Return of Munchausen

Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky • Rizzoli • ISBN-13 978‑1681370286

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Return of Munchausen

Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky • Rizzoli

ISBN-10: 168137028X · ISBN-13: 978‑1681370286 · 2016

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This collection gathers the phantasmagorical short fiction of Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky, a singular voice from the Soviet literary underground. Through a lens of philosophical irony and spatial distortion, these narratives navigate the boundaries of reality and the constraints of the human condition, offering a profound exploration of existential absurdity.

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Publisher: Rizzoli
December 13, 2016
Pages: 140

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11 live copies of this book from $4.99 (as of 2026-07-28).

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Author: Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky

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Inferred: AbsurdismInferred: Absurdist FictionInferred: Philosophical FictionInferred: Russian LiteratureInferred: Soviet Avant-GardeInferred: Soviet LiteratureInferred: SurrealismInferred: Surrealist FictionInferred: Nyrb Classics

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Influences: Franz Kafka, Nikolai Gogol, Daniil KharmsCornerstone of: Soviet Experimental Literature, 20th Century Philosophical Fiction

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