2022 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE Annie Ernaux's most recent book, dazzling and breat…

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Cover of Aliss at the Fire by Jon Fosse, Damion Searls

1. Aliss at the Fire

By: Jon Fosse , Damion Searls

3.99

Format: 380 pages, Paperback

In her old house by the fjord, Signe lies on a bench and sees a vision of herself as she was more t… read more

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  • nobel prize
  • contemporary

2. Kralın Laneti

By: None , None

4.44

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Cok genc yasta resme baslayan ama Mondrian'in resimleriyle tanisinca asla onun kadar iyi bir ressam… read more

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3. The Lost Daughter

By: Elena Ferrante

3.77

Format: None pages, Paperback

"Elena Ferrante will blow you away."-Alice Sebold, author of The Lovely Bones From the author of Th… read more

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4. 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

Similar categories in Ágota Kristóf's L'analphabète: récit autobiographique book and Annie Ernaux's The Young Man

  • biography
  • memoir
  • short stories
  • france
  • nonfiction
  • 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

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5. The Young Man

By: Annie Ernaux

3.61

Format: 64 pages, Paperback

WINNER OF THE 2022 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE Annie Ernaux's most recent book, dazzling and breat… read more

Similar categories in Annie Ernaux's The Young Man book and Annie Ernaux's The Young Man

  • nobel prize
  • biography
  • memoir
  • feminism
  • short stories
  • nonfiction
  • france
  • french literature
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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6. Kairos

By: Jenny Erpenbeck

3.46

Format: 379 pages, Hardcover

Die neunzehnjährige Katharina und Hans, ein verheirateter Mann Mitte fünfzig, begegnen sich Ende de… read more

Similar categories in Jenny Erpenbeck's Kairos book and Annie Ernaux's The Young Man

  • contemporary
"She would like a shallow life, swift and shallow, till some day she can start again. Get through her time fast until then. And when will that be? Then."

-Jenny Erpenbeck, Kairos

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7. 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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8. 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

Similar categories in Édouard Louis's Combats et métamorphoses d'une femme book and Annie Ernaux's The Young Man

  • biography
  • memoir
  • feminism
  • nonfiction
  • 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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9. Da igual: Los veinticinco cuentos despiadados de Agota Kristof

By: Ágota Kristóf

3.65

Format: 80 pages, Paperback

Una mujer le explica al doctor que su marido se ha partido el cráneo con un hacha al caerse de la c… read more

Similar categories in Ágota Kristóf's Da igual: Los veinticinco cuentos despiadados de Agota Kristof book and Annie Ernaux's The Young Man

  • short stories
  • france
  • french literature
  • contemporary
"È lì, accanto al letto , sul tappeto. Ha una scure piantata nella testa. Vuole visitarlo? Sì, lo visiti pure. Un incidente davvero stupido, non trova? È caduto dal letto nel sonno, ed è caduto su que…"

-Ágota Kristóf, Da igual: Los veinticinco cuentos despiadados de Agota Kristof

"– Allora a domani, Lucien, – dice. E prima di riattaccare aggiunge: – Trovo tutto ciò appassionante. Appassionante! C’è gente che usa certe parole con grande facilità. Io non potrei mai parlare così.…"

-Ágota Kristóf, Da igual: Los veinticinco cuentos despiadados de Agota Kristof

"Chiudete bene la porta. Io arrivo senza rumore, con le mani guantate di nero. Non sono il tipo brutale. E neppure vorace e stupido. Sulle mie tempie e sui polsi potreste ammirare il disegno delicato …"

-Ágota Kristóf, Da igual: Los veinticinco cuentos despiadados de Agota Kristof

"A quei tempi consumavo un'enorme quantità di gesso, per via di una carenza di calcio. La cosa mi causava un po' di febbre, ma non ne ho mai approfittato per trascurare la scuola, poiché – come dico s…"

-Ágota Kristóf, Da igual: Los veinticinco cuentos despiadados de Agota Kristof

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10. 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

Similar categories in Vigdis Hjorth's Long Live the Post Horn! book and Annie Ernaux's The Young Man

  • feminism
  • contemporary
"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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11. Qui a tué mon père

By: Édouard Louis

4.16

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

« Est-ce qu’il est normal d’avoir honte d’aimer ? » Édouard Louis a publié deux livres, En finir… read more

Similar categories in Édouard Louis's Qui a tué mon père book and Annie Ernaux's The Young Man

  • biography
  • memoir
  • nonfiction
  • french literature
  • france
  • contemporary
"September 2017 Emmanuel Macron condemns the “laziness"

-Édouard Louis, Qui a tué mon père

"You were as much a victim of the violence you inflicted as of the violence you endured."

-Édouard Louis, Qui a tué mon père

"What we call history is nothing but the story of the same emotions, the same joys, reproduced across bodies and time"

-Édouard Louis, Qui a tué mon père

"Where is history? The history they taught at school was not your own. We were learning world history, and you were left out."

