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1	Metamorphosis more books like this by Franz Kafka add to wishlist This is a graphic novel adaptation of Kafka's immortal absurdist tale of Gregor Samsa, who wakes up to find he has been transformed into a cockroach. The black-and-white scratchboard, woodcut-like drawings point up the physical resemblance between Gregor-as-human and Gregor-as-cockroach, and illustrate how the overwhelming pressures and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	Independent People more books like this by Halldor Laxness add to wishlist A novel by an Icelandic Nobel Prizewinner, about a sheep farmer who wants only to be an independent man. When his daughter expresses her own needs for independence, the battle of wills that results is both harsh and poignant. Brad Leithauser writes in his introduction: "I finished its last chapters one late afternoon in Rome, seated in an all-but ... see all copies from $2.94! new only from $8.92! \| first editions \| SVS
3	Initiation more books like this by Elisabeth Haich add to wishlist Written at the request of her advanced students, "Initiation" is an illuminating autobiography that connects the twentieth century European life of internationally beloved teacher Elisabeth Haich and her lucid memories of initiation into the hidden mystical teachings of the priesthood in ancient Egypt. A compelling story within a story emerges ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $12.97! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Buddenbrooks: The Decline of a Family more books like this by Thomas Mann add to wishlist Mann's first novel was unusual for its time (1901) because, instead of focusing on a single character (as in the popular Bildüngsroman), it was a family saga, a chronicle of the Buddenbrook family over four generations. This large and multi-faceted family, its business successes combined with an intense interest in music and the arts, is shown at ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.10! \| first editions \| SVS
5	Trial more books like this by Franz Kafka add to wishlist Kafka's exploration of the psychological terror inherent in everyday life is both allegorical and stunningly realistic. A bank employee named Joseph K. is accused of a crime he not only did not commit but doesn't even understand. He is released, but thereafter enslaved to a legal system that requires him to continue to go to court to defend his ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.04! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	Little man, what now? more books like this by Hans Fallada add to wishlist First published in Germany in 1932, Fallada's documentary novel is a portrait of Germany during its period of economic and political breakdown prior to the advent of Hitler. see all copies from $9.70! new only from $10.16! \| first editions \| SVS
7	Enemies a Love Story more books like this by Isaac Bashevis Singer add to wishlist Herman Broder has three wives: Yadwiga, the Polish peasant who hid him from the Nazis; Masha, his beautiful and neurotic true love; and Tamara, his first wife, miraculously returned from the dead. Astonished by each new complication, and yet resigned to a life of evasion, Herman navigates a crowded, Yiddish New York with a sense of perpetually ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.35! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	Demian more books like this by Hermann Hesse add to wishlist The classic coming-of age novel by the celebrated German author and Nobel Laureate. It tells the story of Arthur Sinclair, a young German from a wealthy family. Arthur is a constant target of bullying and abuse at school, until he makes the acquaintance of Max Demian, a mysterious new boy. Demian is at once sensitive and overpowering, and he ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
9	Narcissus and Goldmund more books like this by Hermann Hesse add to wishlist A story of a spiritual quest is set in the Middle Ages. Brother Narcissus, a monk at Mariabronn Abbey, serves as an adviser to Goldmund, a student at the Abbey School. Goldmund is attracted to the monastic life, but Narcissus suggests that he is unsuited for it and urges him to pursue a life in the world. Goldmund leaves the Abbey and becomes a ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.00! \| first editions \| SVS
10	Castle more books like this by Franz Kafka add to wishlist Published posthumously, Kafka's novel--a major modernist/symbolist work--is about a surveyor, known only as K., who struggles with an absurd, implacable bureaucracy in an attempt to penetrate a dimly defined "castle." The characters in Kafka's allegory inhabit a strange world, comic and dreamlike, that has come to be known as "Kafkaesque." see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.99! \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	Effi Briest more books like this by Fontane add to wishlist Effi Briest betrays her super-rational husband with the wily Crampas and takes the appalling consequences, in a novel that questions the nature of happiness. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.00! \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Story of the Root Children #1491 more books like this by Sibylle Von Olfers add to wishlist All through the winter the Root Children are asleep underground, but when spring comes Mother Nature wakes them up. Then the Root Children are busy cleaning and painting the beetles and bugs. When summer comes they play in the fields, ponds and meadows. Also available in a mini-version. see all copies from $5.28! new only from $11.32! \| SVS
