Showing titles in Absurdist

Dwelling by Emily Hunt Kivel is a forthcoming title from Farrar, Straus and Giroux.

When Tony Hardstaff breaks the bank playing ‘Snap!’ at the St Petersburg Casino, he is swept up in a maelstrom of romance and adventure. Seduced by the sultry Natassia Fillipovna Karamazov – a woman with curves so perfect they could make a geometry professor spontaneously combust – Tony is caught in flagrante by the Russian mafia, and flees for his life.

The Hospital Ship is no more, and Yang Wei awakens to find himself at the mercy of monstrous doctors and the tumult of his own mind. Not helping matters, of course, is the Mars Hospital’s Pool of Dead Souls. A ghastly body of water, it traps people in an endless cycle of treatment, death, and resurrection. When an unruly band of patients revolts against this suffering, the Hospital descends into chaos, the likes of which have never been seen before.

Woo Woo follows Sabine, a conceptual artist on the verge of a photo exhibition she hopes will be pivotal, as she plunges deeper into her neuroses and seeks validation in relationships—with her frustratingly rational chef husband, her horde of devoted Gen Z TikTok followers, and even a mysterious, potentially violent stalker. Accompanying her throughout are Sabine’s strange alter egos, from hyperrealistic puppets of her as a baby to the ghost of conceptual artist Carolee Schneemann, who shows up with inscrutable yet sage life advice.

An immigrant arrives in New York City at the turn of the century, falls into a job at a famous hedge fund, and is startled to discover how business is done on Wall Street. His observations of American culture and finance are jarring, surreal, and hilarious. The author worked directly for George Soros and launched funds with several other Soros alumni. In addition to his career in finance, he founded and continues to host one of the largest veteran fundraisers in New York.

A man claiming to work for the CIA hires the Lints to find a shipping container of radioactive Agent Orange that vanished over fifty years ago. He insists someone is planning on using an army of drones to drench L.A. with the deadly chemicals before the week is out. The Lint Brothers enter a maze of bizarre suspects, from nefarious ad executives, to anarchistic Boy Scouts, to a toga-clad militia fighting for exclusive rule by women. The propaganda-obsessed society that seems to be running the world is probably worth looking into as well.

Nightshift clerk and high-functioning insomniac Jack is back to work, trying his best to keep out of trouble. But when his chain-smoking coworker discovers a mysterious radio signal revealing the guarded secrets of their town, Jack will learn that an annoying new dayshift manager is far from the worst of his problems. In this second installment of the Gas Station saga, Jack finds himself entangled in his most harrowing adventure yet.

Back in the 1860s, you’d be hard-pressed to find anyone more famous and revered than Preston Dilettante, America’s greatest long-distance pedestrian. Preston’s descendants dispersed across the U.S.A., and his most devoted among them, Walker Dilettante, shall literally follow in his ancestor’s footsteps and walk across the country. He just wants to reunite the whole lot before his beloved Grandpappy walks his last steps. But Walker’s walk isn’t a solo trip — he’s joined by his social media-savvy cousin Ria, and trailed by mysterious forces and ancient rivals alike. And along ...

De Belleville à Marne-la-Vallée, une bande d'enfants part en croisade pour mettre le feu à Eurodisney. Bienvenue aux avants-postes de la Révolution, menée par la lecture engagée, poétique et militante d'Aloïse Sauvage. Elle est née à l'Orée du bois, une cité réduite à néant par les bulldozers des médias et de la finance. Hantée par les ruines de son Eden foiré, elle a rejoint la commune solidaire à Belleville, où l'on s'organise et lutte en marge du système répressif. Elle, c'est Fi. Quarante piges à tenter de trouver de la beauté dans ce monde fatal : Fi est un chaos de fils et d'aiguilles, de coutures impossibles.

Strange, almost magical, things are afoot in Lviv. Seagulls circle overhead while the passing breeze carries a briny whiff, even though the coast is far away. A ragtag group of aging hippies gather around a mysterious grave in Lychakiv Cemetery. Among them are an ex-KGB officer and the old subversive he once spied upon. Soon, Captain Ryabtsev and Alik Olisevych band together to uncover the source of the city's “anomalies.”

