An Apprenticeship or The Book of Pleasures
By: Clarice Lispector
4.27
Format: 176 pages, Hardcover
What to make of a writer who follows the metaphysical heights of her great Passion According to GH …
Want to Read $ 9.99"Ah "persona", como não te usar e ser!"-Clarice Lispector, An Apprenticeship or The Book of Pleasures
"Oh God! Having just one life was so little."-Clarice Lispector, An Apprenticeship or The Book of Pleasures
"Meu mistério é simples: eu não sei como estar viva."-Clarice Lispector, An Apprenticeship or The Book of Pleasures
"E digo: eu está apaixonada pelo teu eu. Então nós é."-Clarice Lispector, An Apprenticeship or The Book of Pleasures
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1. Play It As It Lays
By: Joan Didion , David Thomson
3.92
Format: 231 pages, Paperback
A ruthless dissection of American life in the late 1960s, Play It as It Lays captures the mood of a… read more
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- literary fiction
- classics
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- contemporary
- 20th century
- novels
"The letter is still in my makeup box but I am careful not to read it unless I am drunk"-Joan Didion, Play It As It Lays
"Carter and Helene still believe in cause-effect. Carter and Helene also believe that people are either sane or insane."-Joan Didion, Play It As It Lays
"Carter and Helene still ask questions. I used to ask questions, and I got the answer: nothing. The answer is “nothing."-Joan Didion, Play It As It Lays
"She could remember it all but none of it seemed to come to anything. She had a sense the dream had ended and she had slept on."-Joan Didion, Play It As It Lays
2. A Spy in the House of Love (Cities of the Interior, #4)
By: Anaïs Nin
3.71
Format: 166 pages, Paperback
Although Anais Nin found in her diaries a profound mode of self-creation and confession, she could … read more
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- romance
- literary fiction
- classics
- literature
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- novels
"Innocence was gone from all our acts. Our habitual state of rebellion became a serious political crime."-Anaïs Nin, A Spy in the House of Love (Cities of the Interior, #4)
"We are more severe judges of our own acts... We judge our thoughts, our intents, our secret curses, our secret hates, not only our acts."-Anaïs Nin, A Spy in the House of Love (Cities of the Interior, #4)
"At first she beckoned and lured one into her world; then, she blurred the passageways, confused all the images, as if to elude detection."-Anaïs Nin, A Spy in the House of Love (Cities of the Interior, #4)
"Later he´ll be drunk in extremis and will only be able to speak the esperanto of alcoholics, which is a language full of stutterings from the geological layers of our animal ancestors"-Anaïs Nin, A Spy in the House of Love (Cities of the Interior, #4)
3. The Lover
By: Marguerite Duras , Barbara Bray , Maxine Hong Kingston
3.72
Format: 117 pages, Paperback
Set against the backdrop of French colonial Vietnam, The Lover reveals the intimacies and intricaci… read more
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- romance
- literary fiction
- classics
- literature
- fiction
- 20th century
- novels
"He says he’s lonely, horribly lonely because of this love he feels for her. She says she’s lonely too. She doesn’t say why."-Marguerite Duras, The Lover
"The air was blue, you could hold it in your hand. Blue. The sky was the continual throbbing of the brilliance of the light."-Marguerite Duras, The Lover
"When it's in a book I don't think it'll hurt any more ...exist any more. One of the things writing does is wipe things out. Replace them."-Marguerite Duras, The Lover
"You didn't have to attract desire. Either it was in the woman who aroused it or it didn't exist. Either it was there at first glance or else it had never been."-Marguerite Duras, The Lover
4. Letters to a Young Poet
By: Rainer Maria Rilke , Franz Xaver Kappus , Reginald Snell
4.29
Format: 80 pages, Paperback
In 1903, a student at a military academy sent some of his verses to a well-known Austrian poet, req… read more
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- literature
- philosophy
- classics
"Everything is gestation and then birthing."-Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters to a Young Poet
"Have patience with everything that remains unsolved in your heart. ...live in the question."-Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters to a Young Poet
"A work of art is good if it has arisen out of necessity. That is the only way one can judge it."-Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters to a Young Poet
"Perhaps all dragons in our lives are really princesses just waiting to see us just once being beautiful and courageous."-Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters to a Young Poet
