6 Top novels books like Last Summer in the City by Gianfranco Calligarich

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Last Summer in the City

By: Gianfranco Calligarich

3.66

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

The first novel from award-winning author Gianfranco Calligarich to be published in English, Last S…

"Tą kartą ir sužinojau, kad du žmonės tyli tyliau už vieną."

-Gianfranco Calligarich, Last Summer in the City

"There was great sadness in the speed at which the days were getting shorter. As if they were trying to redeem something that was irredeemable. With a sense of heartache, I thought about September, when the ferocity of summer would abate."

-Gianfranco Calligarich, Last Summer in the City

If you liked the novels plot in Last Summer in the City by Gianfranco Calligarich , here is a list of 6 books like this:

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1. Letmý sneh

By: Pavel Vilikovský

4.34

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

Bolo by to pekné povedať, že novela Pavla Vilikovského dáva odpovede na základné otázky života, ale… read more

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  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Máme toľko roboty s telom, aby sa cítilo komfortne, že na dušu už nezvyšuje čas."

-Pavel Vilikovský, Letmý sneh

"Lenže ty si iný prípad, povedal Štefan. Tváriš sa ako povahový bezdomovec, ale ja viem, prečo odmietaš mať jednu povahu. Namýšľaš si, že môžeš mať všetky, ale to je veľký omyl. Povahoví všedomovci ne…"

-Pavel Vilikovský, Letmý sneh

"Láska je, keď niekto odchádza a ty máš pocit, že by si mu chcel niečo povedať. Cítiš, že je to čosi dôležité a naliehavé, hoci to navonok nemusí tak vyzerať, ale za svet si na to nevieš spomenúť, ale…"

-Pavel Vilikovský, Letmý sneh

"Sme jednoducho zvyknutí čítať v tele medzi riadkami. Je to podvedomý, no nezadržateľný proces: tak ako telo produkuje dušu, duša produkuje významy. Nevieme nič nechať na pokoji, len tak, samo osebe, …"

-Pavel Vilikovský, Letmý sneh

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2. The Days of Abandonment

By: Elena Ferrante , Ann Goldstein

3.87

Format: 188 pages, Paperback

A national bestseller for almost an entire year, The Days of Abandonment shocked and captivated its… read more

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  • italy
  • literary fiction
  • literature
  • fiction
  • italian literature
  • contemporary
  • novels
"I'm dead, but I'm fine."

-Elena Ferrante, The Days of Abandonment

"The hardest things to talk about are the ones we ourselves can't understand."

-Elena Ferrante, The Days of Abandonment

"We don't know anything about people, even those with whom we share everything."

-Elena Ferrante, The Days of Abandonment

"Success depends on the capacity to manipulate the obvious with calculated precision."

-Elena Ferrante, The Days of Abandonment

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3. In the Café of Lost Youth

By: Patrick Modiano , Euan Cameron

3.53

Format: 153 pages, Hardcover

The elegant, haunting story of the forgotten people and places of Paris from the reigning Nobel Lau… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • classics
  • literature
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • novels
"Quand on aime vraiment quelqu'un, il faut accepter sa part de mystère... et c'est pour ça qu'on l'aime..."

-Patrick Modiano, In the Café of Lost Youth

"Il existait à Paris des zones intermédiaires, des no man's land où l'on était à la lisière de tout, en transit, ou même en suspens."

-Patrick Modiano, In the Café of Lost Youth

"Người ta không già đi. Với những năm tháng trôi qua, nhiều người và nhiều thứ rốt cuộc trở nên hài hước và nực cười đến mức bạn ném vào họ và vào chúng một cái nhìn trẻ con."

-Patrick Modiano, In the Café of Lost Youth

4. 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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5. Bonjour tristesse

By: Françoise Sagan

3.72

Format: 154 pages, Mass Market Paperback

(English follows French) La villa est magnifique, l'été brûlant, la Méditerranée toute proche. C… read more

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  • romance
  • classics
  • literature
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • novels
"Je serais intelligente, cultivée, un peu détachée, comme Anne."

-Françoise Sagan, Bonjour tristesse

"Il est très vaniteux ou très peu sûr de lui, comme vous voulez."

-Françoise Sagan, Bonjour tristesse

"Bet juk taip malonu paklusti savo impulsams, o paskui gailėtis..."

-Françoise Sagan, Bonjour tristesse

"Et de plus, Cyril m'aimait ... cette pensée suffisait à mon euphorie."

