The Encyclopedia of the Dead - Danilo Kis (light wear) Charles Johnson Depeche Mode

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and disporting themselves with exuberant games of tennis

and Mata Hari—personages whose influence makes itself known in the novel at hand

cryptography and herbal and magical practitioners’ handbooks

to engage in an experiment to bridge the divide between waking consciousness and dream by entering a mirror engineered to bend and blend realities

The Encyclopedia of the Dead - Danilo Kis (light wear) Charles Johnson Depeche ModeThe Encyclopedia of the Dead by Danilo Ki, translated by Michael Henry Heim ISBN 9780141396989 167 page paperback from Penguin *** An entrancing, otherworldly collection of short stories from one of Europe's most accomplished 20th century writers, new to Penguin Modern Classics A counter prophet attempts the impossible to prove his power; a girl sees the hideous fate of her sisters and father in a mirror bought from a gypsy; the death of a prostitute