Popular African Short Story Books
Find short story books written by authors from Africa for the next part of the Read Around The World Challenge. (49)
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A Practical Guide to Levitation : Stories by Jose Eduardo Agualusa EN
AngolaDescription:
A luminous collection of dryly humorous stories that revel in the surreal and fantastic, from the pen of José Eduardo Agualusa, winner of the International Dublin Literary Award Perfect for readers of Haruki Murakami, Julio Cortázar, and Namwali Serpell’s The Old Drift Vividly translated into English for the first time by long-time Agualusa collaborator Daniel Hahn, the jewel-like tales gathered in this collection are an exuberant celebration of story-telling in all its various forms. On the sands of Itamaracá, an old fisherman dreams of fish: shad in the morning, when the water’s smooth and s... continue
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Addis Ababa Noir by ed. Maaza Mengiste EN
EthiopiaDescription:
Addis Ababa is a sprawling melting pot of cultures where rich and poor live side by side in relative harmony--until they don't.
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Algo alrededor de tu cuello by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie ES
NigeriaDescription:
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, autora ganadora del prestigioso premio Orange con su novela Medio sol amarillo, vuelve al territorio de la ficción con este volumen de cuentos, un libro que revela una voz madura crecida en la realidad de un país como Nigeria.
-Edición especial limitada con prólogo de Paula Bonet-
Conmovedores y profundos, estos relatos cuentan historias humanamente cercanas y geográficamente remotas: historias de mujeres que sufren lejos de su país de origen, historias de emigrantes que se encuentran a sí mismos en Amé... continue
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Arabian Nights and Days : A Novel by Naguib Mahfouz EN
EgyptDescription:
The Nobel Prize-winning Egyptian writer Naguib Mahfouz refashions the classic tales of Scheherazade into a novel written in his own imaginative, spellbinding style. Here are genies and flying carpets, Aladdin and Sinbad, Ali Baba, and many other familiar stories from the tradition of The One Thousand and One Nights, made new by the magical pen of the acknowledged dean of Arabic letters, who plumbs their depths for timeless truths.
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As pequenas doenças da eternidade : Contos by Mia Couto PT
Country: Africa / 
Mozambique
Mozambique
Description:
Nesta seleta de contos, uma edição especial para leitores brasileiros, Mia Couto traz histórias que tratam de grandes males que assombram a sociedade, dos tempos mais remotos aos dias atuais. A perspectiva da finitude, o medo do abandono, indiferença, traições, guerras e pandemias — são estes alguns dos temas que perpassam os textos aqui reunidos. "Peço a Deus que me dê a felicidade das pequenas doenças", assim começa o conto que dá título a esta coletânea de textos de Mia Couto. Nele, uma mãe e seu filho rezam para evitar graves enfermidades e tentam, sem sucesso, postergar o próprio fim. A s... continue
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Autobiography of the Lower East Side : A Novel in Short Stories by Rashidah Ismaili EN
BeninDescription:
"This well established poet makes a brilliant debut in fiction with these complex, poetically detailed, interrelated stories of Blacks from Africa, the Caribbean and the USA who converge and form an artistic community in the early 1960s in the most easterly regions of Alphabet City ." -David Henderson, author of 'Scuse Me While I Kiss the Sky "Ismaili charts the lower East side just prior to the turbulent, revolutionary Sixties, when the influence of Leroi Jones and the Black Arts Movement signaled a cultural sea-change. Her characters persevere through desertion, loss, abandonment and betraya... continue
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Blood Feast: The Complete Short Stories of Malika Moustadraf by Malika Moustadraf EN
MoroccoDescription:
An arabophone cult classic traces the impact of power, abuse, and illness on the body, by Morocco's foremost writer of life on the margins.
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Call and Response by Gothataone Moeng EN
BotswanaDescription:
'A terrific collection' Monica Ali, author of Brick Lane and Love Marriage A Most Anticipated Title for Oprah Daily, Essence, BuzzFeed, The Millions and Brittle Paper Full of heart and humour, Gothataone Moeng's first collection, set between the rural village of Serowe and the thrumming capital city of Gaborone, captures a chorus of voices from a country in flux. Meet a young woman who has worn the same mourning clothes for almost a year, and a teenage girl who shies away from the room where her once vibrant aunt lies dying. Elsewhere, watch as a younger sister hides her romantic exploits from... continue
Rwanda10.
Do You Hear in the Mountains... and Other Stories by Maïssa Bey EN
AlgeriaDescription:
This new translation brings together two of Algerian author Maïssa Bey's important works for the first time in English. "Do You Hear in the Mountains..." is a compelling piece of autofiction in which three destinies meet dramatically on a train moving through France. We meet an Algerian refugee, whom we recognize as Bey herself. She has escaped the civil war and cannot forget her father's commitment to independence nor his death under the torture of the French soldiers. Sitting near her is a retired doctor whose military service in Algeria coincidentally took him to the same area at the time o... continue