Short story genre books (403)


171.

Manchester Happened by Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi EN

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
Country: Africa / Uganda flag Uganda
Description:
SHORTLISTED FOR THE HEARST BIG BOOK AWARDS 2019 AN AMBITIOUS AND ASSURED COLLECTION OF SHORT STORIES FROM THE INTERNATIONALLY ACCLAIMED AUTHOR OF KINTU If there's one thing the characters in Jennifer Makumbi's stories know, it's how to field an uncomfortable question. 'Let me buy you a cup of tea...what are you doing in England?' 'Do these children of yours speak any Luganda?' 'Did you know that man Idi Amin?' But perhaps the most difficult question of all is the one they ask themselves- 'You mean this is England?' Told with empathy, humour and compassion, these vibrant, kaleidoscopic stories ... continue

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Mars by Asja Bakić EN

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
Description:
A debut story collection of darkly humorous, feminist speculative fiction from the former Eastern Bloc.

173.

Me, Margarita : Stories by Ana Kordzaia-Samadashvili EN

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Country: Asia / Georgia flag Georgia
Description:
Short stories about men and women, love and hate, sex and disappointment, cynicism and hope--perhaps unique in that none of the stories reveal the time or place in they occur: the world is too small now for it to matter. A disillusioned woman, the narrator doesn't mince words about the imperfection of her life, her relationships, her prospects; yet what might in other hands seem discouraging is presented with such humor the reader can't help but feel there may yet be hope... for most of us.


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Mei by Anna Enquist (pseud. van C. Widlund-Broer.) NL

Rating: 3 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / Netherlands flag Netherlands
Description:
A collection of short stories in Dutch by one of the best Dutch authors.

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Memories, Dreams and Nightmares : A Short Story Anthology by Belizean Women Writers by Gay Alden Wilentz EN

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Description:
"This collection of short stories by Belizean women writers reflects the memories, dreams and nightmares of women. From accounts of abuse and stories of strength to memories of history, this collection tells untold tales of women’s lives in Belize. The stories present the voices of young girls, mothers, and grandmothers, women who give up and women who stand up. From well known to young, emergent women writers, this unique collection of short stories adds to the literary voice of Belize through a woman’s perspective."--publisher.

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Men Without Women : Stories by Haruki Murakami EN

Rating: 3 (3 votes)
Country: Asia / Japan flag Japan
Description:
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Including the story "Drive My Car”—now an Academy Award–nominated film—this collection from the internationally acclaimed author "examines what happens to characters without important women in their lives; it'll move you and confuse you and sometimes leave you with more questions than answers" (Barack Obama). Across seven tales, Haruki Murakami brings his powers of observation to bear on the lives of men who, in their own ways, find themselves alone. Here are lovesick doctors, students, ex-boyfriends, actors, bartenders, and even Kafka’s Gregor Samsa, brought together to ... continue

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Message from an Unknown Chinese Mother : Stories of Loss and Love by Xinran EN

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
Country: Asia / China flag China
Description:
The stories of Chinese mothers whose daughters have been wrenched from them, and also brings us the voices of some adoptive mothers from different parts of the world. These are stories which Xinran could not bring herself to tell previously - because they were too painful and close to home.

179.

Mi Marido by Rumena Buzarovska ES

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
Description:
In these eleven devastatingly precise and psychologically unsettling stories, we follow the female protagonists' thwarted attempts at intimacy, ranging from pretense, to denial, to violent and ultimately self-destructive acts. This smart, funny, provocative collection demonstrates the profound skills that have made Rumena Buzarovska one of the finest contemporary writers of short fiction in Macedonia.