5. Eros the Bittersweet
By: Anne Carson
4.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
A book about love as seen by the ancients, Erosis Anne Carson's exploration of the concept of "eros… read more
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- philosophy
- classics
6. Bluets
By: Maggie Nelson
4.22
Format: 72 pages, Paperback
Suppose I were to begin by saying that I had fallen in love with a color... A lyrical, philosophica… read more
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- philosophy
- contemporary
7. A Obscena Senhora D
By: Hilda Hilst , Alcir Pécora
4.33
Format: 700 pages, Paperback
O livro.Escrito na particularissima prosa de Hilda Hilst, onde todos generos narrativos se fundem e… read more
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8. As Meninas
By: Lygia Fagundes Telles
3.87
Format: 268 pages,
Nao foram muitos os escritores que, no auge da ditadura militar no Brasil, abordaram em seus textos… read more
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9. Giovanni’s Room
By: James Baldwin
4.33
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
Set in the contemporary Paris of American expatraites, liasons, and violence, a young man finds h… read more
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- romance
- literary fiction
- classics
- literature
- fiction
- novels
"Nobody can stay in the Garden of Eden."-James Baldwin, Giovanni’s Room
"Perhaps home is not a place but simply an irrevocable condition."-James Baldwin, Giovanni’s Room
"...for nothing is more unbearable, once one has it, than freedom."-James Baldwin, Giovanni’s Room
"I loved her as much as ever and I still did not know how much that was."-James Baldwin, Giovanni’s Room
10. 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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11. Forever Valley
By: Jordan Stump , Marie Redonnet
3.33
Format: 75 pages, Paperback
These three short novels are the first works to appear in English by a remarkable contemporary Fren… read more
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12. I Who Have Never Known Men
By: Ros Schwartz , Jacqueline Harpman
4.22
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
"As far back as I can recall, I have been in the bunker." A young woman is kept in a cage underg… read more
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- literary fiction
- classics
- fiction
- novels
"Survival is never more than putting off the moment of death."-Ros Schwartz, I Who Have Never Known Men
"I thought it was unfair, and then I understood that, alone and terrified, anger was my only weapon against the horror"-Ros Schwartz, I Who Have Never Known Men
"Look at them. They’re pretending, they behave as though they still have some control over their lives and make momentous decisions about which vegetable to cook first."-Ros Schwartz, I Who Have Never Known Men
"Only now, I tell myself that what I'd felt for her, the trust that slowly built up, the constant preference for her company and the joy each time I was reunited with her after an expedition were prob…"-Ros Schwartz, I Who Have Never Known Men
13. Simple Passion
By: Annie Ernaux
3.93
Format: 67 pages, Paperback
In her spare, stark style, Annie Ernaux documents the desires and indignities of a human heart ensn… read more
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- romance
- literary fiction
- literature
- fiction
- contemporary
"I experienced pleasure like a future pain."-Annie Ernaux, Simple Passion
"I do not wish to explain my passion—that would imply that it was a mistake or some disorder I need to justify—I just want to describe it."-Annie Ernaux, Simple Passion
"A partir du mois de septembre l'année dernière, je n'ai plus rien fait d'autre qu'attendre un homme : qu'il me téléphone et qu'il vienne chez moi."-Annie Ernaux, Simple Passion
"Yet it is that surreal, almost non-existent last visit that gives my passion its true meaning, which is precisely to be meaningless, and to have been for two years the most violent and unaccountable …"-Annie Ernaux, Simple Passion
14. Pequena Coreografia do Adeus
By: Aline Bei
4.37
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
Julia é filha de pais separados: sua mãe não suporta a ideia de ter sido abandonada pelo marido, en… read more
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- literary fiction
- brazil
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"fui a criança mais velha do mundo e estava me tornando a jovem mais antiga da rua"-Aline Bei, Pequena Coreografia do Adeus
15. An Apprenticeship or The Book of Pleasures
By: Clarice Lispector
4.27
Format: 176 pages, Hardcover
What to make of a writer who follows the metaphysical heights of her great Passion According to GH … read more
