Absurdist
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Spaceman of Bohemia
$17.99 Add to cartAn intergalactic odyssey of love, ambition, and self-discovery.
Orphaned as a boy, raised in the Czech countryside by his doting grandparents, Jakub Prochv zka has risen from small-time scientist to- Author: Kalfar, Jaroslav
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: February 20, 2018
- ISBN10: 0316273449
- Language: English
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Norwood
$18.00 Add to cartNorwood, #1 New York Times bestselling author Charles Portis’s first novel, displayed right out of the gate the wit, style, and singular voice that made him one of our great American writers.
“A grea- Author: Portis, Charles
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: August 01 1999
- ISBN10: 0879517034
- Language: English
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Trout Fishing in America
$18.99 Add to cartINTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER. A book “that has very little to do with trout fishing and a lot to do with the lamenting of a passing pastoral America . . . an instant cult classic” (Financial Times).
Richar… [more below]
- Author: Brautigan, Richard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: January 19 2010
- ISBN10: 0547255276
- Language: English
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I Fear My Pain Interests You
$19.95 Read moreA punky, raw novel of millenial disaffection, trauma and 1960s cinema
Margot is the child of renowned musicians and the product of a particularly punky upbringing. Burnt-out from the burden of expectat
- Author: Lacava, Stephanie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: September 27 2022
- ISBN10: 1839766026
- Language: English
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The Hearing Trumpet
$16.95 Add to cartAn old woman enters into a fantastical world of dreams and nightmares in this surrealist classic admired by Bj rk and Luis Bu uel.
Leonora Carrington, painter, playwright, and novelist, was a surreali- Author: Carrington, Leonora
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: January 05, 2021
- ISBN10: 1681374641
- Language: English
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The Masters of Atlantis
$19.00 Add to cartMasters of Atlantis is a cockeyed journey into an America of misfits and con men, oddballs, and innocents, by one of America’s most respected novelists, #1New York Times bestselling author Charles Por… [more below]
- Author: Portis, Charles
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: March 01 2000
- ISBN10: 1585670219
- Language: English
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Life Ceremony: Stories
$17.00 Add to cartThe 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
- Author: Murata, Sayaka
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: May 02, 2023
- ISBN10: 0802161340
- Language: English
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Terminal Boredom: Stories
$19.95 Add to cartNamed a Most Anticipated Book of 2021 by Thrillist, The Millions, Frieze, and Metropolis Japan
The first English language publication of the work of Izumi Suzuki, a legend of Japanese science fiction- Author: Suzuki, Izumi
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: January 01, 1970
- ISBN10: 1788739884
- Language: English
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The Complete Stories of Leonora Carrington
$18.00 Add to cart“Complete Stories, a collection of Carrington’s published and unpublished short stories–many newly translated from their original French and Spanish–is a terrific introduction to her bizarre, dreaml… [more below]
- Author: Carrington, Leonora
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 232
- Publish Date: April 28 2017
- ISBN10: 0997366648
- Language: English
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Piglet
$27.99 Read moreA New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice
An elegant, razor-sharp debut about women’s ambitions and appetites–and the truth about having it all Outside of a childhood ni
A Belletrist Book Club Pick- Author: Hazell, Lottie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: February 27 2024
- ISBN10: 125028984X
- Language: English
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Happy Death
$17.00 Add to cartThe first novel from the Nobel Prize-winning author lays the foundation for The Stranger, telling the story of an Algerian clerk who kills a man in cold blood.
In A Happy Death, written when Albert Ca… [more below]- Series: Vintage International
- Author: Camus, Albert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: August 29 1995
- ISBN10: 0679764003
- Language: English
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The Hole
$14.95 Add to cartAsa’s husband is transferring jobs, and his new office is located near his family’s home in the countryside. During an exceptionally hot summer, the young married couple move in, and Asa does her best… [more below]
- Author: Oyamada, Hiroko
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: October 06 2020
- ISBN10: 0811228878
- Language: English
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The Factory
$14.95 Add to cartThe English-language debut of one of Japan’s most exciting new writers, The Factory follows three workers at a sprawling industrial factory. Each worker focuses intently on the specific task they’ve b
- Author: Oyamada, Hiroko
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: October 29 2019
- ISBN10: 0811228851
- Language: English
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The Castle: A New Translation Based on the Restored Text
$17.00 Add to cartFrom the author of The Metamorphosis and The Trial–one of the greatest writers of the twentieth century–the haunting tale of K.’s relentless, unavailing struggle with an inscrutable authority in ord… [more below]
- Series: Schocken Kafka Library
- Author: Kafka, Franz
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: December 15 1998
- ISBN10: 0805211063
- Language: English
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Pale Fire
$19.00 Add to cartA darkly comic novel of suspense, literary idolatry and one-upmanship, and political intrigue from one of the leading writers of the twentieth century, the acclaimed author of Lolita.
“Half-poem, half- Series: Vintage International
- Author: Nabokov, Vladimir
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: April 23 1989
- ISBN10: 0679723420
- Language: English
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Y/N
$26.00 Read moreFinalist for the 2023 Center for Fiction First Novel Prize
New York Times Book Review Notable Book of 2023
New York Times 2023 Critics’ Pick
New Yorker Best Book of 2023 (Essential Read)
NPR Best Book of … [more below]- Author: Yi, Esther
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: March 21 2023
- ISBN10: 1662601530
- Language: English
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Harold
$26.00 Read moreA uniquely humorous and deeply profound novel from a legendary stand-up comedian that follows the thoughts of a 1960s third grader during a single day at school.
Steven Wright is one of the most signi- Author: Wright, Steven
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: May 16 2023
- ISBN10: 1668022699
- Language: English
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Carnality
$18.99 Add to cartIn this latest novel from the award-winning author of The Polyglot Lovers, a writer searching for inspiration in Spain goes on a darkly comic, delightfully absurd journey through an underground societ… [more below]
- Author: Wolff, Lina
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: July 19 2022
- ISBN10: 1635420741
- Language: English
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Heart of a Dog
$18.00 Add to cartI first read Mikhail Bulgakov’s The Master and Margarita on a balcony of the Hotel Metropole in Saigon on three summer evenings in 1971. The tropical air was heavy and full of the smells of cordite an
- Author: Bulgakov, Mikhail
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 84
- Publish Date: January 21, 1994
- ISBN10: 0802150594
- Language: English
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The Seep
$16.00 Add to cartA 2021 Lambda Literary Award Finalist
“A unique alien invasion story that focuses on the human and the myriad ways we see and don’t see our own world. Mesmerizing.”
–Jeff VanderMeer A blend of searin- Author: Porter, Chana
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 216
- Publish Date: December 08 2020
- ISBN10: 1641292156
- Language: English
