The Assistant
By: Bernard Malamud , Jonathan Rosen
4.00
Format: 32 pages,
Bernard Malamud's second novel, originally published in 1957, is the story of Morris Bober, a groce…
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1. The Berlin Stories
By: Christopher Isherwood
4.04
Format: 401 pages, Paperback
First published in 1935 and 1939, the two related novels, The Last of Mr. Norris and Goodbye to Ber… read more
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"From 1929 to 1933, [age 25-29] I lived almost continuously in Berlin, with only occasional visits to other parts of Germany and to England. Already, during that time, I had made up my mind that I wou…"-Christopher Isherwood, The Berlin Stories
2. The 42nd Parallel (U.S.A. #1)
By: John Dos Passos
3.82
Format: 325 pages, Trade Paperback
With his U.S.A. trilogy, comprising THE 42nd PARALLEL, 1919, and THE BIG MONEY, John Dos Passos is … read more
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" Luther Burbank was born in a brick farmhouse in Lancaster Mass, he walked through the woods one winter crunching through the shinycrusted snow stumbling into a little dell where a warm spring was an…"-John Dos Passos, The 42nd Parallel (U.S.A. #1)
3. 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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"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
4. The Adventures of Augie March
By: Christopher Hitchens , Saul Bellow
3.84
Format: 586 pages, Paperback
Augie comes on stage with one of literature’s most famous opening lines. “I am an American, Chicago… read more
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"God may save all, but human rescue is only for a few."-Christopher Hitchens, The Adventures of Augie March
"Boredom is the conviction that you can't change ... the shriek of unused capacities."-Christopher Hitchens, The Adventures of Augie March
"Many common lies and hypocrisies are like that, just out of the harmony of the moment."-Christopher Hitchens, The Adventures of Augie March
"The lesson of an American life like my father's... is that achievements are compatible with decency (112)."-Christopher Hitchens, The Adventures of Augie March
5. Ferito a morte
By: Raffaele La Capria
3.93
Format: 202 pages, Paperback
Romanzo che ruota intorno alla figura del giovane napoletano Massimo De Luca, alter ego dell'autore… read more
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"Quella, la vedi quella? Viviamo in una città che ti ferisce a morte o t'addormenta, o tutt'e due le cose insieme. «Ma che c'entra quella?» Racconta, racconta di più, incita l'occhio..."-Raffaele La Capria, Ferito a morte
"Gargiulo, scarpe bianche, cravatta bianca, camicia bianca, e quella faccia di levantino sopra, nera come una cozza. «Tu conosci l'inglese, non è vero? Bravo, bravo, allora è inutile che lo traduco: s…"-Raffaele La Capria, Ferito a morte
6. The Assistant
By: Bernard Malamud , Jonathan Rosen
4.00
Format: 32 pages,
Bernard Malamud's second novel, originally published in 1957, is the story of Morris Bober, a groce… read more
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7. Dog Soldiers
By: Robert Stone
4.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
In Saigon during the waning days of the Vietnam War, a small-time journalist named John Converse th… read more
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8. At Swim-Two-Birds
By: Flann O'Brien , William H. Gass
4.04
Format: None pages, Paperback
A wildly comic send-up of Irish literature and culture, At Swim-Two-Birdsis the story of a young, l… read more
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9. The Conformist
By: Alberto Moravia , Tami Calliope
3.63
Format: 353 pages, Paperback
Secrecy and Silence are second nature to Marcello Clerici, the hero of The Conformist, a book which… read more
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10. The Dean's December
By: Saul Bellow
4.53
Format: 194 pages, Paperback
Albert Corde, dean of a Chicago college, is unprepared for the violent response to his expose of ci… read more
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11. The Floating Opera
By: John Barth
4.26
Format: None pages,
The Floating Opera is a 1956 novel by the American writer John Barth. It chronicles one day in the … read more
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12. Loving
By: Henry Green
3.82
Format: None pages, Paperback
One of his most admired works, Lovingdescribes life above and below stairs in an Irish country hous… read more
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13. Appointment in Samarra
By: John O'Hara
3.36
Format: None pages, Paperback
O'Hara did for fictional Gibbsville, Pennsylvania what Faulkner did for Yoknapatawpha County, Missi… read more
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14. Call It Sleep
By: Alfred Kazin , Henry Roth , None
3.00
Format: 1118 pages, Paperback
When Henry Roth published Call It Sleep, his first novel, in 1934, it was greeted with critical acc… read more
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15. Happiness
By: Will Ferguson
4.09
Format: 315 pages, Paperback
When an enormous, self-help manuscript lands on Edwin de Valu's desk, it seems destined for the tra… read more
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16. Herzog
By: Philip Roth , Saul Bellow
3.82
Format: None pages, Paperback
This is the story of Moses Herzog, a great sufferer, joker, mourner, and charmer. Although his life… read more
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17. The Sportswriter
By: Richard Ford
4.17
Format: None pages, Paperback
As a sportswriter, Frank Bascombe makes his living studying people--men, mostly--who live entirely … read more
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18. The Kindly Ones (A Dance to the Music of Time, #6)
By: Anthony Powell
4.23
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
A Dance to the Music of Time – his brilliant 12-novel sequence, which chronicles the lives of over … read more
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19. Ferrovie del Messico
By: Gian Marco Griffi
4.10
Format: 824 pages, Paperback
Se cercate dell'avventura, in questo romanzo ne troverete a bizzeffe. Se cercate della letteratura,… read more
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20. Tangerinn
By: Emanuela Anechoum
3.92
Format: 245 pages, ebook
Il romanzo di una generazione che sa di dover partire ignorando la destinazione. In un mondo govern… read more
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21. Tutta la vita che resta
By: Roberta Recchia
4.51
Format: 402 pages, Kindle Edition
Uno strappo che sembrava impossibile da ricucire, una famiglia che nel corso degli anni ritrova la … read more
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