Still Born
By: Guadalupe Nettel
4.13
Format: 224 pages, ebook
Longlisted for the 2023 International Booker Prize! For readers of Rachel Cusk and Sheila Heti, …
Want to Read $ 9.99"Thoughts are like clouds moving in the sky, you know? Before you know it, they change shape or they just aren't there anymore."-Guadalupe Nettel, Still Born
"There is a word to describe someone who loses their spouse, and a word for children who are left without parents. There is no word, however, for a parent who loses their child."-Guadalupe Nettel, Still Born
"A mí me intrigan más las aves a las que parasitan. Según yo, saben que no son sus crías y aun así las cuidan y las atienden. Yo pienso que llega un punto en que todas las madres nos damos cuenta de esto: tenemos a los hijos que tenemos, no a los que imaginábamos o a los que nos hubiera gustado tener, y es con ellos con quienes nos toca lidiar."-Guadalupe Nettel, Still Born
"A mí me intrigan más las aves a las que parasitan. Según yo, saben que no son sus crías y aun así las cuidan y las atienden. Yo pienso que llega un punto en que todas las madres nos damos cuenta de esto: tenemos a los hijos que tenemos, no a los que imaginábamos o a los que nos hubiera gustado tener, y es con ellos con quienes nos toca lidiar.»"-Guadalupe Nettel, Still Born
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By: Elena Ferrante
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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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2. Bad Girls
By: Camila Sosa Villada
4.43
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
Gritty and unflinching, yet also tender, fantastical, and funny, a trans woman’s coming-of-age tale… read more
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"Nosotras habíamos nacido ya expulsadas del armario,esclavas de nuestra apariencia."-Camila Sosa Villada, Bad Girls
"Cuando una puerta se cierra, se abre una ventana, pero hay que ser muy ágil para entrar o salir por la ventana"-Camila Sosa Villada, Bad Girls
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"A las travestis no nos nombra nadie, salvo nosotras. El resto de la gente ignora nuestros nombres, usa el miso para todas: putos."-Camila Sosa Villada, Bad Girls
3. Happening
By: Annie Ernaux
4.32
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
In 1963, Annie Ernaux, 23 and unattached, realizes she is pregnant. Shame arises in her like a plag… read more
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"There is no such thing as a lesser truth."-Annie Ernaux, Happening
"I was intoxicated, wrapped up in wordless intelligence."-Annie Ernaux, Happening
"People judged according to the law, they didn't judge the law."-Annie Ernaux, Happening
"love children are the most beautiful of all.' What a terrible statement."-Annie Ernaux, Happening
4. Boulder
By: Eva Baltasar
3.89
Format: 128 pages, Paperback
La protagonista d'aquesta novel·la és una dona atreta per la solitud com per un imant. Es guanya la… read more
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"Los niños pequeños tienen ese poder, imponen su alegría al malestar ordinario de los adultos."-Eva Baltasar, Boulder
"Y sin embargo he descubierto que no se puede columpiar a un hijo sin sonreír. Lo he intentado y es imposible. Los niños pequeños tienen ese poder, imponen su alegría al malestar ordinario de los adul…"-Eva Baltasar, Boulder
"I listen with all five senses, I listen to her with my entire body, with everything but my heart, which feels like it wants to thrash the hell out of me. This wasn't part of our plan. The truth is we…"-Eva Baltasar, Boulder
"But all this tunneling has opened rifts through which the captive parts of me have started to emerge. I realize that I am smoke, that the things that define me rise as they would up a chimney, probin…"-Eva Baltasar, Boulder
5. Chi dice e chi tace
By: Chiara Valerio
3.77
Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition
Scauri, affacciato sul Tirreno, è l’ultimo paese del Lazio, un posto né bello né brutto, con una su… read more
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6. Niente di vero
By: Veronica Raimo
3.59
Format: 176 pages, Hardcover
Prendete lo spirito dissacrante che trasforma nevrosi, sesso e disastri famigliari in commedia, da … read more
