Absurde Literatur

A budding cult classic that dramatically splits the reviewers. Which side will you be on? A seamless melding of the intricate plotting of Umberto Eco in The Name of the Rose; the side-splitting humor of John Kennedy Toole in A Confederacy of Dunces; and the fabulous world of William Blake. ​In 1977, Ickey Jerusalem, San Francisco's golden-boy poet laureate, is found dead in a locked first-class toilet on an arriving red-eye flight. Ded Smith, a desperately unhappy, intelligent philistine with a highly developed philosophy to match, is called in to investigate the poet's death. Thus begins a series of hilarious encounters with the members of Jerusalem's coterie. Ded soon realizes that to find out what happened, he must not only collect his usual detective's clues but also, despite his own poetically challenged outlook, get into the dead poet's mind. Fighting his way through blasphemous funerals, drug-induced dreams, poetry-charged lovemaking, offbeat philosophical discussions, and much, much more, he begins to piece together Jerusalem's seductive, all-encompassing metaphysics. But by then, the attempts to kill Ded and the others have begun. Before Ded's death-dodging luck runs out, will he be able to solve the case and perhaps, in the process, develop a new way of looking at the world that might allow him to replace his unhappiness with joy?

Alexander Haralson, the deranged star of Leonard Borman's eccentric debut novel Our Jewish Robot Future, returns--only slightly more sane-in his new effort, Fix the Roads, as a retired accountant who wants to start a new career as a stand-up comedian. His ambition is to tell it like it is to the corrupt politicians and be the new Lenny Bruce, but with his well-used heart all aflutter over his new mistress Flossy, and his beloved city of Detroit suffering dire deterioration, he's in for a bumpy ride.

In a world where you can be anything, be a bear.<BR>Year of the Bear's short stories weave together social commentary with folklore, fairy tale, fantasy, and science fiction to entertain, challenge, and sometimes frighten readers. <BR>A lawyer navigates a most unusual Tinder date; a gangster flees a deal gone bad; a young child is gifted with a magical hat; a group of campers meet a secretive stranger; a hitchhiker accepts a lift from a man and his ursine passenger. <BR>Year of the Bear is both engrossing and engaging, with the collection's contemporary characters plunging readers into vivid atmospheric situations.<BR>Narratives of acceptance, diversity, and inclusion underscore the Year of the Bear's unusual and inventive short stories, establishing Jay Chesters as one of Australia's most fascinating emerging authors.<BR>"[Year of the Bear] makes our hearts warm in a cold time."S. E. Harsha

Do you like escape? From self-imposed retreat to world venture.Travel with a freethinking man, and a woman free to think. Year 2000. Isolation Spa - Art of Confusion.Damascus - Peshawar - Kashgar.Bratislava - Vancouver - Phnom Penh.And the lot in-between.

God has lost the plot. He spends his days Sweeney-like in the trees killing birds, or crawling through the bushes to watch humans at their rut. His only companion and sole remaining attendant, a withered and tortured scribe, chronicles the Lord's descent into madness as he struggles to bring order to The Book of Souls, a record of every being that has ever passed and the reason for the Lord's suffering. But when the Scribe is forced to hire a maid to aid in the care of the Almighty, the introduction of a buxom woman into God's life brings chaos in its wake. Suffering rejection, humiliation and loathing of humankind, God sets about finding a way to bring back Christ and trigger the Apocalypse. The Book of God is a work of prose, poetry and black humour that casts an irreverent eye on the holy trinity of sex, death and madness.

In a dilapidated trailer park in rural 1990's Pennsylvania, whiskey-soaked Weezal Peterson works hard to forget his past-and largely succeeds. That is until he's targeted by Maisey, a smart and resourceful young woman on a mission to put a lifetime of poverty and domestic abuse behind her and find any old wealthy man who will share his fortune in exchange for female companionship-without the sex.Is Weezal that man? It's hard to tell. He's forgotten how old he is. But Maisey is sure he's got a fortune somewhere. She's done the research. What is Weezal trying to forget? Why is he drinking himself to death in a broken-down trailer park? Of course, he can't remember.But there's a disgraced billionaire and his violently psychotic sidekick, Teenage Jesus, cruising Pennsylvania in a baby blue Rolls Royce aiming to find and kill Weezal Peterson...

