Absurdist

Welcome back, Bargain Hunters! Stock up. Lock down. And brace yourself for the sale of a lifetime.

Ever feel like the whole world is conspiring against you? Jonathon Fairfax can’t even get on the London Underground without bumping into someone he’s desperate to avoid – like Rachel, his first love, who demolished his heart eleven years ago. She tells him that her terrifying uncle (a man...

Fairy tales are as old as language itself. Long, long ago, storytellers all around the world told tales of wonder both to enchant and entertain us, and also to teach us that – if we are good and kind and courageous enough – we can change the world for the better. For this is what fairy tales do...

“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...

Trout Fishing in America is an indescribable romp, by turns a hilarious, playful, and melancholy novel that wanders from San Francisco through America's culture....

Brought to you by Penguin. This Penguin Classic is performed by Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, winner of the 2019 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical. A terrifying psychological trip into the life of one Joseph K., an ordinary man who wakes up one day to find himself accused of a crime he...

Winner of the Locus Award and CIBA Mark Twain grand prize, The Man Who Saw Seconds is a gripping speculative fiction thriller, blending absurdist satire and adrenaline-charged suspense, about a New York man who can see five seconds into the future—which changes his life forever; perfect for...

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....

Nightshift clerk and high-functioning insomniac Jack is back to work, trying his best to keep out of trouble.

Oblomov is one of the most distinctive characters in Russian literature - within a short time following its publication in 1859, the novel spawned its own saying: ‘Oblomovism’! From the pen of Ivan Goncharov (1812-1891) emerged a portrait of a young man, Ilya Ilyitch Oblomov, who represented...

A 999 line poem in heroic couplets, divided into 4 cantos, was composed - according to Nabokov's fiction - by John Francis Shade, an obsessively methodical man, during the last 20 days of his life....

In this outrageously funny, outrageously inventive debut, one of the most outrageously talented new writers to break onto the sci-fi scene in decades asks the most loaded question of all . . . “Don’t you hate it when this happens?” . . . that’s what the business card asks Jonny X67...

Through the Looking-Glass: What mysteries hide on the other side of the looking-glass? In this charming modernadaptation of Lewis Carroll's classic, we follow Alice into an inverted world where logic isdefied and chess pieces come to life.

The BRAND NEW deliciously dark thriller from Sarah Bonner, bestselling author of How to Slay at Work! Must-read for fans of Katy Brent, Bella Mackie and Julie Mae Cohen ☀️🏝️ You’d kill for a holiday like this one… Chloe has spent months planning the murder of her husband, Scott...

In this latest novel from the award-winning author of The Polyglot Lovers, a writer searching for inspiration in Spain goes on a darkly comic, delightfully absurd journey through an underground society. Awarded a three-month stipend to travel and work, a Swedish writer flies to Madrid, where in...

A dazzling, surrealist fairy tale of a young woman's quest for house and home—from New York to the Texas hinterlands and, maybe, back again. The world is ending. It has been ending for some time. When did the ending begin? Perhaps when Evie’s mother died, or when her father died soon after...

Ten years have passed since Nathan Muir rescued Tom Bishop from a Suzhou Prison and escaped the CIA for good. Now, all his former agents have suddenly vanished leaving the CIA blinded around the globe.

The BRAND NEW deliciously dark, festive comic thriller from bestseller Sarah Bonner, perfect for fans of Bella Mackie, Katy Brent and Amy Tintera! 🩸🔪🎄 She’s making a list, she’s checking it twice… Jessica Williams loves Christmas: the food, the drink, the fairy lights, the...

At turns nonchalantly hip and charmingly deranged, Suzuki's singular slant on speculative fiction would be echoed in countless later works, from Margaret Atwood and Harumi Murakami, to Black Mirror and Ex Machina....

In an unnamed dream country, the young man Cincinnatus C. is condemned to death by beheading for "gnostical turpitude." an imaginary crime that defies definition....

A controversial best seller from one of Norway’s most intelligent and highly-regarded novelists, Will and Testament is a lyrical meditation on trauma and memory, as well as a furious account of a woman’s struggle to survive and be believed....

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....

What I wanted more than anything was to be standing beside Schmidt, in concert with Schmidt, at the foot of Saint Sebastian’s Abyss along with Schmidt, hands cupped to the sides of our faces, debating art, transcendence, and the glory of the apocalypse.” Former best friends who built their...

Akutagawa’s magical final work is a short novel with a magic spell all its own—poignant, fantastical, wry, melancholic, and witty.

This ingenious novel is presented as a chronicle of an island from medieval to modern times. The island is not on the map, but it is real beyond doubt. It cannot be found in history books, yet the events are painfully recognizable. The monastic chroniclers dutifully narrate events they witness...

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.

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.

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.