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A hypnotic, architectural fairy tale about the dizzying heights and hollow center of the American Dream. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with Martin Dressler.
- dreamlike
- uncanny
- nostalgic
- surreal
- haunted
- 01
Cosmopolis
Don DeLillo · 2003
A surreal, claustrophobic crawl through a hyper-capitalist apocalypse from the backseat of a soundproof stretch limousine.
- 02
The mezzanine
Nicholson Baker · 1988
A hyper-focused, footnote-laden love letter to the overlooked mechanics of everyday life that turns a simple escalator ride into a philosophical odyssey.
- 03
An American Tragedy
Theodore Dreiser
A slow-motion tragedy of ambition and moral cowardice that dissects the darkest, most desperate corners of the American Dream.
- 04
Train dreams
Denis Johnson
An evocative, miniature epic that captures the poignant weight of an ordinary life shaped by labor and loss in the American West.
- 05
Golden Hill
F. Spufford
A charming, atmospheric historical tale of reinvention, trust, and the trouble a fast-talking stranger can find in a young New York.
- 06
A Hologram For The King
Dave Eggers
A weary but determined exploration of midlife crisis and financial desperation set against the disorienting backdrop of a booming desert metropolis.
- 07
Billy Bathgate M/TV
E. L. Doctorow
A lyrical, blood-soaked coming-of-age tale that transforms the brutal reality of the 1930s underworld into dark American mythology.
- 08
A soldier of the great war
Mark Helprin · 1920
A sweeping, sun-drenched epic that balances the horrors of war with an overwhelming, operatic love for the beauty of the world.
- 09
The book of speculation
Erika Swyler
A wondrous, atmospheric dive into crumbling coastal homes, traveling carnivals, and the haunting power of antiquarian books.
- 10
Ragtime
E. L. Doctorow
A kaleidoscopic, syncopated dance through turn-of-the-century America where historical titans and ordinary lives violently collide.
- 11
Little, Big
John Crowley
An intricate, autumnal tapestry of a family slowly realizing they are characters in a grand, unseen fairy tale.
- 12
Shopgirl
Steve Martin · 2000
A tender, wry, and quietly devastating portrait of urban loneliness and the unequal geometry of modern romance.
