The Pole
By: J.M. Coetzee
3.69
Format: 166 pages, Hardcover
A psychologically probing, compulsively readable novel about dogged love and the unpredictability o…
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1. Prophet Song
By: Paul Lynch
4.10
Format: 259 pages, Kindle Edition
A fearless portrait of a society on the brink as a mother faces a terrible choice, from an internat… read more
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- literary fiction
- literature
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
"people are entitled to some small moment of peace."-Paul Lynch, Prophet Song
"the child absorbing the mother’s trauma and storing it in his body for later use,"-Paul Lynch, Prophet Song
"... time is at once addition and subtraction, time adds one day to the next and always takes away from what's left..."-Paul Lynch, Prophet Song
"...knowing how it is so that all boys grow up and pull away from home to unmake the world in the guise of making it, nature decrees it so."-Paul Lynch, Prophet Song
2. 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
3. Kairos
By: Jenny Erpenbeck
3.46
Format: 379 pages, Hardcover
Die neunzehnjährige Katharina und Hans, ein verheirateter Mann Mitte fünfzig, begegnen sich Ende de… read more
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- romance
- literary fiction
- literature
- fiction
- contemporary
- novels
"She would like a shallow life, swift and shallow, till some day she can start again. Get through her time fast until then. And when will that be? Then."-Jenny Erpenbeck, Kairos
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
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
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- literary fiction
- literature
- 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
6. Day
By: Michael Cunningham
3.57
Format: 273 pages, Hardcover
As the world changes around them, a family weathers the storms of growing up, growing older, fallin… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- novels
- audiobook
"Here, then, is the answer. A degree of cruelty is necessary because Garth, like most men, can only deposit his needs at her feet, can only declare his love—that romantic hallucination, which would be…"-Michael Cunningham, Day
7. The Vulnerables
By: Sigrid Nunez
3.61
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
The New York Times –bestselling, National Book Award–winning author of The Friend and What Are You … read more
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- literary fiction
- literature
- fiction
- contemporary
- novels
- audiobook
"Only when I was young did I believe that it was important to remember what happened in every novel I read. Now I know the truth: what matters is what you experience while reading, the states of feeli…"-Sigrid Nunez, The Vulnerables
8. So Late in the Day: Stories of Women and Men
By: Claire Keegan
3.99
Format: 128 pages, Hardcover
Librarian's Note: This is the entry for the short story collection. Please don't combine it with th… read more
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- literature
- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
"You know what is at the heart of misogyny? When it comes down to it?’ ‘So I’m a misogynist now?’ ‘It’s simply about not giving,’ she said."-Claire Keegan, So Late in the Day: Stories of Women and Men
9. The Pole
By: J.M. Coetzee
3.69
Format: 166 pages, Hardcover
A psychologically probing, compulsively readable novel about dogged love and the unpredictability o… read more
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- romance
- music
- literary fiction
- south africa
- literature
- spain
- fiction
- contemporary
- novels
- audiobook
10. Tremor
By: Teju Cole
3.69
Format: 229 pages, Hardcover
A powerful, intimate novel that masterfully explores what constitutes a meaningful life in a violen… read more
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- literary fiction
- literature
- fiction
- contemporary
- novels
- audiobook
"I had not noticed before how every stretch of this route contains personal memories, how the city is like one of those movies shot in a single take from the window of a moving car."-Teju Cole, Tremor
11. Powiedzmy, że Piontek
By: Szczepan Twardoch
3.30
Format: 248 pages, Hardcover
Powiedzmy, że jest to gra z czytelnikami. Wciągająca, błyskotliwa, pełna niespodzianek i odniesień … read more
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- fiction
- audiobook
12. Eine Arbeiterin
By: Didier Eribon
4.11
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Eigentlich hatte Didier Eribon sich vorgenommen, ab jetzt regelmäßig nach Fismes zu fahren. Doch se… read more
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13. 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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14. 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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15. Kan du høre byen puste ut
By: Don Martin
4.08
Format: 218 pages, Hardcover
Med albumet «En gang Romsåsgutt alltid Romsåsgutt» ville Don Martin fortelle om sin side av byen. D… read more
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16. Ingenstedsøya
By: Therese Aasvik
3.95
Format: 211 pages, Hardcover
Jeg gir ikke opp før jeg har prøvd alt. Men hva er alt? Hva om mitt alt bare er en svak skygge av d… read more
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17. Alt jeg frykter har allerede skjedd
By: Wencke Mühleisen
3.73
Format: 192 pages, None
Den første alenevåren tenker hun at naturen er et sløseri med skjønnhet for en død sjel, hun holder… read more
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18. Vi er brødrene Eikemo
By: Marit Eikemo
4.32
Format: 245 pages, Hardcover
Det er lys i vindauget i tredje etasje i Berjaflotvegen 9. Der står Per Eikemo, 86 år gammal, og se… read more
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19. 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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- literary fiction
- 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
"It was always a joyful love where even madness was admissible."-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
20. Ordene, eller Ewa Lisas forsøk på å skrive en selvbiografi
By: Mari Nilsen
3.91
Format: 88 pages, Hardcover
Gjennom å skrive en selvbiografi forsøker Ewa Lisa å finne et språk for hvem hun er. Men det er van… read more
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21. Magiczna rana
By: Dorota Masłowska
3.73
Format: 160 pages, Hardcover
Długo oczekiwany prozatorski powrót Doroty Masłowskiej Trashowa powieść, która w obłąkańczo zaba… read more
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