La parte inventada

7 best books like La parte inventada (Rodrigo Fresán): Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead, Flights, The Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman, Draft No. 4: On the Writing Process, Airships, Die, My Love, Monstermenneske

Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead
AuthorOlga Tokarczuk
ISBN0525541330
WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE

In a remote Polish village, Janina devotes the dark winter days to studying astrology, translating the poetry of William Blake, and taking care of the summer homes of wealthy Warsaw residents. Her reputation as a crank and a recluse is amplified by her...
Flights
AuthorOlga Tokarczuk
ISBN0525534199
WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE

WINNER OF THE MAN BOOKER INTERNATIONAL PRIZE

NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST FOR TRANSLATED LITERATURE

From the incomparably original Polish writer Olga Tokarczuk, Flights interweaves reflections on travel with an in-depth exploration...
The Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman
AuthorAngela Carter
ISBN0140235191
Desiderio, an employee of the city under a bizarre reality attack from Doctor Hoffman's mysterious machines, has fallen in love with Albertina, the Doctor's daughter. But Albertina, a beautiful woman made of glass, seems only to appear to him in his dreams. Meeting on his adventures a host of cannibals,...
Draft No. 4: On the Writing Process
AuthorJohn McPhee
The long-awaited guide to writing long-form nonfiction by the legendary author and teacher

Draft No. 4 is an elucidation of the writer's craft by a master practitioner. In a series of playful but expertly wrought essays, John McPhee shares insights he's gathered over his career and refined...
AuthorBarry Hannah
ISBN0802133886
Now considered a contemporary classic, Airships was honored by Esquire magazine with the Arnold Gingrich Short Fiction Award. The twenty stories in this collection are a fresh, exuberant celebration of the new American South — a land of high school band contests, where good old boys from Vicksurg...
Die, My Love
AuthorAriana Harwicz
ISBN1999722787
In a forgotten patch of French countryside, a woman is battling her demons embracing exclusion yet wanting to belong, craving freedom whilst feeling trapped, yearning for family life but at the same time wanting to burn the entire house down. Given surprising leeway by her family for her increasingly...
Monstermenneske
AuthorKjersti Annesdatter Skomsvold
ISBN8249510577
Da hun var sytten år, løp hun fortest og lengst og var ikke til å stoppe, men så stoppet alt opp. Kjersti skulle egentlig studere til å bli ingeniør, men ligger i stedet på gamlehjem. Hun hører en dame dø på den andre siden av veggen. Kjæresten orker ikke å bære henne lenger. Kjersti tenker...
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