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“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 Dirda, The Washington Post
A collection of entrancing literary fables from an underrated master of the…
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One of the most delightful and memorable short story collections I have ever read. The author creates a kind of alternative European world that is at once surreal and vividly realised. By focusing on bizarre events and strange quests to discover some ultimate truth, and employing an inventive approach to narrative, the author does indeed capture something of the evanescent nature of reality. Often satirical, frequently poignant, these stories are always engrossing, and the collection as a whole is a stylistic tour de force.
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