English
Canada 2
Sheila Heti
The Girl Who Planted Flowers
coming of age - contemporary - female authors - humor

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USA 3
divorce - existential - humor - love - relationships

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Russia 25
dark humor - Russian literature - satire

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Argentina 2
dark humor - family - marriage

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UK 4
Saki
The Open Window
dark humor - satire

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Sweden 7
Jonas Hassen Khemiri
An Attempt at Nuclear Physics
absurd - love - marriage - mystery - relationships - writing

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UK 16
Rodge Glass
59 Places to Fuck in Arizona
contemporary - funny - love - traveling

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Romania 21
coming of age - funny - love

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Germany 4
Georg Klein
A Dwarf’s Tale
Freudian - funny - speculative

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UK 7
Oscar Wilde
The Model Millionaire
class-gap - classics - Great Britain - irony - witty

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Israel 8
Tasha Karluka
Being Frosya Shneerson (Chapter 6)
coming of age - contemporary - family - female authors - funny - relationships - Soviet Russia

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Sweden 31
Jonas Karlsson
Getting Ahead
absurd - loneliness - madness - psychological - surreal - suspense

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