The Ice That Consumes Us
Ice by Anna Kavan
A Literary Dissection of Grief
Motherdying by Michael Lentz
Caught in a Moral Maelstrom
The Birds by Tarjei Vesaas
Tracing the Path of Self-Identity
Needle's Eye by Wiesław Myśliwski
Satirical Surrealism in Resurrected Medieval Russia
The Sugar Kremlin by Vladimir Sorokin
A Nightmarish Trip Through Germany’s past
Schattenfroh by Michael Lentz
The Contrast of War & Childhood Reverie
In Late Summer by Magdalena Blažević
A Surreal Lampoon of Humanity’s Grand Delusions
Telluria by Vladimir Sorokin
A Star’s Tragic, Blinding Light
The Hour of the Star by Clarice Lispector
Parodies of Russian Oddities & Political Machinations
Red Pyramid by Vladimir Sorokin
Capturing the Absurdity of Soviet Reality
Dispatches from the District Committee by Vladimir Sorokin
The Frenetic Metamorphosis of a City
Conquered City by Victor Serge
Vignettes of an Emotional Exodus
Memories: From Moscow to the Black Sea by Teffi
Destruction as Salvation: László Krasznahorkai
Inside László Krasznahorkai’s Apocalypse Quartet
Building on Despair & Empty Promises
The Foundation Pit by Andrey Platonov
A Symphony of Intertwined Fates
The Demons by Heimito von Doderer
Oddballs & Delightful Oddities
Waiting for the Fear by Oğuz Atay
American Poverty, Anger, and Moral Ambiguity
Hard Rain Falling by Don Carpenter
We Are All Terminal Cases
The World According to Garp by John Irving
Laughter at the Edge of Revolution
Envy by Yury Olesha