One thing connects all cultures and people-we all want great stories that entertain.<BR>In Something Went Cold, you'll read five such stories. Short stories that will seduce and entertain while taking you on a jolting journey of surprise and enchantment. In "#MeToo," you'll relish how an abused young woman gets her revenge. When you read "On the Serengeti, Nothing is Wasted," your heart will beat faster as you accompany our heroes in a survival tale unlike any other. In "The Afterlife of Adolf Hitler," you'll find death is just the beginning for Der Fuhrer.<BR>In Glenn Reschke's Something Went Cold, you'll read stories that will transport you to another world where you will be changed. And moved.<BR>

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HarperCollins is proud to present our range of timeless literary classics.All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.The animals at Manor Farm have had enough of Farmer Jones - he's drunk, reckless and cares little for their welfare. When the boar, Old Major, shares his revolutionary plans, the animals are convinced they can thrive on their own once the despot Jones is removed. But as the pigs vie for power, they begin to bear an uncanny resemblance to the tyrants they have overthrown ...George Orwell's renowned fable and satirical portrait of politics became an instant success upon its publication after the Second World War. The novel has continued to captivate readers of all ages, and has secured Orwell's position as one of the great writers of the twentieth century.

The Trial (German: Der Process, later Der Prozess) is a novel written by Franz Kafka between 1914 and 1915 and published posthumously on 26 April 1925. One of his best-known works, it tells the story of Josef K., a man arrested and prosecuted by a remote, inaccessible authority, with the nature of his crime revealed neither to him nor to the reader. Heavily influenced by Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment and The Brothers Karamazov, Kafka even went so far as to call Dostoevsky a blood relative. Like Kafka's other novels, The Trial was never completed, although it does include a chapter which appears to bring the story to an intentionally abrupt ending.After Kafka's death in 1924 his friend and literary executor Max Brod edited the text for publication by Verlag Die Schmiede. The original manuscript is held at the Museum of Modern Literature, Marbach am Neckar, Germany. The first English-language translation, by Willa and Edwin Muir, was published in 1937. In 1999, the book was listed in Le Monde's 100 Books of the Century and as No. 2 of the Best German Novels of the Twentieth Century. (wikipedia.org)

Either the incumbent Bond President Abel Abraham or his Crack challenger CD Dizzy will be president in 24hrs. In this timeframe, each man engages in and remembers a bunch of situations that lucidly reveal their quality of character and the nature of the political party they belong too. Here is a satirical take on America that will encourage readers to think deeply about what kind of people and policies will achieve a healthy government and a free society. By the end of this brief book, the answer will be obviously clear. America's future depends on the right choice, so read this book to find out who that is. My main interests align with creative endeavors. I'm a college graduate who prefers educating himself out of class.

Once Upon a Fable is a lively collection of seven compelling and comforting tales with 20/20 vision. There's a solid marriage verging on the rocks; an abandoned baby raven and a family of field mice; a precocious little boy, his strong-willed nanny, and his amazing best friend; an unyielding politician's moments of reckoning; a bridge whiz millionaire who chooses his partner; a mantis of distinction and a beyond-the-coop hen who cross paths, and last, an exotic Hollywood-bound duck of color who gets her wish. Mariah Robinson has drawn a collection of fast-paced, age old dramas of memorable life events, enduring love, envy, animosity, infidelity with a twist, and a host of bittersweet tosses and turns--all set in fanciful plots. This unforgettable cast of characters is sure to capture your heart and set it spinning.

Reproduction of the original: Curious Creatures in Zoology by John Ashton