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ÆgyptSeries
series5 books1987
completed
Fantasy and literary & general, reflective in tone, about books and reading and identity, set in contemporary and north america.
“Does the world have a secret history, encoded in myth and legend, reflected in the very windings of our brains?”
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The Falling WomanNovel
Pat Murphystandalone novel1986
About madness and grief and loss.
The Land of LaughsNovel
Jonathan Carrollstandalone novel1980
Mysterious in tone, set in small town.
“WorldCat: Schoolteacher Thomas Abbey, unsure son of a film star, doesn't know who he is or what he wants--in life, in love, or in his relationship with the strange and intense Saxony Gardner.”
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PiranesiNovel
Susanna Clarkestandalone novel2020
Mysterious in tone, about amnesia and loneliness, set in otherworld.
“A man lives in a huge isolated labyrinthine building partially submerged in an ocean, together with another man and 13 skeletons, which is the only world he recalls.”
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Dying InsideNovel
Robert Silverbergstandalone novel1972
Science fiction, about psychic powers and loneliness, set in big city.
AfterworldsNovel
Scott Westerfeldstandalone novel2014
Paranormal romance, set in big city.