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"Quando finalmente arrivò la scoperta dei libri, non fu una forma di evasione, piuttosto una rasserenante coalescenza di noia. Riuscivo quasi a visualizzarla, bianca e melmosa: leggere era come sprofo…"-Veronica Raimo, Niente di vero
7. Literatura infantil
By: Alejandro Zambra
4.25
Format: 232 pages, Paperback
Diario de paternidad, «carta al hijo» y ficción pura conviven en extraordinaria armonía a lo largo … read more
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"No recuerdo nuestro primer viaje solos, a mis tres o cuatro años, pero él lo ha contado tantas veces que su relato funciona casi como un recuerdo implantado."-Alejandro Zambra, Literatura infantil
"La biología nos asegura un lugar en sus vidas, pero igual ansiamos que nos elijan como padres. Que alguna vez digan esta frase tan maravillosamente rara: 'Mi padre fue mi verdadero padre'."-Alejandro Zambra, Literatura infantil
"Me enorgullece que la primera palabra pronunciada por mi hijo, hace cinco días, haya sido, contra toda tendencia estadística, la palabra papá. Ahora la dice a cada rato. Todavía le cuesta, eso sí, ar…"-Alejandro Zambra, Literatura infantil
"La lectura silenciosa es en cierto modo una conquista; quienes leemos en silencio y en soledad aprendemos, justamente, a estar solos, o mejor dicho reconquistamos una soledad menos agresiva, una sole…"-Alejandro Zambra, Literatura infantil
8. Perras de reserva
By: Dahlia de la Cerda
4.28
Format: 109 pages, Paperback
“Las mujeres podemos ser muy horribles, plebe” Para sobrevivir en los rincones más injustos del pa… read more
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"Lo que empieza recio, recio se termina."-Dahlia de la Cerda, Perras de reserva
"México es un monstruo enorme que devora a las mujeres. México es un desierto hecho de polvo de huesos. México es un cementerio de cruces rosas. México es un país que odia a las mujeres."-Dahlia de la Cerda, Perras de reserva
9. A Little Luck
By: Claudia Piñeiro
4.29
Format: 211 pages, Paperback
After twenty years, a woman returns to the suburban Argentina she had fled to escape a dreadful acc… read more
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"Para escribir un diario hay que tener una seguridad del valor que tiene contar la vida propia que yo no tengo."-Claudia Piñeiro, A Little Luck
10. Forbidden Notebook
By: Alba de Céspedes
4.19
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
With a foreword by Jhumpa Lahiri, Quaderno Proibito is a classic domestic novel by the Italian-Cu… read more
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11. Minor Detail
By: Adania Shibli
4.20
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Minor Detail begins during the summer of 1949, one year after the war that the Palestinians mourn a… read more
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"Man, not the tank, shall prevail."-Adania Shibli, Minor Detail
"Não há como descartar a probabilidade de uma conexão entre os dois fatos, ou alguma ligação oculta entre eles, por analogia às relações que os seres humanos encontram entre as plantas, por exemplo, q…"-Adania Shibli, Minor Detail
"Desde que tive ciência da minha incapacidade consumada de me mover de acordo com os limites, resolvi, finalmente, permanecer dentro dos limites da minha casa, tanto quanto possível. Agora, uma vez qu…"-Adania Shibli, Minor Detail
"Toch zijn er mensen die in die logica − dus dat je je concentreert op de meest futiele details zoals stof op een bureau of vliegenpoepjes op een schilderij − de enige manier zien om de waarheid te do…"-Adania Shibli, Minor Detail
12. Casas vacías
By: Brenda Navarro
4.23
Format: 209 pages, ebook
Casas vacías habla del dolor de las mujeres ante la desaparición de un hijo y de su propia vida. Es… read more
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"¿Por qué les llaman desaparecidos y no se atreven a llamarlos muertos? Porque los muertos somos los que los buscamos, ellos siempre, siempre seguirán vivos."-Brenda Navarro, Casas vacías
"Me faltan kilos, me sobran ropa, personas, horas. ¿En qué momento me darán ganas de ir y tirarme por la ventana? Quizá deba admitir que la tristeza me acomoda porque soy egoísta."-Brenda Navarro, Casas vacías
"Las clases sociales no se rozan. Y en todo caso, si nosotros teníamos acceso a ese tipo de relaciones era por la nacionalidad de Fran y Nagore, no por el dinero. O eres rico o eres blanco, no hay mat…"-Brenda Navarro, Casas vacías
