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When We Cease to Understand the World by Benjamín Labatut

When We Cease to Understand the World

Benjamín Labatut

192 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0i_was_a_teenage_biblio...'s review
fiction historical literary short stories challenging informative slow-paced
The Empty Book by Josefina Vicens

The Empty Book

Josefina Vicens

155 pages • first pub 1958 (editions)

5.0i_was_a_teenage_biblio...'s review
fiction literary reflective slow-paced
Grieving: Dispatches from a Wounded Country by Cristina Rivera Garza

Grieving: Dispatches from a Wounded Country

Cristina Rivera Garza

168 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

5.0i_was_a_teenage_biblio...'s review
nonfiction politics challenging dark informative slow-paced
Liliana's Invincible Summer: A Sister's Search for Justice by Cristina Rivera Garza

Liliana's Invincible Summer: A Sister's Search for Justice

Cristina Rivera Garza

320 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0i_was_a_teenage_biblio...'s review
nonfiction feminism memoir emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Blow-up, and Other Stories by Julio Cortázar

Blow-up, and Other Stories

Julio Cortázar

288 pages • first pub 1968 (editions)

5.0i_was_a_teenage_biblio...'s review
fiction magical realism short stories challenging reflective slow-paced
All Down Darkness Wide by Seán Hewitt

All Down Darkness Wide

Seán Hewitt

234 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0i_was_a_teenage_biblio...'s review
nonfiction lgbtqia+ memoir emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Ways of Going Home by Alejandro Zambra

Ways of Going Home

Alejandro Zambra

160 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

5.0i_was_a_teenage_biblio...'s review
fiction contemporary reflective slow-paced
The Hour of the Star by Clarice Lispector

The Hour of the Star

Clarice Lispector

128 pages • first pub 1977 (editions)

5.0i_was_a_teenage_biblio...'s review
fiction literary dark reflective sad medium-paced
Didn't Nobody Give a Shit What Happened to Carlotta by James Hannaham

Didn't Nobody Give a Shit What Happened to Carlotta

James Hannaham

352 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0i_was_a_teenage_biblio...'s review
fiction lgbtqia+ dark emotional funny medium-paced
A Season on the Wind: Inside the World of Spring Migration by Kenn Kaufman

A Season on the Wind: Inside the World of Spring Migration

Kenn Kaufman

288 pages • missing pub info (editions)

5.0i_was_a_teenage_biblio...'s review
nonfiction nature science adventurous informative reflective slow-paced