-Françoise Sagan, Bonjour tristesse

6. Minus 148 Degrees

By: Art Davidson

4.21

Format: 539 pages, Paperback

Classic tale of dramatic near-death experiences in the harshest of conditions. read more

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7. Všetko, čo nás spája: Príbeh slovenskej Vietnamky

By: Kvet Nguyen

4.59

Format: 168 pages, Paperback

Už pri jej narodení sa vyskytli problémy s identitou, pridelili jej totiž nesprávne rodné číslo. Mo… read more

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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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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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  • 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. Narodila som sa pod šťastnou hviezdou

By: Elena Lacková

4.67

Format: 344 pages, Hardcover

Elena Lacková (1921 – 2003) ako jedna z prvých začala hovoriť o rómskom holokauste – resp. o utrpen… read more

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"Dětem ve školách bylo zakazováno mluvit romsky. Přišla jsem osobně do styku s iniciativními učiteli, kteří vybírali korunu pokuty za každé „cikánské“ slovo. Viděla jsem v jednom dětském domově dohola…"

-Elena Lacková, Narodila som sa pod šťastnou hviezdou

Cover of Last Summer in the City by Gianfranco Calligarich

11. Last Summer in the City

By: Gianfranco Calligarich

3.66

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

The first novel from award-winning author Gianfranco Calligarich to be published in English, Last S… read more

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  • romance
  • italy
  • literary fiction
  • roman
  • classics
  • literature
  • fiction
  • italian literature
  • contemporary
  • novels
"Tą kartą ir sužinojau, kad du žmonės tyli tyliau už vieną."

-Gianfranco Calligarich, Last Summer in the City

"There was great sadness in the speed at which the days were getting shorter. As if they were trying to redeem something that was irredeemable. With a sense of heartache, I thought about September, wh…"

-Gianfranco Calligarich, Last Summer in the City

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12. Cleopatra and Frankenstein

By: Coco Mellors

3.74

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

For readers of Modern Lovers and Conversations with Friends, an addictive, humorous, and poignant d… read more

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  • romance
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • novels
"And you’re in love?"

-Coco Mellors, Cleopatra and Frankenstein

"People are like this too, you know,"

-Coco Mellors, Cleopatra and Frankenstein

"When the darkest part of you meets the darkest part of me, it creates light."

-Coco Mellors, Cleopatra and Frankenstein

"Cleo and Frank could not make each other happy, no matter how hard they’d tried."

-Coco Mellors, Cleopatra and Frankenstein

Cover of Niekto sa nájde by Dušo Martinčok

13. Niekto sa nájde

By: Dušo Martinčok

4.51

Format: 248 pages, Hardcover

Desať príbehov o ľuďoch žijúcich v jednej bratislavskej bytovke. Do starého domu so zvláštnou mode… read more

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  • fiction
  • contemporary
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14. Dôvod na radosť

By: Soňa Uriková

3.76

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

Autorka v knihe Dôvod na radosť načrtáva obrazy vzťahov medzi rodičmi a deťmi, starými rodičmi a vn… read more

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  • fiction
Cover of Tăcerea vine prima by Ioana Maria Stăncescu

15. Tăcerea vine prima

By: Ioana Maria Stăncescu

4.38

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Tăcerea vine prima vorbește despre trauma unei familii contemporane şi despre blocajele de comunica… read more

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  • fiction
Cover of Mladík / Událost by Annie Ernaux

16. Mladík / Událost

By: Annie Ernaux

4.47

Format: 104 pages, Hardcover

Kniha představuje dva texty nositelky Nobelovy ceny Annie Ernauxové. V Mladíkovi padesátiletá autor… read more

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  • fiction
  • contemporary
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17. Babička©

By: Ivana Gibová

4.40

Format: 132 pages, Paperback

Deväťdesiate roky, malomestské sídlisko. Detstvá, dospievania, starnutia, rozbité kolená, premočené… read more

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  • fiction
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18. Rzeka dzieciństwa

By: Andrzej Stasiuk

3.67

Format: 168 pages, Hardcover

Do rzeki dzieciństwa podróżuje się bez końca – szuka jej źródeł w historii i ujścia w pamięci. Wspo… read more

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19. The Anthropologists

By: Aysegül Savas

4.05

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

Asya and Manu are looking at apartments, envisioning their future in a foreign city. What should th… read more

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  • romance
  • literary fiction
  • literature
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • novels
Cover of Prostě vztahy by Honza Vojtko

20. Prostě vztahy

By: Honza Vojtko

4.03

Format: 216 pages, Paperback

„Jsem opravdu stejná jako matka?“ „Máš radši zvířata než lidi!“ „Nemít prachy? Vadí!“ „Ty jsi ví… read more

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21. Všetko je v poriadku, všade je láska

By: Michal Tallo

4.29

Format: 165 pages, Paperback

Dve veľmi odlišné ženy, ktoré sa zoznámili na internete, spoločne vyrážajú na dovolenku v kúpeľoch.… read more

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13 Top fiction books like Last Summer in the City by Gianfranco Calligarich

Transform Your Habits

Letmý sneh

Pavel Vilikovský

4.34

Transform Your Habits

The Days of Abandonment

Elena Ferrante , Ann Goldstein

3.87

Transform Your Habits

In the Café of Lost Youth

Patrick Modiano , Euan Cameron

3.53

Transform Your Habits

Bonjour tristesse

Françoise Sagan

3.72

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17 Top polish literature books like Rzeka dzieciństwa by Andrzej Stasiuk

Transform Your Habits

Chłopki. Opowieść o naszych babkach

Joanna Kuciel-Frydryszak

4.44

Transform Your Habits

Odrzania. Podróż po Ziemiach Odzyskanych

Zbigniew Rokita

4.03

Transform Your Habits

Ciała

Annie Ernaux

4.28

Transform Your Habits

Wszystko mam bardziej. Życie w spektrum autyzmu

Jacek Hołub

4.10

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