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Marshlands
by André Gide • 1895
To write about a man at peace with stagnation, a writer must confront his own paralysis.
3.58
1k+
Marshlands Summary
Marshlands 90%
To write about a man at peace with stagnation, a writer must confront his own paralysis.
by André Gide 1895
3.58
1k+ ratings
The Flowers of Evil
by Charles Baudelaire • 1857
Poems that find ecstasy in the gutter, hold you responsible, and turned despair into an art form.
4.19
82k+
The Flowers of Evil Summary
The Flowers of Evil 89%
Poems that find ecstasy in the gutter, hold you responsible, and turned despair into an art form.
by Charles Baudelaire 1857
4.19
82k+ ratings
Time Regained
by Marcel Proust • 1927
Friends wear masks of age. A stumble on broken stone restores a writer's lost past.
4.51
9k+
Time Regained Summary
Time Regained 89%
Friends wear masks of age. A stumble on broken stone restores a writer's lost past.
by Marcel Proust 1927
4.51
9k+ ratings
Nausea
by Jean-Paul Sartre • 1938
A historian's diary becomes a record of his unraveling as ordinary objects turn hostile and unreal.
3.93
142k+
Nausea Summary
Nausea 89%
A historian's diary becomes a record of his unraveling as ordinary objects turn hostile and unreal.
by Jean-Paul Sartre 1938
3.93
142k+ ratings
The Fruits of the Earth
by André Gide • 1897
A mentor urges his disciple to shed every belief and taste the world raw.
3.68
4k+
The Fruits of the Earth Summary
The Fruits of the Earth 89%
A mentor urges his disciple to shed every belief and taste the world raw.
by André Gide 1897
3.68
4k+ ratings
Swann’s Way
by Marcel Proust • 1913
A madeleine dipped in tea brings back his boyhood village and a neighbor's consuming obsession.
4.16
70k+
Swann’s Way Summary
Swann’s Way 89%
A madeleine dipped in tea brings back his boyhood village and a neighbor's consuming obsession.
by Marcel Proust 1913
4.16
70k+ ratings
The Counterfeiters
by André Gide • 1925
Learning he's a bastard, a student flees his bourgeois life and stumbles into a novelist's fiction.
3.83
10k+
The Counterfeiters Summary
The Counterfeiters 89%
Learning he's a bastard, a student flees his bourgeois life and stumbles into a novelist's fiction.
by André Gide 1925
3.83
10k+ ratings
Tropic of Cancer
by Henry Miller • 1934
A broke American drifts through Paris, turning hunger, sex, and failure into an ecstatic howl.
3.65
79k+
Tropic of Cancer Summary
Tropic of Cancer 89%
A broke American drifts through Paris, turning hunger, sex, and failure into an ecstatic howl.
by Henry Miller 1934
3.65
79k+ ratings
Lyrical and Critical Essays
by Albert Camus • 1970
Poverty and sunlight taught Camus a philosophy without resentment. These essays are its laboratory.
4.31
1k+
Lyrical and Critical Essays Summary
Lyrical and Critical Essays 89%
Poverty and sunlight taught Camus a philosophy without resentment. These essays are its laboratory.
by Albert Camus 1970
4.31
1k+ ratings
La Belle Époque
by Michel Winock • 2002
Cubism blazed in Paris while France panicked about its birth rate and armed for war.
3.70
40
La Belle Époque Summary
La Belle Époque 89%
Cubism blazed in Paris while France panicked about its birth rate and armed for war.
by Michel Winock 2002
3.70
40 ratings
Identity
by Milan Kundera • 1997
A woman who believes men no longer see her receives anonymous letters insisting she is beautiful.
3.69
34k+
Identity Summary
Identity 89%
A woman who believes men no longer see her receives anonymous letters insisting she is beautiful.
by Milan Kundera 1997
3.69
34k+ ratings
Life
by Georges Perec • 1978
A Paris building, room by room. A man paints seascapes just to erase them.
4.17
10k+
Life Summary
Life 88%
A Paris building, room by room. A man paints seascapes just to erase them.
by Georges Perec 1978
4.17
10k+ ratings
Immortality
by Milan Kundera • 1990
A novelist sees a woman wave at a pool. He invents Agnes, who yearns to disappear.
4.14
43k+
Immortality Summary
Immortality 88%
A novelist sees a woman wave at a pool. He invents Agnes, who yearns to disappear.
by Milan Kundera 1990
4.14
43k+ ratings
Sentimental Education
by Gustave Flaubert • 1869
Paris, the 1840s. A young dreamer falls for a married woman and never quite recovers.