"Que se acabara todo de una vez y para siempre. Que hubiera un terremoto, una bomba, una guerra, una pistola, unos insurrectos rencorosos, una araña venenosa, un edificio de veinte pisos, una valentía…"-Brenda Navarro, Casas vacías
13. Liliana's Invincible Summer: A Sister's Search for Justice
By: Cristina Rivera Garza
4.35
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A haunting, unforgettable memoir about a beloved younger sister and the painful memory of her murde… read more
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"Ahora sí es posible escribir lo inexpresable. Mejor dicho, ahora hay algo inexpresable y, luego entonces ahora es posible escribir."-Cristina Rivera Garza, Liliana's Invincible Summer: A Sister's Search for Justice
"Éramos apenas unas niñas de dieciocho años, pero ahí íbamos junto con todos los demás, pidiendo lo imposible porque, ¿qué más se puede pedir a esa edad?"-Cristina Rivera Garza, Liliana's Invincible Summer: A Sister's Search for Justice
"Somos ellas en el pasado, y somos ellas en el futuro, y somos otras a la vez. Somos otras y somos las mismas de siempre. Mujeres en busca de justicia. Mujeres exhaustas, y juntas. Hartas ya, pero con…"-Cristina Rivera Garza, Liliana's Invincible Summer: A Sister's Search for Justice
"It is in the imperative, inescapable, overwhelming demand that the victim be blamed and that you blame yourself with her. It is in the imperative, inescapable, overwhelming demand to exonerate the mu…"-Cristina Rivera Garza, Liliana's Invincible Summer: A Sister's Search for Justice
14. Still Born
By: Guadalupe Nettel
4.13
Format: 224 pages, ebook
Longlisted for the 2023 International Booker Prize! For readers of Rachel Cusk and Sheila Heti, … read more
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"Thoughts are like clouds moving in the sky, you know? Before you know it, they change shape or they just aren't there anymore."-Guadalupe Nettel, Still Born
"There is a word to describe someone who loses their spouse, and a word for children who are left without parents. There is no word, however, for a parent who loses their child."-Guadalupe Nettel, Still Born
"A mí me intrigan más las aves a las que parasitan. Según yo, saben que no son sus crías y aun así las cuidan y las atienden. Yo pienso que llega un punto en que todas las madres nos damos cuenta de e…"-Guadalupe Nettel, Still Born
"A mí me intrigan más las aves a las que parasitan. Según yo, saben que no son sus crías y aun así las cuidan y las atienden. Yo pienso que llega un punto en que todas las madres nos damos cuenta de e…"-Guadalupe Nettel, Still Born
15. Whale
By: Cheon Myeong-Kwan
3.96
Format: 420 pages, Paperback
While "Whale" begins with Chunhee, a mysterious young brickmaker of imposing physicality who cannot… read more
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16. Standing Heavy
By: Gauz
3.58
Format: 168 pages, Paperback
Initially a little intrigued, all babies eventually return the security guard's smile. The securit… read more
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17. The Gospel According to the New World
By: Maryse Condé
3.02
Format: 259 pages, Kindle Edition
A miracle baby is born on Easter Sunday, rumored to be the child of God. Award-winning Caribbean au… read more
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18. Não Há Pássaros Aqui (Portuguese Edition)
By: Victor Vidal
3.97
Format: 232 pages, Kindle Edition
Ana recebe um telefonema de uma vizinha da mãe informando que Andrea desapareceu na sequência de um… read more
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19. O Meu Pai Voava
By: Tânia Ganho
4.61
Format: 105 pages, Kindle Edition
Não sei para quem escrevo estas palavras. Para ele, talvez.Desde que morreu, escrevo sem parar.Escr… read more
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20. Um Lobo no Quarto
By: Valentina Silva Ferreira
4.06
Format: 322 pages, Paperback
Leo quis morrer. Preparou o suicídio, mas a figueira da sua infância salvou-a. Decidida a deixar a … read more
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21. O Livro Que Me Escreveu
By: Mário Lúcio Sousa
3.92
Format: 132 pages, Kindle Edition
Diagnosticado com uma doença cardíaca grave, um jovem decide escrever o Livro da sua vida – e escre… read more
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