The Poet

6 best books like The Poet (Yi Mun-Yol): Parnassus on Wheels, I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem, The Plum in the Golden Vase Or, Chin P'Ing Mei: Volume Two: The Rivals, Folk med ångest, Tree and Leaf: Includes Mythopoeia and The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth, Waste Tide

Parnassus on Wheels

Author	Christopher Morley
ISBN	1414270658

This is a pilot for a new feel-good tv series:

Opening Credits:
It is a glorious morning on a deserted track somewhere in the rural Midwest. Rolling on the lane is a long gypsy-type wagon being pulled by a great big horse. On the open seat up front holding the reins is a cheery man of middle years...

I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem

Author	Maryse Condé
ISBN	0345384202

"Stunning...Maryse Conde's imaginative subversion of historical records forms a critque of contemporary American society and its ingrained racism and sexism." THE BOSTON SUNDAY GLOBE

At the age of seven, Tituba watched as her mother was hanged for daring to wound a plantation owner who...

The Plum in the Golden Vase Or, Chin P'Ing Mei: Volume Two: The Rivals

Author	Lanling Xiaoxiao Sheng
ISBN	0691126194

In this second of a planned five-volume series, David Roy provides a complete and annotated translation of the famous Chin P'ing Mei, an anonymous sixteenth-century Chinese novel that focuses on the domestic life of His-men Ch'ing, a corrupt, upwardly mobile merchant in a provincial town, who maintains...

Folk med ångest

Author

Fredrik Backman

”Folk med ångest” är en orimligt stökig komedi om ett gisslandrama på en lägenhetsvisning. En misslyckad bankrånare låser in sig med en överentusiastisk fastighetsmäklare, två bittra Ikea-missbrukare, en höggravid kvinna, en självmordsbenägen mångmiljonär och ett kaninhuvud....

Tree and Leaf: Includes Mythopoeia and The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth

Author	J.R.R. Tolkien
ISBN	0007105045

Tree and Leaf, J.R.R. Tolkien
Repackaged to feature Tolkien's own painting of the Tree of Amalion, this collection includes his famous essay, 'On Fairy-Stories' and the story that exemplifies this, 'Leaf by Niggle'. Fairy-stories are not just for children, as anyone who has read Tolkien will...

Waste Tide

Author	Chen Qiufan
ISBN	0765389312

Mimi is a 'waste girl', a member of the lowest caste on Silicon Isle.

Located off China's southeastern coast, Silicon Isle is the global capital for electronic waste recycling, where thousands like Mimi toil day and night, hoping one day they too will enjoy the wealth they’ve created for...