“Luck is like a train schedule. Sometimes you make it, sometimes you don’t.” Prologue The story begins aboard a speeding bullet train from Tokyo to Morioka, where multiple […]
German literature
Look Who’s Back
“I opened my eyes. Unfamiliar ceiling. I sat up. Unfamiliar room. I stood up. Unfamiliar body.” Chapter 1: Awakening Adolf Hitler inexplicably wakes up in modern-day Berlin, disoriented […]
Russian literature
A Young Doctor’s Notebook
“The snowstorm howled, the wind tore at the shutters, and I, a young doctor fresh from university, stood alone in the middle of the night, trembling before my […]
French literature
99 Francs
“Advertising is the most beautiful lie in the world.” Chapter 1: The Advertising Machine The protagonist, Octave Parango, introduces himself as a cynical advertising executive in Paris. He […]
French literature
The Suicide Shop
“Life is a gift. But what if you don’t want it?” Chapter 1: The Suicide Shop Opens The Tuvache family runs a peculiar shop in a dystopian, rain-soaked […]
English literature
Filth
“The same routine. The same routine. The same routine. The same routine. The same routine. The same routine. The same routine. The same routine. The same routine. The […]
English literature
The Rachel Papers
“I was, after all, a man of the world.” Chapter 1: Introduction to Charles Highway The novel opens with Charles Highway, a precocious and self-absorbed teenager, preparing for […]