The Unfortunates

6 best books like The Unfortunates (B.S. Johnson): The Opposing Shore, Six Characters in Search of an Author, Dictionary of the Khazars (Male Edition), The New Bloomsday Book: A Guide Through Ulysses, How to Fight Islamist Terror from the Missionary Position, Exercises in Style

The Opposing Shore
AuthorJulien Gracq
ISBN0002712245
The great maritime state of Orsenna has long been lulled by settled peace and prosperity. It is three hundred years since it was actively at war with its traditional enemy two days' sail across the water, the savage land of Farghestan - a slumbering but by no means extinct volcano. The narrator of this...
Six Characters in Search of an Author
AuthorLuigi Pirandello
ISBN0486299929
One of the major figures of modern theater, Luigi Pirandello (1867–1936) wrote dramas and satires that sparked controversy with their radical departures from conventional theatrical techniques. His most celebrated work, Six Characters in Search of an Author, embodies the Nobel Prize-winning...
Dictionary of the Khazars (Male Edition)
AuthorMilorad Pavić
ISBN0679724613
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...
AuthorHarry Blamires
ISBN0415138582
Since 1966 readers new to James Joyce have depended upon this essential guide to Ulysses. Harry Blamires helps readers to negotiate their way through this formidable, remarkable novel and gain an understanding of it which, without help, it might have take several readings to achieve. The New Bloomsday...
How to Fight Islamist Terror from the Missionary Position
AuthorTabish Khair
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Funny and sad, satirical and humane, How to Fight Islamist Terror from the Missionary Position tells the interlinked stories of three unforgettable men –the flamboyant Ravi, the fundamentalist Karim and the unnamed and pragmatic Pakistani narrator –whose trajectories...
Exercises in Style
AuthorRaymond Queneau
ISBN0811207897
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From what point of view should I review the book? Evidently: from all possible points of view.

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Needless to say, I am reading the original French edition. I can hardly believe that his delicate linguistic irony would survive translation into English. Quelle...
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