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Argentina 16
Matías Capelli
You’re Only Bleeding
alienation - family - loneliness - relationships

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

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Uruguay 6
classics - father and son - horror - suspense

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Israel 13
Mira Magen
Will Somebody Please Shut the Gate
childhood - depression - madness - memories - mother and daughter

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Scotland 10
Robert Louis Stevenson
Husband and Wife
journey - love - relationships

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France 4
Mathias Énard
The Last Charge of the Russian Cossacks
existentialism - writing

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USA 28
Edgar Allan Poe
The Fall of the House of Usher
atmospheric - classics - Gothic - horror - suspense

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Uruguay 10
Horacio Quiroga
The Decapitated Chicken
classics - family - horror - realism

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Bolivia 6
family - father and son - introspective - journey

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Germany 13
divorce - family - indifference - relationships

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Germany 16
Saša Stanišić
The Great Illusion at Klingenreiter Lumber Sawmill and Woodworking Import Export
family - friendship - loneliness - relationships

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Germany 22
Michael Lentz
Motherdeath
death - melancholy - mother and son - sickness

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