3.81
25k+
Sentimental Education Summary
Sentimental Education 88%
Paris, the 1840s. A young dreamer falls for a married woman and never quite recovers.
by Gustave Flaubert 1869
3.81
25k+ ratings
Değişim
by Michel Butor • 1957
Aboard the Rome express, a husband plans to leave his wife. Hours alone test his resolve.
3.57
1k+
Değişim Summary
Değişim 88%
Aboard the Rome express, a husband plans to leave his wife. Hours alone test his resolve.
by Michel Butor 1957
3.57
1k+ ratings
Le troisième mensonge
by Ágota Kristóf • 1991
Returning home to die, an exile's search for his twin unravels a lifetime of deceptions.
4.04
7k+
Le troisième mensonge Summary
Le troisième mensonge 88%
Returning home to die, an exile's search for his twin unravels a lifetime of deceptions.
by Ágota Kristóf 1991
4.04
7k+ ratings
The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas
by Gertrude Stein • 1933
Alice Toklas meets Gertrude Stein in 1907 Paris, entering the salon where modern art was born.
3.54
14k+
The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas Summary
The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas 88%
Alice Toklas meets Gertrude Stein in 1907 Paris, entering the salon where modern art was born.
by Gertrude Stein 1933
3.54
14k+ ratings
The Logic of Sense
by Gilles Deleuze • 1969
Sense is not a thing but an event, a surface effect where language meets the world.
4.29
1k+
The Logic of Sense Summary
The Logic of Sense 88%
Sense is not a thing but an event, a surface effect where language meets the world.
by Gilles Deleuze 1969
4.29
1k+ ratings
Simulacra and Simulation
by Jean Baudrillard • 1981
What's left of reality when the map no longer copies the territory but creates it?
4.00
17k+
Simulacra and Simulation Summary
Simulacra and Simulation 88%
What's left of reality when the map no longer copies the territory but creates it?
by Jean Baudrillard 1981
4.00
17k+ ratings
What Is Existentialism?
by Simone de Beauvoir • 1944
No fixed nature, no cosmic plan, no excuses: what existentialism actually says about being human.
3.91
2k+
What Is Existentialism? Summary
What Is Existentialism? 88%
No fixed nature, no cosmic plan, no excuses: what existentialism actually says about being human.
by Simone de Beauvoir 1944
3.91
2k+ ratings
Writing and Difference
by Jacques Derrida • 1967
Structuralism loved the architecture of texts. One philosopher asked where the energy went.
4.00
8k+
Writing and Difference Summary
Writing and Difference 88%
Structuralism loved the architecture of texts. One philosopher asked where the energy went.
by Jacques Derrida 1967
4.00
8k+ ratings
Água Viva
by Clarice Lispector • 2012
A painter writes, chasing the instant that is always now and already gone.
4.25
26k+
Água Viva Summary
Água Viva 88%
A painter writes, chasing the instant that is always now and already gone.
by Clarice Lispector 2012
4.25
26k+ ratings
The Erasers
by Alain Robbe-Grillet • 1953
A detective hunts a killer through a maze of canals, unaware the victim faked his death.
3.77
2k+
The Erasers Summary
The Erasers 88%
A detective hunts a killer through a maze of canals, unaware the victim faked his death.
by Alain Robbe-Grillet 1953
3.77
2k+ ratings
In Praise of Risk
by Anne Dufourmantelle • 2011
To avoid risk is to refuse life. A philosopher's argument for love, beauty, and freedom.
4.12
613
In Praise of Risk Summary
In Praise of Risk 88%
To avoid risk is to refuse life. A philosopher's argument for love, beauty, and freedom.
by Anne Dufourmantelle 2011
4.12
613 ratings
The Words
by Jean-Paul Sartre • 1963
Philosopher's childhood: every gesture staged for adults, every written word a bid for freedom.
3.73
10k+
The Words Summary
The Words 88%
Philosopher's childhood: every gesture staged for adults, every written word a bid for freedom.
by Jean-Paul Sartre 1963
3.73
10k+ ratings
Being and Nothingness
by Jean-Paul Sartre • 1943
Consciousness is a hole in being. What pours through is freedom, and it terrifies us.
