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At the same time Author's name: Dr. Muhammad Qasimzadeh This novel reveals the intricate details of social life in Iran, and also exposes the falseness of the conservative environment promoted by the media. Zadeh approached the work with dazzling surrealism, weaving a wonderful mixture...

20:39 Eight thirty-nine minutes Author's name: Javanmard Kolk The novel begins at 8:39 a.m. A young man and a young woman sit at a table in a bar, and everything in their lives changes radically. Time in the bar stops to the tune of...

Al-Shiyah Author's name: Ismail Fahd Ismail Al-Shayyah's novel possesses the time and place of the event. It is a depiction of what is happening on Arab soil, taking Lebanon as a place in one of its basements, which is no more than twenty meters...

A step into the dream Author's name: Ismail Fahd Ismail In his novel “A Step into a Dream,” Ismail Fahd Ismail resorted to direct internal monologue, in addition to the first-person speaker, which helped him transition from one scene to another. He also pushed...

burying rats Author's name: Bram Stoker Before my husband's tragic death—I might even say that even before the shadow of death loomed over him—he had planned to publish three volumes of short stories, of which this series is one. I have added to the...

Cages and common language Author's name: Ismail Fahd Ismail Ismail the short story writer is no less than Ismail the novelist. All that matters is that he is so adept at both arts that he can easily say whatever he wants to say, yet...

Reflections Author's name: Franz Kafka Kafka viewed the writing he had adopted as his salvation as a personal matter of no concern to anyone. As soon as he put his feelings down on paper, he felt the need to destroy what he had written....

The Man Who Ruined Hadleyburgh Author's name: Mark Twain A collection of short stories including the following works: Go Meet Eddie | J.D. Salinger | A Meager Rebellion Far From Madison | J.D. Salinger | The Young Folk | J.D. Salinger | The Horseman...

Other's dream Author's name: Juan Jacinto Muñoz Rangel Javier Arteaga works as a teacher at a public high school. Every night after going to bed, he dreams that he is Andrei Budok, the editor of the evening newscast. Andrei Budok works as the editor...

Mr. Walser's Neighborhood Series Author's name: Gonzalo Tavares For readers unfamiliar with Tavares's complete works, it may be worthwhile to introduce them to the drawings made by Tavares's wife and longtime literary partner, the artist Rachel Caiano, particularly her map of the neighborhood, depicting...

Mr. Valery's Neighborhood Series Author's name: Gonzalo Tavares For readers unfamiliar with Tavares's complete works, it may be worthwhile to introduce him to the drawings made by Tavares's wife and longtime literary partner, the artist Rachel Caiano, particularly her map of the neighborhood, depicting...

Birds and Friends Author's name: Ismail Fahd Ismail   The timeline of “Birds and Friends” is connected and interconnected and also depends on one central event, which is the attendance of two people, a gentleman and a lady, at a party held at the...

Appearance Author's name: Guy de Maupassant My eyes widened as I deciphered the inscriptions when I thought I heard, or rather felt, a rustle behind me. I paid it no attention, thinking a current of air had stirred and moved some fabric. But, a...

In the ancient sun Author's name: Hermann Hesse One of Hermann Hesse's earliest novels, it was completed in 1908 and first published in 1914. Coyote Canyon Press described this precursor to Hesse's celebrated works as a "lost novel," never to be reprinted or translated...

Color from space Author's Name: H.F. Lovecraft The story of a land surveyor who has come to prepare for the construction of a new reservoir in Massachusetts. After surveying a rural area that will be flooded near Arkham City, he comes across a mysterious...

The Malachias Author's name: Andrea de Fuego The Malaquias was shortlisted for the São Paulo Literature Prize in 2011 and for the Brazilian Jabotinian Prize in 2011. That same year, it unanimously won the José Saramago Prize. One of the jury members, José Luis...

Kafka's Tigers Author's name: Skliar Pipes In a Europe racked by 1916, devastated by World War I and on the verge of the Bolshevik Revolution, Benjamin, a young Russian, travels to Prague on a secret mission. Upon arrival, he mistakenly receives a letter from...

The Last Man - Verney Author's name: Mary Shelley In this part, in which Mary Shelley concludes the epic of The Last Man, humanity is left with nothing but fear, only fear. It takes the form of a plague that continues to pounce and...

The Last Man - The Plague Author's name: Mary Shelley After Raymond decides to go to Athens to participate in the imminent war between the Athenians and the Turks, and the glory he has always sought, Lionel follows him for friendship, and his sister,...

The Last Man - Love Author's name: Mary Shelley I present the latest discovery I made in the Sibyl Papers. Because they were disconnected and their meaning was scattered, I was obliged to connect them appropriately, so that they would appear coherent. However, this...

Kangaroo Diaries Author's name: Marc-Uwe Kling Opinions of a vulgar marsupial Ding dong. The doorbell rings… Marc-Uwe Kling answers the knock at his apartment door to find a kangaroo standing in front of him: “I recently moved into the apartment opposite yours, and I...

Aleppo beekeeper Author's Name: Christy Lefteri The Beekeeper of Aleppo is a work of fiction. But Nouri and Afraa were formed in my heart and mind as a result of every step I took alongside the children and families who made it to Greece....

Matteo lost his job. Author's name: Gonzalo Tavares Can an ordinary event be a subject of astonishment? Therefore, can we write a novel about what seems ordinary and familiar and happens every day to almost everyone? Gonçalo Tavares answers us in his novel “Mateo...

Mr. Henry Author's name: Gonzalo Tavares For readers unfamiliar with Tavares's complete works, it may be worthwhile to introduce them to the drawings made by Tavares's wife and longtime literary partner, the artist Rachel Caiano, particularly her map of the neighborhood, depicting the narrow...

Mr. Kraus Author's name: Gonzalo Tavares For readers unfamiliar with Tavares's complete works, it may be worthwhile to introduce them to the drawings made by Tavares's wife and longtime literary partner, the artist Rachel Caiano, particularly her map of the neighborhood, depicting the narrow...

Mr. Calvino Author's name: Gonzalo Tavares For readers unfamiliar with Tavares's complete works, it may be worthwhile to introduce them to the drawings made by Tavares's wife and longtime literary partner, the artist Rachel Caiano, particularly her map of the neighborhood, depicting the narrow...

Bet on the fate of Allah Author's name: Atta Nahaei The novel describes the changes that have taken place in Kurdish society over the past few decades. This novel deals with love, politics, and identity in the lives of people from Kurdish society from...

anger Author's name: Sergio Bizio José María is forced to flee to the luxurious villa where his girlfriend Rosa works as a maid. He hides in an attic and lives like a ghost. He spends his years observing this family, learning its dark sides...

old woman Author's name: Daniel Kharms The unlucky Russian writer Daniil Kharms, who enjoyed limited fame among his peers in the Leningrad section of the Soviet Union, was unable to officially publish any of his adult works, except for two poems, due to the...

Army of the Illuminati Author's name: David Toscana A surreal novel that runs with its hero, simultaneously jumping back and forth in life and posthumous inheritance. A novel resembling its hero, in both its compelling argument and its absurdity. While it is surprisingly funny,...