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    1. Cheese (1933)

      by Willem Elsschot

      Cheese is a gentle, satirical fable of capitalism and wealth. A clerk in Antwerp suddenly becomes the chief agent in Belgium and Luxembourg for Edam cheese and is saddled with 10,000 wheels of the red-rinded delight. But he has no idea how to run a business or how to sell his goods, and what’s... (learn more about this book)

    1. Villa Des Roses (1913)

      by Willem Elsschot

      The gilt-lettered advertisement outside Madame Brulot's pension in the shabby rue d'Armaille promises a "first-class family boardinghouse." But only one thing is certain about this so-called reputable Parisian pension: few guests emerge from their stay unscathed. First published in 1913, this... (learn more about this book)