a dozen to read in the dark

A Listmania! list by Idle Cherry "wordyone" (small room)
 
Reading In The Dark
1.  Reading In The Dark by Seamus Deane
The list author says:
  "this one is actually called Reading in the Dark; top book"
£5.69   Used & New from: £0.01
4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)

No Bones
2.  No Bones by Anna Burns
The list author says:
  "he Russian roulette scene is one of the best in modern literature"
£8.39   Used & New from: £0.01
4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)

Your Face Tomorrow 1: Fever and Spear: Fever and Spear v. 1 (Your Face Tomorrow Trilogy)
3.  Your Face Tomorrow 1: Fever and Spear: Fever and Spear v. 1 (Your Face Tomorrow Trilogy) by Javier Marias
The list author says:
  "Man's a genius, but not that well-known in English-speaking world. Really funny too - read 30pp even if maddened by an initially nutty-seeming style and you will not be able to stop"
£6.74   Used & New from: £0.01
2.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)

Manhood: A Journey from Childhood into the Fierce Order of Virility
4.  Manhood: A Journey from Childhood into the Fierce Order of Virility by Michel Leiris
The list author says:
  "The best name of any book, the best cover of any book, and maybe the best book of any book. Read it for the little cross-heads: "HURT FOOT, BITTEN BUTTOCK, CUT HEAD'."
Used & New from: £10.32

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Kolyma Tales
5.  Kolyma Tales by Varlam Shalamov
The list author says:
  "Best book about the Soviet gulag, in short, pared-down stories. Read Berries - 3 pp. - and know you've read one of best stories of 20th century"
£9.09   Used & New from: £5.29
4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)

The Penguin Book of Caribbean Short Stories
6.  The Penguin Book of Caribbean Short Stories by E.A. Markham
The list author says:
  "Amazing writers not that well known in Britain; introduced me to Pauline Melville, whom I love"
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Wide Sargasso Sea (Bloomsbury Classic Series)
7.  Wide Sargasso Sea (Bloomsbury Classic Series) by Jean Rhys
The list author says:
  "Another great book of 20th century, short, brilliant, and in a fiercely minor key; this pocket sized hardback edition is nice and not expensive - a must"
Used & New from: £26.54

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Friedrich Hölderlin: Poems and Fragments (Poetica)
8.  Friedrich Hölderlin: Poems and Fragments (Poetica) by Friedrich Hölderlin
The list author says:
  "The best translations of Holderlin, great German Romantic poet - if there was one book on this list I'd reccomend it's this one"
Used & New from: £16.96

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Like
9.  Like by Ali Smith
The list author says:
  "The best writer in Britain. Better known for the awesome Hotel World, but this is my favourite book by her."
£6.99   Used & New from: £0.01
4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)

The Passion According to G.H. (Emergent Literatures)
10.  The Passion According to G.H. (Emergent Literatures) by Clarice Lispector
The list author says:
  "Yet another little-known major classic of 20th century, this one by a Brazilian writer (who was born Jewish in the Ukraine). Woman faces cockroach - philosophical without pretention"
£14.50   Used & New from: £10.04
3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)

Simone Weil: An Anthology
11.  Simone Weil: An Anthology by Simone Weil
The list author says:
  "She's wonderful - wonderful thinker, wonderful human being, wonderful woman, wonderful writer - on fire."
£9.09   Used & New from: £4.05
5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)

A Werewolf Problem in Central Russia: And Other Stories
12.  A Werewolf Problem in Central Russia: And Other Stories by Victor Pelevin
The list author says:
  "Modern Russian writer hated by some in Russia who built a giant fake toilet bowl outside the Kremlin and threw in books by him and others - what tribute!"
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4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)

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