Professional underachiever Dan Foster is finally taking a vacation. Sure, his life has been average at best, and yeah, he’s never quite lived up to his potential. But after a few Miller Lites in paradise with his girlfriend, Mara, things are starting to look up. Then the sun explodes....

A ROLLICKING, ENTERTAINING RIDE THE PAGEANT OF DYSFUNCTION is an absurdist novel about the life of Ivan Spinoza, a fictional descendant of philosopher Baruch Spinoza who suffers from a cascade of modern ills, including bipolar disorder, beginning from his youth in the 1970s up until his battle in his fifties with Covid. The novel evokes the works of Saul Bellow, notably THE ADVENTURES OF AUGIE MARCH, but with a tilted worldview reminiscent of Tom Robbins. Ivan Spinoza is a boy, and later a man, who either can’t or won’t change. Raised in Queens, New York, by a father who sells toupees ...

"Alice's Adventures in Wonderland," written by Lewis Carroll, is a whimsical tale that follows the journey of a young girl named Alice who falls through a rabbit hole into a fantastical world. In Wonderland, she encounters a host of peculiar characters, including the Cheshire Cat, the Mad Hatter, and the Queen of Hearts.

My father's best friend just became my bodyguard...And he's smoking hot. Off-limits? Absolutely. But that only makes him more tempting. I can't face this trade conference alone after my breakup. Thankfully, my new bodyguard agreed to be my fake boyfriend One week in the Bahamas—what could go wrong? Tall, rugged, ex-Army - he's everything I shouldn't want. But one fake kiss turns into a real night of passion. The way he protects me, the way he makes me feel safe… It's more than just a charade. His strength, his passion—undeniable. But my father’s unexpected arrival ruined it all. ...

Em seu terceiro livro de contos, Alexandre Willer segue falando dos dramas humanos de forma peculiar, enveredando, nesta empreitada, não apenas pelas coisas do amor, mas por situaç….

She’s my daughter’s nurse, ten years younger, and completely off-limits, but my heart doesn’t care. From the moment Janie stepped into my life, she’s been a distraction I can’t afford. Her laughter fills my home, her touch sends shivers down my spine, and those cut-off shorts make me lose control. As Pleasant Bay’s Police Chief, I’m supposed to be in control, but every glance from her makes me forget my duties. Janie’s here to help Violet, but she’s healing parts of me I thought were long dead. Our age gap is a constant worry, and I know everyone in town will have ...

Великий роман главного литературного мистика и одно из самых проникновенных философских произведений ХХ века. Некий К. прибывает в Деревню, чтобы занять должность землемера. Вот только в Замок его не пускают, в Деревне не принимают, и домой он вернуться тоже не может. Мир вокруг превращается в лабиринт абсурда: дороги испаряются, люди ведут себя странно, время будто бы замедляет свой ход. Чтобы двери Замка наконец-то открылись, К. должен разобраться в местной бюрократии и пройти все необходимые инстанции. Есть нюанс — все в деревне знают, что просто так в Замок попасть невозможно, но никто не знает, откуда нужно начать.

Caught in a redundant housewife existence, Ann never leaves her beige suburban home, her schlubby do-nothing son Brian is directionless after graduating high-school, and it looks like nothing will ever change. But when Brian is swallowed by a whale and Ann receives a garbled phone call from him, she is determined to find that monstrous beast and rescue her son. Experts, her ex, the press—everyone thinks she’s crazy—but she’s committed to her worthy quest.

Table of Contents Introduction – 3 Synopsis - 6 Meursault as Hero and Martyr – 10 A Comparison with Pascual Duarte – 12 Why I Feel Sorry for Meursault - 15 Why I Don’t Think that Meursault is a Hero – 18 Conclusion - 21 References - 23 If anyone asks yours truly, “What’s your favorite book ever?”, the answer for me is easy: Albert Camus’s The Stranger. I’ve read a little about the book’s author who tragically died at at a young age in a traffic accident in 1960. Even so, I can’t say that I really know or understand this man. Put another way, I can’t say that ...

A surreal theme park where nothing is as it seems. Jade and her sister Louise are in the Belle Epoque, a twisted and strange version. For fans of Poor Things and Westworld, this novella is delightfully absurd.