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The Road Back

Erich Maria Remarque · 1998

The sequel to the masterpiece All Quiet on the Western Front, The Road Back is a classic novel of the slow return of peace to Europe in the years following World War I. After four grueling years, the Great War has finally ended. Now Ernst and the few men left from his company cannot help wondering what will become of them. The town they departed as eager young men seems colder, their homes smaller, the reasons their comrades had to die even more inexplicable. For Ernst and his friends, the road back to peace is more treacherous than they ever imagined. Suffering food shortages, political unrest, and a broken heart, Ernst undergoes a crisis that teaches him what there is to live for—and what he has that no one can ever take away. “The world has a great writer in Erich Maria Remarque. He is a craftsman of unquestionably first rank, a man who can bend language to his will. Whether he writes of men or of inanimate nature, his touch is sensitive, firm, and sure.”—The New York Times Book Review

Mroki

Jaroslaw Borszewicz · 2015

Mrokow Jaroslawa Borszewicza nie mozna jednoznacznie sklasyfikowac Mozemy ten utwor nazwac proza literacka tomikiem poezji czy wreszcie powiescia o mrocznej fabuleS Ale chyba nie ma potrzeby szeregowac tej ksiazki poniewaz ta niezwykla forma literacka nadal wciaga nas w dyskusje o sensie naszego istnienia bo trzeba cos robic miedzy pierwsza a druga dataS Pierwsza juz znam DrugaS Borszewicz debiutowal ta ksiazka w Iskrach w 1983 r i po wielu latach mozna smialo stwierdzic ze przeszla ona swietnie probe czasu Czytelnik szybko daje sie wciagnac w zawila opowiesc poniewaz tak naprawde bohaterem tej ksiazki jest smierc ktora my probujemy tylko ulaskawic Benek mowi ze mysl o smierci najlepiej zagluszyc drugim czlowiekiem Ale ja mu nie wierze mowi narrator ktory zmaga sie ze swoja samotnoscia smiertelnoscia i smiertelnoscia najblizszych ktory probuje jednak znalezc nadzieje w milosci czy przyjazniS

Letters To Milena

Franz Kafka · 2018

Crime and Punishment (Vintage Classics)

Fyodor Dostoevsky · 1993

<b>Hailed by <i>Washington Post Book World</i> as “the best [translation] currently available" when it was first published, this second edition of <i>Crime and Punishment </i>has been updated in honor of the 200th anniversary of Dostoevsky’s birth. • <b>ONE OF <i>TIME MAGAZINE</i>'S 100 BEST MYSTERY AND THRILLER BOOKS OF ALL TIME</b></b><br><br>With the same suppleness, energy, and range of voices that won their translation of <i>The Brothers Karamazov</i> the PEN/Book-of-the-Month Club Prize, Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky offer a brilliant translation of <i>Crime and Punishment, </i>Dostoevsky's astounding pyschological thriller, newly revised for his bicentenniel. <br><br>In <i>Crime and Punishment</i>, when Raskolnikov, an impoverished student living in the St. Petersburg of the tsars, commits an act of murder and theft, he sets into motion a story that is almost unequalled in world literature for its excruciating suspense, its atmospheric vividness, and its depth of characterization and vision. Dostoevsky’s drama of sin, guilt, and redemption transforms the sordid story of an old woman’s murder into the nineteenth century’s profoundest and most compelling philosophical novel.

The Trial

Franz Kafka · 2025

Pomroki

Jaroslaw Borszewicz · 2016

Balladyna

Juliusz Słowacki · 2018

Szewcy

Stanisław Witkiewicz (Witkacy) · 2015

Szewcy. Naukowa Sztuka Ze „śpiewkami” W Trzech Aktach – Dramat Określany Jako Groteskowy I Modernistyczny Napisany Przez Stanisława Ignacego Witkiewicza W Latach 1931–1934 I Wydany W Krakowie W Roku 1948. Po Raz Pierwszy Wystawiony W Roku 1957 W Sopocie. W Utworze Witkacy Przedstawił Obraz Przyszłego Społeczeństwa, Ukazując Również Swoje Katastroficzne Przeczucia Na Jego Temat. Dramat Zamyka W Sobie Namiastkę Wyobrażenia Pisarza O Mechanizacji Społeczeństwa I Następnie Upadku Cywilizacji, Stanowi Krytykę Rewolucji, Kapitalizmu, Komunizmu I Faszyzmu. (wikipedia)

