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If you loved The Slave by Isaac Bashevis Singer, this shelf of 24 books shares the same pull — rooted in German, European, Literary Criticism, and Classics.

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Shosha — Isaac Bashevis Singer

Isaac Bashevis Singer

Themes: German • European • Literary Criticism

Mozart’s Journey to Prague and Selected Poems — Eduard Mörike

Mozart’s Journey to Prague and Selected Poems

Themes: German • European • Literary Criticism

The Angelic Avengers — Isak Dinesen

The Angelic Avengers

Themes: German • European • Literary Criticism

Death in Venice — Thomas Mann

Death in Venice

Themes: German • European • Literary Criticism

Waves — Eduard von Keyserling

Eduard von Keyserling

Themes: German • European • Literary Criticism

The Caucasian Chalk Circle — Bertolt Brecht

The Caucasian Chalk Circle

Themes: German • European • Literary Criticism

Selected Writings — Alexander von Humboldt

Selected Writings

Alexander Von Humboldt

Themes: German • European • Literary Criticism

The Castle — Franz Kafka

Themes: German • European • Literary Criticism

Essays and Letters — Friedrich Hölderlin

Essays and Letters

Friedrich Hölderlin

Themes: German • European • Literary Criticism

Complete Plays, Lenz and Other Writings — Georg Buchner

Complete Plays, Lenz and Other Writings — Georg Buchner

Themes: German • European • Literary Criticism

The Poetic Edda The Mythological Poems — Henry Adams Bellows

The Poetic Edda The Mythological Poems

Henry Adams Bellows

Themes: German • European • Literary Criticism

Moominland Midwinter — Tove Jansson

Moominland Midwinter

Themes: German • European • Literary Criticism

American Progressives and German Social Reform, 1875-1920 Social Ethics, Moral Control, and the Regulatory State in a Transatlantic Context — Axel R. Schäfer

American Progressives and German Social Reform, 1875-1920 Social Ethics, Moral Control, and the Regulatory State in a Transatlantic Context

Axel R. Schäfer

Themes: German • European • Literary Criticism

Egil’s Saga — E. R. Eddison

Themes: German • European • Literary Criticism

The Visit of the Royal Physician — Per Olov Enquist

The Visit of the Royal Physician

Per Olov Enquist

Themes: German • European • Literary Criticism

In a Dark Wood Wandering A Novel of the Middle Ages — Hella S. Haasse

In a Dark Wood Wandering A Novel of the Middle Ages

Hella S. Haasse

Themes: German • European • Literary Criticism

Cassandra A Novel and Four Essays — Christa Wolf

Cassandra A Novel and Four Essays

Themes: German • European • Literary Criticism

Storm Birds — Einar Karason

Themes: German • European • Literary Criticism

Writing the Self, Writing the Nation Romantic Selfhood in the Works of Germaine de Staël and Claire de Duras — Stacie Allan

Writing the Self, Writing the Nation Romantic Selfhood in the Works of Germaine de Staël and Claire de Duras

Themes: German • European • Literary Criticism

De Guesen (1772) — Onno Zwier Van Haren

De Guesen (1772)

Onno Zwier Van Haren

Themes: German • European • Literary Criticism

The Red Count The Life and Times of Harry Kessler — Laird M. Easton

The Red Count The Life and Times of Harry Kessler

Laird M. Easton

Themes: German • European • Literary Criticism

The Orientalist In Search of a Man Caught Between East and West — Tom Reiss

The Orientalist In Search of a Man Caught Between East and West

Themes: German • European • Literary Criticism

Kafka’s Last Trial The Strange Case of a Literary Legacy — Benjamin Balint

Kafka’s Last Trial The Strange Case of a Literary Legacy

Benjamin Balint

Themes: German • European • Literary Criticism

Shadow Sister — Simone van der Vlugt

Simone van der Vlugt

Themes: German • European • Literary Criticism

A curated shelf of 24 read-alikes for The Slave by Isaac Bashevis Singer — spanning German, European, Literary Criticism and featuring authors such as Isaac Bashevis Singer, Eduard Mörike, Isak Dinesen, Thomas Mann, and others.

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