Libromendel

During an unspecified "government transition" in the near future, the young scholar Alejandra Cortez (no relation to AOC) returns home from Rhinebeck on an extremely rainy night and stumbles into a West Village café where she was once a regular during the Second Trump Administration. But aside from the rowdy RPG players, what happened to all the colorful eccentrics? Why does nobody remember the history of Café Gluck aside from an overworked barista named Sporschill? Who is the strange new owner claiming to be a "crypto king"? And why doesn't anybody remember the charming and eccentric old bookseller Jaime Abrego Mendel who set up shop in the adjacent card room every day? This full-cast 332 track standalone epic examines the true human cost of removing vital figures from American life. (Running time: 54 minutes) Written, produced, and directed by Edward Champion Adapted from the short story "Buchmendel" by Stefan Zweig Original music soundtrack by Edward Champion (You can listen to the soundtrack on YouTube.

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Libromendel is an episode from The Gray Area by Edward Champion.

This episode is 53:29 long.

This episode was published on Aug 5, 2025.

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