The Stranger

Albert Camus · 1989

White Nights

Fyodor Dostoevsky · 2024

Call Me by Your Name: A Novel

André Aciman · 2017

<p><b>Now a Major Motion Picture from Director Luca Guadagnino, Starring Armie Hammer and Timothée Chalamet, and Written by Three-Time OscarTM Nominee James Ivory<br><br>The Basis of the Oscar-Winning Best Adapted Screenplay</b><b><br><br>A <i>New York Times</i> Bestseller<br>A <i>USA Today</i> Bestseller <br>A <i>Los Angeles Times</i> Bestseller<br>A <i>Vulture</i> Book Club Pick </b><br><br><b>An Instant Classic and One of the Great Love Stories of Our Time<br><br></b>Andre Aciman's <i>Call Me by Your Name</i> is the story of a sudden and powerful romance that blossoms between an adolescent boy and a summer guest at his parents’ cliffside mansion on the Italian Riviera. Each is unprepared for the consequences of their attraction, when, during the restless summer weeks, unrelenting currents of obsession, fascination, and desire intensify their passion and test the charged ground between them. Recklessly, the two verge toward the one thing both fear they may never truly find again: total intimacy. It is an instant classic and one of the great love stories of our time.<br><br>Winner of the Lambda Literary Award for Ficition<br><br>A <i>New York Times</i> Notable Book of the Year • A <i>Publishers Weekly </i>and <i>The Washington Post </i>Best Book of the Year • A <i>New York </i>Magazine "Future Canon" Selection • A <i>Chicago Tribune</i> and <i>Seattle Times</i> (Michael Upchurch's) Favorite Favorite Book of the Year</p>

Arch of Triumph

Erich Maria Remarque

Translated from the German by Walter Sorell and Denver Lindley. Some tanning to edges. Some fading to cloth.

The Bell Jar (Modern Classics)

Sylvia Plath · 2005

<p><i>The Bell Jar</i> chronicles the crack-up of Esther Greenwood: brilliant, beautiful, enormously talented, and successful, but slowly going under -- maybe for the last time. Sylvia Plath masterfully draws the reader into Esther's breakdown with such intensity that Esther's insanity becomes completely real and even rational, as probable and accessible an experience as going to the movies. Such deep penetration into the dark and harrowing corners of the psyche is an extraordinary accomplishment and has made <i>The Bell Jar</i> a haunting American classic.</p> <p>This P.S. edition features an extra 16 pages of insights into the book, including author interviews, recommended reading, and more.</p>

THE PLAGUE

ALBERT CAMUS · 2020

1984: 75th Anniversary

George Orwell · 1961

The Old Man and the Sea

Ernest Hemingway · 2024

Little Women (Puffin in Bloom)

Louisa May Alcott · 2014

<b>Louisa May Alcott's classic tale of four sisters in a deluxe hardcover edition, with beautiful cover illustrations by Anna Bond, the artist behind world-renowned stationery brand Rifle Paper Co.<br></b><br>Grown-up Meg, tomboyish Jo, timid Beth, and precocious Amy. The four March sisters couldn't be more different. But with their father away at war, and their mother working to support the family, they have to rely on one another. Whether they're putting on a play, forming a secret society, or celebrating Christmas, there's one thing they can't help wondering: Will Father return home safely?

The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Stephen Chbosky · 2012

“A timeless story for every young person who needs to understand that they are not alone.” —Judy Blume<br/><br/>“Once in a while, a novel comes along that becomes a generational touchstone. The Perks of Being a Wallflower is one of those books.” —R. J. Palacio, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Wonder<br/><br/>This #1 New York Times bestselling coming-of-age story with millions of copies in print takes a sometimes heartbreaking, often hysterical, and always honest look at high school in all its glory.<br/><br/>The critically acclaimed debut novel from Stephen Chbosky follows observant “wallflower” Charlie as he charts a course through the strange world between adolescence and adulthood. First dates, family drama, and new friends. Sex, drugs, and The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Devastating loss, young love, and life on the fringes. Caught between trying to live his life and trying to run from it, Charlie must learn to navigate those wild and poignant roller-coaster days known as growing up.<br/><br/>A #1 New York Times bestseller for more than a year, adapted into a major motion picture starring Logan Lerman and Emma Watson (and written and directed by the author), and an American Library Association Best Book for Young Adults (2000) and Best Book for Reluctant Readers (2000), this novel for teen readers (or wallflowers of more-advanced age) will make you laugh, cry, and perhaps feel nostalgic for those moments when you, too, tiptoed onto the dance floor of life.