Popular North American Short Story Books
Find short story books written by authors from North America for the next part of the Read Around The World Challenge. (76)
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Complete Stories and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe by Edgar Allan Poe EN
Country: North America / 
United States of America
United States of America
Description:
U.S. poet/writer 1809-1849.
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Costa Rica : A Traveler's Literary Companion by Barbara Ras EN
Country: North America / 
Costa Rica
Costa Rica
Description:
A collection of 26 remarkable stories by Costa Rican writers--most of which is available in English for the first time. Whether searching for something relevant and entertaining to read on Costa Rica's idyllic beaches or looking for Latin American enchantment back home, this is a fiction reader's cultural guidebook to the country. 2-page map.
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Cuentos Ticos : Short Stories of Costa Rica by Ricardo Fernandez Guardia EN
Country: North America / Costa Rica
Costa Rica
Description:
Excerpt from Cuentos Ticos: Short Stories of Costa Rica It may, therefore, be of interest to take a look at one of these little republics through the eyes of a friendly observer, and such the writer frankly declares himself to be. This article must confine itself to Costa Rica, as it is the only one about which he feels competent to write with accuracy, and as it lies next to the new Republic of Panama, soon to be the scene of such a great under taking, it may be of especial interest at the present time. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic bo... continue
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Cuentos Y Poesías / Stories and Poems by Rubén Darío, Stanley Appelbaum EN
Country: North America / 
Nicaragua
Nicaragua
Description:
Presents selections of Rubâen Darâio's writings, with English translations appearing beside the original Spanish, and includes annotations for each story and poem.
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Daddy by Emma Cline EN
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
From the bestselling author of The Girls comes a “brilliant” (The New York Times) story collection exploring the dark corners of human experience. “Daddy’s ten masterful, provocative stories confirm that Cline is a staggering talent.”—Esquire NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY An absentee father collects his son from boarding school after a shocking act of violence. A nanny to a celebrity family hides out in Laurel Canyon in the aftermath of a tabloid scandal. A young woman sells her underwear to strangers. A notorious guest arrives at a placid, not-quite rehab... continue
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Country: North America / 
Canada
Canada
Description:
**Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature** Alice Munro captures the essence of life in her brilliant new collection of stories. Moments of change, chance encounters, the twist of fate that leads a person to a new way of thinking or being: the stories in Dear Life build to form a radiant, indelible portrait of just how dangerous and strange ordinary life can be.
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Dirty Havana Trilogy by Pedro Juan Gutierrez EN
Country: North America / 
Cuba
Cuba
Description:
Pedro Juan used to be a reporter in Havana, but as life in Cuba and his own life begin to collapse around him, he gives up the farce of a daily job, and begins to train himself to take nothing seriously. His training involves lots of sex, drugs, rum, jazz, beat literature and street philosophy.
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