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The Black Book

2:11 am in Pamuk, Orhan, Turkey, fiction, short stories | No Comments

The Black Book

by Orhan Pamuk (1990)

Embarking on a journey to find his missing wife and her ex-husband, Galip obsessively searches for (and drowns in) endless possible meanings and leads.


The New Life

4:00 am in Pamuk, Orhan, Turkey, fiction | 1 Comment

The New Life

by Orhan Pamuk (1995)

A young student who became obsessed about a book, as well as those who have read it, looking for some sorts of answers, common threads, and comparisons to how the book affects their lives and gives the possibility of a new life


By Night in Chile

4:26 pm in Bolaño Roberto, Latin America, fiction | No Comments

By Night in Chile

by Roberto Bolaño (2000)

A deathbed confession of a priest and literary critic, set during the transition from Allende to Pinochet.


Things & A Man Asleep

5:11 am in France, Perec, Georges, fiction | No Comments

Things & A Man Asleep

Things: A Story of the ‘60
A Man Asleep
by Georges Perec (1965)

Two stories of opposing youthful indulgences in futile escape from life.


Last Evenings on Earth

4:50 am in Bolaño Roberto, Latin America, fiction, short stories | 1 Comment

Last Evenings on Earth

by Roberto Bolaño. A collection of short stories, written as if witness to a crime.


Death and the Dervish

3:55 am in Eastern/Central Europe, Recommended, Selimović, Meša, fiction | No Comments

Death and the Dervish

by Meša Selimović (1966)

An account of a Muslim spiritual leader struggling to maintain his dignity and integrity in 18th century Sarajevo.


Garden, Ashes

4:36 am in Eastern/Central Europe, Kiš, Danilo, Recommended, biography & memoirs, fiction | No Comments

Garden, Ashes

by Danilo Kiš (1965)

An intensely detailed semi-autobiographical story about a child living in Hungary during the World War II.


The Encyclopedia of the Dead

4:03 am in Eastern/Central Europe, Kiš, Danilo, Recommended, Russia & USSR, fiction, short stories | No Comments

The Encyclopedia of the Dead

by Danilo Kiš (1983)

A collection of metaphysical short stories set in various times and places, luminously darkened with the themes of fate and death’s impenetrability.


A Tomb for Boris Davidovich

4:36 am in Eastern/Central Europe, Kiš, Danilo, Recommended, Russia & USSR, fiction, short stories | 2 Comments

A Tomb for Boris Davidovich

by Danilo Kiš (1976)

Seven different yet casually interlinked short stories about revolutionaries, mostly centering around the Russian Revolution


The White Castle

3:45 am in Middle East, Pamuk, Orhan, Recommended, Turkey, fiction | No Comments

The White Castle

by Orhan Pamuk (1979)

The story of a young Italian savant and his ambivalent relationship his Turkish double in 17th century, their intense struggle of knowledge and power domination


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