The Compendium of Impossible Objects

By: Unknown Author

Winner, English PEN Award

Finalist, 41st Philippines National Book Award

A man purchases a lock and gets more than what he bargains for. A call centre agent tries to chew an impossibly metallic piece of meat.

The Compendium of Impossible Objects is a collection of thirteen short stories each featuring a so-called impossible object. Each story, written in hypnotic, lyrical language, revels in its strangeness and formal experiments. Pacolor's sentences hurtle the reader to ever stranger, ever more wondrous scenes.

For readers of Silvina Ocampo, Cristina Rivera Garza and Haruki Murakami.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1917126271
• ISBN13: 9781917126274
• Release Date: June 2027
• Publisher: Tilted Axis Press