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- romance
- literary fiction
- classics
- literature
- brazil
- philosophy
- fiction
- contemporary
- 20th century
- novels
"Ah "persona", como não te usar e ser!"-Clarice Lispector, An Apprenticeship or The Book of Pleasures
"Oh God! Having just one life was so little."-Clarice Lispector, An Apprenticeship or The Book of Pleasures
"Meu mistério é simples: eu não sei como estar viva."-Clarice Lispector, An Apprenticeship or The Book of Pleasures
"E digo: eu está apaixonada pelo teu eu. Então nós é."-Clarice Lispector, An Apprenticeship or The Book of Pleasures
16. Minor Detail
By: Adania Shibli
4.20
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
Minor Detail begins during the summer of 1949, one year after the war that the Palestinians mourn a… read more
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- novels
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"Man, not the tank, shall prevail."-Adania Shibli, Minor Detail
"Não há como descartar a probabilidade de uma conexão entre os dois fatos, ou alguma ligação oculta entre eles, por analogia às relações que os seres humanos encontram entre as plantas, por exemplo, q…"-Adania Shibli, Minor Detail
"Desde que tive ciência da minha incapacidade consumada de me mover de acordo com os limites, resolvi, finalmente, permanecer dentro dos limites da minha casa, tanto quanto possível. Agora, uma vez qu…"-Adania Shibli, Minor Detail
"Toch zijn er mensen die in die logica − dus dat je je concentreert op de meest futiele details zoals stof op een bureau of vliegenpoepjes op een schilderij − de enige manier zien om de waarheid te do…"-Adania Shibli, Minor Detail
17. Slow Days, Fast Company: The World, the Flesh, and L.A.
By: Eve Babitz
4.10
Format: 178 pages, Hardcover
Eve Babitz captured the voluptuous quality of L.A. in the1960s in a wildly original, totally unique… read more
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- literary fiction
- classics
- 20th century
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- contemporary
"The only time men fall in love with roses is on douche commercials."-Eve Babitz, Slow Days, Fast Company: The World, the Flesh, and L.A.
"...chivalry was just another nefarious masculine scheme to keep women in their place."-Eve Babitz, Slow Days, Fast Company: The World, the Flesh, and L.A.
"Well, who is he?' I asked, the first time I saw Mary with his glazed expression. 'Money,' Mary said."-Eve Babitz, Slow Days, Fast Company: The World, the Flesh, and L.A.
"It's very easy to stand L.A., which is why it's almost inevitable that all sorts of ideas get entertained."-Eve Babitz, Slow Days, Fast Company: The World, the Flesh, and L.A.
18. A gente mira no amor e acerta na solidão
By: Ana Suy
4.10
Format: 148 pages, Kindle Edition
Amor, solidão e psicanálise para os dias atuais. Podemos ler que o amor contém a solidão em seu… read more
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- romance
- brazil
"Ao encontrar um amor, a gente não encontra a parte que nos faltava até então. A gente encontra a metade que fará falta a partir dali."-Ana Suy, A gente mira no amor e acerta na solidão
"Com frequência, pensamos que, no amor, encontraríamos a parte que supostamente nos falta, a parte que nos livraria da nossa própria falta, a parte que nos preencheria. No entanto, no amor, o que se e…"-Ana Suy, A gente mira no amor e acerta na solidão
"Vivemos um tempo em que queremos tudo para antes de ontem, em que vivemos o período de espera como crise de ansiedade. [...] sem fazer nascer intervalos, tudo que encontramos corre o risco de ser pur…"-Ana Suy, A gente mira no amor e acerta na solidão
19. Alphabetical Diaries
By: Sheila Heti
4.02
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
A thrilling confessional from the award-winning, beloved author of Pure Colour. Sheila Heti kept a… read more
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20. Pantalones azules
By: Sara Gallardo
3.63
Format: 152 pages, Paperback
Temática central: la soledad y la incomunicación humanas. El protagonista es un joven porteño, de v… read more
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- fiction
21. It Lasts Forever and Then It's Over
By: Anne de Marcken
3.82
Format: 128 pages, Paperback
Co-winner of the 2022 Novel Prize, this incredible life-after-death novel asks us to consider how m… read more
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- literary fiction
- novels
- fiction
- contemporary
"Fasting makes sense of the hunger. The constant internal grasping. The only sensible answer to this is to always withdraw the thing after which I grasp. To subvert. To thwart. To deny. It closes the …"-Anne de Marcken, It Lasts Forever and Then It's Over