-Édouard Louis, Qui a tué mon père

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12. Mañana y tarde

By: Jon Fosse

3.88

Format: 102 pages, Paperback

Un niño que se llamará Johannes llega al mundo. Fallece un anciano llamado Johannes. Entre estos do… read more

Similar categories in Jon Fosse's Mañana y tarde book and Annie Ernaux's The Young Man

  • audiobook
  • nobel prize
  • contemporary
"Ahora tú también estás muerto, Johannes, dice Peter Te moriste esta mañana, dice Y como yo era tu mejor amigo, me enviaron a recogerte, dice Pero ¿por qué hemos pescado cangrejos? dice Johannes Tenía…"

-Jon Fosse, Mañana y tarde

"Vart ska vi fara? säger Johannes Nej nu frågar du som om du fortfarande var vid liv, säger Peter Inte till någon plats? säger Johannes Nej dit vi nu ska, det är inte någon plats, och därför har den h…"

-Jon Fosse, Mañana y tarde

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13. A Shining

By: Jon Fosse

3.49

Format: 56 pages, Paperback

A man starts driving without knowing where he is going. He alternates between turning right and lef… read more

Similar categories in Jon Fosse's A Shining book and Annie Ernaux's The Young Man

  • audiobook
  • nobel prize
  • short stories
  • contemporary
"but you can’t just touch a whiteness like that. because if you did you’d probably get it dirty. and imagine getting something so white dirty"

-Jon Fosse, A Shining

"Es ist auch nicht zu begreifen, es ist etwas anderes, vielleicht etwas, das man nur erlebt und das nicht wirklich geschieht. Aber geht es an, dass man so etwas einfach erlebt. Alles, was man erlebt, …"

-Jon Fosse, A Shining

Cover of Changer : méthode by Édouard Louis

14. Changer : méthode

By: Édouard Louis

4.31

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

« Une question s’est imposée au centre de ma vie, elle a concentré toutes mes réflexions, occupé to… read more

Similar categories in Édouard Louis's Changer : méthode book and Annie Ernaux's The Young Man

  • audiobook
  • france
  • french literature
  • contemporary
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15. Dialogue sur l'art et la politique

By: Ken Loach

3.98

Format: 84 pages, Paperback

Deux artistes de deux pays et deux générations très différentes, Ken Loach et Edouard Louis, échang… read more

Similar categories in Ken Loach's Dialogue sur l'art et la politique book and Annie Ernaux's The Young Man

  • france
  • nonfiction
  • french literature
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16. Fil Gözü

By: Mevsim Yenice

4.31

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

Gece olup da onu kendi yatağında hafif bir iniltiyle, huzurla uyurken görünce, hayatı boyunca anıms… read more

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"Babam içinde uzun zamandır bulunduğu ama henüz keşfettiği bu hüzünlü durumu doğru bir yere yerleştirmek ister gibi etrafa bakıyor."

-Mevsim Yenice, Fil Gözü

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17. 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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18. Franz K. Aşıkları

By: Burhan Sönmez

3.67

Format: 107 pages, Paperback

“Bazı gelenekler saygındır. Eskiden, bir idam mahkûmu asılırken ipi koparsa, hayat ona gülmüş sayıl… read more

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19. Melhor não contar

By: Tatiana Salem Levy

4.22

Format: 242 pages, Kindle Edition

Melhor não contar abre com uma cena iniciá aos dez anos, a protagonista relaxa numa piscina, na com… read more

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Cover of A Silent Language: The Nobel Lecture by Jon Fosse

20. A Silent Language: The Nobel Lecture

By: Jon Fosse

3.87

Format: 21 pages, Kindle Edition

The essential lecture delivered by the 2023 Nobel Laureate in Literature, published for the first t… read more

Similar categories in Jon Fosse's A Silent Language: The Nobel Lecture book and Annie Ernaux's The Young Man

  • nonfiction
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21. Ein Kampf

By: Patrick Süskind

3.93

Format: 80 pages, Hardcover

Zwei Männer spielen Schach im Pariser Jardin du Luxembourg. Der eine ist ein genialischer Emporkömm… read more

Similar categories in Patrick Süskind's Ein Kampf book and Annie Ernaux's The Young Man

  • short stories

10 Best contemporary books like The Young Man by Annie Ernaux

Transform Your Habits

Aliss at the Fire

Jon Fosse , Damion Searls

3.99

Transform Your Habits

The Young Man

Annie Ernaux

3.61

Transform Your Habits

Kairos

Jenny Erpenbeck

3.46

Transform Your Habits

Combats et métamorphoses d'une femme

Édouard Louis

4.13

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7 Best nonfiction books like A Silent Language: The Nobel Lecture by Jon Fosse

Transform Your Habits

Down Below

Leonora Carrington , Debra Taub

3.84

Transform Your Habits

The Young Man

Annie Ernaux

3.61

Transform Your Habits

A Woman's Story

Annie Ernaux

4.23

Transform Your Habits

I Will Write to Avenge My People: The Nobel Lecture

Annie Ernaux

4.15

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