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USA 25
Elif Batuman
Summer in Samarkand
atmospheric - funny - journey - witty

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UK 5
Maurice Baring
From the Diary of Sherlock Holmes
classics - detective - funny - Great Britain - witty

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Russia 5
Daniil Kharms
An Unexpected Bender | The Cashier
absurd - communism - funny - political - satire - Soviet Russia - witty

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Spain 4
Antonio Ortuño
Masculinity
funny - manhood - witty

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Mexico 4
Juan Villoro
An Article of Faith
confession - funny - irony

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Israel 11
Alice Bialsky
Dance of the Swans
coming of age - communism - funny - music - witty

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Russia 18
Viktor Pelevin
The Origin of Species
absurd - funny - philosophy - speculative - witty

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USA 6
Richard Brautigan
1/3 1/3 1/3
American culture - the outskirts - witty - writing

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USA 11
Miranda July
Roy Spivey
American culture - atmospheric - funny - witty

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Russia 10
communism - funny - history - satire - Soviet Russia - surreal - witty - working class

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Israel 8
Tamar Merin
What You Looking at?
alienation - angst - motherhood - witty

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USA 16
Anthony Marra
The Last Words of Benito Picone
friendship - funny - loneliness - melancholy - witty

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