5 Top short stories books like A Shining by Jon Fosse

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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…

"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, ja das ist wohl auch irgendwie wirklich, ja man begreift es wohl auch irgendwie. Aber es hat doch nichts zu bedeuten."

-Jon Fosse, A Shining

If you liked the short stories plot in A Shining by Jon Fosse , here is a list of 5 books like this:

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1. Days in the History of Silence

By: Anne Bruce , Merethe Lindstrøm

3.53

Format: 231 pages, Paperback

Eva and Simon have spent most of their adult lives together. He is a physician and she is a teache… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • roman
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • novels
  • audiobook

2. Thomas F's siste nedtegnelser til almenheten

By: Kjell Askildsen

3.00

Format: 96 pages,

Inneholder tre av forfatterens noveller: Thomas F's siste nedtegnelser til almenheten handler om Th… read more

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3. Baumgartner

By: Paul Auster

3.78

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

A taut yet expansive novel of love, memory, and grief from Paul Auster, best-selling, award-winning… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • literature
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • novels
  • audiobook
"Vivir es sentir dolor, y vivir con miedo al dolor es negarse a vivir"

-Paul Auster, Baumgartner

"To live is to feel pain, he told himself, and to live in fear of pain is to refuse to live."

-Paul Auster, Baumgartner

"at some point in the coming years, the two books should be combined and reconfigured into a large, one-volume collected poems—a monument of singing pages that will overwhelm the silence of Anna’s gra…"

-Paul Auster, Baumgartner

"the story turns out to be so astounding and so powerful that your jaw drops open and you feel that it has changed or enhanced or deepened your understanding of the world, does it matter if the story …"

-Paul Auster, Baumgartner

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4. The Maniac

By: Benjamín Labatut

4.34

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

From one of contemporary literature’s most exciting new voices, a haunting story centered on the Hu… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • literature
  • fiction
  • novels
  • audiobook
"[...] si nuestra especie iba a sobrevivir el siglo XX, necesitábamos llenar el enorme vacío dejado por la huida de los dioses, y la única candidata viable para realizar esa extraña y esotérica transf…"

-Benjamín Labatut, The Maniac

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5. 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 Jon Fosse's A Shining

  • nobel prize
  • literary fiction
  • roman
  • literature
  • novella
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • novels
  • audiobook
"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 Den dagen Nils Vik døde by Frode Grytten

6. Den dagen Nils Vik døde

By: Frode Grytten

4.59

Format: 170 pages, Hardcover

Over fjorden går han. Over fjorden utan å nøle. Over fjorden som så mange gongar før. Seint og tidl… read more

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  • novels
  • roman
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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7. Ik ga naar de schapen

By: Marieke De Maré

4.14

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

In dit verhaal proberen vijf mensen het moeilijkste raadsel ter wereld op te lossen. Als ze dat ni… read more

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  • roman
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8. Ciała

By: Annie Ernaux

4.28

Format: 232 pages, Hardcover

Jak oddać paraliżujący strach towarzyszący niechcianej ciąży i potajemnej aborcji? Jak opisać nasto… read more

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  • nobel prize
  • audiobook
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9. The Details

By: Ia Genberg

3.90

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

An acclaimed Swedish author makes her English language debut with this intoxicating novel in the ve… read more

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  • audiobook
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"La fiducia resta lettera morta, se non la si sente nelle ossa."

-Ia Genberg, The Details

"L'io , o meglio, il cosidetto "io", non è altro che questo: ciò che resta delle persone a cui ci siamo stretti."

-Ia Genberg, The Details

"La vita mi ha regalato la mia buona dose di magia, e il più delle volte è successo all'incontro con gli altri. Lì c'è qualcosa. Lì, soltanto lì."

-Ia Genberg, The Details

"Per i morti la successione del tempo non ha importanza, l'unica cosa che conta sono i dettagli, la densità, il come e il cosa e tutto ciò che riguarda il chi."

-Ia Genberg, The Details

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10. Zły syn

By: Jarek Skurzyński

3.60

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

Czy dziecko musi kochać rodzica? Historia matki samotnie wychowującej syna w małej, osiedlowej s… read more

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  • contemporary
  • audiobook
Cover of Białe noce by Urszula Honek

11. Białe noce

By: Urszula Honek

3.77

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

Z pozoru nic się nie dzieje: mała podgórska miejscowość, kilka osób, nieuchwytny czas. A jednak świ… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • literature
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
Cover of The Piano Tuner by Chiang-Sheng Kuo

12. The Piano Tuner

By: Chiang-Sheng Kuo

3.14

Format: 168 pages, Hardcover

A widower grieving for his young wife. A piano tuner concealing a lifetime of secrets. An out-of-tu… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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13. Koniec

By: Marta Hermanowicz

3.92

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Jeden z najbardziej wyczekiwanych debiutów roku. Metafizyczna, bluźniercza powieść o tragedii wo… read more

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  • novels
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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14. Mauk

By: Jan Vantoortelboom

3.53

Format: 188 pages, Paperback

Mauk is oud en ziek en ligt in een bed bij het raam. Hij wordt verzorgd door Jenny, de dochter van … read more

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  • literature
  • roman
  • fiction
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15. Legendy

By: Torgny Lindgren

3.69

Format: 120 pages, Hardcover

Legendy w tłumaczeniu Tomasza Feliksa, to zbiór opowiadań, który mieści kilkanaście miniatur, pisan… read more

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  • short stories
  • fiction
Cover of Swobodne wpadanie by Katarzyna Pochmara-Balcer

16. Swobodne wpadanie

By: Katarzyna Pochmara-Balcer

3.68

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

Barwny, nietuzinkowy mężczyzna składa nieoczekiwaną wizytę w domu córki, wprowadzając w jej poukład… read more

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17. Pastoraali

By: Aki Ollikainen

3.39

Format: 138 pages, Hardcover

Aki Ollikaisen odotettu kolmas romaani hehkuu suvisen päivän maalaisidylliä ja kesäyön unelmaa, suv… read more

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  • novels
  • fiction
Cover of Iemand moest het doen by Sanne Huysmans

18. Iemand moest het doen

By: Sanne Huysmans

3.81

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Terwijl de vooruitgang onverbiddelijk binnendringt, verkommert de kapel bij de ingang van het dorp,… read more

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  • roman
  • fiction
Cover of Siostro by Jaga Słowińska

19. Siostro

By: Jaga Słowińska

3.17

Format: 88 pages, Paperback

Rzecz dzieje się na wsi. Studnia przed domem Zuszki jest jej matką, dąb ojcem, a wiatr hulający po … read more

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20. Noc szpilek

By: Santiago Roncagliolo

3.83

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

Porywający od pierwszego zdania thriller autorstwa jednego z najważniejszych współczesnych południo… read more

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  • novels
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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21. En agosto nos vemos

By: Gabriel García Márquez

3.63

Format: 142 pages, Hardcover

Un maravilloso regalo inesperado para los innumerables lectores de García Márquez   Cada mes de a… read more

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  • nobel prize
  • literary fiction
  • novella
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"Do you know how old I am?"

-Gabriel García Márquez, En agosto nos vemos

"The sea was an oasis of gold under the afternoon sun."

-Gabriel García Márquez, En agosto nos vemos

"They both lay listening intently to the sounds of their souls."

-Gabriel García Márquez, En agosto nos vemos

"It was always a joyful love where even madness was admissible."

-Gabriel García Márquez, En agosto nos vemos

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