534 Results in the "Historical Fiction" category


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      by testsuphomeAdmin Álvaro Enrigue’s You Dreamed of Empires reimagines the 1519 meeting of Hernán Cortés and Moctezuma, blending history with hallucinatory storytelling. With dark humor and rich prose, it explores power, conquest, and the distortions of history.
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      Wardrobe

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      by testsuphomeAdmin Von Rumpel stands before an ancient wardrobe in a dimly lit room, examining its contents with a mix of curiosity and unease. The wardrobe is filled with decades-old boys' clothing—waistcoats, striped trousers, and moth-eaten shirts—suggesting a forgotten past. The room itself is eerie, with spotted mirrors, old leather boots, and a photograph of a boy on a beach. The atmosphere is heavy with decay, and the broken window reveals a still night outside, adding to the sense of isolation and mystery. Von…
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      Volkheimer

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      by testsuphomeAdmin The chapter introduces Frank Volkheimer, a 51-year-old man living a solitary life in a sparse third-floor apartment in Pforzheim, Germany. His view is dominated by a billboard advertising processed meats, whose harsh spotlights cast an eerie glow into his home at night. Volkheimer’s routine is marked by simplicity: he works as a rooftop TV antenna installer, wearing a faded blue jumpsuit and heavy boots, and spends his evenings watching television while eating butter cookies. His apartment is devoid of…
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      Voice

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      by testsuphomeAdmin Trapped beneath the ruins of the Hotel of Bees, Werner, weakened by hunger and fever, hears a girl's voice through his transceiver. The voice, speaking flawless French, recounts a dramatic scene from Jules Verne's *Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea*, describing the *Nautilus* colliding with an iceberg. Werner questions whether the voice is real or a hallucination, but he clings to it desperately, captivated by its clarity and urgency. The girl's vivid narration—complete with precise diction and…
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