6 must-read literature books like Intimacies by Lucy Caldwell

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Intimacies

By: Lucy Caldwell

3.90

Format: 158 pages, Paperback

Intimacies exquisitely charts the steps and missteps of young women trying to find their place in t…

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Cover of Iza's Ballad by Magda Szabó, George Szirtes

1. Iza's Ballad

By: Magda Szabó , George Szirtes

4.31

Format: 340 pages, Kindle Edition

When Ettie's husband dies, her daughter Iza insists that her mother give up the family house in the… read more

Similar categories in Magda Szabó's Iza's Ballad book and Lucy Caldwell's Intimacies

  • literature
  • womens
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
"Niçin sevilen varlıkların yitirilmesi gerekiyor?"

-Magda Szabó, Iza's Ballad

"She didn’t really like classical music and there was no Vince to whisper in her ear and tell her what was beautiful about it. His descriptions were so clear. Handel was all scarlet ostrich feathers a…"

-Magda Szabó, Iza's Ballad

Cover of The Lady and the Little Fox Fur by Deborah Levy, Violette Leduc, Derek Coltman

2. 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

Similar categories in Deborah Levy's The Lady and the Little Fox Fur book and Lucy Caldwell's Intimacies

  • feminism
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
Cover of Sunstroke: Selected Stories by Ivan Bunin, Graham Hettlinger

3. Sunstroke: Selected Stories

By: Ivan Bunin , Graham Hettlinger

3.80

Format: None pages, Hardcover

"The Gentleman from San Francisco" is easily the best known of Ivan Bunin's stories and has achieve… read more

Similar categories in Ivan Bunin's Sunstroke: Selected Stories book and Lucy Caldwell's Intimacies

  • short stories
  • fiction
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4. Kabuk

By: Zeynep Kaçar

4.35

Format: 173 pages, Paperback

Bir ailenin tarihini, deliliğini, derinliğini, karanlığını, neşesini, acayipliğini kumaşlar ve yiye… read more

Similar categories in Zeynep Kaçar's Kabuk book and Lucy Caldwell's Intimacies

  • fiction

5. Animal Triste

By: Monika Maron , Brigitte Goldstein

3.95

Format: None pages, Paperback

In an autumnal love story of erotic obsession, possessiveness, remembrance, oblivion, and time, an … read more

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6. 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 Lucy Caldwell's Intimacies

  • literature
  • short stories
"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

7. Le square

By: Marguerite Duras

3.93

Format: None pages, Paperback

The brief encounter, in a public park, of a 20-year-old girl and a somewhat older travelling salesm… read more

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8. 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

Similar categories in None's The Weight of Things book and Lucy Caldwell's Intimacies

  • literature
  • womens
  • literary fiction
  • 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

Cover of Arkada Yaylılar Çalıyor by Melikşah Altuntaş

9. 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

Similar categories in Melikşah Altuntaş's Arkada Yaylılar Çalıyor book and Lucy Caldwell's Intimacies

  • fiction
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10. 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 Lucy Caldwell's Intimacies

  • literature
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • womens
"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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11. The Dry Heart

By: Natalia Ginzburg

4.00

Format: 88 pages, Paperback

The Dry Heart begins and ends with the matter-of-fact pronouncement: “I shot him between the eyes.”… read more

Similar categories in Natalia Ginzburg's The Dry Heart book and Lucy Caldwell's Intimacies

  • feminism
  • literary fiction
  • short stories
  • fiction
"I absorbed his every word and tried to see if there was any love in it."

-Natalia Ginzburg, The Dry Heart

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12. 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 Lucy Caldwell's Intimacies

  • literary fiction
  • literature
  • feminism
  • fiction
  • 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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13. Intimacies

By: Lucy Caldwell

3.90

Format: 158 pages, Paperback

Intimacies exquisitely charts the steps and missteps of young women trying to find their place in t… read more

Similar categories in Lucy Caldwell's Intimacies book and Lucy Caldwell's Intimacies

  • literary fiction
  • british literature
  • literature
  • feminism
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • womens
  • ireland
  • irish literature
Cover of Loop by Brenda Lozano

14. Loop

By: Brenda Lozano

3.74

Format: 185 pages, Paperback

Loop is a love story narrated from the point of view of a woman who waits for her boyfriend Jonás t… read more

Similar categories in Brenda Lozano's Loop book and Lucy Caldwell's Intimacies

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Change. Unlearning yourself is more important than knowing yourself."

