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No one reads Alfred Kubin (1877-1959), who in addition to being an illustrator also wrote the bizarre and eerily prophetic novel The Other Side (1908), which tells the story of a journey to the disquieting city of Pearl, a place where a citizen’s mood is mirrored by his or her surroundings. Parts Meyrink (another author no one reads), Poe and Kafka, Kubin described the book as “a sort of Baedeker for those lands which are half known to us.”

  • For more of Kubin’s illustrations, see Monster Brains
  • For more on Kubin’s life and The Other Side, see Jeff Vandermeer’s post at Omnivoracious

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