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<<< 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 >>>     sort list by title | publication date The Elementary Particles Michel Houellebecq An international literary phenomenon, The Elementary Particles is a frighteningly original novel—part Marguerite Duras and part Bret Easton Ellis—that leaps headlong into the malaise of contemporary existence. Bruno and Michel are half-brothers... The Map and the Territory Michel Houellebecq The most celebrated and controversial French novelist of our time now delivers his magnum opus—about art and money, love and friendship and death, fathers and sons. The Possibility of an Island Michel Houellebecq A worldwide phenomenon and the most important French novelist since Camus, Michel Houellebecq now delivers his magnum opus–a tale of our present circumstances told from the future, when humanity as we know it has vanished. Surprisingly poignant... Too Loud a Solitude Bohumil Hrabal The main character in this story works and lives as a kind of subterranean paper crusher in Prague. Hrabal leads us along the bizarre and lasting corridors of his mind and world. Truly memorable. —Recommended by Maia, City Lights Books Les Miserables Victor Hugo Victor Hugo's tale of injustice, heroism and love follows the fortunes of Jean Valjean, an escaped convict determined to put his criminal past behind him. But his attempts to become a respected member of the community are constantly put under threat... The Emigrants Michael Hulse, W. G. Sebald Published to enormous critical acclaim in the US and sold out immediately in its first hardcover edition, The Emigrants has been acclaimed as "one of the best novels to appear since World War II" (Review of Contemporary Fiction) and three times chosen... The Damned (La-Bas) Joris-Karl Huysmans J.-K. Huysmans's gaudy, shocking, and largely autobiographical novel, The Damned (Là-Bas) was quickly condemned and just as quickly achieved cult status. It follows Durtal, a shy, censorious man, who is writing a biography of Gilles de Rais, the... The Supermale Alfred Jarry "The act of love is of no importance, since it can be performed indefinitely." With that remark, the gentleman adventurer Andre Marcueil sets into motion an outrageous plot of scientific experiments and technological heroism focused on author... Ubu Roi Alfred Jarry A stunning, controversial work that immediately outraged audiences with its scatological references during the 1896 premiere, Ubu Roi satirizes the tendency of the successful bourgeois to abuse his authority and become irresponsibly... Beijing Coma A Novel Ma Jian Recommended by Paul, City Lights Books Dai Wei, a PhD student and protestor in Tianan-men Square in June 1989, was caught by a soldier's bullet and fell into a deep coma. But as the millennium draws near, he begins to emerge from unconsciousness... Waiting A Novel Ha Jin The stifling atmosphere of Maoist bureaucracy forms the backdrop for a slow, quiet story about patience and longing, passivity and frustration, and most of all, about how so many of us live most of our lives in unconscious submission to "fate." Amerika The Man Who Disappeared Franz Kafka Michael Hofmann's superb new translation of Franz Kafka's epic work. Franz Kafka's Amerika (The Man Who Disappeared) at last has the translator it deserves. Michael Hofmann's startlingly visceral and immediate translation revives Kafka's great... Metamorphosis and Other Stories Franz Kafka For the 125th anniversary of Kafka's birth, an astonishing new translation of his best-known stories, in a spectacular graphic package For all his fame, Franz Kafka published only a small number of stories in his lifetime. This new translation of... The Last Jew A Novel Yoram Kaniuk Yoram Kaniuk has been hailed as “one of the most innovative, brilliant novelists in the Western World” (The New York Times), and The Last Jew is his exhilarating masterwork. Like Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s One Hundred Years of... <<< 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 >>>