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Slim Volumes of Poetry

From the absurd to the poignant, the stories from Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman by Haruki Murakami explore both the extraordinary and the everyday to create an intensely moving and wide-ranging view of modern Japan. #samuelmenashe #sylviaplath #waltwhitman #johnupdike #petrarch #charleswright #tedhughes #poetry #books #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #bookreview #booklover #bookrecommendations #bookaddict #booknerd #booktok #bookcommunity #bookworm #bookshelf #booksuggestions #bookclub #bookblogger

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The Essential Rumi by Coleman Barks

The Essential Rumi is a collection of poetic verses translated by Coleman Barks that offers a glimpse of the universal spiritual wisdom found in the Sufi mystic's work. #rumi #rumiquotes #theessentialrumi #colemanbarks #books #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #bookreview #booklover #bookrecommendations #bookaddict #booknerd #booktok #bookcommunity #bookworm #bookshelf #booksuggestions #bookclub #bookblogger #bookish #bookishlove #readersofinstagram #readersofinsta #bookstack #literaryfiction

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The Magic Mountain by Thomas Mann

The Magic Mountain by Thomas Mann tells the story of Hans Castorp and other guests at a Swiss sanatorium as they explore the ways in which illness shapes and changes their lives. The book combines social satire, allegory and a profound reflection on modernity and the human condition. #themagicmountain #thomasmann #books #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #bookreview #booklover #bookrecommendations #bookaddict #booknerd #booktok #bookcommunity #bookworm #bookshelf #booksuggestions #bookclub

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Hunger by Knut Hamsun

A landmark in modern literature, Hunger is the harrowing story of a man at war with himself. Written in 1890, it tells of a struggling writer's descent into near madness as he starves himself to death. #hunger #knuthamsun #existential #books #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #bookreview #booklover #bookrecommendations #bookaddict #booknerd #booktok #bookcommunity #bookworm #bookshelf #booksuggestions #bookclub #bookblogger #bookish #bookishlove #readersofinstagram #readersofinsta #bookstack

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Sophie's World

History Of Philosophy

Philosophical Thoughts

The Writer

A Mirror

A Novel

Sophie's World by Jostein Gaarder

Sophie's World is a novel in which the philosophical thoughts of the writer, Jostein Gaarder, are revealed to the reader in a very personal way. Sophie's world is not just an entertainment or intellectual treat, it also stands as a mirror for our own world and its most pressing issues. #sophiesworld #josteingaarder #books #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #bookreview #booklover #bookrecommendations #bookaddict #booknerd #booktok #bookcommunity #bookworm #bookshelf #booksuggestions #bookclub

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Life of Pi by Yann Martel

This novel tells the story of a young man who survives a shipwreck, and finds himself castaway on a lifeboat in the Pacific Ocean with only a Bengal tiger, a zebra, a hyena, and an orangutan for company. #lifeofpi #yannmartel #richardparker #books #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #bookreview #booklover #bookrecommendations #bookaddict #booknerd #booktok #bookcommunity #bookworm #bookshelf #booksuggestions #bookclub #bookblogger #bookish #bookishlove #readersofinstagram #readersofinsta #bookstack

Possession by A. S. Byatt

A.S. Byatt's Booker Prize-winning novel, Possession, explores the intense relationship between two scholars researching the lives of two Victorian poets and their passionate connections to one another. #asbyatt #asbyattpossession #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #bookreview #booklover #bookrecommendations #bookaddict #booknerd #booktok #bookcommunity #bookworm #bookshelf #booksuggestions #bookclub #bookblogger #bookish #bookishlove #readersofinstagram #readersofinsta #bookstack #literaryfiction

Silence by Shusaku Endo

"Silence" is the story of two Jesuit missionaries, Father Rodrigues and Father Garrpe, who travel to Japan in search of their missing mentor, Father Ferreira. It tells of a time in Japan when Christians were not allowed to practice their faith openly. #silencenovel #shusakuendo #japaneseliterature #japlit #books #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #bookreview #booklover #bookrecommendations #bookaddict #booknerd #booktok #bookcommunity #bookworm #booksuggestions #bookclub #bookblogger #bookish

With beautiful, flowing prose and a singular precision of detail, Sebald's novel is both a rich evocation of the time, place, and people who shaped his life and an endlessly suggestive meditation on memory and history. #austerlitz #wgsebald #wgsebaldausterlitz #holocaustbooks #books #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #bookreview #booklover #bookrecommendations #bookaddict #booknerd #booktok #bookcommunity #bookworm #bookshelf #booksuggestions #bookclub #bookblogger #bookish #readersofinstagram Parts Of The Earth, Memorable Quotes, World Pictures, Life Stories

Austerlitz by W. G. Sebald

With beautiful, flowing prose and a singular precision of detail, Sebald's novel is both a rich evocation of the time, place, and people who shaped his life and an endlessly suggestive meditation on memory and history. #austerlitz #wgsebald #wgsebaldausterlitz #holocaustbooks #books #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #bookreview #booklover #bookrecommendations #bookaddict #booknerd #booktok #bookcommunity #bookworm #bookshelf #booksuggestions #bookclub #bookblogger #bookish #readersofinstagram

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Birthday Letters by Ted Hughes

Ted Hughes' "Birthday Letters" is a raw, moving, and utterly beautiful exploration of his complex relationship with wife Sylvia Plath. #tedhughes #tedhughespoetry #poetrycollection #bookofpoems #poetrybook #sylviaplath

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A Lover's Discourse by Roland Barthes

A Lover's Discourse is a philosophical and lyrical meditation on love in which Roland Barthes explores how we use words to describe our passions and desires. #aloversdiscourse #rolandbarthes #bookaboutlove #loversbook #barthes

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Parent Child Relationship

European Culture

Indigenous Culture

Human Connection

The Bone People by Keri Hulme

Told from the points of view of three people in a rural New Zealand community, The Bone People is a lyrical and haunting story about the bonds between bodies, distances and loneliness. #kerihulme #thebonepeople #bookerprizewinner #literarymasterpiece⁠