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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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Germany 14
Matthias Brandt
Nowhere Else
childhood - class-gap - funny - memories - witty

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Austria 11
Hugo von Hofmannsthal
An Episode in the Life of Marshal de Bassompierre
atmospheric - classics - funny - history - lust - sex - witty

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

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Germany 9
depression - friendship - funny - psychological

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

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USA 18
Elizabeth McCracken
Some Terpsichore
female authors - music - relationships - violence

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Israel 10
Shay Azoulay
Jacob Wallenstein, Notes for a Future Biography
funny - speculative - witty - writing

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Russia 7
absurd - classics - funny - Russia - witty

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Argentina 6
female authors - funny - getting old - lust

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Israel 11
Yoav Rosen
Copy and Paste
parenthood - soldiers - suburbia

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

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