13 view cover	Berlin Alexanderplatz: The Story of Franz Biberkopf more books like this by Alfred Doblin, Eugene Jolas (Translator) add to wishlist Berlin in the 1920s. Franz Biberkopf has just been released from prison after serving four years for violence that resulted in the death of a girlfriend. He returns to his old neighbourhood, Alexanderplatz, vowing to live a decent life. What he finds are unemployment lines, gangsters, prostitutes, petty thieves, and neophyte Nazis. In this sordid ... see all copies from $8.00! new only from $15.62! \| SVS
14 view cover	In a dark wood wandering more books like this by Hella S Haasse, Anita Miller, PH.D. (Revised by) add to wishlist An historical novel of intrigues, battles and love affairs set in 14th and 15th century France and England. First published in 1949, this novel by a Dutch author has been a bestseller throughout Europe for the last 50 years. This is its' first publication in English. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.25! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	Desiree more books like this by Annemarie Selinko add to wishlist The story of Napoleon Bonaparte's first love, Bernardine Eugenie Desiree. This classic bestseller, first published in the 1950s has never been out of print since, has been translated into every known language and has sold over 20 million copies worldwide. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $20.59! \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	Man Without Qualities more books like this by Professor Robert Musil add to wishlist This long-awaited new translation, the first in English to provide a complete text, brings to its readers one of the greatest masterpieces in all twentieth-century literature in a two-volume boxed set. The Man Without Qualities stands alongside Proust's Remembrance of Things Past and Joyce's Ulysses as one of the three literary masterworks of ... see all copies from $2.69! new only from $23.43! \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	Satan in Goray more books like this by Isaac Bashevis Singer add to wishlist In the little town of Goray, laid waste by murder, famine and demonic spirits, the stargazers have reported seeing one Sabbatai Zevi, robed in purple, bedecked with jewels, riding a wild lion into Jerusalem. Meanwhile, as dark forces gather, the prophetess Rechele prepares to be the Devil's bride. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.74! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	The Man Without Qualities, Vol. 1 more books like this by Professor Robert Musil, Sophie Wilkins (Translator), Burton Pike (Translator) add to wishlist A new, complete translation in two volumes of the momentous novel described by "The New York Times Book Review" as "unfinished and unfinishable." Documenting the fall of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the novel begins just before World War I to explore the "Age of Anxiety." see all copies from $10.00! new only from $14.14! \| SVS
19	The Brothers Ashkenazi more books like this by Israel Joshua Singer add to wishlist see all copies from $7.95! new only from $54.79! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	Slave more books like this by Isaac Bashevis Singer add to wishlist A drama set against the background of 17th century Poland. It is a love story rooted in the folklore of the period. The author also wrote "The Magician of Lublin", "Old Love", "Shosha", "The Estate", "Family Moskat" and "The Image and Other Stories". see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.91! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	Farewell Sidonia more books like this by Erich Hackl add to wishlist The fictional recreation of the short life of a young Austrian gypsy girl, caught in the wheels of history and sent to perish in Auschwitz. This novel is written by the author of "Aurora's Motive". see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.88! \| first editions
22 view cover	Family Moskat more books like this by Isaac Bashevis Singer add to wishlist Tells the story of the prosperous Moskat family, Polish Jews living in Warsaw between the dawn of the 20th century and the gloom of 1939. Characters in this novel include saints and swindlers, tough Zionists and mystic philosophers, and medieval Rabbis and ultra-modern painters. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.52! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
23	Mary more books like this by Sholem Asch add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! signed copies \| first editions
24 view cover	Allerlei Zum Lesen more books like this by Herman Teichert add to wishlist Allerlei zum Lesen, an intermediate-level reader, contains 18 unedited short stories selected for readability and interest. The stories represent classical and contemporary authors from Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. By reading and discussing these stories, students build conversation skills while gaining exposure to the cultural, historical, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.85! \| SVS
25 view cover	Felidae more books like this by Akif Pirincci add to wishlist When the bodies of several of the neighbourhood cats are found dead and mutilated, Francis is drawn reluctantly into the role of detective. The feline characters are tough, foul-mouthed, cynical and clever and able to read their owners' books and operate their computers. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.99! \| first editions

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