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In Temporary, a young woman’s workplace is the size of the world. She fills increasingly bizarre placements in search of steadiness, connection, and something, at last, to call her own. Whether it’s shining an endless closet of shoes, swabbing the deck of a pirate ship, assisting an assassin, or filling in for the Chairman of the Board, for the mythical Temporary, “there is nothing more personal than doing your job.”

“A propulsive, madcap story” (The New York Times) about a salaryman who decides to put his life up for sale in the classifieds section of a Tokyo newspaper after a botched suicide attempt. "An outstanding writer not only of Japan, but of the world." —The Atlantic After salaryman Hanio...

With her jaunty dissection of the sex life and the private grooming habits of the novel's 18-year-old narrator, Helen Memel, Charlotte Roche has turned the previously unspeakable into the national conversation in Germany. The book is a headlong dash through every crevice and byproduct, physical...

Nur mit Mühe schafft es Pflegerin Sybille, den Betrieb in ihrem Seniorenheim zusammen mit ihren Kolleginnen am Laufen zu halten. Und dann taucht plötzlich auch noch Rüdiger Otterle, Nachfolger und Erbe des Heims und gelernter BWLer, auf. Der Neue hat zwar keinen Schimmer von Pflege, geschweige denn von Senioren, aber ein großes Ziel: Er möchte Haus Sonnenuntergang zum »Heim des Jahres« machen.

Drei Freunde, ein alter Saab und die Stimmen der Toten: eine rasante, lakonisch-komische Friedhofsodyssee durch Mitteleuropa. Lorenzo, Caspar und Miss Detroit sind unterwegs im alten Saab. Ihr Ziel: die Friedhöfe Mitteleuropas. Mit jedem gefahrenen Kilometer rücken die drei näher aneinander und hören die Stimmen der Toten von Grab zu Grab deutlicher.

What if London’s heaviest man weighed absolutely nothing? In this brilliantly bizarre, darkly comedic tale by H.G. Wells, an annoyed gentleman named Formalyn is relentlessly badgered by Pyecraft - the most monstrously obese, insufferable clubman in London. Desperate to escape his massive size...

“A wonderful storyteller with a vibrant voice.” —The New York Times From the author of the cult classic Treasure Island!!!, a delightfully unhinged comedy following a woman as she attempts to exorcise the spirit of a dead corgi from her nephew and renegotiate the borders of her previously...

Traveling across the landscapes of time and of space, heading always west, and carrying a dead but laconically opinionated crow in her chest, our undead narrator encounters and loses parts of her body and her self in one terrifying, hilarious, and heartbreaking situation after another.

A man with dark thoughts on his mind is racing along the remote snowy roads of Hurmevaara in Finland when there is flash in the sky and something crashes into the car. That something turns about to be a highly valuable meteorite. With euro signs lighting up the eyes of the locals, the unexpected treasure is temporarily placed in a neighbourhood museum, under the watchful eye of a priest named Joel.

Amane is ten years old when she discovers she's not like everyone else. Her school friends were all conceived the normal way, by artificial insemination, and raised in the normal way, by parents in 'clean', sexless marriages. But Amane's parents committed the ultimate taboo: they fell in love, had sex and procreated. As Amane grows up and enters adulthood, she does her best to fit in and live her life like the rest of society: cultivating intense relationships with anime characters, and limiting herself to extra-marital sex, as is the norm.

Out on the road, no one speaks, everything talks. Hard-drinking, foul-mouthed, and allergic to bullshit, Jean is not your usual grandma. She’s never been good at getting on with other humans, apart from her beloved granddaughter, Kimberly. Instead, she surrounds herself with animals, working...

Something is happening to the residents of Eighth Block Tower! There's radiation in the walls. Salt covers the hallways. The food and water are poisonous. The residents are trapped and losing their minds. Sanity is a myth! Sickness is life!

In this B-Movie Horror homage, Jerry Blaze brings you a story involving scifi elements, extreme horror, and absurdist creatures! Deep in the Amazon rainforest, a military facility is concocting top-secret project to turn the infamous Candiru fish into super weapons. However, a disgruntled scientist winds up releasing the mutated beasts into the wild and putting everyone at risk. Soon, a group of Peace Corps. volunteers wind up as prey for the mutant ass-munching monsters, leading to a bloody showdown when the military comes to retrieve their project at any cost!

When the Clouds Are Shaped Like Lemons is an eccentric, yet heartwarming collection that is consolation for the misfits, the artists and those who never quite fit the mold. These stories, essays and poetic writings help the listener to find humor in the absurd, comfort in curiosity, and reflection on the inevitability of mortality. The subtle highlights regarding social issues and cultural commentary help bring about varying perspectives. But most importantly, the writings here challenge the listener to explore emotional vulnerability, and endless compassion for both yourself, and others.

For now, and for our purposes here, every man is Bob. A blisteringly funny and sharp-edged beauty of a debut novel about a newly engaged couple house-sitting for a wealthy artist in a remote manor, whose relationship unravels into a darkly elemental absurdist romp. The heroine of The Fig Book is...

A hilarious, biting satire of the United States and its unpredictable leader from the best-selling author of The Circle The grand ship Glory has been skilfully captained for years, but when its well-loved old skipper decides to step down, a new leader thrusts himself forward and a new era begins...

Venti racconti tragicomici sull'Italia di oggi: i mostri degli anni passati, i mostri contemporanei, e soprattutto i mostri che potrebbero invaderci domani, e che forse possiamo ancora combattere.

Die tragikomische Novelle von 1842 beschreibt das einsame Leben des Akakij Akakijewitsch in Sankt Petersburg. Er ist Beamter mit Leib und Seele, der seinen Beruf als Kopist liebt. Den Spott seiner Kollegen ignoriert er, am gesellschaftlichen Leben nimmt er kaum teil. Erst, als er sich einen Mantel kauft, den er sich lange Zeit vom Munde abgespart hat, ändert sich sein Leben schlagartig. Er wird nun von seiner Umwelt wahrgenommen, und seine Kollegen veranstalten sogar ein kleines Fest für ihn und den Mantel. Dann jedoch wird er überfallen und der neue Mantel wird ihm gestohlen.

What mysteries hide on the other side of the looking-glass? In this charming modern adaptation of Lewis Carroll's classic, we follow Alice into an inverted world where logic is defied and chess pieces come to life. After stepping through the glass, Alice explores a giant chessboard inhabited by talking flowers, eccentric queens, and unforgettable characters like Humpty Dumpty and the twins Tweedledum and Tweedledee. To be crowned queen, she must overcome amusing riddles and absurd situations. A timeless adventure about imagination and dreams, perfect for letting your mind soar.

Wedding videographer Heath Álvarez is searching for something to reignite his passion for life when he crosses paths with Paul Brokovich — an elementary school teacher by day and stand-up comedian by night. Disillusioned by routine and the impressionable chaos of Parkins' Elementary, Paul hires Álvarez to chronicle the 24 hours leading up to the most important performance of his unimpressive career.