Genre :: Philosophy (57 books)

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  #152

  Life

  by Georges Perec

  (3 Reviews)

  130 Points

  " PreambleTo begin with, the art of jigsaw puzzles seems of little substance....PART ONE, CHAPTER ONEYes, it could begin this way, right here, just like that, in a rather slow and ponderous way, in..."

  

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  #160

  The Unbearable Lightness of Being

  by Milan Kundera

  (9 Reviews)

  126 Points

  "La idea del eterno retorno es misteriosa y con ella Nietzsche dejó perplejo a los demás filósofos...The idea of eternal return is a mysterious one, and Nietzsche has often perplexed other..."

  

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  #184

  Nausea

  by Jean-Paul Sartre

  (5 Reviews)

  107 Points

  "These notebooks were found among the papers of Antoine Roquentin. ("Editors' Note")The best thing would be to write down events from day to day."

  

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  #193

  Life of Pi

  by Yann Martel

  (17 Reviews)

  100 Points

  "My suffering left me sad and gloomy."

  

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  #206

  Man's Fate

  by Andre Malraux

  (1 Review)

  96 Points

  "Should he try to raise the mosquito-netting?"

  

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  #213

  The Glass Bead Game

  by Hermann Hesse

  (3 Reviews)

  94 Points

  "It is our intention to preserve in these pages what scant biographical material we have been able to collect concerning Joseph Knecht, or Ludi Magister Josephus III, as he is called in the Archives..."

  

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  #215

  The Plague

  by Albert Camus

  (7 Reviews)

  93 Points

  "The unusual events described in this chronicle occurred in 194- at Oran.Les curieux événements qui font le sujet de cette chronique se sont produits en 194., à Oran.Le matin du 16 avril, le docteur..."

  

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  #222

  The Moviegoer

  by Walker Percy

  (3 Reviews)

  91 Points

  "This morning I got a note from my aunt asking me to come for lunch."

  

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  #229

  The Second Sex

  by Simone de Beauvoir

  (4 Reviews)

  90 Points

  "Woman?"

  

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  #233

  The Man Without Qualities

  by Robert Musil

  (2 Reviews)

  89 Points

  

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