The Key to Reality and The Confession of a False Soul - Ilarie Voronca

The Key to Reality + The Confession of a False Soul, two short books (a novel and a collection of stories) by Ilarie Voronca, translated by Sue Boswell / published by Snuggly Books *** Originally published in 1942, The Confession of a False Soul is one of avant-garde Romanian author Ilarie Voronca's most brilliant works of fiction. Telling the story of a young man who has a specialist replace his damaged soul with that of a soldier who has died in the war, this short surreal novel, at once haunting and beautiful, carries with it a powerful charm normally restricted to dreams. Written in a spare narrative style rich in poetic force and symbolism, The Confession of a False Soul transports the reader to a place between reality and illusion where love alone might be the only thing that is real. *** "Everything I imagine exists. So what exists is greater than what I imagine." Originally published in 1944, The Key to Reality is one of the great surrealist short story collections. Featuring f