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Germany 5
Peter Bichsel
The Man Who No Longer Wanted to Know Anything
absurd - contemplative - funny - philosophy - witty

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Catalonia 11
Jordi Nopca
Engagement Ring
love - old age - pets - relationships - witty

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Russia 2
absurd - funny - Russia - witty

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Germany 11
Volker Zastrow
A Protracted Evening. The Art of the Japanese Writer Yasushi Inoue
contemplative - funny - witty - writing

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Germany 5
Arno Schmidt
Drummer for the Czar
funny - history - urban - witty - writing

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Germany 20
Philipp Schönthaler
Your Microwave
alienation - contemplative - epistolary - funny - witty

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Hungary 8
István Örkény
One Minute Stories
existentialism - funny - philosophy - witty - writing

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USA 12
Mark Twain
Eve’s Diary
classics - funny - religion - satire - witty

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Russia 17
Nikolai Leskov
The Spirit of Madame de Genlis (A Spiritualistic Occurrence)
classics - funny - ghosts - Russia - speculative - witty

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Israel 6
Shoham Smith
Guadeloupe
absurd - funny - office life - witty - women oppression

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Spain 7
Miguel de Unamuno
Batrachophiles and Batrachophobes
absurd - classics - funny - political - satire

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Czech Republic 4
Jaroslav Hašek
How I Met the Author of My Obituary
classics - funny - macabre - satire - witty

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