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Israel 11
Uzi Weil
Another Love Story
Arab-Israeli - funny - holocaust - political - satire - witty

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USA 16
O. Henry
The Ransom of Red Chief
American culture - classics - funny - irony

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USA 19
Jonathan Lethem
Pending Vegan
American culture - fatherhood - funny - introspective - witty

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Russia 6
Mikhail Zoshchenko
Poverty | The Galosh
absurd - funny - history - satire - Soviet Russia - working class

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Spain 5
Matías Candeira
What’s Wrong, Honey?
fatherhood - love - marriage

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Ireland 10
Jonathan Swift
A Modest Proposal
classics - funny - history - poverty - satire - witty

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Mexico 13
Fabio Morábito
The Forbidden Doors
funny - loneliness - voyeurism - writing

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Italy 9
Luigi Pirandello
You’re Laughing
classics - funny - marriage

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Spain 6
Antonio Ortuño
The Japanese Garden
funny - memories - unrequited love - witty

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Argentina 9
Diego Vecchio
The Tobacco Man
addiction - funny - irony - witty - writing

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Argentina 7
Samanta Schweblin
Father Christmas Spends the Night
childhood - Christmas - divorce - funny - irony - plot twist

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Spain 9
Jorge Ibargüengoitia
The Woman Who Wouldn’t
affair - femme fatale - funny - irony - manhood - witty

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