3.99
35k+
Being and Nothingness Summary
Being and Nothingness 88%
Consciousness is a hole in being. What pours through is freedom, and it terrifies us.
by Jean-Paul Sartre 1943
3.99
35k+ ratings
Scaffolding
by Lauren Elkin • 2024
In Paris, a grieving analyst falls for her neighbor's boyfriend: her own first love.
3.63
6k+
Scaffolding Summary
Scaffolding 88%
In Paris, a grieving analyst falls for her neighbor's boyfriend: her own first love.
by Lauren Elkin 2024
3.63
6k+ ratings
Le suicide français
by Éric Zemmour • 2014
France did not fall. It dismantled itself, one law at a time, over forty years.
3.51
294
Le suicide français Summary
Le suicide français 88%
France did not fall. It dismantled itself, one law at a time, over forty years.
by Éric Zemmour 2014
3.51
294 ratings
L'Homme qui n'aimait plus les chats
by Isabelle Aupy • 2018
Island cats vanish; a man gets a leashed 'cat' and must choose: conformity or quiet rebellion.
3.75
1k+
L'Homme qui n'aimait plus les chats Summary
L'Homme qui n'aimait plus les chats 88%
Island cats vanish; a man gets a leashed 'cat' and must choose: conformity or quiet rebellion.
by Isabelle Aupy 2018
3.75
1k+ ratings
Bel-Ami
by Guy de Maupassant • 1885
Georges Duroy has no money and no morals, just the most useful face in Paris.
3.86
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Bel-Ami Summary
Bel-Ami 88%
Georges Duroy has no money and no morals, just the most useful face in Paris.
by Guy de Maupassant 1885
3.86
50k+ ratings
A Thousand Plateaus
by Gilles Deleuze • 1980
All of Western thought is a tree. Two French philosophers found the off-switch: the root network.
4.33
7k+
A Thousand Plateaus Summary
A Thousand Plateaus 88%
All of Western thought is a tree. Two French philosophers found the off-switch: the root network.
by Gilles Deleuze 1980
4.33
7k+ ratings
Métaphysique des tubes
by Amélie Nothomb • 2000
A Belgian infant in Japan stays mute for two years. White chocolate awakens a furious consciousness.
3.98
26k+
Métaphysique des tubes Summary
Métaphysique des tubes 88%
A Belgian infant in Japan stays mute for two years. White chocolate awakens a furious consciousness.
by Amélie Nothomb 2000
3.98
26k+ ratings
That Mad Ache
by Françoise Sagan • 1965
A kept woman in Paris trades comfort for passion and discovers the price of wanting more.
3.99
2k+
That Mad Ache Summary
That Mad Ache 88%
A kept woman in Paris trades comfort for passion and discovers the price of wanting more.
by Françoise Sagan 1965
3.99
2k+ ratings
Peasants Into Frenchmen
by Eugen Weber • 1976
They didn't speak French or feel French. Roads, schools, and barracks turned them into Frenchmen.
4.28
403
Peasants Into Frenchmen Summary
Peasants Into Frenchmen 88%
They didn't speak French or feel French. Roads, schools, and barracks turned them into Frenchmen.
by Eugen Weber 1976
4.28
403 ratings
The Ethics of Ambiguity
by Simone de Beauvoir • 1947
Freedom is never just your own: the only genuine ethics is to will it for everyone.
4.17
8k+
The Ethics of Ambiguity Summary
The Ethics of Ambiguity 88%
Freedom is never just your own: the only genuine ethics is to will it for everyone.
by Simone de Beauvoir 1947
4.17
8k+ ratings
The Walnut Trees of Altenburg
by André Malraux • 1989
A prisoner in Chartres Cathedral traces his family through two wars to ask what remains human.
3.58
102
The Walnut Trees of Altenburg Summary
The Walnut Trees of Altenburg 88%
A prisoner in Chartres Cathedral traces his family through two wars to ask what remains human.
by André Malraux 1989
3.58
102 ratings
Discovering the Hidden Wisdom of the Little Prince
by Pierre Lassus • 2014
Beneath the fable, a secret self-portrait: his wife in the rose, his despair in the desert.
3.31
51
Discovering the Hidden Wisdom of the Little Prince Summary
Discovering the Hidden Wisdom of the Little Prince 88%
Beneath the fable, a secret self-portrait: his wife in the rose, his despair in the desert.
by Pierre Lassus 2014
3.31
51 ratings
Interventions 2020
by Michel Houellebecq • 2020
A provocateur on religion's sudden return, America's exit from power, and hell's disappearance.
