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What do readers say about Convenience Store Woman?
concise and clear short and thought-provoking clean, short sentences, refreshing unimaginative and uninsightfulShortlisted for the Best Translated Book Award
Longlisted for the Believer Book Award
Longlisted for the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation
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A convenience store is a world of sound. From the tinkle of the door chime to the voices of TV celebrities advertising new products over the in-store cable network, to the calls of the store workers, ...
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What do readers say about Capitalist Realism?
short and thought-provoking a breezy, digestible good, original perspectives people's guide to capitalismAfter 1989, capitalism has successfully presented itself as the only realistic political-economic system - a situation that the bank crisis of 2008, far from ending, actually compounded. The book analyses the development and principal features of thi... More details on Capitalist Realism
In one of the key scenes in Alfonso Cuarón’s 2006 film Children of Men, Clive Owen’s character, Theo, visits a friend at Battersea Power Station, which is now some combination of government building a...
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What do readers say about Sputnik Sweetheart?
loss and estrangement writing and love weird and touching the photographic narrationPart romance, part detective story, Sputnik Sweetheart tells the story of a tangled triangle of uniquely unrequited love.
K is madly in love with his best friend, Sumire, but her devotion to a writerly life precludes her from any personal commitments... More details on Sputnik Sweetheart
IN THE SPRING of her twenty-second year, Sumire fell in love for the first time in her life. An intense love, a veritable tornado sweeping across the plains – flattening everything in its path, tossin...
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What do readers say about The Dog Who Dared to Dream?
a small dog’s life short and thought-provoking short little book very well writtenFROM THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING AUTHOR SUN-MI HWANG
This is the story of a dog named Scraggly.
Born an outsider because of her distinctive appearance, she spends most of her days in the sun-filled yard of her owner's house. Scraggly has dreams a... More details on The Dog Who Dared to Dream
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What do readers say about The Metamorphosis?
dark little fable straight forward metaphor isolation and society nicely condensed the toneBenedict Cumberbatch reads Franz Kafka's famous story of man-turned-insect, Metamorphosis
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After a night of troubled dreams, Gregor Samsa wakes to discover that he has turned into a huge, monstrous... More details on The Metamorphosis
WHEN GREGOR SAMSA WOKE ONE MORNING from troubled dreams, he found himself transformed right there in his bed into some sort of monstrous insect. He was lying on his back—which was hard, like a carapac...
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What do readers say about How the Dead Dream?
loneliness and loss loss and remorse well written and short sad and thought provokingThe newest novel from critically acclaimed Lydia Millet, How the Dead Dream is a beautiful, heart-wrenching tale and a riveting commentary on community in the modern suburban landscape and how the lives of animals are affected by it.... More details on How the Dead Dream
Possibly, T. reflected now and then in the wake of some particularly egregious revelation, Fulton trusted him with the confidences simply because he knew that he, Fulton, represented a primary capital...
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What do readers say about Siddhartha?
an allegorical novel the search for enlightenment simple, lyrical style simplicity of the proseThis allegorical novel, set in sixth-century India around the time of the Buddha, follows a young man on his search for enlightenment.... More details on Siddhartha
SIDDHARTHA, the handsome son of the Brahmin, the young falcon, grew up together with his friend Govinda, the Brahmin’s son, in the shadow of the house, in the sun of the riverbank near the boats, in t...
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What do readers say about The Stranger?
straight forward and brusque simplistic and bare the most extraordinary coincidence short and concise sentencesA visually stunning adaptation of Albert Camus' masterpiece that offers an exciting new graphic interpretation while retaining the book's unique atmosphere.
The day his mother dies, Meursault notices that it is very hot on the bus that is taking him ... More details on The Stranger
The old people’s home is at Marengo, about eighty kilometers from Algiers, I’ll take the two o’clock bus and get there in the afternoon. That way I can be there for the vigil and come back tomorrow ni...
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What do readers say about Exhalation?
deeply thought provoking scifi creative, thought-provoking stories calm and clear highly entertaining and thought-provokingNATIONAL BESTSELLER
ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR
Nine stunningly original, provocative, and poignant stories-two published for the very first time-all from the mind of the incomparable author of Stories of Your Life and Others... More details on Exhalation
It has long been said that air (which others call argon) is the source of life. This is not in fact the case, and I engrave these words to describe how I came to understand the true source of life and...
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What do readers say about 1984?
haunting, intelligent, deeply disturbing phenomenal book frightening book world renowned classicOrwell's classic dystopian fiction warns us of our future, and deals with issues that speak to multiple dangers faced by many nations today.
Winston Smith is a member of 'the party' and subject to constant surveillance by the eyes of Big Brother, th... More details on 1984
It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. Winston Smith, his chin nuzzled into his breast in an effort to escape the vile wind, slipped quickly through the glass doors ...
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