Short story genre books (235)
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Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk : A Sketch by Nikolaĭ Semenovich Leskov EN
RussiaDescription:
In this powerful and brutal short story, Leskov demonstrates the enduring truth of the Shakespearean archetype joltingly displaced to the heartland of Russia. Chastened and stifled by her marriage of convenience to a man twice her age, the young Katerina Lvovna goes yawning about the house, missing the barefoot freedom of her childhood, until she meets the feckless steward Sergei Filipych. Sergei proceeds to seduce Katerina, as he has done half the women in the town, not realizing that her passion, once freed, will attach to him so fiercely that Katerina will do anything to keep hold of him. J... continue
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Las cosas que perdimos en el fuego/ Things We Lost in The Fire by Mariana Enriquez ES
Country: South America / 
Argentina
Argentina
Description:
Women who set themselves on fire to protest against domestic violence, distressed teenagers, friends till death do them apart, street children, young women bored with their partners, black magic, and superstition in northern Argentina. A work that is classic and contemporary at once.
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Life Ceremony : Stories by Sayaka Murata EN
JapanDescription:
The long-awaited first short story-collection by the author of the cult sensation Convenience Store Woman, tales of weird love, heartfelt friendships, and the unsettling nature of human existence With Life Ceremony, the incomparable Sayaka Murata is back with her first collection of short stories ever to be translated into English. In Japan, Murata is particularly admired for her short stories, which are sometimes sweet, sometimes shocking, and always imbued with an otherworldly imagination and uncanniness. In these twelve stories, Murata mixes an unusual cocktail of humor and horror to portra... continue
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Los oficios terrestres by Rodolfo J. Walsh ES
Country: South America / Argentina
Argentina
Description:
“En 1964 decidí que de todas mis profesiones terrenales la que más me convenía era la violenta profesión de escritor”.
Un periodista busca los restos de la mujer que fue ícono del pueblo y se enfrenta a un militar de alto rango dispuesto a cambiar el secreto por la rehabilitación ante los ojos de la Historia. Los vecinos de un colegio se preparan para la llegada del héroe que pondrá fin a los juegos sádicos de un supervisor. Un traductor de novelas policiales que se suicida expresa sus quejas en una carta de despedida ... continue
Switzerland107.
Manchester Happened by Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi EN
UgandaDescription:
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
Country: Europe / 
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Description:
A debut story collection of darkly humorous, feminist speculative fiction from the former Eastern Bloc.
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Mei by Anna Enquist (pseud. van C. Widlund-Broer.) NL
Country: Europe / 
Netherlands
Netherlands
Description:
A collection of short stories in Dutch by one of the best Dutch authors.
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Men Without Women : Stories by Haruki Murakami EN
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