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Coriander, Meandering Slanderer
$19.99 Add to cartDink Flapple, former boy-wonder and man-child of late, embarks on a metaphysical journey that defies all reason, unwittingly proving witlessness wise in matters space-time, interplanetary travel, and,
- Author: Chandler, Luke
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 110
- Publish Date: June 07 2023
- ISBN10: 9798218174453
- Language: English
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The Nonexistent Knight
$18.99 Add to cartAn empty suit of armor is the hero in this witty novella, a picaresque gem–now available in an independent volume for the first time–that brilliantly parodies medieval knighthood.
Set in the time o- Author: Calvino, Italo
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: August 15 2017
- ISBN10: 0544959108
- Language: English
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The Cloven Viscount
$18.99 Add to cartIn this fantastically macabre tale, the separate halves of a nobleman split in two by a cannonball go on to pursue their own independent adventures
In a battle against the Turks, Viscount Medardo of- Author: Calvino, Italo
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: August 15 2017
- ISBN10: 0544960068
- Language: English
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Nadja
$18.00 Add to cart“Nadja, ” originally published in France in 1928, is the first and perhaps best Surrealist romance ever written, a book which defined that movement’s attitude toward everyday life.
The principal narra- Author: Breton, André
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: January 11 1994
- ISBN10: 0802150268
- Language: English
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Sweet Sweet Revenge Ltd
$18.99 Add to cartThe beloved author of The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared returns with an enchanting adventure that skewers the greed and hypocrisy that dominates our time and holds
- Author: Jonasson, Jonas
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: May 09 2023
- ISBN10: 0063072165
- Language: English
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The Skin of Dreams
$16.95 Add to cartIn this delightful, cinema-inspired daydream of a novel, an identity-shifting protagonist uses the everyday inspirations of his life to catapult himself into the realm of imagination, blurring the bou… [more below]
- Author: Queneau, Raymond
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: January 30 2024
- ISBN10: 1681377705
- Language: English
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It Lasts Forever and Then It’s Over
$15.95 Add to cartThis third perspective on myself is disconcerting.
The heroine of the spare and haunting It Lasts Forever and Then It’s Over is voraciously alive in the afterlife. Adrift yet keenly aware, she notes
- Author: de Marcken, Anne
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: March 05 2024
- ISBN10: 0811237850
- Language: English
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One’s Company
$16.95 Add to cartBonnie Lincoln just wants to be left alone. To come home from work, shut out the ghosts of some devastating losses, and unwind in front of the nostalgic, golden glow of her favorite TV show, Three’s C
- Author: Hutson, Ashley
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: June 14 2022
- ISBN10: 0393866645
- Language: English
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The First Man
$18.00 Add to cartFrom the Nobel Prize-winning author comes the story of Jacques Cormery, a boy who lived a life much like his own, with the sights, sounds and textures of a childhood steeped in poverty and a father’s … [more below]
- Series: Vintage International
- Author: Camus, Albert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: August 06 1996
- ISBN10: 0679768165
- Language: English
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Walter Benjamin Stares at the Sea
$19.99 Read more“A book that belongs on the same shelf as Italo Calvino’s “If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler, ” Nabokov’s “Pale Fire“, and several works by Zoran Zivkovic, Stanislaw Lem and David Markson.” — Michael
- Author: Rose, C. D.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: January 23, 2024
- ISBN10: 1685890849
- Language: English
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Life Ceremony: Stories
$25.00 Read moreThe long-awaited first short story-collection by the author of the cult sensation Convenience Store Woman, tales of weird love, heartfelt friendships, and the unsettling nature of human existence
With … [more below]
- Author: Murata, Sayaka
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: July 05 2022
- ISBN10: 0802159583
- Language: English
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Vulgarian Rhapsody
$16.00 Read moreA whirlwind tour of San Francisco’s fabled queer bohemia in the waning days of the 20th century, as the city’s budget bon vivants work to save their eccentric lifestyles in the face of tech gentrifica
- Author: Orloff, Alvin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 212
- Publish Date: October 17 2023
- ISBN10: 1953103383
- Language: English
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The Country Will Bring Us No Peace
$17.95 Read moreONE OF BOOK RIOT‘S “20 MUST-READ HORROR BOOKS YOU’VE NEVER HEARD OF”
Simon and Marie can’t seem to have a baby. And so they flee the city for an idyllic village, where things will certainly be better.
- Author: Simard, Matthieu
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: September 17 2019
- ISBN10: 1552453936
- Language: English
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Pure Cosmos Club
$19.99 Add to cartIn this biting satire, Matthew Binder takes surreal aim at the poses and pretensions of high art and fashion. With ruthless wit, Binder chronicles the struggles of Paul, an eccentric artist, and his c… [more below]
- Author: Binder, Matthew
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: May 15 2023
- ISBN10: 173691281X
- Language: English
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Pale Fire: Introduction by Richard Rorty
$32.00 Add to cartOne of The Atlantic‘s Great American Novels of the Past 100 Years
The urbane authority that Vladimir Nabokov brought to every word he ever wrote, and the ironic amusement he cultivated in response to- Series: Everyman’s Library Contemporary Classics
- Author: Nabokov, Vladimir
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 280
- Publish Date: March 10 1992
- ISBN10: 0679410775
- Language: English
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The Threat
$28.99 Add to cartDripping with voice, The Threat is a hilariously relatable story of self-doubt, aging, and frustration. Literary yet accessible, Stein’s story explores what happens when the only way you can live is b… [more below]
- Author: Stein, Nathaniel
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: January 16 2024
- ISBN10: 1684429692
- Language: English
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La Insoportable Levedad del Ser / The Unbearable Lightness of Being
$15.95 Add to cartUna brillante disección del amor que se ha convertido en uno de los grandes hitos de la literatura contemporánea.
Más de 1.000.000 de ejemplares vendidos. Un clásico de la novela contemporánea.
La insop
- Author: Kundera, Milan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: August 30, 2022
- ISBN10: 6070788885
- Language: Spanish
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The Trial
$13.95 Add to cartOne of the great works of the twentieth century, Kafka’s The Trial has been read as a study of political power, a pessimistic religious parable, or a crime novel where the accused man is himself the p
- Series: Oxford World’s Classics (Paperback)
- Author: Kafka, Franz
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: October 04, 2009
- ISBN10: 0199238294
- Language: English
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The Belan Deck
$14.99 Add to cartBelan is the CEO and he needs this PowerPoint deck asap. The narrator, however, just wants to fly home – and he might not deliver what Belan is expecting. Set mostly during a delay at SFO, The Belan D
- Author: Bucher, Matt
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 124
- Publish Date: May 1, 2023
- ISBN10: 9798888623428
- Language: English
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Revenge of the Scapegoat
$16.95 Add to cartFrom the author of Blackfishing the IUD, a darkly hilarious novel about familial trauma, chronic illness, academic labor, and contemporary art.
In the tradition of Rabelais, Swift, and Fran Ross–the- Author: Beilin, Caren
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: April 12 2022
- ISBN10: 194898007X
- Language: English
