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The Cafe Irreal Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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The Cafe Irreal is a quarterly web journal/webzine that has been publishing irreal short fiction since 1998.

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Book Cover for: The Walker: On Finding and Losing Yourself in the Modern City, Matthew Beaumont

The Walker: On Finding and Losing Yourself in the Modern City

Matthew Beaumont
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In praise of flâneurs -- The Walker by Matthew Beaumont review – an urban wanderland https://t.co/Xt2qov9M6D #reading #feedly

Hardcover, 2020

$29.95$14.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Buried Giant, Kazuo Ishiguro

The Buried Giant

Kazuo Ishiguro
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We're happy to hear that Guillermo del Toro and Kazuo Ishiguro are talking about an animated version of The Buried Giant! https://t.co/Skj0R1JLTT

Paperback, 2016

$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Amphigorey: Fifteen Books, Edward Gorey

Amphigorey: Fifteen Books

Edward Gorey
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#FridayReads I read this review of Gorey bio, then read Amphigorey: Fifteen Books, then realized Gorey was an irrealist: The Transfixing Spell of Edward Gorey’s Life in Art via @thenation https://t.co/ppCQjrVipy

Paperback, 1980

$25.00$12.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Early Riser, Jasper Fforde

Early Riser

Jasper Fforde
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#FridayReads I'm finally getting around to reading Jasper Fforde's Early Riser in which winters are long and brutal and the satire is razor sharp. It's not quite irreal but is compellingly weird. Here's a short review: https://t.co/Sd6RwprMCK

Paperback, 2020

$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: If on a Winter's Night a Traveler, Italo Calvino

If on a Winter's Night a Traveler

Italo Calvino
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#FridayReads I'm rereading "If on a winter's night a traveler" by Italo Calvino. It's not exactly irreal, but it's challenging and entertaining, and it's a novel that celebrates readers.

Paperback, 1982

$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Sanchez Ventura, Simon Collings

Sanchez Ventura

Simon Collings
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Now online at The Cafe Irreal: "A Note Regarding Intertextuality in Simon Collings' Sanchez Ventura" by G.S. Evans -- https://t.co/JZw999T2Zu

Paperback, 2021

$12.00$6.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: If You'd Like to Make a Call, Please Hang Up: Stories, Bob Thurber

If You'd Like to Make a Call, Please Hang Up: Stories

Bob Thurber
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Issue #76 of The Cafe Irreal is now online, with stories by Umiyuri Katsuyama, Bob Thurber, E. Navarrete Diaz, Kurt Newton, Ali Hildyard, Nicole Beck, @DHarlanWilson, and Boris Glikman https://t.co/6BgsSkvoDU

Paperback, 2020

$13.95$6.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Intuitionist, Colson Whitehead

The Intuitionist

Colson Whitehead
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We've been Colson Whitehead fans since The Intuitionist: https://t.co/G4wDLdLCE4 https://t.co/sa9H8ijHR5

Paperback, 2000

$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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