The Key to Reality

<p><em>Everything I imagine exists. So what exists is greater than what I imagine.</em></p><p> </p><p class=ql-align-justify>Originally published in 1944 and here presented for the first time in English expertly translated from the French by Sue Boswell <em>The Key to Reality by the</em> avant-garde Romanian author Ilarie Voronca is one of the great surrealist short story collections. Featuring fifteen pieces of prose including a selection of dream-like notes the present book introduces the reader to an office worker who has in his desk drawer amongst other things a horse and a tree; a story-teller who has a path running through his bedroom; a street vendor whose customers might be imaginary as might be his wares. </p><p class=ql-align-justify> </p><p class=ql-align-justify>At once enchanting visionary and poignant <em>The Key to Reality is a masterpiece of narrative reflection that operates like a series of magic spells which with great poetic beauty transform the ordinary into the extraordinary.</em></p><p><br></p>