The Case Worker
10 best books like The Case Worker (George Konrád): La ciudad y los perros, An American Tragedy, Death and the Penguin, The Moving Finger, Third Girl, Postern of Fate, Dictionary of the Khazars (Male Edition), Oh, wie schön ist Panama, Post für den Tiger, Skylark
| Author | Mario Vargas Llosa |
| ISBN | 8466309152 |
En 1962, La ciudad y los perros recibía el Premio Biblioteca Breve. Así comenzaba la andadura literaria de esta obra considerada una de las mejores novelas en español del siglo XX.Los personajes de La ciudad y los perros, un grupo de jóvenes que se «educan» en una disciplina militar implacable...
| Author | Theodore Dreiser |
| ISBN | 0451527704 |
On one level, An American Tragedy is the story of the corruption and destruction of one man, Clyde Griffiths, who forfeits his life in desperate pursuit of success. On a deeper, more profound level, the novel represents a massive portrayal of the society whose values both shape Clyde's tawdry ambitions...
| Author | Andrey Kurkov |
| ISBN | 1860469450 |
Viktor is an aspiring writer with only Misha, his pet penguin, for company. Although he would prefer to write short stories, he earns a living composing obituaries for a newspaper. He longs to see his work published, yet the subjects of his obituaries continue to cling to life. But when he opens the newspaper...
| Author | Agatha Christie |
| ISBN | 0007120842 |
The placid village of Lymstock seems the perfect place for Jerry Burton to recuperate from his accident under the care of his sister, Joanna. But soon a series of vicious poison-pen letters destroys the village's quiet charm, eventually causing one recipient to commit suicide. The vicar, the doctor,...
| Author | Agatha Christie |
| ISBN | 0007121105 |
Londra'da bir apartman katında yaşayan üç genç kızın birbirinden farklı meslekleri vardır. Kızlardan biri sanat galerisi yöneticisi diğeri yetenekli bir özel sekreterdir. Üçüncü kız ise... Hercule Poirot her zamanki gibi kakaosunu içerken üçüncü kız karşısına...
| Author | Agatha Christie |
| ISBN | 0007111487 |
Tommy and Tuppence Beresford have just become the proud owners of an old house in an English village. Along with the property, they have inherited some worthless bric-a-brac, including a collection of antique books. While rustling through a copy of The Black Arrow, Tuppence comes upon a series of apparently...
Dictionary of the Khazars (Male Edition)
| Author | Milorad Pavić |
| ISBN | 0679724613 |
A national bestseller, Dictionary of the Khazars was cited by The New York Times Book Review as one of the best books of the year. Written in two versions, male and female (both available in Vintage International), which are identical save for seventeen crucial lines, Dictionary is the imaginary book...
| Author | Janosch |
| ISBN | 3407805330 |
Eines Tages machen sich der kleine Bär und der kleine Tiger auf den Weg: sie suchen Panama, das Land ihrer Sehnsucht. Wenn man einen Freund hat, braucht man sich vor nichts zu fürchten!" Dass der kleine Bär und der kleine Tiger dicke Freunde sind, weiß jedes Kind. Zusammen sind die beiden wunderbar...
| Author | Janosch |
| ISBN | 3407760140 |
Wenn der kleine Bär am Fluss Fische fängt, sitzt der kleine Tiger allein zu Hause und ist schrecklich traurig. Deshalb bittet er den kleinen Bären: Du, schreib mir doch mal einen Brief aus der Ferne! Und damit fängt alles an. Die beiden Freunde erfinden die Briefpost, die Luftpost und auch das Telefon...
| Author | Dezső Kosztolányi |
| ISBN | 1590173392 |
It is 1900, give or take a few years. The Vajkays—call them Mother and Father—live in Sárszeg, a dead-end burg in the provincial heart of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Father retired some years ago to devote his days to genealogical research and quaint questions of heraldry. Mother keeps house....
| Author | Augusten Burroughs |
| ISBN | 0312342020 |
“As a little boy, I had a dream that my father had taken me to the woods where there was a dead body. He buried it and told me I must never tell. It was the only thing we’d ever done together as father and son, and I promised not to tell. But unlike most dreams, the memory of this one never left me. And sometimes…I...
| Author | A.J. Cronin |
| ISBN | 0316161837 |
"Cronin's distinguished achievement....No one could have written as fine, honest, and moving a study of a young doctor as The Citadel without possessing great literary taste and skill." --The Atlantic Monthly
A groundbreaking novel of its time and a National Book Award winner.
The Citadel...
| Author | Ádám Bodor |
| ISBN | 9631418863 |
Az immár klasszikus regény vagy novellafüzér (a műfaji határok a Sinistra körzet esetében is elmosódnak), amelyet Bodor egyik fő műveként tart számon az irodalomtörténet, épp negyedszázada, 1992-ben jelent meg először. Az egyszerre ismerős és holdbéli tájnak ható...
