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by Georges Perec (1969)

Born out of self-imposed formalist grid of lipogram, a parody thriller loaded with plots and subplots, pursuits, vengeance and trails, engrossing and well-written despite the missing ‘e’ letter throughout the whole novel.

by Mikhail Bulgakov (1925)

A renowned Moscow scientist implanted the pituitary’s gland and the testes of a dead criminal into a stray dog with the unexpected result of Sharik turning into a complete human.

From the Memoirs of Ijon Tichy
by Stanisław Lem (1977)

Caught up in local endless hallucinations amidst local revolution during the Eighth Futurological Congress and critically wounded, Ijon Tichy is frozen to await a future cure.

Fables for the Cybernetic Age by
Stanisław Lem (1975).

A collection of fairy-tale-ish science fiction stories focusing on the adventures of Trurl and Klapaucius, two best friends and rival intelligent robot “constructors”.

by Witold Gombrowicz (1937)

A madcap comic parody about a 30-year-old dragged back to secondary school, where everyone believes him as another poseur juvenile, “inclined to pose in order to appear grown up”.