Chronicles of Universal Absurdities 1: When no one watches, history winks

By Federico Winer

Welcome to the First Edition of Chronicles of Universal Absurdities - the debut volume in a series that dives headfirst into the strangest corners of our very real world.

What do a gloomy Sunday, a ghost swing in South America, and a Nigerian airport that was sold but never built have in common?

Add to the mix a Soviet parrot funeral, a two-headed lab dog, and a secret word that could save-or ruin-your life in wartime Ukraine, and you're starting to get the flavor.

In this first edition, author Federico Winer delivers 20 razor-sharp cr nicas that blend journalism, irony, and everyday poetry. From forgotten revolutions to abandoned submarines, Balkan fashion icons to exiled tangoes, these stories expose the beautiful nonsense hiding beneath the headlines.

With a fluid, fearless voice, Winer travels across continents and absurdities alike, shedding light on what others prefer to ignore - whether it's a bloodstained boxing ring, a museum of failed ideologies, or a revolution that tried to guillotine time itself.

As journalist Walter Vargas writes in the foreword, Winer writes like a war reporter raised on tango and mate - not rations and rifles. And it shows. This isn't a book you read. It's a place you cross. Like a truth too wild to sit still.

This first edition is a beginning - and an invitation: to think with irony, to question with flair, and to laugh at the serious before the serious laughs at us.

For fans of creative nonfiction, cultural deep dives, and anyone who suspects reality is quietly losing its mind.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0FGVKB735
• ISBN13: 9798290473192
• Release Date: August 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 90 Pages
• Weight: 0.29 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"