English
Germany 10
absurd - childhood - Freudian - psychological - surreal

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Germany 6
Jan Snela
Milkface
breakup - funny - introspective - witty

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Russia 5
Leonid Andreyev
On the Day of the Crucifixion
absurd - classics - funny - speculative - witty

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

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Russia 10
Daniil Kharms
How the Old Woman Tried to Buy Ink
absurd - communism - old age - writing

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El Salvador 4
absurd - childhood - female authors - Freudian - surreal

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USA 24
Edgar Allan Poe
The Pit and the Pendulum
classics - dark - Gothic - horror - macabre

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

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Russia 34
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
The Dream of a Ridiculous Man
classics - despair - melancholy - Russia - surreal

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Spain 10
Eloy Tizón
About the Wedding
atmospheric - friendship - journey

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Peru 4
Gothic - horror - mystery - orient - political

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Argentina 13
César Aira
The Dog
allegory - existentialism - psychological - suspense

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