-Brenda Lozano, Loop

"Childhood is so uncertain, so distant. It's almost like childhood is the origin of fiction: describing any past event over and over to see how far away you are getting from reality."

-Brenda Lozano, Loop

"I was left with a scar. I think telling stories is a way of putting a scar into words. Since not all blows or falls leave marks, the words are there, ready to be put together in different ways, anywh…"

-Brenda Lozano, Loop

"Don't be alarmed if this isn't going anywhere. Don't expect theories, reliable facts or conclusions. Don't take any of this too seriously. That's what universities are for, and theses, and academic s…"

-Brenda Lozano, Loop

Cover of Bir Ada İcat Etmek by Alain Gillot

15. 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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16. Kuru Kız

By: Ayfer Tunç

3.72

Format: 216 pages, Paperback

Ushuaia, Arjantin’in Tierra Del Fiego – Ateş Toprakları eyaletinin başkentidir. Dünyanın sonundaki … read more

Similar categories in Ayfer Tunç's Kuru Kız book and Lucy Caldwell's Intimacies

  • fiction
Cover of Fil Gözü by Mevsim Yenice

17. 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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18. Kuzeyli Annem

By: Jean-Louis Fournier

4.21

Format: 152 pages, Paperback

"Küçüklüğümde ne zaman bir şeyler yazsam ya da bir resim yapsam, iyi olmuş mu diye anneme sorma iht… read more

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Cover of Bir Kadın, Bir Ev, Bir Roman by Wilhelm Genazino

19. Bir Kadın, Bir Ev, Bir Roman

By: Wilhelm Genazino

3.46

Format: 136 pages, Paperback

Wilhelm Genazino Bir Kadın, Bir Ev, Bir Roman’da bu sefer alışılmışın aksine çok genç bir anlatıcın… read more

Similar categories in Wilhelm Genazino's Bir Kadın, Bir Ev, Bir Roman book and Lucy Caldwell's Intimacies

  • fiction
Cover of Yalnız by Zeynep Kaçar

20. Yalnız

By: Zeynep Kaçar

4.21

Format: 216 pages, Paperback

Feray şarkılar söyleyen, hayaller kuran, âşık olunca ayakları yerden kesilen genç bir kadın; herkes… read more

Similar categories in Zeynep Kaçar's Yalnız book and Lucy Caldwell's Intimacies

  • fiction
Cover of Acaip by Mahir Ünsal Eriş

21. Acaip

By: Mahir Ünsal Eriş

4.06

Format: 184 pages, Paperback

Çünkü senin her şeyin bulaşıcıdır Güzin. Sen gülersen bakkal güler, taksici güler, elinde tavşan ba… read more

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14 must-read fiction books like Intimacies by Lucy Caldwell

Transform Your Habits

Iza's Ballad

Magda Szabó , George Szirtes

4.31

Transform Your Habits

The Lady and the Little Fox Fur

Deborah Levy , Violette Leduc , Derek Coltman

3.69

Transform Your Habits

Sunstroke: Selected Stories

Ivan Bunin , Graham Hettlinger

3.80

Transform Your Habits

Kabuk

Zeynep Kaçar

4.35

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12 must-read fiction books like The Dry Heart by Natalia Ginzburg

Transform Your Habits

The Days of Abandonment

Elena Ferrante , Ann Goldstein

3.87

Transform Your Habits

The Lady and the Little Fox Fur

Deborah Levy , Violette Leduc , Derek Coltman

3.69

Transform Your Habits

Kairos

Jenny Erpenbeck

3.46

Transform Your Habits

Arkada Yaylılar Çalıyor

Melikşah Altuntaş

3.35

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