A Dark, Comic Portrait of Weimar Berlin

Brock Covington 12/16/25 Brock Covington 12/16/25

A Dark, Comic Portrait of Weimar Berlin

Berlin Shuffle by Ulrich Alexander Boschwitz

Brock Covington 12/15/25 Brock Covington 12/15/25

Absurd Realities & Unsettling Truths

(Th)ings and (Th)oughts by Alla Gorbunova

Brock Covington 11/19/25 Brock Covington 11/19/25

The Ice That Consumes Us

Ice by Anna Kavan

Brock Covington 11/10/25 Brock Covington 11/10/25

A Literary Dissection of Grief

Motherdying by Michael Lentz

Brock Covington 10/29/25 Brock Covington 10/29/25

Caught in a Moral Maelstrom

The Birds by Tarjei Vesaas

Brock Covington 10/17/25 Brock Covington 10/17/25

Tracing the Path of Self-Identity

Needle's Eye by Wiesław Myśliwski

Satirical Surrealism in Resurrected Medieval Russia

Brock Covington 9/25/25 Brock Covington 9/25/25

Satirical Surrealism in Resurrected Medieval Russia

The Sugar Kremlin by Vladimir Sorokin

A Nightmarish Trip Through Germany’s past

Brock Covington 8/29/25 Brock Covington 8/29/25

A Nightmarish Trip Through Germany’s past

Schattenfroh by Michael Lentz

Brock Covington 8/21/25 Brock Covington 8/21/25

The Contrast of War & Childhood Reverie

In Late Summer by Magdalena Blažević

A Surreal Lampoon of Humanity’s Grand Delusions

Brock Covington 8/1/25 Brock Covington 8/1/25

A Surreal Lampoon of Humanity’s Grand Delusions

Telluria by Vladimir Sorokin

Brock Covington 6/24/25 Brock Covington 6/24/25

A Star’s Tragic, Blinding Light

The Hour of the Star by Clarice Lispector

Parodies of Russian Oddities & Political Machinations

Brock Covington 5/16/25 Brock Covington 5/16/25

Parodies of Russian Oddities & Political Machinations

Red Pyramid by Vladimir Sorokin

Capturing the Absurdity of Soviet Reality

Brock Covington 2/4/25 Brock Covington 2/4/25

Capturing the Absurdity of Soviet Reality

Dispatches from the District Committee by Vladimir Sorokin

Brock Covington 1/31/25 Brock Covington 1/31/25

The Frenetic Metamorphosis of a City

Conquered City by Victor Serge

Brock Covington 1/18/25 Brock Covington 1/18/25

Vignettes of an Emotional Exodus

Memories: From Moscow to the Black Sea by Teffi

Destruction as Salvation: László Krasznahorkai

Brock Covington 1/17/25 Brock Covington 1/17/25

Destruction as Salvation: László Krasznahorkai

Inside László Krasznahorkai’s Apocalypse Quartet

Brock Covington 1/3/25 Brock Covington 1/3/25

Building on Despair & Empty Promises

The Foundation Pit by Andrey Platonov

Brock Covington 12/5/24 Brock Covington 12/5/24

A Symphony of Intertwined Fates

The Demons by Heimito von Doderer

Brock Covington 10/21/24 Brock Covington 10/21/24

Oddballs & Delightful Oddities

Waiting for the Fear by Oğuz Atay

American Poverty, Anger, and Moral Ambiguity

Brock Covington 9/4/24 Brock Covington 9/4/24

American Poverty, Anger, and Moral Ambiguity

Hard Rain Falling by Don Carpenter