Defenestration of the Finest

Explore the Defenestration of the Finest—a curated list of top books about defenestration, from historical accounts to thrilling fiction. Discover must-reads on this dramatic act.

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Journey to the End of the Night

by Louis-Ferdinand Céline

A nihilistic petit-bougeois named Bardamu opens his medical practice in the slums of suburban Paris.
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Thus Spake Zarathustra

by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

The author uses the ancient Persian religious leader, Zarathustra (or Zoroaster) to voice his own views, including the introduction of the controversial doctrine of the …
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Mardi Gras in the Moment

by Jason Bentsman

The world has waited decades for a new anti-hero in American fiction, a character who prophesizes the pettiness of American social life at the beginning …
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The Glass Bead Game

by Hermann Hesse

Setting his story in the distant, post-Holocaust future, Hesse tells of an elite cult of intellectuals occupying themselves with an elaborate game that employs all …
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The Selected Poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke

by Rainer Maria Rilke

"This miracle of a book, perhaps the most beautiful group of poetic translations this century has ever produced," (Chicago Tribune) should stand as the definitive …
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Waiting for Godot

 

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Steppenwolf

by Hermann Hesse

An autobiographical novel featuring Harry Haller in "an experimental mix of symbolism, realism, and fantasy."--Cover.
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Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead

by Tom Stoppard

Acclaimed as a modern dramatic masterpiece, Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead is the fabulously inventive tale of Hamlet as told from the worm's-eve view of …
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Two Novels

by Alain Robbe-Grillet

Jealousy: "In a tropical jungle overlooking a banana plantation, a jealous husband is obsessed by his suspicion of adultery between his wife and his neighbor. …
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In Search of Lost Time

by Marcel Proust

The first installment of the French author's multivolume autobiographical novel, originally published in 1913, in which he recalls his childhood and first infatuation.