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Ultimate Best Books

List: 100 Books of the Century by Le Monde

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The Man Without Qualities

The Man Without Qualities

Robert Musil

4.0 (2)

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The Catcher in the Rye

The Catcher in the Rye

J. D. Salinger

3.58 (45)

"If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll probably want to know is where I was born, and what my lousy childhood was like, and how my parents were occupied and all before they had me, and all that David Copperfield kind of crap, but I don't feel like going into it, if you want the truth."

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The Opposing Shore

The Opposing Shore

Julien Gracq

4.0 (1)

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In Search of Lost Time

In Search of Lost Time

Marcel Proust

4.0 (7)

For a long time, I would go to bed early. [Fr., Longtemps, je me suis couche de bonne heure.]

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Soulier De Satin

Soulier De Satin

Paul Claudel

3.0 (1)

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Contempt

Contempt

Alberto Moravia

4.0 (1)

During the first two years of our married life my relations with my wife were, I can now assert, perfect.

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The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum

The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum

Heinrich Böll

3.0 (3)

Für den folgenden Bericht gibt es einige Neben- und drei Hauptquellen, die hier am Anfang einmal genannt, dann aber nicht mehr erwähnt werden.

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