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Austria 8
Clemens J. Setz
The Corpse
absurd - death - funny

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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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Germany 14
Antonia Baum
The Child
absurd - alienation - motherhood - surreal

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

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Italy 5
Giovanni Boccaccio
Roussillon’s heart
absurd - animals - classics

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Russia 2
absurd - funny - Russia - witty

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Italy 10
Giovanni Boccaccio
The Decameron: Day the Fifth, The Ninth Story
absurd - classics - love

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

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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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Czech Republic 6
Jaroslav Hašek
The Emperor Franz Joseph’s Portrait
absurd - classics - funny - history - political - witty

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