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Some Surreal Books from Around the World

A reading list for fans of the dreamlike, nightmarish, and downright bizarre

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Lincoln Michel
Sep 26, 2023
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Remedios Varos’s Bordando el manto terrestre (Embroidering the Earth's Mantle), 1961

A couple weeks ago, I published a post on surreal literature and the unique pleasures of works that don’t conform to the rules of either realism or “logical” speculative worldbuilding. I only listed a few examples and several readers asked me for more recommendations, so…

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