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Italo Calvino
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Italo Calvino

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    Susanna Clarke

    Susanna Clarke's debut novel Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell was first published in more than 34 countries and was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize and shortlisted for the Whitbread First Novel Award and the Guardian First ... (more)

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  • Mark Z. Danielewski

    Mark Z. Danielewski

    Mark Z. Danielewski was born in New York City and lives in Los Angeles. He is the author of the award-winning and bestselling novel House of Leaves, National Book Award finalist Only Revolutions, and the novella The Fifty ... (more)

    If you enjoyed:
    Invisible Cities

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    House of Leaves
    by Mark Z. Danielewski

  • Kij Johnson

    Kij Johnson

    Kij Johnson is a writer of short stories, novels and occasional other things. Her first sale was in 1987 to a small Minnesota magazine, Tales of the Unanticipated; since then she has sold more than fifty shorter works of ... (more)

    If you enjoyed:
    Invisible Cities

    Try:
    The Privilege of the Happy Ending
    by Kij Johnson

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