Infinite Country
By: Patricia Engel
3.93
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
For readers of Valeria Luiselli and Edwidge Danticat, an urgent and lyrical novel about a Colombian…
Want to Read $ 12.99"She wondered about that, if by birth one could already be out of step with destiny, but only replied that she was very tired and ready to sleep."-Patricia Engel, Infinite Country
"When you leave one country for another, nobody tells you years will bleed together like rain on newsprint. One year becomes five. Five years become ten. Ten years become fifteen."-Patricia Engel, Infinite Country
"Police are not your friend. Even the cordial ones. Yes, they are there to help people in danger just like you're taught in school, but in this country some people think the ones they protection from are us."-Patricia Engel, Infinite Country
"It happened far away from the capital, all the way on the Pacific coast, but it was still our country, our dead, Elena thought. Tragic, almost, that she never felt more patriotic than when grieving her country's victims."-Patricia Engel, Infinite Country
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1. The Famished Road
By: Ben Okri
3.73
Format: 512 pages, Paperback
BOOKER PRIZE WINNER • A modern classic that reveals the tension between the land of the living, wit… read more
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"He danced there like an overturned centipede."-Ben Okri, The Famished Road
"It is not death that human beings are most afraid of, it is love."-Ben Okri, The Famished Road
"We must take an interest in politics. We must become spies on behalf of justice."-Ben Okri, The Famished Road
"I noticed that in a corner, across from where they ate with such innocent relish, sitting forlorn and abandoned, was the ghost of their son. He had lost both of his arms, one side of his face was squ…"-Ben Okri, The Famished Road
2. The Old Devils
By: Kingsley Amis
4.57
Format: 102 pages, Paperback
Malcolm, Peter and Charlie and their Soave-sodden wives have one ambition left in life: to drink Wa… read more
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3. 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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"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
4. Tom Lake
By: Ann Patchett
3.99
Format: 309 pages, Hardcover
In this beautiful and moving novel about family, love, and growing up, Ann Patchett once again prov… read more
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"You can’t pretend this [Covid] isn’t happening,"-Ann Patchett, Tom Lake
"In the summer the pear trees were fine. In the summer, all that is hideous about a pear tree is hidden by leaves and pears. But once those disguises were removed they were nothing but acres of murder…"-Ann Patchett, Tom Lake
"Hazel, listen to me. I'm going to tell you something important, you need to be brave.' I then explained to the dog how I have told myself for so many years that my career fell apart because I wasn't …"-Ann Patchett, Tom Lake
"It's as if someone bought all the diamonds at Tiffany's, and crushed them into dust, then spread that dust across the water so that it sifts down evenly, filtering through the shards of light that cu…"-Ann Patchett, Tom Lake
5. 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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6. 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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7. 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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"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!
8. Infinite Country
By: Patricia Engel
3.93
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
For readers of Valeria Luiselli and Edwidge Danticat, an urgent and lyrical novel about a Colombian… read more
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"She wondered about that, if by birth one could already be out of step with destiny, but only replied that she was very tired and ready to sleep."-Patricia Engel, Infinite Country
"When you leave one country for another, nobody tells you years will bleed together like rain on newsprint. One year becomes five. Five years become ten. Ten years become fifteen."-Patricia Engel, Infinite Country
"Police are not your friend. Even the cordial ones. Yes, they are there to help people in danger just like you're taught in school, but in this country some people think the ones they protection from …"-Patricia Engel, Infinite Country
"It happened far away from the capital, all the way on the Pacific coast, but it was still our country, our dead, Elena thought. Tragic, almost, that she never felt more patriotic than when grieving h…"-Patricia Engel, Infinite Country
9. 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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10. L.A. Weather
By: María Amparo Escandón
3.18
Format: 319 pages, Hardcover
A Reese Witherspoon x Hello Sunshine Book Club Pick FORECAST: Storm clouds are on the horizon … read more
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11. True Biz
By: Sara Nović
4.08
Format: 386 pages, Hardcover
TRUE BIZ (adj./exclamation; American Sign Language): really, seriously, definitely, real-talk Tr… read more
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"No one is comforted by salad."-Sara Nović, True Biz
"maybe standing for something wasn't always a choice"-Sara Nović, True Biz
"Reason is for people who still have something to fear."-Sara Nović, True Biz
"fewer things were more motivating than a fear of one's own extinction."-Sara Nović, True Biz
12. Sankofa
By: Chibundu Onuzo
3.85
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9781646220830. Masterful in its examination of freedom, prejudic… read more
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"Rotten eggs that will never hatch"-Chibundu Onuzo, Sankofa
"Even now after all he’s done, I’m still waiting for his attention."-Chibundu Onuzo, Sankofa
"Not even crocodiles eat their young...papa takes care of his children."-Chibundu Onuzo, Sankofa
13. Olağanüstü, Sıradışı ve Mükemmel
By: J. Hakan Dedeoğlu
3.97
Format: 200 pages, Paperback
Kanıksadığımız distopyanın yok saydığımız dertleri bir ütopya ihtimaline yol açarsa ne olur? Ka… read more
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14. Cennetteki İlk Günüm Bir Tık Daha İyi Olabilirdi
By: Sezen Ünlüönen
3.26
Format: 83 pages, Paperback
“Şimdi böyle gevşek gevşek anlattığıma bakma, yine de rahmetli neneciğimin her bayram kestirdiği ko… read more
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15. Korkudan da Büyük Bir Şey
By: Baran Güzel
4.15
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
“Yerde bir elin büyüklüğü kadar kan, bir tutam saç kaldı. Yerde, bir insandan geriye kalan korkunç … read more
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16. Northern Spy
By: Flynn Berry
3.70
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
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17. Anita de Monte Laughs Last
By: Xóchitl González
3.82
Format: 342 pages, Hardcover
New York Times bestselling author Xochitl Gonzalez delivers a mesmerizing novel about a first-gener… read more
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"we're all just here trying to get you to see your own light because it's strong enough to guide you."-Xóchitl González, Anita de Monte Laughs Last
"You fall for someone, you get so into them your whole world shrinks, and suddenly barely have a life besides them."-Xóchitl González, Anita de Monte Laughs Last
18. Beni Gözünüzde Büyütmeyin!
By: Gülse Birsel
3.68
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
Mutsuz olmak için milyonlarca sebep bulabilirsiniz: Ekonomi, ülkenin hali, küresel ısınma, gelecek … read more
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19. Everything Inside
By: Edwidge Danticat
3.70
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
From the internationally acclaimed, best-selling author of Brother, I'm Dying, a collection of vivi… read more
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20. Hayali Bir Hayat – Sieglinde Geisel ile Söyleşi
By: Alberto Manguel
4.48
Format: 136 pages, Paperback
“Okumanın Tarihi”, “Geceleyin Kütüphane”, “Kelimeler Şehri” gibi kitaplarıyla dünya çapında bir oku… read more
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21. 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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