Informal

7 best books like Informal (Cecil Balmond): Dubliners, Les Fleurs du Mal, Praise of Folly, Embers, The Art of Thinking Clearly, La herencia de Eszter, Atlas of Cursed Places: A Travel Guide to Dangerous and Frightful Destinations

Dubliners

Author	James Joyce
ISBN	0192839993

Life is full of missed opportunities and hard decisions. Sometimes it’s difficult to know what to actually do. Dubliners creates an image of an ever movie city, of an ever moving exchange of people who experience the reality of life. And that’s the whole point: realism. Not everything goes well,...

Les Fleurs du Mal

Author	Charles Baudelaire
ISBN	0879234628

After reading Baudelaire, I suddenly find myself wanting to smoke cigarettes and say very cynical things while donning a trendy haircut. Plus, if I didn't read Baudelaire, how could I possibly carry on conversations with pretentious art students?

In all seriousness, though, I wish my French...

Praise of Folly

Author	Erasmus
ISBN	0140446087

In Praise of Brexit

Folly speaks:

About five hundred years ago, a man named Erasmus decided to publish a book praising me. Unbelievably, no one had this idea before, and none since. Nobody has the time or the inclination—nobody besides Erasmus, that is—to sing my praises, apparently....

Embers

Author	Sándor Márai
ISBN	0375707425

Originally published in 1942 and now rediscovered to international acclaim, this taut and exquisitely structured novel by the Hungarian master Sandor Marai conjures the melancholy glamour of a decaying empire and the disillusioned wisdom of its last heirs.

In a secluded woodland castle...

The Art of Thinking Clearly

Author	Rolf Dobelli
ISBN	0062219685

In engaging prose and with practical examples and anecdotes, an eye-opening look at human reasoning and essential reading for anyone with important decisions to make.

Have you ever:
• Invested time in something that, with hindsight, just wasn't worth it?
• Overpayed in an Ebay...

La herencia de Eszter

Author	Sándor Márai
ISBN	8478885676

Instalada en la casa que heredó de su padre y con la sola compañía de una pariente anciana, Eszter es una mujer soltera que vive con la placidez y tranquilidad de quien ha logrado adaptarse a lo que la vida le ha deparado. Hasta que un día, inesperadamente, recibe un telegrama de Lajos, viejo amigo de...

Atlas of Cursed Places: A Travel Guide to Dangerous and Frightful Destinations

Author	Olivier Le Carrer
ISBN	1478908084

Oliver Le Carrer brings us a fascinating history and armchair journey to the world's most dangerous and frightful places, complete with vintage maps and period illustrations in a handsome volume.

This alluring read includes 40 locations that are rife with disaster, chaos, paranormal activity,...