3.57
579
Interventions 2020 Summary
Interventions 2020 87%
A provocateur on religion's sudden return, America's exit from power, and hell's disappearance.
by Michel Houellebecq 2020
3.57
579 ratings
The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays
by Albert Camus • 1942
The only real philosophical question is suicide. The answer is not hope, but revolt.
4.21
66k+
The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays Summary
The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays 87%
The only real philosophical question is suicide. The answer is not hope, but revolt.
by Albert Camus 1942
4.21
66k+ ratings
Passwords
by Jean Baudrillard • 2000
We mapped the world so completely that we erased it. The simulation is all that remains.
3.75
418
Passwords Summary
Passwords 87%
We mapped the world so completely that we erased it. The simulation is all that remains.
by Jean Baudrillard 2000
3.75
418 ratings
Anti-Oedipus
by Gilles Deleuze • 1972
Desire produces, not pursues. Oedipus is how society tames it.
4.18
9k+
Anti-Oedipus Summary
Anti-Oedipus 87%
Desire produces, not pursues. Oedipus is how society tames it.
by Gilles Deleuze 1972
4.18
9k+ ratings
Vidas imaginarias
by Marcel Schwob • 1896
Twenty-two brief lives at the edge of myth, where philosophers vanish and arsonists become immortal.
3.98
1k+
Vidas imaginarias Summary
Vidas imaginarias 87%
Twenty-two brief lives at the edge of myth, where philosophers vanish and arsonists become immortal.
by Marcel Schwob 1896
3.98
1k+ ratings
The First Man
by Albert Camus • 1994
A fatherless boy in Algiers. A silent mother. A teacher who sees what he could become.
3.96
12k+
The First Man Summary
The First Man 87%
A fatherless boy in Algiers. A silent mother. A teacher who sees what he could become.
by Albert Camus 1994
3.96
12k+ ratings
Lost Illusions
by Honoré de Balzac • 1843
Parisian journalism seduces a young poet, turning his talent into a weapon that destroys his family.
4.16
13k+
Lost Illusions Summary
Lost Illusions 87%
Parisian journalism seduces a young poet, turning his talent into a weapon that destroys his family.
by Honoré de Balzac 1843
4.16
13k+ ratings
The Diaries of Franz Kafka
by Franz Kafka • 2023
Kafka's diaries: the body hatred, the office dread, the nights his fiction tried to escape.
4.28
577
The Diaries of Franz Kafka Summary
The Diaries of Franz Kafka 87%
Kafka's diaries: the body hatred, the office dread, the nights his fiction tried to escape.
by Franz Kafka 2023
4.28
577 ratings
The Bonjour Effect
by Julie Barlow • 2016
Knowing the language isn't enough. The real test is the invisible rules behind every greeting.
3.90
2k+
The Bonjour Effect Summary
The Bonjour Effect 87%
Knowing the language isn't enough. The real test is the invisible rules behind every greeting.
by Julie Barlow 2016
3.90
2k+ ratings
Entre les murs
by François Bégaudeau • 2007
He teaches French in a Parisian middle school where every lesson turns into a negotiation.
3.06
1k+
Entre les murs Summary
Entre les murs 87%
He teaches French in a Parisian middle school where every lesson turns into a negotiation.
by François Bégaudeau 2007
3.06
1k+ ratings
Le Rivage des Syrtes
by Julien Gracq • 1951
On a dead sea, a restless young officer guards a war three centuries silent.
4.01
2k+
Le Rivage des Syrtes Summary
Le Rivage des Syrtes 87%
On a dead sea, a restless young officer guards a war three centuries silent.
by Julien Gracq 1951
4.01
2k+ ratings
How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read
by Pierre Bayard • 2020
Not reading is a creative strategy, not a failure. A French critic makes the case.
3.44
5k+
How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read Summary
How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read 87%
Not reading is a creative strategy, not a failure. A French critic makes the case.
by Pierre Bayard 2020
3.44
5k+ ratings
Letters on Cézanne
by Rainer Maria Rilke • 1907
One poet's letters on Cézanne: how seeing becomes the artist's hardest and most honest work.
4.16
957
Letters on Cézanne Summary
Letters on Cézanne 87%
One poet's letters on Cézanne: how seeing becomes the artist's hardest and most honest work.
by Rainer Maria Rilke 1907
4.16
957 ratings
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