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The Man Without Qualities, Vol. 1 Cover
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The Man Without Qualities, Vol. 1

by Robert Musil

Set in Vienna on the eve of World War I, this great novel of ideas tells the story of Ulrich, ex-soldier and scientist, seducer and …
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The Castle Cover
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The Castle

by Franz Kafka

From the author of The Metamorphosis and The Trial—one of the greatest writers of the twentieth century—the haunting tale of K.’s relentless, unavailing struggle with …
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ID: 0393091325
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Maldoror & the Complete Works of the Comte de Lautreamont Cover
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Maldoror & the Complete Works of the Comte de Lautreamont

by comte de Lautréamont

Andre Breton wrote that MALDOROR is the expression of a revelation so complete it seems to exceed human potential.' First published in 1869, MALDOROR is …
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Exploits & Opinions of Doctor Faustroll, Pataphysician Cover
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Exploits & Opinions of Doctor Faustroll, Pataphysician

by Alfred Jarry

The singular novel by the legendary author of the play, UBU ROI, is a book that can only be compared to Rabelais or Sterne. FAUSTROLL …
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ID: 1885983018
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Nohow On: Company, Ill Seen Ill Said, Worstward Ho Cover
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Nohow On: Company, Ill Seen Ill Said, Worstward Ho

 

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The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman Cover
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The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman

by Laurence Sterne

Edited by Joan New and Melvyn New.
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ID: 0811207897
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Life, a User's Manual Cover
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Life, a User's Manual

by Georges Perec

Represents an exploration of the relationship between imagination and reality as seen through the eyes of the dying Serge Valene, an inhabitant of a large …
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The Cyberiad Cover
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The Cyberiad

by Stanislaw Lem

Trurl and Klaupacius are constructor robots who try to out-invent each other. They travel to the far corners of the cosmos to take on freelance …
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Oulipo Cover
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Oulipo

 

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ID: 0819560286
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Jacques the Fatalist and His Master Cover
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Jacques the Fatalist and His Master

by Denis Diderot

'Your Jacques is a tasteless mishmash of things that happen, some of them true, others made up, written without style and served up like a …
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Moscow to the End of the Line Cover
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Moscow to the End of the Line

by Venedikt Erofeev

In this classic of Russian humor and social commentary, a fired cable fitter goes on a binge and hopes a train to Petushki (where his …
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ID: 0803261209
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